Canon is Redemption of Althalus

[swishes]

I know that that you seemed to think that my particular gift and previous experiences should make it easier to cope with being in your mind like this, but you forgot a couple important facts.

In that one instance, Eliar was at least like a brother to me, and agreeing to the link was the only way to help him. You are a complete stranger and this is for your entertainment. I'd like to see you try to argue that my being here is at all for the greater good.

I can't fault your affection, or desire to find the others for me, but don't you think you should rethink some of your other plans? You have enough on your plate. Let me go back to the House with Althalus and the others, and you can keep yourself busy with your other characters.

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[serjeant]

You were with the thief?

[swishes]

Until recently, yes. With him and others...

[She very lightly starts to probe his mind. The Arums are allies, though two have already proven to be traitors, unfortunately.]

Khalor and the clan chiefs won't be pleased to find that Arums are being taken as well...or were you and others hired?

[serjeant]

[ Seoraj's mind is an orderly place - everything has a place and everything in its right place - and foremost in it is the fact that he's been in a strange city for about a year now, arrived with a bar of gold that he took to mean the city had purchased itself an Arum and so set about making himself a quieter life there. 'quieter' for a given value of not going to war every five blessed minutes; Baedal is not a quiet place. ]

Only me, miss, and you're the first who knows 'Arum' without being told.

flailing over here just fyi, didn't expect a response from anyone based in the books \o/

[swishes]

[It doesn't take long for to grasp the basics of his situation, strange as they are, though she finds it curious that he find himself a bar of gold. Perhaps Althalus had missed converting one into coins?

It's no matter.]

I wouldn't need to be told. I'm with the Arya of Osthos. I thought she had hired every able-bodied man but it appears she missed one. Which clan are you from?

lmao man i doubletook so hard my face fell off n e g l i am accustomed to being lone eddings rper

[serjeant]

I fought the Arya's war under Iron Jaw, and saw it ended.

[ ...meaning they are from different times. while he grasps this (and she can have that knowledge from his mind; his familiarity with the possibility, from other places), he is merely going to present the facts and let her come to that conclusion, because there's just no way to say it without sounding like a madman. ]

[swishes]

[She nods, immediately familiar with the name Clan Chief Koleika went by, and her lips curve up to hear that the war ended. It takes just the briefest of brushes against his mind to grasp that their side had been victorious. It's strange to her that they can be from different points in times, but little about this situation makes sense. At least it's not so unfathomable to her. She's familiar enough with the dreams that both Daeva and Dweia have sent...]

Ended in victory, I assume. The Arya seemed confident in your clan's ability to hold the city.


[ooc: I know some Eddings RPers but no one from Althalus. ;3; This is the best surprise, and also as a heads up this is also my first attempt at Leitha |D ]

[serjeant]

Rightly. [ no false modesty here! they owned, it was great. (he lost a cousin there and it was hard and it's still hard, but Seoraj lives out of respect for the lost; his passion and curiosity about the world is what he feels is owed to those who can't see it with him.) ] You get what you pay for, hm?



[ ooc: i play from belgariad + elenium as well and i've seen a feeeew of those around? but no althalus on this end either 'til now :D ]

[swishes]

We do, and in return you all get paid well. I think it worked out for everyone.

[It's a silver lining, at least. At least being here she knows that they'll win. The world will be saved, and perhaps happy endings can be obtained for all...]

Where have you been since?

[Said as if she doesn't know about the city and the bar of gold, and the fighting he's been doing.]


[ooc: I have a few I want to try from those books as well but I started with Leitha...Also, any objections to flailing at you in plurk?]

[serjeant]

City calls itself 'Baedal'. [ he fights in the arena to keep his hand in; takes his blacksmith's hammer and fights men and monsters more powerful than him, the sort who can take blows that would be fatal if he weren't punching above his weight - he's fought strange things in dark places and hidden under the belly of a dragon to avoid other strange things, which is what he gets for the friends he's made. mostly he works in the forge he bought, repairs the house nearby it, and lets life be life. ] It's a strange one, even for a traveled man; I don't mind it.



[ ooc: you can totes pm me @ matriarchal but i like to get to know folks before i add them if that's cool :3 ]

[swishes]

[This, she all gathers, subtly sifting through his thoughts as he speaks. Her gift is not one she speaks of aloud, as nearly being burned as a witch was enough for one lifetime, but she uses it almost automatically in conversation.

While he doesn't mention the details, it's a pleasure to know that his thoughts match his words. It seems as if he's found himself somewhere with challenges most Arums never find themselves facing.]

Any place that isn't home is strange, and you said there are no others from our world there?

[serjeant]

There was a woman who knew a place. [ knew a name- a different version of his cousin, in a slightly different version of his world- but she hadn't been from their world, and he only spoke to her briefly. ] That's all, so far as I got.

[swishes]

That's a shame.

[She purses her lips together a moment, considering him.]

My name is Leitha, by the way. From Kweron originally.

[serjeant]

Seoraj. Grew up near the old Valdis keep up in the highlands. [ there's nothing there but what will be ruins in a few more decades, and angry looking mountain cats; it was the actual best playground as a child. ] Nowaday they call me Master Stoneshell, at the forge.

[ it's an inherited title he got from the forge; Stoneshell is the area in which he lives and works. he can't complain about something that encourages locals to view him as one of their own, especially when he's separated from his entire clan. ]

[swishes]

[Though given his first name, she uses the title he's been given, though there's a small lilt to her tone that suggests that as she's settling, she's adopting a more amused demeantor.]

Well, it's a pleasure to meet you, Master Stoneshell, despite the circumstances.

[Circumstances which were singular and disturbing to say the least. At least there's some small glimmering of familiarity to anchor her in his memories which come unbidden.]

[serjeant]

[ his wry look is both friendly and reflecting the fact he is pretty sure women are much more dangerous when they're playful; he grew up with sisters.

(he's learned all sorts of things about dangerous women in Baedal, where they're as likely to require the services of a weaponsmith as anyone else.) ]

I've met stranger folk in stranger places, miss. This isn't so bad.