"When a big house crumbles down, it smashes many small ones"
Nie was standing just outside Candlekeep. She had been there for a while, waiting for her father.
Jason Wheat, her father went to meet the orcs, it was his duty as a guard and she accepted it, but just before he hurried to the gates, Nie gave him a amulet. One that she had got from her mother few years ago, just before she passed to the realm she could not follow.
It was the most important thing she had.
Thats why she gave it to him.
So that he would come back, that he would promise to give the amulet back to her.
But still, after the smokes of war were gone, after the drums from far and near were silent and the corpses carried away, he did not return.
A woman came to her, one named Auriel, she was sure that the elven woman was a princess, so beutiful she was. They talked, and Auriel learned why she was waiting, and who.
Another man, one that Nie had seen many times before, one that her father Jason said to be a important man came to them. Nie vaguely remember his name was Valerius. Valerius listened to them talk, and set off to the infirmary, to find the girls father, only to hear from a nurse that he had died to his wounds.
Valerius brought the grim news to Auriel, and Auriel was left with the task of telling the news to the young child.
Not beleiving her ears, she told about the amulet, and that it was impossible for him to be dead, as he had not returned it.
Auriel, Valerius and Arivain set off to infirmary, going to bring the girl her amulet. Nie was left to the inn to eat and rest.
Jasons corpse did not have the amulet, and the nurse vaguely remembered someone bandagin Jason, she had been too busy and did not pay attentiont to the person helping and could not be of much use.
After that the party found another guard, named Brian, who was more of use. Brian had been there, helping the woundeds too, and remember the man. As Brian had spent his youth in Beregost, he remember seeing him there before, and the party set off, Valerius left behind because of his work in Candlekeep.
A man named William Phoenix joined the two at this point, and they headed to beregost, just to get ambused by a lonely oger, one that had been lost from the main army, in the attack. It was hungry, and was easily subdued and made to talk. As the party tried to get the oger to come to Candlekeep for questioning, it accidentally mentioned someone else travelling the same path, a man with a shiny thing with himself.
Auriel and William set off to Beregost, knowing they would find the culprid there, and Arivain staid with the oger, trying to get it to come to Candlekeep, with not much of luck. In the end, the oger got too hungry, and tried to eat him, quickly ending to be wormfood.
As Auriel and William searched for the man, they finally ended in Fedelpost inn. they waited for a long time, and William was forced to leave, leaving Auriel alone.
She stayed there, and after awhile, a toothles man came in, fitting the description she had from the Guard Brian.
She examined him for a while, and they got to talking.
After a few rude remarks and come ons, Auriel accepted the "invitation" to get in at one of the rooms.
Inside the room, away from prying eyes, Auriel demanded to know had the man visited Candlekeep, and perhaps robbed bodies, at this, the man answered with drawing his dagger, and attacking her. He was soon dead.
Auriel took the amulet and travelled back to Candlekeep, where Nie was waiting, she was tired and weary, after hearing what had happened, the girl finally accepted her faith, she refused to took the amulet back, giving it to Auriel.
There was no point in holding a item that would remind her for his fathers lies.
She turned her small back on Auriel and walked away, she would need to take care of herself now.
She had grown up.
// Thank you all participating and sorry for the crashes
