Chapter 3.12 E

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Released on: Sept. 12, 2017, 2:35 p.m.

Last edited: March 16, 2023, 5:59 p.m.

Book: Flowers of Esthelm (3)

Most mentioned character

97 mentions

Some honourable mentions

Name	Count
Laken Godart	39
Gamel	35
Emperor of Sands	22

Most mentioned class

11 mentions

[Emperor]

Some honourable mentions

Name	Count
[Midwife]	2
[Paladin]	2
[Blacksmith]	1

Most mentioned location

10 mentions

Riverfarm

Mentions

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Name	Text
Durene Faerise	So panic grips me as I stumble across the snowy ground, knees still shaking from the avalanche. Part of me doesn’t even really believe what’s happened. After all, the small area of land I can sense hasn’t changed much. But Durene tells me that everything around her cottage is just—gone.
Laken Godart	“Laken!”
Durene Faerise	A voice shouts my name and I hear thumping footsteps. Durene rushes after me, fright clear in her voice.
Durene Faerise	Rough hands drag me back. Durene is terrified, but she cares more about my safety in this moment than anything else. I let her pull me back into the radius of the cottage. There at least I can tell what’s around me. But instead of being reassured by my mastery of this small domain, I now feel like I’m holding a candle in a—a dark world. I don’t understand darkness that well, but I fear the place where my [Emperor]’s senses fade away and I have to rely solely on remaining senses.
[Emperor]	Rough hands drag me back. Durene is terrified, but she cares more about my safety in this moment than anything else. I let her pull me back into the radius of the cottage. There at least I can tell what’s around me. But instead of being reassured by my mastery of this small domain, I now feel like I’m holding a candle in a—a dark world. I don’t understand darkness that well, but I fear the place where my [Emperor]’s senses fade away and I have to rely solely on remaining senses.
Emperor of Sands	Rough hands drag me back. Durene is terrified, but she cares more about my safety in this moment than anything else. I let her pull me back into the radius of the cottage. There at least I can tell what’s around me. But instead of being reassured by my mastery of this small domain, I now feel like I’m holding a candle in a—a dark world. I don’t understand darkness that well, but I fear the place where my [Emperor]’s senses fade away and I have to rely solely on remaining senses.
Frostwing	I hear shrieking. My head turns, but it’s only Frostwing. She’s scared out of her mind, and I can’t blame her. But her anxiety doesn’t matter—the village—
Durene Faerise	I can’t think. I’m hyperventilating, gasping for air. Durene trembles as she stops.
Laken Godart	“Laken. What do we…? It’s all gone.”
Riverfarm	We’re both in shock. I know that. But my mind keeps snapping back to the village. Riverfarm. They were hit. I have to do something.
Durene Faerise	“Durene, we have to go to the village. The faeries didn’t protect Riverfarm. Who knows what’s happened to them?”
Riverfarm	“Durene, we have to go to the village. The faeries didn’t protect Riverfarm. Who knows what’s happened to them?”
Laken Godart	“What? Laken—”
Durene Faerise	Durene pauses. It’s not even complete thoughts she’s having. She’s not thinking, just reacting. But finally—and it feels like forever although it’s only been a minute or less—my brain begins working again.
Durene Faerise	“We have to go! Durene!”
Durene Faerise	I snap at her. Durene jerks, and then she hesitates.
Laken Godart	“Laken—”
[Paladin]	“You are a [Paladin].”
Durene Faerise	I feel like an idiot saying it, but I grab Durene’s protective hand and try to turn my head towards her face. My gentle giant is shivering with fear, but her being here reassures me enough to keep my voice steady.
Durene Faerise	“Durene. You are a Paladin. A protector of the weak and innocent. And you are also my guardian, my champion. You have to go. And I have to go. We have to help everyone we can.”

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