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<p>Gnomes are interesting. I can’t help but play them as small frantic stressballs.
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Like hobbits from <em>Lord of the Rings</em>, dialed up to 11, minus the extra
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breakfasts, and plus ceaseless banter. Gnomes are fun. This write up was for a
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character for the same campaign as <a href="/2018/01/27/halvar.html">Halvar</a>, when he had
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to step away for a bit.</p>
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<h2 id="backstory">Backstory</h2>
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<p>Nothing is more tiresome than midweek afternoon service. All the candles, and
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the verses, and the never-ending procession. Odin’s great and all, but I don’t
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think he cares about this. Of course, I mention that one time to the head priest
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and it’s latrine duty for the week! I guess now it doesn’t matter. All these
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acolyte duties were from many years ago. It was pure fate, the day my current
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teacher Maell’ezharon wandered into our village. He needed certain gemstones,
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which my family was renowned for, and which I was responsible for that day. I
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just happened to bring exactly the number he needed with me to the church that
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day. That’s a habit I have. The priests say I’m “blessed by foresight.”</p>
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<p>Anyway, Maell’ezharon wanders in, and finds me, and I tell him I know he’s
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looking for these gemstones, and he’s a bit surprised, but mentions that he
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hadn’t had his serious anti-divination protections up, since he figured no one
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would care. I told him I didn’t know what that meant. The priest chimed in that
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I was blessed by foresight. Maell’ezharon said that was shit. I was blown away.
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The priest huffed and wandered off, and I just stared at this elf who seemed
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completely unphased by an ability the priests couldn’t stop fawning over me for.
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So I push him a bit on it, and he says that divination is mighty common, and
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that if I wanted to learn more he could teach me, and he’d be willing to give me
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a discount on his services if I gave him a discount on the gems!</p>
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<p>And man temples are booooring! So yeah, I just packed up some stuff and told the
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priests I had to go because “foresight told me I had to!” and caught up with
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Maell’ezharon and off we went! I brought some extra gems, and a few extra
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sandwiches (which he seemed off-put by, which I account to his dainty elf ways,
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which meant more for me!).</p>
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<p>For the most part, it was kind of boring - but not as boring as the temple!
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Nothing is as boring as that. Trust me. Just routine travel along “safe and
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well-known roads” (says Maell’ezharon) to “respectable and trustworthy
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merchants” (says Maell’ezharon) for “law-abiding and fair trade deals.” (says
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Maell’ezharon). I was a bit surprised to find myself still saying a prayer here
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and there but old habits die hard. The more we travelled, the more Maell’ezharon
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would teach me. First he helped me refine my portent abilities, and got me a
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spellbook, and let me copy some of his spells into it. Then, in each town we
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went to, we would combine our powers to get the best deals possible. I would
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call upon my divine powers to aid him, and he would wheel-and-deal his way
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through trade deals and contracts. He insisted, time and again, that we do
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things “legally and fair” (his words) which was fine by me.</p>
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<p>Then, the event happened. And magic suddenly left, and Maell’ezharon… did not
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take that well. I should say, this was probably 5 or so years into his
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mentorship. He had taught me many things, and I was developing into “quite the
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capable wizard, if I do say so myself” (Maell’ezharon said that). We had
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travelled all over the place, and eventually Maell’ezharon decided he’d like to
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“invest in real estate since it’s like free money” so he bought a tower and did
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the whole typical wizard thing: magic plants, and a few animated objects as
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guards, and what not. I helped with that too, which was really fun. Anyway when
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the event happened, we were trading and suddenly I just felt this… emptiness.
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Like, a part of my body was suddenly missing. I looked at Maell’ezharon and he
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was pale as bone. He just stared at his hands, then looked at the merchant and
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told him he had to go, and he just left. He didn’t even get his things, he just
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stumbled out of the shop. I grabbed anything that was ours, and walked outside
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and saw him just standing there, waving his arms and trying to say the words,
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and his eyes were a bit crazy-like, and he was sweating. After about 20 minutes,
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he just sat down and stared. It took me almost 4 hours to finally get him up and
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to an inn. The next day we went back to the tower, and it was really quite a sad
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sight. The plants had all died (and not because I forgot to water them I always
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watered them I am responsible), the guards were piles of rubble. I helped him
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in, to his room, to his favorite chair, where he just slumped down and stared
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into the empty, cold fireplace. For a few weeks I tended to him, making sure he
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at least ate. And I kept up the place, cleaning as best I could. But after a
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while, I started worrying about my family, and so I hired a local farm boy to
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take care of Maell’ezharon while I was gone (feed him twice a day, make sure he
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uses the loo, and don’t let him hurt himself).</p>
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