Malidin and Hazera's Chat

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Malidin and Hazera's Chat

So Hazera, pops up along side the old dwarf with a bottle of wine, and drinks quietly with him. I am thinking, Just because these two are who they are there is probably an hour of silence before Hazera decides to ask, "Why do you drink so much?"

MALIDIN ACK....thats a silly question girl. Why is the sky blue? Why does an orc head crunch so loud when smacked by a hammer? Thats just the way it is, me guessin'. And this "ale" is nothin' compared to what ye will taste where we are going! (Laughs loud, slaps you on the back, and pours you another one). Truth be told, I haven't seen another dwarf in months and I'm a bit lonely...I miss my home, I miss me family, and drinkin' reminds me o' them.

HAZERA Hazera nods, sipping her ale, "I can imagine what that's like. I miss my father all the time. He was good and kind...and he always seemed so certain of everything. He just seemed to see things so clearly, like you do. (Hazera smiles weakly and downs the mug.) What is your family like?"

MALIDIN (Seeming eager to reminisce) Well, me mom passed on a decade or so ago….was them damn duergar, but me dad is still alive and kicking. He is quite a good man with a hammer and he could drink any one I know under the table.(smiles through his beard) He is quite active in our clan and our organization, helping and directing, and all that. Aye, it will be good to see him again. How about you, girl? Whats your story?

You know the whole reason I traveled this far was to see your father. I knew he WAS a good man. What you think he’s up to now? (Pours another)

HAZERA Looking deep into her mug Hazera thinks for a bit and says, "Verin Natale was my father in every way but blood. When I was 5 he found me in a small thorp just below Silvervale. It had been hit with the Burning Plague and somehow I was the only survivor... He found me curled up with my mothers body, and took me back to Silvervale to raise me as his own. From there my life was fairly typical the friars and clerics became my family.

I saw my father recently. I was locked up in a tower by Harkonin... I was about to be ... Tortured, and he appeared at the window. I saw him, and the look on his face... he was truly Father Natale. He saved me." A small shudder of tears passes over Hazera as she rests her head on your shoulder... after a quick moment she calms down and stands straight again. "I wish I knew what he was up too. I wish I knew who he has become, and why."

MALIDIN Aye, well he must be actively watching over you. It is far to much a coincidence that he just happened by. Ye think he may be working with the Baron? ( expects no answer, takes another sip) From what I seen, somethin's got a hold of him. Im sure our paths will cross again, mayhap we find out then.....

HAZERA No, if he is in league with the baron then he is the baron's master... he made quick work of him. Some kind of negative energy ray, far beyond my experience. Malidin... Are you afraid that the same thing that controls my father will get me too? I am... I've been having thoughts... I'm angry with the baron, myself... but this goes beyond that. (Downs her mug...) I'm afraid.

MALIDIN Bah, whatevers got him ain't gonna get ye. Bein' afraid 's good for ya, keeps ya alert!

HAZERA Hm… It’s nice to now you think so. I suppose if it was, I would be got by now…