>>6292455Next order of business is to make one more summoning, with an elemental of nature as opposed to one such as a guardian spirit like Behr. The idea of a Salamander or Undine is appealing but you need something that can double as a shield and the spirits of fire and water would be less suited for it. The choice lands squarely on summoning one of Earth, possibly a Golem or such.
There's a temptation to see if you could run out and find an earth spirit in one of the mines used by the village but you'd be hard pressed to meet one that would be interested in being bound. The spirits of the earth are usually the type to be hermits and stay right where they make their homes.
You'll just have to go about it differently.
There's plenty of stuff to make what you need here anyways; two stacks of rocks joining together at the top to make a torso and legs, a wide or long rock to make shoulders and arms and finally a small stack of rocks for the head. It's simple enough a child could do it and you've got just what you need, but the stones need to be able to balance and also carry the weight. Good thing you have plenty of flat slate rocks.
>98Looking at it from another angle, there's really no limit on what kind of rocks you'd have to build with though. So you get an idea, an epiphany. There's plenty of rocks you've collected as a child when you could take trips around the mountain with Oranya and you have a box full of things that were cool and colorful. In fact...
You bring the box into the workshop and assemble your stone figure with a grin. These would be offered up to the spirit you summon and you're sure it would know these stones held some sentimental value, likely conveying a better sacrifice to the spirit. You pick out your favorites, a large block you etched a face onto years ago, shoulders of chiseled stone, some lapis lazuli joints, many little details and personal touches.
Better to write a guide on how to make the best offerings because you finish off your sacrificial rock body and the magic happens.
First comes the slight shaking of its legs, a shrug of the shoulders and a wiggle of the body. Then it leans back and forth, clearly testing out the new body, and all two feet of rocks gives a big shiver before laughing.
"Now THIS is a body I can get used to!" The rocks say happily, patting itself and the etched face you made on the block moves along the surface until it rests a bit higher on the stone. Some circle indentions appear on the main block and you marvel at how a collection of your childhood findings has come to life.
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