Letter to Attentus.

Dear Journal,

i wrote a letter to Master Attentus, perhaps will have opportunity to present it to him - when we both reincarnate at similar age, when i'll be a little younger than him.

'Master Attentus - i've scried for Your past, Dearest - it is what my eyes saw, unbound by time's chains.

You are the one who was both cursed and blessed, with struggle and power, with torment and love.

You are also the one, who never was too far from my thoughts and from my heart.

Dearest Teacher, i admire your coherence, discipline and will in pursuit of love - my hopes are to be reborn as slightly younger than Your age shall be.

Then we can seek the light together.

-- Chea Allin.'

-- Yours, Chea Allin, a Witch-Student of Master Attentus & a Seeker of Enlightened Energies.




-=- Chea Allin, -=-

-=- ... styled after Midnight, a sorceress who became godess of Magic, Mystra. -=-
-=- Her black staff is a tribute to Khelben 'Blackstaff' Arunsun. -=-

Defeat is Not Enough (Frances' Tale).

... i've felt defeated after my last encounter with Giants.

After recovery decided to visit them again, and to play smarter.

Went at border of their territory, enspelled myself to increase my combat aptitude.

Invisibly scouted perimeter, with my shadow mastiff still visible, following me.

Noticed a isolated Hill Giant, cast haste on my dog and on myself and ordered dog to attack, with intent of using mastiff as a shield - so i can shoot safely.

When Giant was engaged in melee, started shooting my flaming arrows.

Fight lasted a while, as giants are tough - one arrow won't kill them so easily.

Finally Giant fell, leaving my dog almost defeated.

Looted 18 gold pieces and two of cure moderate wound potions from Giant's corpse, and left the area.

Now i live with a feeling of victory, not defeat.

-- Frances, a Giant-Slaying Adventuress.


P.S. it is rumoured that dwarven warriors of old times fought giants while being naked, without armour or clothing, only with their great dwarven axes.

P.S.S. Invisibility spells cease to function when i start shooting or doing any hasty or aggressive action.




Hill Giant Noticed.




Fight.




... a Hill Giant's Corpse.

Hunter Hunted (Frances' Tale).

... i've been trying my combat prowess against giants, while shadow mastiff kept them engaged in melee.

With moderate success at first, killed one giant and a manticore with my flaming arrows ... but was left seriously wounded by spikes shot from manticore's tail.

Retreated to nearby sandy cove and meditated to regain spells, used many of my light healing potions.

...

A while later, joined in party with a new adventurer, ranger Keerla and we killed a few more.

...

But this was not enough for me, i went there alone again.

Invisibly went deep into their territory, found one isolated giant.

Summoned a shadow mastiff, cast haste spells and opened fire.

This time giant was smart, as he ignored my mastiff and went straight to attack me.

Tried to flee, tripped, got hit few times by glancing blows of giant's club.

It hurt.

Then stood up, and started to flee - but lost direction and went wrong way into more of opposition - another giant and manticore.

Turned back, tried to flee past giant that was pursuing me ... got another glancing blow, and got hit by manitcore's spikes.

Really badly wounded continued to flee, then another manticore stood on my way.

It's spikes shot me unconscious and bleeding.

...

Somehow, perhaps it was my survival instinct, i regained consciousness in a puddle of blood.

As monsters were busy with themselves, quickly continued fleeing, hodling my stomach as it bled.

Then stopped to cast invisibility and limped quiclly to Peltarch's safety of Dancing Mermaid Inn where i collapsed on a floor of dormitory.

After a time of rest, i wrote this ... i still feel from my wounds, it will take me a while to recover.

i should not try to go so deep into their territory, and i should send my mastiff to attack giant first, before losing invisibility and shooting.

-- Frances, a badly wounded Archer-Witch.




Fight.




Unconscious.

- SPLAT -




Fleeing.

Skrying for Attentus' past, part 6.

Dear Journal,

Attentus and Wethrillina were always together, were busy together.

People often called her 'Lina', for short.

