OOM: Taking Sameth to Gotland again

[ostro_goth]

Teja is in the forge, gathering a few things he is meaning to take to Gotland and show to Aligern -- for Adalgoth had told him that he would come to see them, soon.

It would, of course, be cheating history -- but then, Teja would gladly give his people any reasonable help he may.

No fire-arms, of course.

And then, of course, in the end, all his aid might result in could just as well be the development of the famous Ulberht swords that Teja has read about...

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[makesthings]

"In many ways, yes, its a complicated situation,"

He's not good at explaining things especially not to people not used to magic.

[ostro_goth]

Teja turns his head and addresses Sameth, whose plight he has observed from a corner of his eye.

"You may trust Wachis with your tale and woes," he says to Sameth. "He is known for calmly accepting strangeness, even that which he has not heard of before. He is a steady friend."

Wachis gives a small but pleased smile at that praise.

[makesthings]

"I'm just not sure where to start. I'm from a place called the Old Kingdom and my parents are the kind and Abhorsen. As Abhorsen, its my mother's job to fight the Dead who necromancers use to try and gain power. I'll be Abhorsen after her and do what I can to keep the Old Kingdom safe,"

Sam takes a drink and waits, he's not sure if that was a good way to say things or not.

[ostro_goth]

Teja has turned his attention back to Aligern, asking, "And Haralda? What did she..." while Wachis on Sameth's other side asks, "We have tales of revenants, but they are but tales, current company excluded. So you have them, coming to your place, and you must go to war against them?"

By his tone of voice, fighting whatever danger seems facing one to be a natural thing, be it the zombie apocalypse or Byzantine mercenaries.

Little Witichis, opposite, has picked up on another thing. "Your father is a king? Does our king teach you kinging as well as smithing?"

[makesthings]

"Yes, there aren't many of them but the battles aren't easily one,"

He smiles at Witichis, "Yes, he does though my sister is going to be queen after my father."

[gotland_npc]

"How can a girl be queen when there is a male heir?" Witichis asks, incredulous. "No way would the fighting men acclaim a woman if there's anybody else."

"They do things in other ways, in other lands," Wachis says. "You've got the best teacher, boy; you'll be doing fine. Revenants are hard to kill, tales say; you need to use magic or destroy them in special ways, the tales say -- is that so?"

[makesthings]

"Yes, that's why I'm Abhorsen-in-Waiting and not the Heir, my magic is stronger. Also Ellimere's older and so it makes sense for her to be king after my father,"

Sam absently pats Isis and takes another drink,

"I've fought them and they're hard to kill but the most dangerous are the necromancers who control them and call them back to Life."

[gotland_npc]

"So once the necromancer falls, his creations will fall, also?" Wachis asks.

It makes sense to him.

[makesthings]

"Yes, but to make him fall you have to send him into Death itself,"

He's gone pale and tries to look braver than he feels,

"I.I fought one in Death when he attacked my friends."

[gotland_npc]

"In Death?" Wachis asks.

Fighting by any means when your friends are threatened goes without saying.

[makesthings]

"That's one of the things that only those of the Abhorsen line can do, walk in Death. To truly defeat them, you have to go into Death and send them past the Ninth Gate. I was lucky to survive fighting him."

[gotland_npc]

"Into the realm of Death herself, to push him over the border from which he may not return?" Wachis says. "That takes great courage. You are a worthy apprentice to our king."

[makesthings]

"Thank you, I try to be."

[gotland_npc]

"Have more meat," Wachis says.

A young man who not only works in a forge but battles dangerous necromancers in Death can use every ounce of energy food can give him.

[makesthings]

He blushes and reaches for more, feeding Isis who finds all his moving not as comfortable as he's meant to be.

[ostro_goth]

Count steals a shred of meat, too -- and then wanders over the table to steal a bit of bread from Hilde, bold as brass.

Everybody chuckles at him.

[makesthings]

Sam's glad that Count takes all their eyes off of him and goes back to eating, feeling buoyed up by their view of him.

[ostro_goth]

Teja reaches out to pick up Count. "Cat," he says, looking at the small grey creature in his hand. "You are setting a bad example, for Isis and her children to come."

However he feeds Count a shred of meat from his own platter. Teja is serious as ever, but everybody else laughs, even Aligern.

[makesthings]

"I'm sure Mogget taught him all the tricks he knows,"

Since Sam wouldn't be surprised and laughs.

[ostro_goth]

"Who is Mogget?" little Ursula asks.

"It must be another cat, dummie!" Hilde says.

"He is, but more than that," Teja says.

[makesthings]

"He's from my world and he's powerful and friends with all the cats."

[gotland_npc]

"So he taught Count to be as cheeky as he is?" Hilde giggles.

[makesthings]

"It would be just like him."

[ostro_goth]

"Mogget is a very unique creature," Teja says, rubbing Count's cheek.

[makesthings]

"He is and Count's charming enough on his own so he didn't need that much help to learn how to get people to do what he wanted."