The Great Library of Palanthas
An Aesthetic shows you to a small reading room.
Stories of Ansalon from the view of Tavin.
A little gully dwarf runs by and says 'Wordwrap Off 65 80.'
The gully continues 'Eyes hurt? Turn Color OFF!! (regular story dates)
Astinus says 'Enter the main library here to view only the author list.'
Astinus gently places a worn folio on the table in front of you.
You note the spine bears the word 'Tavin' scribed in faded blue ink.
Author: Tavin Date Tue Dec 4 20:22:50 2001 Subject Wanderlust (part 1)
Bouncing down the road towards Palanthas, Tavin hummed a happy little tune and constantly craned his head to see the surrounding area. There were more butterflies than he could count and so many shiny rocks laying on the ground that he couldnt help but stop and look at them every once in a while. He even managed to find a rock that looked like his Uncle Rusty, who was sitting in his pouches at that very minute. Though he was sort of greenish and liked to eat flies, but that was a problem for another day. Today, he was going to visit Palanthas and see what these knights were doing there. Maybe if he was lucky he would see Takhisis too. Sure, she might eat him, but that would be really neat too! So he was in a great mood as he walked. As he drew nearer to the city he saw more and more houses, mostly farms judging by the land around them, and the cows, and the vegetables. The funny thing was that there werent any farmers in thier fields. It was all very strange. There were plows out in the fields, left sitting to collect rust (which was just so interesting he had to go look at them) and barn doors were open, and wagons were full of turnips, yet there were no animals hooked to the wagons or plows and no farmers in the houses. He had even gone in one to make sure the poor farmer hadnt fallen and broke something and wasnt waiting for someone to find him. He had to pick the lock to the front door, but that only help to affirm his belief that some poor soul was inside needing help. He had probably fallen out of bed and couldnt help himself now. Why, the poor old man might be starving! But his hopes were dashed to little pieces as he walked through the house and found noone. Although under a loose board in the kitchen floor he did find a rather tidy amount of gold and steel and even a spoon that looked rather valuable, so he made sure to put them carefully in one of his pouches so bandits wouldnt steal it while the old man was away. As he finally drew within sight of the gates of Palanthas, he could see dragons, they looked like they were red and black and he even thought he saw a blue smudge tear across the sky but he could be sure if it was a dragon or a finch as high up as it was. But then it didnt matter cause he was at the gates. Careful there fel... The gate guard started, then he looked down and grabbed for his pouch Hey! Watch where your going kender! What is your business here anyways? Well. You see, a couple monthes ago I got hit with Wanderlust, just like my cousin Braphelbaugh did when he was my age, I'm 17 now just incase you were wondering, but Braph, as we called him, ended up getting eatten by bugbears, at least, thats what we assume since he never came back to tell us. I'm hoping that if I get eaten its by something neat, like a dragon, or even better that dragon-goddess of yours, Takhisis, but as I was saying, I got Wanderlust and... The Knight realized he had asked the wrong question then and quickly raised his hand to cut the kender off while it was catching its breath. Allright! Enough, I understand. I suppose you want in Palanthas now too? Before the kender got more than a nod off the knight continued Fine, so long as you abide by the rules, take nothing here he gave a rather pointed look at Tavin and check your pouches at the gate when you leave Gee, thanks Mister...whats that on your chest? A lily? Why thats cute..Well, thanks Mister Lily-man. Since your so nice you can have this, I found it on the road a ways back Reaching into his pouches Tavin pulled out a silver-hafted dagger with a Lily etched into the gem at the end and the name Jarrid carved into its haft and handed it to the knight. Tha..how..bu..Ahhh! Just get in the city and dont forget to follow the laws and dont pick up anything you find on the street. If you see one measely copper laying there, LEAVE IT BE! The guard sputtered as he slid his dagger into its matching sheath. (to be continued in next story)
Author: Tavin Date Tue Dec 4 20:54:38 2001 Subject Wanderlust (part 2)
Why, that dagger goes perfect with that.. Tavin decided it would be best to do as the Lily-man said and go into the city right then since it looked like he was about to cry. Most people didnt like to cry infront of other people so Tavin left him too it. If he had thought of it, he would have given him the hanky that had the neat Lily and letters J.T. embroidered on it, but by the time that he remembered it, he was far enough away that it didnt matter. Looking around there were more of the Lily-men around, though many werent wearing thier armor. A lot of them just had the same look to them, hard eyes and no smile. They didnt look like they were happy to tell the truth. So Tavin tried to cheer them up by telling them stories, but most of them realized they had business the other way or had forgotten something in the tavern they were just leaving when they spied him. At one point as he was walking, he saw a man with a funny mustache that drooped down the sides of his face and wore lots of armor (he didnt understand how anyone could wear all that armor and still move) yell something about OST SOLARUS UTH MITHAS!! and throw himself into a battle with a bunch of guys wearing funny costumes with wings and big swords, as well as a few men in that funny lily armor. It must have been a play the way everyone watched, Tavin even threw a few copper after they 'killed' the mustache man. They must have had a mage around too to make the death look so real. Tavin looked all around but he couldnt find one so he turned and kept walking. As he went he saw more and more people wearing those funny costumes, the way they glared at him as he walked by made him giggle, but that just made them glare harder. He also saw a few guys wearing armor that had a skull on it, it looked better than that silly lily, and even a few guys in robes that had what looked like a rose thorn embroidered on it. They must have been mages, but he couldnt get any of them to do any tricks for him and glared worse than the costumed people when he asked. Of course, he kind of understood why, they had nothing in thier pouches except dust and petals and even something that smelled like sulfur and crap. He tossed all of it into a sewer hole and kept walking. Finally, he got tired of looking around the city and decided to go into a bar. When he got there he ordered a glass of ale (whiskey was always too hot and wine too sweet) and tried to sit really still and just listen to the people. It was really hard though, but when they started talking about the demons in the city and the Knights of Takhisis taking over, things began to make sense to Tavin. All those farmers had run away, and the Solamnics hadnt changed thier symbol to a silly little flower (which seemed even sillier on those evil knights) and that play, wasnt really a play. Quite frankly, Tavin began to get upset. He had come here to see the solamnic knights and maybe see if he could buy a holy symbol off of them (he collected holy symbols, the way the shone and seemed to carry the attitudes of thier diety just intrigued the little kender) and now there was just these guys. They were interesting and all, and they did have some neat holy symbols, he had found one that looked like a five-headed dragon just that day, it was a little tarnished so he had decided to take it to a smith to get cleaned and then drop it back off at the house he had found it in, but that was besides the point. He was just going to have to do something about this. He marched out the door, mind set on helping the Solamnics drive the Knights of Takhisis out of Palanthas, then down the street he saw a giant blue dragon land and, giggling with excitement, he went running down the street hoping to see it and talk to it if he could.
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