New Faces in Town

[DoF Archive]

Date: 11/27/1999 12:29 PM Central Daylight Time
From: Captain Decklis

A blustery morning in Rhydin, and a few newcomers are blown into town. First of the three are a strikingly tall, muscular man with short-cropped black hair. His voice is deep, when he chooses to speak. The second is a woman with auburn hair, cordial hazel eyes but a nasty scar across her alabaster white neck that
prevents her from speaking at all. She remains constantly at the side of the first man, smiling, but unable to share her thoughts. Last of the trio is a man much younger than the first, with blond hair cut in the same style. He is not as tall as the raven-haired one, but no less imposing for the lack of extreme stature. Near-black eyes betray a shifty cunning, and there is, like the woman, a smile on his face.
It is the raven-haired one who is first to approach, and you immediatly sense that he is recently accustomed to interacting with people on a more amicable basis. He extends his hand and introduces himself as "Cap- just Decklis. Jonan Decklis." For the sake of the woman, he motions to her for an introduction. "This is Rasza," he says, the steel-gray eyes softening a bit, even hinting of a smile. It is obvious now that more than any duel would be
necessary to win their hearts from one another. The third steps forward, and makes his own acquaintance. "Name is...uh...." remembering the cue from his leader, "Jakob Firin."
Not farmers these three, but the look of toil is already about them. Some whisper at the bar that they aren't even human, that the three fell out of the sky and there are more out there, in the depth of the inhospitable forests. You smile at the drunken banter, knowing it not possible, and welcome them in....