Berren - Revision history

Rivers Between Us at 04:48, 9 November 2006

2006-11-09T04:48:54Z

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	“I'm Seven Leagues... but my father calls me Chester. I live alone, usually... say, are there a lot of single women in town? And my horse won't live in a stable with other horses; it just drives him nuts. Really a big, open, pasture is best...”		“I'm Seven Leagues... but my father calls me Chester. I live alone, usually... say, are there a lot of single women in town? And my horse won't live in a stable with other horses; it just drives him nuts. Really a big, open, pasture is best...”

	The line wrapped around the town hall, and Berren could see through the window that more were still coming. It looked like they would be past midnight again. Fifteen tables were lined in a row, and each of them was manned by a bureaucrat. He recorded their names, ages, professions, and place origin (nine times out of ten, it was somewhere south of Celeren), and then he gave them a key and a lamp for each member of the household. Nine times out of ten the conversation ended in this fashion:		The line wrapped around the town hall, and Berren could see through the window that more were still coming. It looked like they would be there past midnight again. Fifteen tables were lined in a row, and each of them was manned by a bureaucrat. He recorded their names, ages, professions, and place of origin (nine times out of ten, it was somewhere south of Celeren), and then he gave them a key and a lamp for each member of the household. Nine times out of ten the conversation ended in this fashion:

	“You'll need to read these instructions for the care of your lamps and the usage of our water system...”		“You'll need to read these instructions for the care of your lamps and the usage of our water system...”
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	“Yes, yes. If you get lost, show your papers to any resident and they'll point the way. Please make way. Next!”		“Yes, yes. If you get lost, show your papers to any resident and they'll point the way. Please make way. Next!”

	~~As a~~ pair of sniveling little boys, the elder possibly nine years old, made their way up to his table. He looked at them for a moment, shook his head, threw his fists up in the air and shouted, “This isn't my job!”		A pair of sniveling little boys, the elder possibly nine years old, made their way up to his table. He looked at them for a moment, shook his head, threw his fists up in the air and shouted, “This isn't my job!”

	Two nights later, at the monthly festival of the Celestines, he worked all night preparing the firedust spectacular and setting up benches in the square. He and thirty underlings prepared the hanging lamps decorated with the sun, the moon, and the maidens, placing them on the walls and hanging them in the trees. He delivered the music to the members of the chorus and sat through the dress rehearsal of the month's play, commissioned to honor the newest Solar glory to join the Marukan cause. When dawn rose and his foreman broke his leg trying to arrange the stage lighting, he turned to the heavens again and shouted, “This isn't my job!”		Two nights later, at the monthly festival of the Celestines, he worked all night preparing the firedust spectacular and setting up benches in the square. He and thirty underlings prepared the hanging lamps decorated with the sun, the moon, and the maidens, placing them on the walls and hanging them in the trees. He delivered the music to the members of the chorus and sat through the dress rehearsal of the month's play, commissioned to honor the newest Solar glory to join the Marukan cause. When dawn rose and his foreman broke his leg trying to arrange the stage lighting, he turned to the heavens again and shouted, “This isn't my job!”
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	“It's quite tempting, but you don't undestand... I'd never make it back to Lookshy alive. They have spies like you wouldn't believe... creatures mutated into sorcerous monsters...”		“It's quite tempting, but you don't undestand... I'd never make it back to Lookshy alive. They have spies like you wouldn't believe... creatures mutated into sorcerous monsters...”

	“Oh, it would have its dangers, I admit. We aren't ~~all~~ that used to convincing people through... persuasion... but there is someone here that might make the offer a little more tempting.”		“Oh, it would have its dangers, I admit. We aren't that used to convincing people through... persuasion... but there is someone here that might make the offer a little more tempting.”

