AabahranThe Chronicles, Vol.25
The Chronicles · by Academician Acele
/--------------------------------------------------------------------\ | | | + + + + + + | | Vol. 25 + + THE CHRONICLES + + Collector's | | + + Edition | | | | THE GIRL, [Winter 1940] | | _____ | | | lizabeth lived with her father in Val Miran. They were kind | | |__ folk with no aspirations towards guild life or politics, and | | | were remarkably homey. They were on good terms with their | | |____ neighbors, and while Elizabeth was devious and stubborn, she | | was passionate as well and was not the sort to easily quit. | | They never ventured out of Val Miran, given that for their sort | | such would never be necessary. They were not an adventuring type | | nor entrepreneurs. They were neither greedy or content, neither | | makers or breakers of the law, neither light or dark. They were, | | for lack of a better term, just simple citizens. Such a thing is | | not earned by great merit. You would not call what they were very | | prestigious or grand. It did not take much to be what they were | | (being born is typically the only prerequisite). | | | | One day, some creature named Harasin decided that he was somehow | | above the cities, above the order, and poisoned the fountains in | | Val Miran with a poison. There were many victims -- not only the | | ones snuffed out by poison, mind you, but those that survived that | | were left to mourn. One of those victims was Elizabeth. | | | | Her father's name is Winston. | | | | Some of you readers may remember him dragging your ass to jail. | | | | Some might say luck was the cause of Elizabeth's death, and the | | Lich, Harasin, was simply a force of nature. I'm certain that the | | powers of death would not like to be scraped off as having no more | | influence than luck, but as your faithful author, I have no issue | | belittling it that way. I love Chance, you see. On the other | | hand, I also love Order, and justice. | | | | You can roll your dice, and hope you win big. By all means please | | do. There is nothing more exciting than a good gamble. When you | | want to know when to back off and hide your winnings, look for the | | obvious signs -- a Winston -- the side-effect of your silly Chaos | | and petty lawlessness. Look for it well. | | | | Order is not governed by luck. It is the other side of the coin. | | | | It is what can always be expected. | | | \--------------------------------------------------------------------/