Chapter 8.01

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Released on: Jan. 13, 2021, 4:26 a.m.

Last edited: March 16, 2023, 6:19 p.m.

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Most mentioned character

101 mentions

Some honourable mentions

Name	Count
Magnolia Reinhart	77
Olesm Swifttail	57
Rafaema Manusara Coloseuvia	53

Most mentioned class

9 mentions

[Lady]

Some honourable mentions

Name	Count
[Mage]	9
[Priest]	9
[Servant]	8

Most mentioned skill

2 mentions

[Summon Aberration]

Some honourable mentions

Name	Count
[Dangersense]	1
[Grand Theatre]	1

Most mentioned spell

5 mentions

[Darkness]

Some honourable mentions

Name	Count
[Fireball]	1
[Message]	1

Most mentioned location

76 mentions

Zeres

Some honourable mentions

Name	Count
Liscor	57
Manus	39
Hectval	38

Mentions

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Name	Text
The Wandering Inn	(One of The Wandering Inn’s readers, delta201, has written and published their own story in the same genre on Amazon! Check it out here if you want to read their story and congratulations!)
Lyonette du Marquin	Not that it was unusual; an inn had few permanent guests. But it was unusual in this inn. For, as Lyonette had once observed, Erin did not run a usual inn. She’d barely constructed a stables two months ago.
Erin Solstice	Not that it was unusual; an inn had few permanent guests. But it was unusual in this inn. For, as Lyonette had once observed, Erin did not run a usual inn. She’d barely constructed a stables two months ago.
Bird	Similarly, she had few temporary guests. What she had made was…a home. Sometimes a home aways from home. Sometimes—the only true home her guests had ever known, like Bird and the Redfangs. And despite the craziness, it seemed the guests only left when someone had died.
Zel Shivertail	Sometimes it was them. Zel Shivertail had once stayed here. Zel. Shivertail. But sometimes they left because someone else had died.
Zel Shivertail	Sometimes it was them. Zel Shivertail had once stayed here. Zel. Shivertail. But sometimes they left because someone else had died.
[Innkeeper]	This time, it was because the [Innkeeper] was not there to keep them around. And the [Princess] was not there to oversee the farewell.
[Princess]	This time, it was because the [Innkeeper] was not there to keep them around. And the [Princess] was not there to oversee the farewell.
Ishkr Silverfang	So it fell, as such tasks did, to Ishkr the Gnoll. Ishkr, whose defining trait was a lack of one. A helpful quality in a worker.
Ishkr Silverfang	So it fell, as such tasks did, to Ishkr the Gnoll. Ishkr, whose defining trait was a lack of one. A helpful quality in a worker.
Ishkr Silverfang	No, that wasn’t fair. Ishkr’s defining trait was that he lacked any negative ones, while possessing admirable traits in the right quantities. After all, he worked hard. He didn’t get upset easily. He was independent enough to do whatever he saw needed doing, like cleaning a spilled drink, or kick out a Shield Spider—and he did it. Motivation, independence, the ability to calm angry guests whose fries had been grabbed by little white Gnolls…
Erin Solstice	He had a lot of good traits. He was just not an Erin—or Drassi—or even Lyonette, all with admirable strengths, and a good deal of flaw as well. He was someone every business wanted because he didn’t drag his personal troubles with him. He did his job, he got paid, and he left.
Drassi Tewing	He had a lot of good traits. He was just not an Erin—or Drassi—or even Lyonette, all with admirable strengths, and a good deal of flaw as well. He was someone every business wanted because he didn’t drag his personal troubles with him. He did his job, he got paid, and he left.
Lyonette du Marquin	He had a lot of good traits. He was just not an Erin—or Drassi—or even Lyonette, all with admirable strengths, and a good deal of flaw as well. He was someone every business wanted because he didn’t drag his personal troubles with him. He did his job, he got paid, and he left.
Lyonette du Marquin	But he was also part of this inn. Enough so that when Lyonette left, she looked at those who remained and saw Ishkr, who had been here the longest aside from Drassi and, unlike her, wasn’t torn between two jobs. For that matter, Drassi was more like The Wandering Inn’s mascot, or famous temp worker. If she put hours at the bar, it was just for her idea of fun.
Ishkr Silverfang	But he was also part of this inn. Enough so that when Lyonette left, she looked at those who remained and saw Ishkr, who had been here the longest aside from Drassi and, unlike her, wasn’t torn between two jobs. For that matter, Drassi was more like The Wandering Inn’s mascot, or famous temp worker. If she put hours at the bar, it was just for her idea of fun.
Drassi Tewing	But he was also part of this inn. Enough so that when Lyonette left, she looked at those who remained and saw Ishkr, who had been here the longest aside from Drassi and, unlike her, wasn’t torn between two jobs. For that matter, Drassi was more like The Wandering Inn’s mascot, or famous temp worker. If she put hours at the bar, it was just for her idea of fun.
Drassi Tewing	But he was also part of this inn. Enough so that when Lyonette left, she looked at those who remained and saw Ishkr, who had been here the longest aside from Drassi and, unlike her, wasn’t torn between two jobs. For that matter, Drassi was more like The Wandering Inn’s mascot, or famous temp worker. If she put hours at the bar, it was just for her idea of fun.
The Wandering Inn	But he was also part of this inn. Enough so that when Lyonette left, she looked at those who remained and saw Ishkr, who had been here the longest aside from Drassi and, unlike her, wasn’t torn between two jobs. For that matter, Drassi was more like The Wandering Inn’s mascot, or famous temp worker. If she put hours at the bar, it was just for her idea of fun.
Ishkr Silverfang	She was here, though. She and Ishkr felt like it was important. And he was very glad, because he wouldn’t have known what to do.

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