10-25-2019, 01:04 AM
Shad had recognized the gatekeeper from his last visit here. He silently prayed to St. Elimine that the gatekeeper saw too many faces to place his face with the Chad Chevalier who came with the scholar Wolfram Caron the same day as the library fire. In fact, the whole time they've been in Pharae, Shad was on edge about the Church. They came in force to Pharae after the fire, either to locate Shad, Paige, or Ambrose. It seemed fortunate that the attack of Tania happened. The church presence here must have been mostly redirected. Shad was a bit out of it the rest of the day and just went to bed.
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Shad found himself unable to sleep. It was his first night without Maria after the Berg Castle incident and the deaths of his men haunted him. The sight of Maria, covered in so much blood, haunted him. He slept maybe two hours before waking from a nightmare. The unfamiliar setting was a bit distressing. He looked around, got up and paced around the room a bit to collect his thoughts. He climbed back into bed and closed his eyes, only to be greeted not long after with the sight of Marcus' bisected decaying corpse. He couldn't sleep. He looked through his belongings and found a whetstone. He took his sword and spent the rest of the night whetting his pair of swords. When time for battle came, he'd be ready.
When morning came, Shad was summoned to breakfast. He looked at himself in the mirror and noticed his hair was a little more grown out than the last time he paid attention to it. Bags started to develop under his eyes. He looked a mess, but there was stuff to do. Shad made his way to the dining hall, yawning the whole way. He looked at the breakfast laid out before him with a dead stare. It was good looking food and Shad was starving, but he could barely focus on eating. He never got as little sleep as he did. At least, not since passed age 12. Cecily found herself summoned away by the their host, which Shad didn't mind. Marquess Elbert didn't know the Etrurian lord and quiet frankly, he wasn't putting the right message out there with his look. They didn't talk for long. Shad started eating before she came back when she dropped some huge news.
It's time to seize Laus.
Shad's exhaustion and general malaise it brought to him vanished in an instant. Or rather, the topic gave him a temporary respite from it all. This seemed like a bad idea. Shad's kind of bad idea. At her question, Shad got up to his feet. "Lady Cecily. I fight for Etruria's freedom and against the Church of the Preservation of Sanctity. As long as you fight towards those goals, you'll have my sword at your side. I just require that the Marquess' armorer put together something for me. After seizing Berg Castle, I think I'd like to see a little less of my own blood strewn everywhere."
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Shad found himself unable to sleep. It was his first night without Maria after the Berg Castle incident and the deaths of his men haunted him. The sight of Maria, covered in so much blood, haunted him. He slept maybe two hours before waking from a nightmare. The unfamiliar setting was a bit distressing. He looked around, got up and paced around the room a bit to collect his thoughts. He climbed back into bed and closed his eyes, only to be greeted not long after with the sight of Marcus' bisected decaying corpse. He couldn't sleep. He looked through his belongings and found a whetstone. He took his sword and spent the rest of the night whetting his pair of swords. When time for battle came, he'd be ready.
When morning came, Shad was summoned to breakfast. He looked at himself in the mirror and noticed his hair was a little more grown out than the last time he paid attention to it. Bags started to develop under his eyes. He looked a mess, but there was stuff to do. Shad made his way to the dining hall, yawning the whole way. He looked at the breakfast laid out before him with a dead stare. It was good looking food and Shad was starving, but he could barely focus on eating. He never got as little sleep as he did. At least, not since passed age 12. Cecily found herself summoned away by the their host, which Shad didn't mind. Marquess Elbert didn't know the Etrurian lord and quiet frankly, he wasn't putting the right message out there with his look. They didn't talk for long. Shad started eating before she came back when she dropped some huge news.
It's time to seize Laus.
Shad's exhaustion and general malaise it brought to him vanished in an instant. Or rather, the topic gave him a temporary respite from it all. This seemed like a bad idea. Shad's kind of bad idea. At her question, Shad got up to his feet. "Lady Cecily. I fight for Etruria's freedom and against the Church of the Preservation of Sanctity. As long as you fight towards those goals, you'll have my sword at your side. I just require that the Marquess' armorer put together something for me. After seizing Berg Castle, I think I'd like to see a little less of my own blood strewn everywhere."