>>6071194>>6071313>>6071372>>6071398>>6071539>>6073282Though your allegiance is to Sune, you nevertheless feel the need to visit the old Eilistraean grotto. After risking life and limb for the sake of your people, you feel that you are entitled to some manner of divine recompense from the Dark Dancer after having faced so many ordeals on their behalf. At your behest, Luaue acts as your guide, effortlessly wending through the Silverwood whilst guaranteeing that you are not found by the metallic creature determined to destroy you. Despite her myriad shortcomings, you will at least concede that she is a fine ranger. For a cloddish half-breed, that is.
Following the chiseled staircase to its nadir, you find yourself at the heart of the earthen cavity for the first time in several months. Gone are any traces of the desperate struggle between your kin and the black-bloods, scrubbed thoroughly from the stones and laid to rest by Willow and her people. The rays of sunlight which filter in from the gaps in the earth above you scatter against the pool at the grotto's center, illuminating what is now a scene of unsullied natural beauty.
Beneath the now-refurbished mural depicting the Dancing Goddess lie the remains of Talassysnre, laid flat and wrapped in layers of milk-colored cloth upon which fistfuls of ebon flower petals are scattered, likely done out of respect by the devotees of the forest goddess. Though her body is hidden from view, it is a sure thing that it remains unspoiled by natural decay, patiently guarding the Nelgetha and this place until the next Silverhair Knight arrives to relieve her of her duty.
"I... will remain outside until you are finished here," says Luaue, her voice trembling slightly. "Too many memories of this place for me to work through right now." Inclining her head slightly in your direction, she pivots and withdraws, leaving you alone with only the mural and the sound of the nearby brook's crystal water flow.
You came here for a reason. Best you be judicious, however.
>I wish to borrow the Nelgetha's power until my ordeal is overcome. I am owed that much.>Perchance the goddess could provide me with some sort of boon or blessing to give me an advantage against my Lolthite sisters.>What I require is information. What Malar gave me was sufficient for a time, but I must know how I might emerge victorious in the inevitable battle.>She is a goddess of swordwork. I will sit by the pool and meditate on this precept for a time. Surely there is something that she could teach me.>[Write-in.] 