As a part of their romance they united two Arcane Guilds - Spellweaver Keep with Emerald Circle, in which Lina was a member.

He was Spellweaver Leader, and Lina served others as an advisor.

She was wise and philosophical witch related with unseelie, cold fey - she was Distant, Menacing, Seductive and Cold outside - but so hot as a White Star inside, for those she loved or cared for.

She mentioned that scary stone-and-metal fortress that spellweaver keep was should also have a garden, and Attentus loved the idea.

They had some private time for themselves as well.

Other times they enjoyed presence of others, did some politics, involved themselves in arcane and political circles.

This was a romance with great meaning and with great style & company.

They had few friends, closest was 'Klaz' - a spellsword named 'Klazaroth Stormrage', a black sails leader named Deacon Sterr, and a warrior Talgrath Caldassan with his pixie friend.

Wethrillina liked to help tormented people, to solve their 'puzzles' as Attentus called problems that bothered them.

Klaz was a 'complex puzzle' by Lina's words.

Attentus could do anything for her, and when she was lost behind arcane portal - he ran to rescue her disregarding completely all of posiible dangers.

She was rescued.

Other time he admitted to her that he craves power to protect her, and she was impressed.

She understood him without words, and was modest, cautious, eloquent, loving and gentle for him, despite being sinister, dangerous and fascinating witch.

Her manners were without fault, she was elegant and not too formal when compared with Attentus.

Her words and touch of her blue skin were like heaven's caress.

Attentus loved her more and more each day that passed.

Their romance lasted for about a year, then she left him.

Attentus could not accept this at first, but she was gone.

But thanks to this romance worst of his emotional scars were healed, and eventually came to terms with himself and moved on.

-- Yours, Chea Allin, a Witch and a Seeker of Enlightened Energies.

Skrying for Attentus' past, part 5.

Dear Journal,

... i did skry for more of Attentus' past, and i learned as follows.


After his vision and return to society, Attentus was still in deep emotional pain.

Ruri's Heartstone blessed with love protected him from Vrock Demon, who started to avoid Attentus - but torment was still in his heart.

Later Attentus learned that Vrock hid in the Depths below Gypsy Camp's broken earth, where shadows served him.

It took years of compassion practice by Attentus, before the demon was fully defeated by Attentus, however.

Years passed, Attentus fled from life and engaged himself in Arcane Pursuits of Spellweaver Keep, advancing in ranks until he became Overseer, then the Leader, the Keeper.

When new mage appeared in the area, Attentus greeted her or him, showed and explained Spellweaver Keep, and sought romances from attractive witches.

But he couldn't find anyone whom he could love until he met Wethrillina Aeliath.

A witch banished from Norwick by a high-ranked Norwick Militia, a Barbarian named Uthger. They made her leave with swords bared, and torches in hands.

Attentus met her, and they cautiously exchanged their life stories, as time passed, as meetings came.

Both wicked and cautious, they both attempted seduction, tried to entrap other one under them.

Both fell in each other's traps, this romance could not be otherwise.

Attentus was still scared of revealing his emotions to Wethrillina, fearing that he will be left after showing that 'weakness' - but it was him who had to make first step, as he was a male.

Attentus arranged for revoking the banishment, as the Head of the Spellweaver he had that power in Norwick, anyway.

Then during a Norwick Faire, Attentus' elven friend, Evelyth Miliatani, sang a song that encouraged him to let woman have upper hand, to 'let her under his skin, then to begin to make it better'.

He offered his heart to Wethrillina Aeliath and she accepted his love - they started to be a couple, and even kissed each other passionately at fair's end.

Attentus torments were supressed by the new love, powerful, beautiful and true.


... i'll leave the nicer details for next time, Dear Journal.

-- Yours, Chea Allin, a Witch & a Seeker of Enlightened Energies.




-=- Wethrillina Aeliath. -=-

-=- except that being a Witch of the Unseelie Fey, she had a light-blue skin. -=-

-=- ... a heaven's caress. -=-