Rainen; adventurer extraordinaire

A day in the life: Familial intervention

"Well, as much fun as the exo-material can be, I'm ready for a change of pace." Rainen stretched his arms, muttering a few words and snapping his fingers. In an instant his wrinkled and dusty robe became straightened and spotless. His skin became a slightly more radiant shade of blue and his hair became cleaned and straightened. summoning up a small bit of ice to use as a mirror, he nods in satisfaction.

"Well maybe if you took the time to learn a flying spell you wouldn't have to run around so much" Next to him flittered a tiny fairy like creature. She has obsidian black skin, blue butterfly wings and blue hair and fur in tufts all around her torso, arms and legs.

"Look," Rainen responded with an exasperated tone. "I've tried casting something like that multiple times, I even hung out with Zeyphr and got him to teach me some tricks. But my magic just doesn't like the other elements. I'm gonna have a chat with Procella about it sometime, but I dunno if she knows anything about my history."

Plisca crossed her arms, giving an indignant 'humph' before flying up higher in the air to practice some stunt flying. Rainen watcher her for a moment and sighed. He continued on his way in silence for awhile before an orange portal came in to view. A few minutes closer to the portal and his friend and constant companion made her way back to his side. Taking a moment to flutter around his head, she eventually made her way to her favorite nesting spot: Rainen's right ear.

"You know one of these days I'm going to figure out why you like sitting on my ear so much; until then I'll just be thankful you only way as much as a short stack of gold coins." The pair then walked through the portal, leaving behind the extreme oddity that is the exo-material.

Once through, Rainen immediately walked over towards the building the Undine were working on. Calling out to them, the closest of the Undine put down his tools and met Rainen halfway.

(The following conversation has been translated and transcribed from Undine full-speak for your convenience.)

{{"Good tides Family." Relieved stance, warm expression.

"Good tides Rainen, how was this day's voyage?" Welcoming stance, concerned expression.

"It was rough, but nothing I can't navigate." Stance indicative of exhaustion, expression reflecting acceptance. "I plan to meet with Procella when I return." Stance and expression indicative of excitement.

"She is quite powerful, perhaps you will catch answers." Stance conferring support, expression reflecting certainty.

"One can only hope." Dismissive stance, unconcerned expression.

"Must you always treat your past with such aloofness?" Supportive stance, annoyed expression.

"..." Defensive stance, apologetic expression.

"Be at ease Family, spend some time in (Rook) and relax" Neutral stance, reassuring expression.}}

Saying his goodbyes to his family, Rainen continued on to an all too familiar boat. He gave a nod to the captain, and without a moment's hesitation the boat raised anchor and headed around the coast towards Rook.

Rainen sips in silence while Plisca begins a solo {{take ten perform keyboard for 27}}. A few moment later his eyes light up, "Ah, the blind dragon's prophecy, I remember it now... Let's see, how'd that one go..."

He goes in to a trance, mumbling with his hand forming an odd symbol in front of his face. "Well, I suppose some context would be appreciated... Long ago, dragons used to rule these lands. In their lust for power cities grew and fell. Then one day IT came. A force of destruction and entropy the world had never seen before, in the form of a dragon twice as large as any other. One by one it razed the cities of the dragons to the ground, killing every dragon that crossed its path. When it ran out kin to slaughter, it turned to the humanoids. It was within this stage of destruction that it discovered Cloud City.

It thought the city to be an easy target like all the last, but it was wrong. The best mages of Cloud City made use of a powerful artifact to seal the creature away, and it worked. The price to be paid for the success, unfortunately, was great. Most of the mages either died or were made lame in their magical prowess. But their sacrifice was well worth it, and with the beast gone life could begin anew."

His speech made, he returned to drinking in silence, allowing the information he just shared to sink in.

Rainen looks at the new addition quizzically. "Ah, no. I'm fine, thank you... Though it would be useful to have some manner of monastic training, it is not for me...  Perhaps I could interest you in supplements of an arcane nature to improve your... ah... brawling?"

"How improve" Herace says quizzically

Ashmock pauses for a moment, processing what he was told. "An interesting history lesson Rainen, but I believe I came here to talk about the future, not the past."

Ashmock repeats the verse back in Draconic. "Much better in the intended language I think. A king of Dragons, how magnificent that would be to see. Interesting times are ahead Rainen. I must take my leave to discuss this knowledge with my followers, I hope we meet again Rainen perhaps even in the field."

Ashmock pats Rainen on the back of the shoulder and laughs, on his way out he leaves a word with Daude to put Rainen's drinks on Ashmock's tab for the night.

Rainen will be found within the Golden Plow, playing a duet with a small fairy-like creature, him playing a violin, and it playing an etwahl. (knowledge planes being trained will reveal it to be a lyrakien azata)

After being spoken to, Rainen steps away letting his partner play a solo. "Yea, sure. I have one of my own that's served me pretty well."

Rainen pulls out a map of the crown district from his pack, He marks both a location and date on the map. "This is where my workshop is, swing by around lunch time on that day and I'll have it all ready for you."

Rainen nods and smiles, "I'm fairly well equipped despite appearances. I keep all of my 'gear' hidden by magic. I'm actually working on saving up for a little side project of mine, call it a hobby if you will, so crafting for others is a rather effective way of expediting my progress in that regard."

After shaking hands, listening to his story and testing the weight of the bag, Rainen gives Darvan a nod. "Yea, I'll have to make a quick trip to Oriar to pick up some Adamantine. I'm a bit backlogged but I can get all three of those made by the end of the week. Meet me here at this time in 4 days and I'll give you the sword, same time for both days afterwards and I can hook you up with an amulet that hardens the skin and a ring that deflects blows of all kinds, it even turns away people trying to trip or grapple you.

At that, Rainen will snap his fingers. An amulet and ring then appears on his person, which he holds out for you to see. Another snap of the fingers and both items dissapear from view.

Turin walks into the golden plow after a long day on the harbor- the day's unrelenting sun wore him out. Immediately after walking in, Turin's spirit uplifted, as a soothing song filled the air. Looking around he saw Rainen and his familiar gracefully playing their instruments.

As the song came to a close, Turin approached him, "Hey mate, don't know if you remember me, but you hired me and some others to cure your awful hangover. Took us to the bottom of sea and all. What an adventure!"

"I've heard from my companions that you are able to craft rings the imbue extraordinary properties. I was wondering if you could whip me up one that gives some extra protection? I would appreciate avoiding the blows of my adversaries."

((Ring of protection (+1), 1600gp))

"I'm a patient man, Rainen. I do not mind waiting. If its no problem, please book me for whenever you have the availability," Turin offered, "I will check up with you in a couple weeks."