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THRALL

COURT Unseelie
TITLE Waywarden
OCCUPATION Warchief, Elemental Babysitter
ABLE TO FAST-TRAVEL No.
RESIDENCE IN 2,701 Ta'ri Trading Post, Azure
RESIDENCE IN 2,702 Caer Scima (fairly nice quarters), Ta'ri Trading Post

MAJOR EVENTS

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What it says on the tin. [ ✖ ]

HIGHLIGHT
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PLANS
Thrall needs a network, so he will be reaching out to people on all sides. Those with information will interest him greatly. He may do his best to smooth over anti-shardbearer sentiment but there are no solid plans to get him involved with that yet. He is slowly heading in a more neutral direction as he despises war, and to that end, he will also be shielding/protecting children, refugees, and other non-combatants. Much of his energy will be devoted to healing the damage the war has wrought and communing with spirits.

SUMMARY OF KNOWN DETAILS
Thrall will have his own spot of land to outfit and strengthen as he pleases. This new base will act as a great place of operations for him, and a good place to stop since it's basically right in the middle of the map. Nice.

TIMELINE OF EVENTS

SPRING IN 2,701 (Mar, Apr, May)

MARCH - Thrall helps with unfreezing the Roc's frozen rampage. BOON EVENT
MARCH - Thrall helps out in Azure, meets Wan.
MARCH - Waver hands over the keys to the old Barrel.
MARCH - Rin calls Thrall up on da phone and tells him to get his ass down here.
MARCH - Thrall helps Rin & the Barrel (2) with healing some damage down south, helps with her garden.
APRIL - Shardbearers hear harps in their dreams, can smash it to make it stop. BOON EVENT
APRIL - Waver comes by.
APRIL - Saber comes by.
MAY - Fairy rings and lockets stop working. Monarchs disappear. Thrall goes golden swan hunting.
MAY - Swan hunting w/ Diarmuid.
MAY - Javik comes by the TTP.

SUMMER IN 2,701 (Jun, Jul, Aug)

JUNE - Treun festival. Thrall will watch, but he won't participate in the melee unless needed. He bothers Hiro though because gambling is bad.
JUNE - Thrall and Lia have a friendly duel.
JULY - Anti-shardbearer sentiment in Daonna. Thrall will strengthen security around his post just in case. Thrall takes Hiro on a ride around the neutral lands, surveying the damage the Jabberwhelp caused. Attempts to heal the earth will happen. They may or may not be successful.
AUGUST - Forest golems go crazy. Festival of Light happens in Leathann. Thrall isn't going.
AUGUST - Wan comes by TTP, asks for help with the golems. Thrall talks to the spirits and helps some of them feel better.
AUGUST - Connor comes by TTP.

FALL IN 2,701 (Sept, Oct, Nov)

SEPTEMBER - Suddenly language barriers everywhere! Thrall speaks Common and Orcish and orcs are natural polyglots so this should be fun.
LATE SEPTEMBER - Brewfest? a.k.a. the Treun wreath festival. Maybe Thrall can get some imports for his pals.
LATE OCTOBER- Samhain! Sun does not rise; characters can go wherever they please; Black Shuck makes another appearance; giant party on the Cathraon. Thrall is going to the party with Vol'jin and he'll be dressed up as a dwarf because that's fucking hilarious, is what it is.
NOVEMBER - Some kind of prison break from Leathann. Thrall watches.

WINTER IN 2,701/2,702 (Dec, Jan, Feb)

LATE DECEMBER- Thrall will dress up as Greatfather Winter for Yule and give presents to the kids. Also both courts are trying to catch the White Hart.
JANUARY - Caer Scima is finally rebuilt, but Thrall does not return.
FEBRUARY - Something like Children's Week in Parrais. Several notable artists found murdered. Thrall is perturbed and wonders if it's tied to anti-shardbearer sentiment, but maybe not.

