Khy'eras

Velnise took the gemstone from Aldri's hand gingerly, not quite believing that it wasn't dangerous. "A lightning thrower - much like a spell to call lightning, I'm guessing, that lets you target a spot." She held the gem up to catch the light, turning it a bit. "It is a very pretty co...

Focusing intently, Velnise peered through the spyglass again while trying to concentrate on the ebb and flow of life around them. "Ah - so that over there-" She turned slightly toward the path they’d taken. "That’s the river there. The darkness that’s ahead must be the disturbance.&qu...

Aspen forged through the mountain path, her hooves clicking against the hard ice with the occasional bobble when the frozen crust was less thick than expected. Velnise kept one hand’s fingertips trailing on the mare’s neck, ever ready to help. “We’re doing all right thus far, assuming I’ve followed ...

Gathering her pack, Velnise stood and made for the door. She held it open for Aldri as he followed. “Let me get Aspen, get you mounted, and then we can be on our way.” She trudged off to the stables, moving as quickly as she could. <<We have a new companion with us - a dwarf called Aldri,>> she told...

The game sounded deceptively simple - and like most games that involved an element of bluffing, she found the rounds ending in the dwarf’s favor. She started trying to rid her hand of the poison cards, but the strategy wasn’t successful enough to win the round. Then she attempted to actively poison ...

Velnise frowned as Aldri dismissed the powers of magic; even his small concession to Druids seemed but damning with faint praise. ‘I wonder why he looked for a wayfinder, then, if he has so little faith in it,’ she mused. He added he’d not ridden horseback - but mooseback - and she had no frame of r...

Velnise listened to his explanation; it tallied with what information she’d received from the Disciples of Balance when they had sent her here. He flashed a badge at her, well-worn but prized. He’d spoken of the need for haste, and as a reasonable request for aid, she couldn’t turn him down. She too...

The cadence of the man's Dwarvish-flavored speech brought a small smile to Velnise's face. A long time had passed since she'd heard a native Dwarvish speaker. "The evil causing the rockslides-" she murmured. "I saw the disruption of nature on my way here. It felt - wrong," she sa...

Velnise spotted the plume of wood smoke rising from the weathered longhouse before she saw the building itself. Allowing herself a small smile at the prospect of warmth, she guided Aspen into the small group of buildings. She followed the smoke to the largest structure and stopped beside the front d...

As her mare crunched along the trail, Velnise swept her gaze around the valley. Even through the thick blanket snow, the disruption to the nearby landscape was obvious. The upheaval was no less than she had expected when the Disciples of Balance had called her. She sighed, a puff of steam rising fro...