>>6067976“You are the two Knights, aren’t you?” The man asks, giving you a warmer smile and keeping his eyes respectfully focused on your face. “I heard Salicera Fors was also here?”
“Salicera is in town,” Rubida explains, letting them sit on the chairs inside the living room. There’s not many, so only you two and the man sit, while the three women stand by the door. Suddenly this place is much more lively than you are comfortable with. “You would have better luck finding her there. May I offer you anything else than our time? Because we are quite caught up in preparations, as you may just as well see by yourself.”
“We did not just came here for her, to be fair,” the man continues. “My name is Albuino, I am a sun scholar here in town, so I thought I would come personally.”
You and Rubida share a look. In such a small town?
“This town is devoted to Saint Kishirra,” he explains, an easy smile slowly spreading over his features. You slowly notice that beneath his grey robes he shows the usual tanned skin of priests and priest-adjacent people. “She passed here on her journey to the Mar da Candéa, where she fought against the Seven Sisters. Every year we celebrate her journey. I was told one of you came from the Mar da Candèa?” He asks and his eyes shift between Rubida and you. “There is a rumour the Head of the Order is in town, and if that is true we wanted to ask you to take part in the celebrations. More… ah, you are Knights, how do I put this? More on the front-lines, so to say,” he chuckles. You notice he does have an easy smile. You envy his calm demeanour. “It would certainly be appreciated by the community.”
Rubida glances at you and asks quickly:
“Would this take time away from the molten spring celebration?”
“Ah, of course, not,” Albuino explains.
>You are Candèan. This is a chance to show the pride of your heritage and your homeland… while also showing your Faith. If you find a good excuse to cover your hair for the entire night, of course.>This is tempting, but if they find out about your hair— you planned on keeping a low profile as a Knight, and this would put you right on centre stage. Prudence is just as much a virtue as courage.>Perhaps you and Rubida can envision something together? You can make up some sort of Candean tradition that requires you to cover yourself completely, just to make sure, and you can take part in the celebration? That’s going to raise some eyebrows as well.>Add a suggestion [write-in]I love to integrate little pieces of past characters’ actions into this. There is going to be also a few easter eggs during the ceremony - for the two people who read the Reedsmith and Elven Knight novel. Thanks for playing 