SPRING IN 2,702 (Mar, Apr)

MARCH - The dead rise again! Thrall will have no problems cutting down skeletons. He's dealt with the Scourge before.
APRIL - Imps and fairies both go missing?

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[Thrall leans into the touch on his head, surreptitiously trying to get Hiro to scratch his ears. There's dust in them, okay. And, you know, after a while he forgets what's wolf and what's him.

He tries to say yes, but talking as a wolf is... a thing. So instead he kinda goes--]

Wooooor.

[Okay.]

[Weirdly enough, he gets what that's supposed to mean. And he recognizes the universal animal movement for "pet me!" and so a small hand moves to scratch at his scalp right behind his ears.

Later on, Thrall may notice that Hiro's a little more comfortable around animals than he is around people, but that's something to dwell on later. He's getting better at least.] Okay. [He's sliding a bit to try and peer into the wolf's face.]

How can we do this?

[Thrall-wolf pants a bit at the scritching. When he feels he's had enough-- and Hiro is waiting for an answer-- he shakes himself a bit, then kneels down so that Hiro can slide off.

He'll have to be an orc for this.]

[He's apparently very good at animal languages because once Thrall-wolf ducks Hiro's sliding off of his back and landing on the ground. He just grins, waving a hand.]

Go ahead. Do your thing.

[He shakes himself off not unlike a dog. His fur blurs a little, and then he gets up off the ground-- this time as a modern-clothed orc.]

It looks worse than I imagined, [he murmurs, nudging some of the blackened ground with his foot.]

Cool...[Don't mind him, he's just staring in a tiny bit of awe here. But that's besides the point. He's just going to step in closer to take a better look himself.]

Still salvageable though?

[Thrall kneels down again, this time out of reverence, and closes his eyes. He looks very out of place on his knees but his relatively peaceful expression says otherwise. He places his large green hands flat on the dirt, fingers sinking in.]

Haaah... yes, [he murmurs. He sounds distant.]

There is still life here.

[The first thing Hiro takes note of is the fact that at least while he's on his knees he doesn't have to crane his neck so far back to look at Thrall. The second and more important thing though is the way he's connecting with the earth and Hiro chooses to stay silent as he waits for the verdict. He can't exactly communicate with spirits. Who knows what they'll have to say?]

But it's hurt. [It's a concept he's familiar with and he looks at his hands briefly like they've betrayed him. Stupid beginning healing magic. First aid isn't going to help the earth. How is he supposed to heal it?] What can we do to fix this?

[Thrall opens his eyes and looks at Hiro. He can see the doubt.]

The seeds below the ground cannot sprout because there is nothing to nourish them. Healing magic will revive the plants beneath us, and it should counteract whatever corruption is in the soil.

It will drain us, certainly, but it should work.

[It's a rare occurrence, the doubt. Hiro is usually fairly confident in his abilities but this time working with something he's still not entirely familiar with? Yes. He's hesitant. Thrall's words soothe him a little though and he looks up to face him again.]

So we're just helping to remove the blockage so the earth can start repairing itself. [He looks at his hands, a small glow forming as he concentrates magic in his hands.] It'll be worth it though if that means restoring things to the way they were.

[He slips his bag off of his shoulder then, dropping it somewhere out of the way but within eyesight before he drops to the dirt next to Thrall also on his knees. He holds his hands above the soil, not sure what he should be feeling or even looking for.]

How do we start?

Exactly. [Hiro is so smart, and Thrall is glad for it. He never has to explain things more than once to the kid. He's good. And he'll be able to teach Thrall a few more things before they're done, he's sure.] It's like when a wildfire demolishes a hillside. The old growth dies and makes way for the new, and it grows better. Death is a necessary part of life.

Even this... poison... has its place. I would argue it is not here and now, but we will manage.

[Enough talking. He crosses his legs beneath him, sitting solidly on the blackened ground. He pats the dirt in front of him.]