	A third cloaked figure entered the room. A look of pure terror passed over the minister's face as the hood was pulled back; he froze where he stood, then began to arrange his torn robe in a more respectable fashion.		A third cloaked figure entered the room. A look of pure terror passed over the minister's face as the hood was pulled back; he froze where he stood, then began to arrange his torn robe in a more respectable fashion.

Rivers Between Us at 04:37, 9 November 2006

2006-11-09T04:37:57Z

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 Berren was recently dismissed from his position when he was recruited on an assignment for [[Rivers Between Us]].  He reported the activity to his superiors, who requested that he bring the object and act as their spy.  Now that he is working for his old friend, he is torn between his duty to his city and loyalty to his friend.  He hopes that this has not interfered with his plans to marry.
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-. [[Rivers Between Us]]
+“My name is Sha Goria.  I am from Five Branches, but Five Branches is no more.  I have with me my two sisters and our seven children...”
-. [[River's Contacts]]
+“I am Iron Fu Lao.  We were living near an outpost until the ghosts started getting to our daughter, and we had to move.  This is my wife and my father and my father's father.  Is there a way we could get one house for all...”
-. [[Heaven's Mandate]]
+“I'm Seven Leagues... but my father calls me Chester.  I live alone, usually... say, are there a lot of single women in town?  And my horse won't live in a stable with other horses; it just drives him nuts.  Really a big, open, pasture is best...”

Rivers Between Us at 03:57, 28 July 2006

2006-07-28T03:57:14Z

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	Berren is a charming young man working as a savant in the employ of Lookshy. He is a thaumaturge of the adept level in enchantment. He is currently working in a factory cathedral manufacturing common warstriders ~~and~~ a sluggish pace. He enjoys his work, thinks highly of his duty to the city, and is soon to be married to a young girl that is an unexalted scion of a dragon-blooded family. His fortunes are rising. He was a friend of Nathan while he was living in Lookshy, but he has finished grieving over him.		Berren is a charming young man working as a savant in the employ of Lookshy. He is a thaumaturge of the adept level in enchantment. He is currently working in a factory cathedral manufacturing common warstriders at a sluggish pace. He enjoys his work, thinks highly of his duty to the city, and is soon to be married to a young girl that is an unexalted scion of a dragon-blooded family. His fortunes are rising. He was a friend of Nathan while he was living in Lookshy, but he has finished grieving over him.

	Berren has a brown ponytail and a narrow, birdlike nose with clear gray eyes. He is tall and lean, and tends to dress in purples when he can afford them.		Berren has a brown ponytail and a narrow, birdlike nose with clear gray eyes. He is tall and lean, and tends to dress in purples when he can afford them.

			Berren was recently dismissed from his position when he was recruited on an assignment for [[Rivers Between Us]]. He reported the activity to his superiors, who requested that he bring the object and act as their spy. Now that he is working for his old friend, he is torn between his duty to his city and loyalty to his friend. He hopes that this has not interfered with his plans to marry.

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Rivers Between Us at 21:35, 30 June 2006

2006-06-30T21:35:19Z

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	1. [[Rivers Between Us]]		1. [[Rivers Between Us]]

	2. [[Heaven's Mandate]]		2. [[River's Contacts]]

			3. [[Heaven's Mandate]]

Rivers Between Us: friend of Rivers in Lookshy

2006-06-11T22:59:51Z

friend of Rivers in Lookshy

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Berren is a charming young man working as a savant in the employ of Lookshy. He is a thaumaturge of the adept level in enchantment. He is currently working in a factory cathedral manufacturing common warstriders and a sluggish pace. He enjoys his work, thinks highly of his duty to the city, and is soon to be married to a young girl that is an unexalted scion of a dragon-blooded family. His fortunes are rising. He was a friend of Nathan while he was living in Lookshy, but he has finished grieving over him.

Berren has a brown ponytail and a narrow, birdlike nose with clear gray eyes. He is tall and lean, and tends to dress in purples when he can afford them.

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1. [[Rivers Between Us]]

2. [[Heaven's Mandate]]