There were four bathhouses, two for women and two for men, and one of each looked recently built. Admittance could be bought for a diyarplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigRang Currency
The Aglar
Rang's economy is based on barter and silver, the later dominating commercial activity in towns and cities. The silver Aglar (ă'glǒr) has been minted since the early days of Rang, primarily out of the capitol, Duerstadt. There are also regional mints in most of the duchies, bearing unique mint marks, and producing, collectively, about four fifths as much as is produced by. There was only one house nearby that was not for bathing, and Ziedonplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigZiedon
Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. could only assume it was Rosteral's.
There were very few people about as Ziedonplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigZiedon
Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. walked – baths were not commonly taken at mid-day, but, passing by Rosteral's house, Ziedonplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigZiedon
Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. saw a woman rush through the back door, carrying a pile of towels that was easily half her height, and close the door behind her. There were two others walking the streets so close to the edge of town, one man wheeling a load of fish from the docks, and another walking slowly away from the bathhouses.
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Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. headed to the newer bathhouse by way of Rosteral's house, checking as he passed for entrances and ways to see inside. Rosteral's house had a front door as well as a back, and there were several shuttered windows on all sides. Many of the higher windows had their shutters thrown open to let in fresh air.
The bathhouses each had several high windows of their own. Ziedonplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigZiedon
Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. paid for entrance to the more recently built house, and descretely looked for a man that fit Moren's description of Rosteral. Looking at the large, open pool in front of him, he asked the attendant “Do you have private baths?”
“Three, in the back. It's five coppers for those.” As the bored attendant spoke, Ziedonplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigZiedon
Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. realized that Moren had, in fact, given him no useful physical description of Rosteral, but there there were only two other people in the bathhouse, and only one wasn't bathing, so he seemed a good bet. The man was short and thin, and his bald head momentarily radiated with the sunlight let in through a high, shutterless window. His bare feet moved quickly and noisily on the wet floor as he stacked clean towels on shelves, shoved dirty towels into a corner, and skimmed the film of hair and soap off the surfaces of the baths with a sparse mop attached to a long pole. Ziedonplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigZiedon
Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. handed over the five coins.
“Nice place.” Ziedonplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigZiedon
Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. said, “Very new. Is Rosteral around? I'd like to compliment him.”
It took the attendant a moment to respond, as if he hadn't realized he was being spoken to until Ziedonplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigZiedon
Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style.'s words had echoed off the walls. “Yeah. That's him.” He pointed to the man who was skimming the baths.
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Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. nodded, grabbed a towel from a pile on a low shelf, and approached Rosteral. “Good day, Master of the Baths. I just wanted to compliment you on this establishment. It is very nice indeed.”
Rosteral looked Ziedonplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigZiedon
Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. up and down, and after several seconds proclaimed “yes. Thanks,” and went back to skimming the pool.
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Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. took a long and leasurely bath in a private stall. Once he was dry and dressed, he returned to the public baths. By that time, the other bather was gone, and only Rosteral and the attendant remained. Rosteral shouted “hey!” at the attendant, who straightened his shoulders and tried to look less bored.
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Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. left the bathhouse, made sure no one was about to see him, and crept up to the back entrance of Rosteral's house. He listened at the door, and heard nothing. His face set in a scowl when he tried the door and found it locked. He walked back to the bathhouse to see what was going on inside, but all the windows were too high up, presumably to keep bathers from being spied on. Ziedonplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigZiedon
Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. looked for places he could hide. There were untrimmed hedges along the front of the bathhouse, and a few scattered trees and bushes. Most of the trees were pine, which would be easy to hide in if no one were looking too closely. The hedges were split by a gravel path leading to the door of the bathhouse. Another path led to the side of Rosteral's house.
Looking over at the trees, Ziedonplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigZiedon
Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. shook his head. It was too light outside; he could be seen. Pausing in mid-step, Ziedonplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigZiedon
Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. spun around and after a careful look to ensure that he had not been seen, he returned to the back door, grabbing a small thin stick as he walked.
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Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. listened at the door again to ensure there was no one in the room, and then broke the stick in half. He stuck one half easily into the lock. He then chanted some mystical words and smiled as the locking mechanism slowly shrunk, the stick holding the lock in place so it wouldn't jar around.
