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Chapter 9.21

Most mentioned character

162 mentions

Erin Solstice

Most mentioned class

38 mentions

[Innkeeper]

Most mentioned skill

3 mentions

[Immortal Moment]

Most mentioned spell

5 mentions

[Message]

Most mentioned location

54 mentions

Liscor

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Name	Text
The Wandering Inn	(The Wandering Inn survey has a statistics page! Check it out here!)
Mihaela Godfrey	When she woke up in the inn, Mihaela Godfrey felt like a young woman for the first second of every morning. In that brief moment—it felt like the inn hadn’t changed from when it first opened.
Mihaela Godfrey	That was why she avoided the inn, sometimes. It had all the memories. Good and bad. Yet Mihaela still clung to that illusion. If she sat there for a second, mastering her breath, she could pretend she was young again. Young, and as old as she was, as if everything that had gone on in her life had taken a single year.
Mihaela Godfrey	Memory wasn’t that kind. It always caught up with her, along with her body. Mihaela coughed again and wiped her mouth on the clean sheets. She stared at the drops of blood and then swung herself out of bed. She dressed herself with one of the neatly-folded sets of clothing on the dresser; she never bothered to put them away.
First Landing	Then she strode over to the door. It took her about three minutes, and that was slow, but a Courier was a Courier. And she was the Guildmistress of First Landing. It wouldn’t be the first time she’d had to get dressed in seconds while an [Assassin] was creeping up the stairs and then jump out the window.
[Assassin]	Then she strode over to the door. It took her about three minutes, and that was slow, but a Courier was a Courier. And she was the Guildmistress of First Landing. It wouldn’t be the first time she’d had to get dressed in seconds while an [Assassin] was creeping up the stairs and then jump out the window.
Viecel Cohex	Instead, she kicked the door open, and it hit Viecel in the face. The Selphid had the misfortune of walking past her door for the morning. In a sense, it was good it was just him. She stared down at the prone adventurer.
Viecel Cohex	“Hey, Viecel.”
Mihaela Godfrey	“Mihaela. I think you broke my nose. Let me fix it.”
Mihaela Godfrey	The groaning Selphid got up. He rubbed at his crooked nose, and Mihaela shrugged.
Eldertuin Terland	Eld picked up his friend and gave her a look like she was a girl again, and she avoided his gaze. The responsible friend loved to lecture everyone.
[Assassin]	“It keeps the [Assassins] guessing.”
First Landing	“What about your guild? I’ve heard you’ve broken more toes than any other Guildmistress in the history of First Landing?”
Mihaela Godfrey	He folded his arms, and Mihaela lifted a finger.
Viecel Cohex	“Reflex training? Besides, Viecel shouldn’t complain. He’s an adventurer. Are you a he, today?”
Mihaela Godfrey	Mihaela looked down, and the Selphid waggled his fingers at her.
Eldertuin Terland	Eld sighed, and the three talked in the corridor of the private guest suite of the inn. The same rooms they had always had, even though it was different in almost every way. If you looked down, what did you see? Beyond the rich floorboards, the rooms—those changed. These days, the walls weren’t cheap, plaster over cabin wood, but old heartwood, the stuff Treants and the oldest trees were made of.
[Druid]	Not cut from the Treants themselves, no. That was how you got [Druids] after you. This was salvaged from an old ship, and it still was better than anything fresh-cut. Nor were there the embarrassing paintings and such of the guests themselves—Mihaela saw a flattering wood-cut of her face, and she resolved to bury it before she left.
Mihaela Godfrey	Not cut from the Treants themselves, no. That was how you got [Druids] after you. This was salvaged from an old ship, and it still was better than anything fresh-cut. Nor were there the embarrassing paintings and such of the guests themselves—Mihaela saw a flattering wood-cut of her face, and she resolved to bury it before she left.
Viecel Cohex	Viecel admired the latest addition to the inn. Mihaela changed her mind. She was picking it up off the podium it was resting on as a door opened and another old friend came bounding out with way too much energy.
Mihaela Godfrey	Viecel admired the latest addition to the inn. Mihaela changed her mind. She was picking it up off the podium it was resting on as a door opened and another old friend came bounding out with way too much energy.
Colthei Lacment	But then, Colth was just a kid. He had always been the kid, and he wasn’t as old as the rest. He did a cartwheel, spun into a bow, and cried out.
Mihaela Godfrey	“Today’s the day! Hello, Mihaela! Eld, Viecel, what’s wrong with you? Aren’t you excited?”
Eldertuin Terland	“Today’s the day! Hello, Mihaela! Eld, Viecel, what’s wrong with you? Aren’t you excited?”
Viecel Cohex	“Today’s the day! Hello, Mihaela! Eld, Viecel, what’s wrong with you? Aren’t you excited?”