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From: Thorr-kan, the White Minotaur, and Horde Father-Confessor
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Subject: REPOST [Roaming] Musings
Date: 13 Feb 1994 23:41:55 GMT
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From the personal journals of Mathias Schofield, Imperial Governor of the  
Southern Reaches:

"I am greatly perturbed.  Many weeks ago, I sent a young friend on a journey of  
discovery.  He was to be without aid, without contact.  It would be his duty to  
find a way back to us on his own.

"But of late, ripples have crossed the continuum concerning my young friend.   
It seems he will become a focal point between two beings of Power.  They are  
not gods, not quite.  But their abilities are such that my poor young friend  
has very little chance of standing against them.  Thaddius is no younger that I  
was while facing Tarkon the Destroyer, but I was an anomaly, a kink in the  
plans of Fate.  Thaddius is alone, far from his goddess and home.

"He is to have no help.  That is the letter of the law.  But the law did not  
intend for the active intervention of demi-gods, either.  It is within reason   
to give assistance.  My duty to the Emperor forbid my seeking him out and  
offering aid.  But others stand ready in my stead.  One is Marty Tunnelhopper,  
a kender and a warrior of no small skill and cunning.  He shall be my eyes and  
ears.  The other is Lady Ellen, a paladin of the One.  Her stake is personal;  
Thaddius is her betrothed.  By her aura will I track the two.  

"I wish them good fortune..."

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From the journals of Thaddius Farsinger, of the Roamer Companions:

"2 August 1993.  World: Nexus, Location: Edge of the Great Forest.

"Four weeks!  It has been four weeks since I have set foot in the real world.   
I have only a handful of days before my marriage ceremony, yet I have pledged  
myself to aid the Lady in her struggle against the vampire, Thorne.  

"Milady, wherever you may Roam, I give you my apologies.  But I have given my  
word; I must see this through to the end.  It would be wrong of me to turn my  
back or to endanger others.

"Farewell.

"I love you."

-----

Somewhere between Generica and the Great Forest, an army is on the move.   
Corrupted children of nature are its outriders, warning others of their coming  
and sweeping opposition from the path.  Creatures of darkness, those dead that  
have not moved on are its vanguard, and their ranks grow hourly.   And in the  
center, felt but unseen are those that dwell on the borders of reality.

All hunger for a life-force beyond that of mortals.  They are headed for the  
largest concentration of it in this part of Nexus.  And all that stands before  
them is a lone half-elf unaware of his peril.

-Thaddius Farsinger
"After all this time, it seems I _was_ born to walk alone..."

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Sometimes, those you love most are the ones you have to leave behind.
Matt Cutter, e-mail to mcutter@nic.gac.edu OR mcutter@vax2.gac.edu
Gustavus couldn't afford my opinions if they wanted them!
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