He pushed the door open with no effort, and smirked to himself. Ziedonplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigZiedon
Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. entered, closed the door behind him, and allowed the lock to return to its normal size, thus relocking the door. With the other half of his stick, he pushed the stick out of the lock, causing it to fall causually to the ground outside.
The room Ziedonplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigZiedon
Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. entered into was small, and had a severely warped wooden floor. Along the edges of the walls were tall piles of wet towels. To his left, Ziedonplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigZiedon
Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. saw another room with an equally warped and wet floor, out of which he could hear slow cranking and splashing noises, and an occasional shifting of feet. In front of him was a staircase that led to the second floor. At its base were several dry towels, presumably to dry off shoes and keep the stairs from warping.
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Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. quickly and quietly climbed the stairs, keeping on the best boards he could, and walking close to the wall.
On the fourth step, Ziedonplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigZiedon
Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. produced a loud creak as the stair lifted from one end and sank towards Ziedonplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigZiedon
Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style.'s foot. At that moment, an equally loud splash came from the other room. The occupant of the other room made no sound of recognition, so Ziedonplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigZiedon
Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. could only assume the splash had muffled the noise.
The staircase ended in a short hallway. At one end was a small door that likely opened to a closet. At the other end was a room completely unfurnished except for a bed, leaning, on its side, against the far wall. Directly ahead was another open door, behind which was a large bedroom with three open windows. On the left side of the room stood a wardrobe, and on the right was a queen-sized bed with a round wool rug beside it.
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Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. heard footsteps downstairs, at the sound of which he quickly rounded a corner. The door opened, and then closed. A key jiggled in the lock, and Ziedonplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigZiedon
Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. heard a muffled curse, and then all was silent.
With the woman out of the house, Ziedonplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigZiedon
Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. had time to do a little poking around. If one of the targets had a magical book, perhaps another target had a magical key. It wasn't too wild a possibility. Ziedonplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigZiedon
Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. still didn't know the connection between the two targets, and it was doubtful that his Master was ever going to sully himself by explaining.
Careful to avoid the windows, Ziedonplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigZiedon
Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. slipped down the hallway and opened the closet door. He searched through the closet, looking for any secret compartments or panels, but found only shelves of towels and sheets.
Finished, Ziedonplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigZiedon
Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. headed to the spare bedroom, again mindful of the windows. He quickly checked the walls, and moved the bed slightly to see if there was anything behind it. Besides a few cockroaches that skittered quickly into a crack in the wall, and a great mass of dust that flew up a few inches into the air and quickly settled, there was nothing. He moved the bed back and checked the mattress for unusual bumps or lumps.
Finally, Ziedonplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigZiedon
Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. tried the main bedroom. The three windows made it a bit more difficult to avoid being seen, but he was careful not to be profiled in any of them. He lifted the rug, and just then, heard the doorknob jiggling. He froze in place and listened. There was a rough pounding on the door, and then the knob shook again. Ziedonplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigZiedon
Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. heard a jingling of keys, and a curse as each key failed in the lock. Silence followed, and Ziedonplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigZiedon
Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. dropped the rug. Within a minute, the activity started up again, this time with a raspy feminine voice screaming out while even more keys were tried in the door. Finally, there was a pair of loud smashing sounds, the doorknob broke and fell to the floor, and the door swung violently open.
The woman was still yelling, and Ziedonplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigZiedon
Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. soon realized that Rosteral was also there. “That'll cost me to fix.” he said without emotion.
“You go around buying the cheapest locks you can find, and what do you expect!” the woman yelled. “What good was it anyway, if anyone can break in with two little taps! Onc if it was someone who didn't collect towels for a living!”
“You told me –”
“I said a lock, so those ruffians who stink up your pools couldn't get in!”
“And I –”
“And you got me that piece of junk!”
“I –”
The argument went on like that for quite some time.
Cursing silently, Ziedonplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigZiedon
Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. smoothed the rug back into place and hid behind the open door, hoping for them to leave the entrance room so they could no longer see the bedroom doorway.
After a while, Rosteral gave up saying anything, and just let his wife yell. (Ziedonplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigZiedon
Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. knew for sure who she was when she yelled “and to be married off to a good-for-nothing, sweat-skimming, towel-kicking cheapskate like you!) Finally, she shouted “I'll take care of the baths. You get me a new lock!” and slammed the door, which promptly bounced back open.