Sit across from me. Circles work best for channeling. I will lead and direct the energy into the ground between us, and then we will see what happens. [He's pretty sure they'll be able to do it. This exercise is just as much an experiment as it is discipline and training for Hiro.]

The circle of life. Yeah, I know. [There's a small grin to show Thrall that he's not blowing him off but he does, in fact, understand. That smile's a little muted though if only because death is still a touchy subject...but he's not delving into that right now.

He's crawling to the other side of their patch, mimicking Thrall's movements and dropping down to settle in the dirt even as he dubiously pokes at the dirt.]

Okay. So...it's just sort of volleying the energy and keeping it flowing without breaking the cycle. [He seems to think he understands, but this isn't something he's ever done before. He's ready to listen to everything Thrall has to say here.] Let's try it.

[Thrall tilts his head a little, sensing something more beyond that remark, but he doesn't press. He knows Hiro will come to him in time-- or, rather, he hopes he will.]

You've got it.

[He holds his hands out, palms up.]

Place your hands on mine. Now... close your eyes. [He speaks slowly, calmly, his voice deep and warm.] Feel the ground beneath you. See it in your mind's eye.

When you are ready, channel as you would for the healing spell.

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[Give it time and patience, Thrall. That's one of the only ways he'll really confide in people (either that or being a complete jackass like Jason.)

He doesn't ask questions, following instructions and letting his hands rest in Thrall's palms and shifting in the dirt again. He raises an eyebrow but he keeps his eyes closed, envisioning said-ground.

Okay…picturing the earth with a giant gaping wound wasn't exactly what he wanted but it would work. He thinks on it, keeping that in mind and he prepares himself to let the healing magic start, but…]

…are you sure about this? [Even as he asks though, his palms are glowing a soft, bright white. He's been practicing how to channel his healing powers from the monarchs the same way he channels his normal magic learned from Lemina.]

[Thrall's own hands glow faintly blue-green, felt more than seen. His magic is cool in the way that refreshing water is, but not unpleasant, not terribly chilling. There's an underlying warmth to it.

Thrall smiles, though with Hiro's eyes closed, he can't see it.]

This is part of my duties as a shaman-- but I must admit I have never attempted this before.

[He directs the healing energy down, down, down into the ground. It spreads from between them like a tree's roots, seeking the withered life beneath the ground.]

[It doesn't worry him and he barely even registers the temperature shift due to his own powers. He's busy concentrating on the task.]

I promise not to tell anybody if you mess up. [The impish smirk is enough to show he's just teasing even as he's working with Thrall's own magic. He cracks open an eye, careful not to break concentration as he stares at the energy flowing downward.]

...whoa. [He's never really seen magic like this.] This is what you can really do?

We are both here to learn something, [he responds, taking the teasing in stride. The first step to wisdom is saying 'I do not know', or whatever.

He can't help cracking a little bit of a smile at Hiro's amazement, though. What a kid. It's baby's first healing session, after all, and he's still fairly new to this magic business, but Thrall finds it endearing.]

This is what we can both do. Together.

[The energy swirls and continues downward still, leaving gentle sparkles across the dirt which soon disappear.]

If you concentrate, you can feel where the magic is going. It's a part of you, after all.

You mean here right now, or here in this world? [Because those are two different things and yet...they're not. Hiro's entire life in the Drabwurld has been a process of "learning something." Just different somethings from the world at home.

He's so enthralled by what they're doing he doesn't notice that Thrall's reacting to his reaction. Hiro's not sure if he's more amazed by what they're doing or that he's helping at all. He hasn't had much chance to use his healing powers since the monarchs bestowed them upon him, but this is incredible.]

Lemina told me something similar...that's how I use the magic she taught me. Envisioning where it's going so that I can push it outward. So it's the same thing here? We can direct it through its path in the earth if we concentrate on it? [He's trying to close his eye again to focus harder, but it's too cool not to watch.] What about extracting the rot from the earth, could we do that?

