Umber

Umber

The Rewards of Virtue

May 29th, 2004

Meepo finds his master; Tenser and the Circle of Eight give the adventurers a rare gift. (sab)

Dirty and disheveled, but victorious, you make your way back to the building that houses the gate to Oerth. As you step through, you are immediately greeted with the sounding of a klaxon. You move to defensive postures and prepare to attack when a force of mages and fighters step from invisibility directly before you.
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A Perspective on Events

May 28th, 2004

Psydney explains the Eternal Champion to her sister, T’lar.

Dear T’lar,

How is your headache? It was bad timing on your part, but it does rather serve you right to decide to take an uninvited peek at my mind and find four others in residence with it. At least now you’ve met everyone, in a sense.
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An Exchange

May 27th, 2004

A servant and his mistress ruminate. (sab)

[In a dim room, accompanied by the sound of rain.]

A withered, bony finger idly stirs a pool of silvery liquid. Images glide over the surface, some bright, some dark, coming and going in no apparent order. A second figure, slim and lithe, sits quietly in a chair in the corner. Unlike the first, its posture speaks of sharpened awareness, sub-surface tension.
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