Rosteral sighed and quietly said “whatever you say.” Soon, Ziedonplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigZiedon
Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. heard a loud creak as Rosteral put his foot on the fourth step.
Smiling at his fortune, Ziedonplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigZiedon
Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. waited patiently as each stair squeeked quietly. He waited as heavy footsteps sounded on the bedroom's threshold, and as they made their way towards the wardrobe. He muttered the last words of his spell, and Rosteral grabbed at his knife. “Who's over there?” he asked nervously, turning and taking a couple steps in the wizard's direction.
With Rosteral's first step, Ziedonplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigZiedon
Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. came out of hiding far enough to see the man, and he cast his spell just as Rosteral grabbed the side of the door and pulled it away from the wall. At that moment, the front door opened again, and a shrill voice yelled “you still in there?” Rosteral lifted his dagger to threaten the intruder, and then looked down at his contracting chest. He let out a deafening cry of pain as all the air was violently forced from his lungs, and doubled over, gasping for air. A long splinter of wood forced itself into his left hand until he pulled his hand away from the door, when it snapped loudly. Whether he intended some form of revenge or was just acting out of instinct was difficult to tell, but while the twitching, wounded hand grabbed at Ziedonplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigZiedon
Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style.'s right leg for support, the other hand shoved the dagger deep into Ziedonplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigZiedon
Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style.'s left leg, and Ziedonplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigZiedon
Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. cried out as well.
The movement downstairs stopped. “Ross?” his wife called nervously. “What's going on?”
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Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. pried Rosteral's rigid fingers from the knife hilt and his leg, lowering them to the ground. Rosteral lost his balance and fell over to his side, still bent in half around his shrunken heart. A thin trickle of blood spilled out of the corner of his mouth. Ziedonplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigZiedon
Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. pulled at the back of his robe and bunched it up, to tighten the cloth in front against the wound and prevent blood from dripping to the floor, but a small puddle had already formed around his foot. Limping carefully around the body, Ziedonplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigZiedon
Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. kept clear of the windows and stood at the side of the door, where Rosteral's wife wouldn't be able to see him, and listened.
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Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style.'s face tightened into a sneer. “She may bark and yell at him, but deep down she still has feelings for him,” he thought. “perhaps not love but there is something there. She heard the cries and then silence. Her natural curiosity will take over. 'There can't be anyone else in the house; it was locked. He must have fell, the clod, probably broke his leg' that is what she is probably is thinking. The longer she waits without knowing, the more her courage and curiosity will build. It is only a matter of time, especially when he doesn't answer, 'Darn fool must have knocked himself out' before she comes to look and to critize him some more for his clumsiness and for worrying her. I will be doing him a favor in getting rid of her, she was probably involved in whatever business Master wanted Rosteral removed for anyway.”
“Ross?” she called again, and was quiet for a few seconds. “Ross? Are you hurt?” When there was no answer, she quickly and noisily ascended the staircase.
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Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. gritted his teeth against the pain in his leg and waited for the wife to come. Having learned his lession, he quietly chanted a new spell while she ran up the stairs, minimizing the chance that he would be heard. Soon, his hand was glowing the same blue that Moren had seen only a day earlier. He hid the hand behind his back.
Rosteral's wife pushed the door the rest of the way open, and heard a choking groan when the door hit against her husband's forehead. “Ross?” she said quietly. She rounded the door, and saw her husband lying on the floor, folded unnaturally in on himself. He saw her through painful tears and withdrew an arm from his chest to grope for his wife's foot, his eyes begging for help of any kind. The scene was too much for her, and she screamed in terror, almost as loudly as her husband before her, and her voice echoed through the hall and out the open windows. Barely had she run out of breath when Ziedonplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigZiedon
Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. reached his glowing hand around her and clamped it across her mouth.
Her legs shot out from under her as her body stiffened, no longer able to hold her up while the pain lasted. With that, she slipped from Ziedonplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigZiedon
Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style.'s one-handed grasp and fell to the floor. She did not maintain that pose for long, however, and soon was up again and as far from Ziedonplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigZiedon
Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. as she could manage. Whimpering, she grabbed the first thing she could reach, which was a two-stemmed candelabra on the floor next to the bed.
