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		<title>Cordir at 02:13, 12 April 2018</title>
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		<title>Cordir: Mercury - Level 15 Bard Review</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Mercury - Level 15 Bard Review&lt;/p&gt;
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&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
4 characters.  Total online: 4.&lt;br /&gt;
Hel [ Bard:  26  17  14 ] Mercury, time for *BARDS COUNCIL*&lt;br /&gt;
Hum [ Wa:29 Th:30 Sh:30 ] Allanon, Druid of the Hunt&lt;br /&gt;
Hum [    Triat Weaver   ] Cordir is doing an AFK.&lt;br /&gt;
Hel [ Th:16 Ma:18 Ra:18 ] Morrigan, the amazing Half-Elf Maiden.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Mercury gossips (in common), 'Anybody who wants to see my next performance, come to Amphitheatre'.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Mercury smiles happily.&lt;br /&gt;
Mercury bows deeply.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Cordir says, 'pssst. Everyone's here.'.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Allanon says (in common), 'trigs off'.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Mercury nods in recognition to Allanon.&lt;br /&gt;
Mercury draws a cold, frosty beer for Allanon.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Mercury bows deeply.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Allanon bows deeply.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Mercury stops using a fishing spear.&lt;br /&gt;
Mercury puts a fishing spear in the concealing shadows.&lt;br /&gt;
Mercury gets a plucked chicken from the concealing shadows.&lt;br /&gt;
Mercury wields a plucked chicken.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Mercury gets a twangy, out of tune banjo from the concealing shadows.&lt;br /&gt;
Mercury holds a twangy, out of tune banjo in his hands.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Mercury uses the beak of the chicken to pluck out a few chords on the banjo.&lt;br /&gt;
Mercury tunes the banjo and plucks a few more strings.&lt;br /&gt;
Mercury shakes the chicken like a tamourine, emitting a ghastly sound.&lt;br /&gt;
Mercury nods.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Mercury hiccups loudly. Maybe he had too much to drink?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A barrel of beer slowly rises out of the stage, topped with a comfy-looking pillow.&lt;br /&gt;
Mercury sits down on the keg and slips a long reed into the top of the barrel and takes a long drink.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Mercury performs 'awe audience'.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Mercury announces, 'This is the first and only performance of &amp;quot;Proof of God's Love: The origin of the Dwarf and Elf conflict&amp;quot;'&lt;br /&gt;
conflict&amp;quot;']&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 The entire Amphitheatre slowly melts away and you find yourself in a vast emptiness.&lt;br /&gt;
 Mercury leans back and starts singing in a low voice.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 Mercury sings 'When man was still in its infancy'&lt;br /&gt;
 Mercury sings 'The world was split in twain'&lt;br /&gt;
 Mercury sings 'But without life and death'&lt;br /&gt;
 Mercury sings 'There was no pleasure nor pain'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The ghost of a knight arrives from the west.&lt;br /&gt;
The ghost of a knight shimmers and solidifies slightly.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Cordir makes a complicated-looking gesture.&lt;br /&gt;
The ghost of a knight slowly fades out of existence.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Morrigan snickers softly.&lt;br /&gt;
Morrigan snickers softly.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 Small trees and sprigs of grass start growing rapidly at your feet.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 Mercury sings 'Some gods loved life above the ground'&lt;br /&gt;
 Mercury sings 'They made the grape, the tree, and the light'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 A large blossoming of wildflowers erupt as far as you can see.&lt;br /&gt;
 Towering trees spring from the ground, with grape vines drooping down all around you.&lt;br /&gt;
 You find yourself in a beautiful glen, surrounded by beauty in all its natural wonder.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The ghost of a knight arrives from the west.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Cordir frowns.&lt;br /&gt;
COrdir makes a complicated looking gesture.&lt;br /&gt;
With barely a thought, Cordir stops the ghost of a knight's heart, who dies instantly.&lt;br /&gt;
You hear the ghost of a knight's death cry.&lt;br /&gt;
The ghost of a knight disintegrates before your eyes.&lt;br /&gt;
Many gold coins fall to the ground.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Morrigan gets 100 gold coins.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Mercury bows before you.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Morrigan drops some gold!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 Mercury sings 'But below the ground were the gods who loved'&lt;br /&gt;
 Mercury sings 'The challenge of struggle in the night'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 A cave opens behind you, large enough to ride a horse into.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 Mercury sings 'The Elves were born in light and beauty'&lt;br /&gt;
 Mercury sings 'And showed the gods they were worthy'&lt;br /&gt;
 Mercury sings 'As reward, the gods taught the Elves'&lt;br /&gt;
 Mercury sings 'To turn water and life into wine.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 A small pool of wine forms in the dell, with nymphs and dryads swimming and drinking from it.&lt;br /&gt;
 You see a dwarf at the entrance to the cave looking out in disgust.&lt;br /&gt;
 The dwarf shakes his head and wanders back into the cave.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 Mercury sings 'The Dwarves believe in toil and work'&lt;br /&gt;
 Mercury sings 'And that beauty is made, and earned'&lt;br /&gt;
 Mercury sings 'But that life freely given not taken'&lt;br /&gt;
 Mercury sings 'Is worthy of none; to be scorned.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 The dell slowly receeds behind you as the cave grows larger.&lt;br /&gt;