Perhaps both. [His eyes twinkle. He's learned a lot from Hiro about remembering kindness, about helping people, about ingenuity, about dealing with children. And he is sure he will learn a lot more.]

Yes. You've got it. I have found that some principles of magic are very similar in execution.

[That's an interesting idea, though, and he pauses.]

We could purge the rot effectively in a larger group, but with only the two of us, we should pace ourselves and only do so when it is necessary. It's much easier to support the earth's natural healing.

[He seems to perk up upon being told he's on the right path, more than pleased by the fact that he's getting the hang of this whole magic thing even as they continue to work.] Lemina said the same thing. Kinda makes me wonder what else I can learn if I start looking at it. [A beat.] I started learning stuff from Loki, too, but I don't think it's similar to anything else.

[He looks at the ground and frowns thoughtfully.] Same principle, huh? Use your magic too fast and you end up wiping yourself out? Kiiinda found out the hard way. [So he might have knocked himself on his ass a few days after he used his fire magic to help thaw everything in March, big deal.] So we're basically like...like antibiotics? We're helping out but it's really mostly the earth's own doing and we're speeding up the process. I think that makes sense. There's really nothing else we can do?

I think you can learn anything. Some things will be harder than others, of course, but you are clever and tenacious when you want to be.

[When he's not throwing a tantrum over having no ideas, that is. Or being bored. God forbid Hiro gets bored.]

Ah, Hiro... [Please don't kill yourself trying to heal the land.] It is conservative in execution, but it will help the earth the most and tire us out at a reasonable rate. You can't expect big results instantly.

But if you want to try something else, I am always willing to hear your ideas.

[On Thrall's end, he can already hear the whisper of the life below ground waking up. But he doesn't share that just yet.]

[It's probably for the best that right now Hiro doesn't run the risk of being bored at all. This is all completely new and exciting for him to try and figure out and it's a good exercise for his brain to stretch and pick apart everything.] ...thanks for believing in me, then.

[It's true. It's nice when people just sort of steer him on the right path and don't let him fall into a pit of tantrums and useless ideas, people who keep pushing him forward. He frowns at the idea of not expecting big results instantly though. Patience...isn't exactly his forte, even now.] I know, but there has to be a way to improve this, too. There's always a way to improve things isn't there? That's how our world works.

["That's what I'm used to" goes unsaid. He's thinking though, staring at the earth and the energy between him and Thrall flowing into the dirt.] I wish there was a way to cover more ground. Like a bigger circle? I don't know if that would even work.

[He knows patience isn't his forte. Shit, Thrall could tell that much when they first met and Hiro was bouncing on his toes. Patience is something one learns as he gets older, but sitting down and meditating and focusing like this also helps. It's best to set Hiro on a good path now, while he still has the potential to change without too much difficulty.]

There is always a way to improve things...

[An interesting theory. If Hiro can bring some improvement to what is traditionally very difficult magic, then he'll experiment for as long as it takes.]

If we had more people, that is what we would do. Our 'circle' is very small with just the two of us.

However... we could spread if you believe you can handle the task of guiding your own energy. That may be enough.

[There will be areas of trial and error when it comes to getting Hiro to calm down and actually focus, but every time Thrall pushes Hiro pushes back a little less. He's confident in his theory though and that it still applies to this place. There has to be ways to improve everything including magic. And if there isn't? He'll make one.]

I think I get it now enough that I could probably guide it myself. It's all concentration isn't it? I wanna see how far we can cover just the two of us.

[Hiro is innovative and Thrall is sure that's what they need. He can feel a little twinge of excitement. He's never done anything quite like this before, and experimenting with this kind of magic can really only bring good results.

The worst that can happen is they'll just be tired. They have all month to try things out.]

Then let's try it.

[He halts the spell and gets up, dusts off his jeans. And then he begins walking backward.]

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