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Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. limped toward the woman, and she backed up until her back touched the wall, and then climbed onto the bed and jumped to the other side. “Stay away from me!” she yelled, backing into the corner and holding out the candelabra with a shaking hand.
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Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. recognized the voice of the bathhouse attendant downstairs. “Something wrong?” he asked. “Are you okay?”
Disgusted with the number of complications arising one after the other, Ziedonplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigZiedon
Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. raised his hand, distracting Rosteral's wife with the blue pulsating glow, let go of his robe, and threw his dagger at her, aiming for her chest. The dagger missed its target, and hit the wall beside her head, sticking for a moment before falling to the floor. She let out another yell at the surprise. At that, the attendant rushed up the stairs.
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Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. lept onto the bed, reaching for the woman with his glowing hand. The pain in his leg doubled with the strain of jumping, and Ziedonplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigZiedon
Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. shouted involuntarily. Rather than land cleanly on the bed, he tumbled over it, pulling the sheets behind him, and landing on the floor by the woman's feet. From that position, he was able to grab her leg, which glowed the same color as Ziedonplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigZiedon
Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style.'s hand. The woman screamed, and dropped the candelabra on Ziedonplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigZiedon
Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style.'s head, at which he once again shouted, although more quietly. She struggled for seconds, trying to kick away the life-draining grasp, but then fell atop her attacker, dead.
The door swung into Rosteral's head again, and Rosteral again grunted in agony. “What in Andrithaplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigAndrithanism
Based on original ideas from Karl Schinke (Ardith). Symbols for aspects other than the Mother, along with the artwork, were contributed by Myron Wyles (Halaren).
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Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. nor Rosteral's wife, for they were obscured by the bed.
Silently picking up his dagger, Ziedonplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigZiedon
Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. unsheathed a second one, and looked under the bed to watch the attendant.
The attendant kneeled down on the floor. “What happened?” he asked, but only got a throaty grunt as answer. He heard footsteps from outside the house, and lifted his head, but before he could look out the door, one dagger was in his back, and another in the wall. He hit his head on the side of the door as he collapsed to the ground.
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Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. hobbled over to the attendant, and retrieved his dagger from the wall. He stayed to the side of the door listening intently.
“You heard it too?”
“All Dunweigplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigYunim / Dunweig
by Arnell, edited by the DM
Yunim
Yunim is (in the year 577) a cosmopolitan trade center in the region of Meheiral, run by the Orithoran religion, led centrally from the great Temple of Justice. It is on the edge of Yunim Lake, making fishing one of its principal industries. The must have heard it. I didn't think any amount of pain could make someone yell like that, and then the scream afterwards!”
“I didn't hear a scream.”
“Maybe you were too far. Has anyone checked the bathhouse?”
A third voice piped in. “It's empty. Even the attendant's gone.”
“Maybe we should check inside.”
“Maybe we should get the constable. After what happened to the butcher, and after a yell like that…”
“Still, we should see if he's okay.”
“How could he be okay?”
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Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. began moving as soon as he heard the voices. First, he pulled Rosteral's dagger out of his leg, gritting his teeth against the pain. A choking groan came from his throat, but fortunately, the people outside the door did not seem to hear it. He then pulled his own dagger out of the attendant's back, and replaced it with Rosteral's. He placed Rosteral's coin pouch in the attendant's hand, and put Rosteral's keys in his own pouch. By the time the last fellow spoke, Ziedonplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigZiedon
Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. was slipping off his boots, and tossing them in his pack.
“We should still check it out.”
“You check it out. I'm going to get the constable.”
Keeping pressure on his would to prevent it from bleeding, Ziedonplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigZiedon
Ziedon stands a little under six feet tall and is relatively thin. He has a neatly trimmed black beard and mustache which stand out considerably against his pale skin. His hazel eyes seem to see everything around him. Ziedon's white hair is cut short in the traditional townsman's style. left the room, and descended the stairs. With some difficulty, he stepped over the fourth step, and left through the back door.
Your Bill, Sir: 6dy (bathhouse)
Very rough map of Rosteral's House.
Edit 1/8/2013: I invented the “posted date” for this turn, because it was lost years ago.
