Chapter 3.35

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Released on: Dec. 5, 2017, 8:10 a.m.

Last edited: March 16, 2023, 6 p.m.

Book: Winter Solstice (4)

Most mentioned character

114 mentions

Some honourable mentions

Name	Count
Ivolethe	37
Reynold Ferusdam	31
Erin Solstice	18

Most mentioned class

5 mentions

[Receptionist]

Some honourable mentions

Name	Count
[Butler]	5
[King]	2
[Enchanter]	2

Most mentioned location

13 mentions

Invrisil

Some honourable mentions

Name	Count
Rhir	10
Esthelm	6
Terandria	3

Mentions

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Name	Text
Esthelm	In the city of Esthelm there was a slime. It oozed along the ground, leaving a trail as it went. It was a slime, a round little pebble of liquid with no real defining features besides its dark greenish brown insides, which pulsated as it moved.
Erin Solstice	But it was a slime, and as of such it attracted a young woman who followed it as it slowly roamed across the broken rubble of the city. Erin Solstice stared, captivated by the tiny slime. It was like a small puddle come to life, and it looked incredibly cute to her, even if she was inhaling a noxious odor from the nearby sewer.
Erin Solstice	She wanted to touch it. Erin was vaguely aware that even the cutest of monsters could be dangerous, but she assumed that a truly dangerous creature would have been destroyed on sight. So a touch wouldn’t hurt, right? She reached out to touch it.
Esthelm	Above the city of Esthelm there was a herd of faeries. They held their breath as Erin reached out.
Erin Solstice	Above the city of Esthelm there was a herd of faeries. They held their breath as Erin reached out.
Erin Solstice	“Erin! Don’t touch that!”
Erin Solstice	Someone shouted at the girl and the faeries released their breath in a collective sigh of disappointment. They watched as a half-Elf ran over to Erin, scowling. Erin turned, looking hurt.
Erin Solstice	Someone shouted at the girl and the faeries released their breath in a collective sigh of disappointment. They watched as a half-Elf ran over to Erin, scowling. Erin turned, looking hurt.
Erin Solstice	“Erin, you can’t just go around touching monsters—especially slimes!”
Erin Solstice	“Don’t be insane. Acid slimes? Dead gods, Erin, what a thought! No, this one is…look, do you know what slimes are? How they’re made?”
Ceria Springwalker	Ceria took a step back, pulling Erin away from the slime. It had begun rolling towards them, more inquisitively than with any real hostility. The half-Elf made a face.
Erin Solstice	Ceria took a step back, pulling Erin away from the slime. It had begun rolling towards them, more inquisitively than with any real hostility. The half-Elf made a face.
Erin Solstice	Erin looked insulted. Ceria shrugged.
Ceria Springwalker	Erin looked insulted. Ceria shrugged.
Erin Solstice	“Some people have never seen the sea before. Anyways, slimes breed or spawn in bodies of liquid when the conditions are right. I guess some mana potions broke, or there were some already but—Erin, they take on the properties of their original liquid, get it? And this one clearly came from the sewer.”
Erin Solstice	The watching faeries saw Erin take a second to piece this together. Then they heard her horrified exclamation.
Esthelm	The faeries flew across the city, pointing out more amusing sights for each other as they went. Esthelm was full of activity and four different species all trying to work together, which was a highly amusing sight for the watching fae.
Esthelm	That they didn’t swoop down and cause havoc or play tricks was perhaps the only sympathy the fae had to the people of Esthelm. At the moment they were content to simply be amused at mortal antics. What truly revealed their soft hearts though, was the fact that it had stopped snowing over Esthelm, even though fat snowflakes were falling several hundred meters away.
Esthelm	That they didn’t swoop down and cause havoc or play tricks was perhaps the only sympathy the fae had to the people of Esthelm. At the moment they were content to simply be amused at mortal antics. What truly revealed their soft hearts though, was the fact that it had stopped snowing over Esthelm, even though fat snowflakes were falling several hundred meters away.
Ivolethe	Ivolethe didn’t like to meddle in mortal affairs, let alone Human, but she was of the mind it had to be done. And while she could watch Erin throwing rocks at the sewer slime forever, she reluctantly decided it was time.

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