The Maw of Oblivion

My Lady Odette,

I will follow you to the ends of oblivion. I will stand bulwark agasint any who dare cross blows with you. I am forever in your service. I hope a simple fighting man will be of service to this endeavor.

On my honor,

Cara,

That is a really good thought. Perhaps we can look into it next feast if you are available? The more people, the better.

I may be new here in Travance, and for all I know I may only be good for helping you folks buy a little more time. But so long as I am standing, whatever this thing is will have to get through me and my shield to get to those it is after.

Aiki,

I would be more than happy to learn from your expertise if you would be willing to teach me.

~Keladry Aybara

We will say this, and we will say this but once. Everything here will be put to use. Necrophitus, Eden, Xualla none them even combined will compare to what we are about to face. We don't think you understand this yet.
Stop this war,
Stop your feeble bouts of pride,
Stop your hoard,
We call the Count to aid ever man, woman, child, or the other,
Arm the Peasants,
Scare the masses into submission.
We have not faced harder, and any lies you spread that say otherwise will only serve to commit genocide.
We don't care what you think, only of what we know. For in this omen we spin, we warn you, and are certain.

We say here, not in fear, but in ambition.
This beast can, and will be killed.
Killed it will, not by the hands of Travance, Kormyre, or any single thing of the like.
Not of the Light, Dark, or any of your meek gods.
The sky will only rain in blood and success by your hands.

If you feel your not ready, you will be.
We will make you ready.
We do not care for any of the opposition to this statement.

Don't think of yourself higher then you truly stand, you are important, but you are no leader, you are part of no destiny, you are merely a piece.
A speck.
A coalescence of energy, making up just a part of a bigger mass.
We are a mass, we are a collective, and we must fight as such here.

listen to those whom have seen it, and been preparing for it's coming.
If that is not you, do not treat yourself as integral.

You may have your discordance, we will not entertain you.




Prepare.

Moostrav,

First and foremost, I want to say that I see where you are coming from and I think you have good intentions with your call. The unfortunate reality is that we CANNOT stop this war. Duke Baliol and Enzarond would only use us shifting our focus to this to conquer and gain the advantage, thus gaining control over us. When it comes to arming the peasants, know that there will be some who won't. There will be some like me, who throw their lives on the line to protect their families and their things, but there are some that know no other life than what they currently have, and in reality, we need those. We need the farmers to keep tilling their fields and providing the food we need to get through whatever long fights and battles we are going to have to deal with. We need the smithies to continue forging the weapons we will use to fight against this. Prepare whoever is willing, but even the smallest cog can help in the biggest problems.

That having been said, I do agree that any who hold things that could grant us even a modicum of additional power against whatever this thing is should be sharing it. Let us know of these assets so they can be put to use in the fight to come. I don't know much of magic. I, myself, do not wield it. But I have seen it used and seen a glimpse of what can be done. I know that reading all this, I am terrified of whatever this Maw creature is. And yet I will still stand and fight. I will do what I can to prepare myself and be of value to this fight. And from what I have seen so far of Travance, I have a feeling that many here will be doing the same.

~Keladry Aybara