 You see a small group of dwarves busy in a small cave.  Some appear to be hammering away at a forge.&lt;br /&gt;
 A large dwarf staggers up to the rest and shoves a large tankard at another.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 Mercury sings 'The Dwarves, content under the earth'&lt;br /&gt;
 Mercury sings 'Were rewarded by the darkness of beer'&lt;br /&gt;
 Mercury sings 'The water of life, wrought from the dark'&lt;br /&gt;
 Mercury sings 'Another challenge for them to bear'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 The small cave receeds and a large feasting hall slowly forms before your eyes.&lt;br /&gt;
 Dozens of dwarves, fighting and drinking are evident here.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 Mercury sings 'To each their own'&lt;br /&gt;
 Mercury sings 'These Elves and Dwarves'&lt;br /&gt;
 Mercury sings 'Loved by their Gods on high'&lt;br /&gt;
 Mercury sings 'But now the end was nigh.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 The cave receeds and you find yourself outside a walled city.&lt;br /&gt;
 Elves and Dwarves meander through the streets, content in their knowledge of their own god's love.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 Mercury slams the chicken into the banjo violently.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 Mercury screams 'BUT NO!'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 Mercury announces 'There was one race unloved.  Forgotten.  Too short-lived to be cared for.'&lt;br /&gt;
 Mercury croaks 'The humans!  They cared not for the beauty of life, nor the glory of hard work.  They cared only for what others had.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 Mercury chokes back tears.&lt;br /&gt;
 Mercury drinks from an obscenely large hip-flask.&lt;br /&gt;
 Mercury wipes his face and tries to look like a proper bard in all his regalia.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 Mercury sings 'For aeons, the Elves and Dwarves ignored'&lt;br /&gt;
 Mercury sings 'The petty, infantile beings'&lt;br /&gt;
 Mercury sings 'But the humans, scorned, struck back'&lt;br /&gt;
 Mercury sings 'By being their own petty selves'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 Mercury sings 'Humans saw the Elves and Dwarves'&lt;br /&gt;
 Mercury sings 'Happy in their own right'&lt;br /&gt;
 Mercury sings 'And sought to make them kill each other'&lt;br /&gt;
 Mercury sings 'By making the Elves and Dwarves FIGHT!'&lt;br /&gt;
 Mercury sings 'The humans started asking'&lt;br /&gt;
 Mercury sings 'Who doth the Gods love most divine?'&lt;br /&gt;
 Mercury sings 'The dwarves with their darkness and beer?'&lt;br /&gt;
 Mercury sings 'Or the elves with their light and wine?'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 Mercury throws down his plucked chicken and glares (with one good eye -- the other eye focusing on nothing in particular) at the town.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 The Dwarves and Elves in the town are fighting now.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The beholder arrives from the west.&lt;br /&gt;
The beholder leaves west.&lt;br /&gt;
The beholder arrives from the west.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
COrdir makes a complicated looking gesture.&lt;br /&gt;
With barely a thought, Cordir stops the beholder's heart, who dies instantly.&lt;br /&gt;
You hear the beholder's death cry.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 Blood pours through the roads and valleys.&lt;br /&gt;
 You watch as the entire city slowly starts burning and falling apart.&lt;br /&gt;
 A small group of humans sneak off out of view through a side gate.&lt;br /&gt;
 As the Dwarves and Elves scream and die all around you, you see the humans boarding a raft and start paddling up the river.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 Mercury yells 'And thus, the origins of the two most ancient of fueds'&lt;br /&gt;
 Mercury yells 'Dwarves versus Elves.'&lt;br /&gt;
 Mercury announces 'AND BEER VERSUS WINE.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Mercury bows deeply.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Morrigan shows her approval by clapping her hands together.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Mercury hiccups loudly. Maybe he had too much to drink?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Allanon says (in common), 'an epic story'.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Cordir sits down and thinks deeply.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Allanon shows his approval by clapping his hands together.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 Mercury cries into his beer.&lt;br /&gt;
Mercury hiccups loudly. Maybe he had too much to drink?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Cordir says,  'that was.. unexpectedly dramatic.'.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Mercury downs a cold, frosty beer.&lt;br /&gt;
Mercury says (in common), 'I was feeling maudlin.'.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Allanon says (in common), 'so much behind the beer vs. wine thing'.&lt;br /&gt;
Allanon says (in common), 'I had wondered...'.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Morrigan nods.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Mercury nods.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Cordir says,  'we have, however, discussed you performing while under the influence.'.&lt;br /&gt;
Cordir says,  'have we not?'.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Morrigan laughs.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Mercury says (in common), 'I been sober!'.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Cordir says,  'at the moment?'.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Mercury says (in common), 'I been real sober, but this gets me to drinking'.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Morrigan looks at Mercury.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Mercury says (in common), 'until the start of the performance, yeah'.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 Mercury had to still the delerium tremens.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Morrigan stands up.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
### Mercury has earned Bards' Council approval for level 15.&lt;br /&gt;
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