audio; un: Sabriel.Abhorsen

[bindsthedead]

Greetings. I'm a new arrival here, and while I have many questions, I think it might be best to start with an introduction- my name is Sabriel. I'm a Charter mage and- the Abhorsen, which means I'm also a necromancer, although rest assured, I do not raise the Dead. [Sabriel's voice grows more emphatic on that last point. Hopefully it will reassure people.] I lay them to rest.

In any case, I think it might be best if we organized ourselves- we need to gather information about this place, and recover the Orb, and that will be easier if we combine our skills. How many among us can fight? How many are mages, or have some knowledge of healing, either through medicine or magic? How many of us are willing to teach our skills to those that lack them? I could teach people how to use swords, or Charter magic, or the basics of first aid and wilderness navigation, for example.

In addition to pooling our skills, I think we should coordinate for the mission- it's likely this 'ghost girl' has the orb, but what is she? A restless spirit? A human with the power to control the monsters? Or some other sort of creature disguised as a human? And there's something strange about the city- there have been many deaths in the inner city- so I suppose they weren't lying about it not being safe, a normal amount in the Merchant District... and none at all in the outer city. Are we sure it hasn't been abandoned?

I'll see what the Dead can tell me, and what I can learn from the living.

[ooc: Feel free to threadjack amongst yourselves.]

Comments

un: zee | voice

[directrix]

A necromancer who doesn't raise the dead. Fascinating.

[ Is it possible to sound both bored and genuinely impressed at the same time? ]

[bindsthedead]

A rarity, I know. [Given most Old Kingdom necromancers outside of her family are mostly interested in cheating death and raising minions] But it's an effective means of laying the Dead to rest.

[directrix]

I suppose it would be. [ Necromancy isn't something often practiced in Zelda's experience, for good reason. ] Is necromancy practiced widely where you're from?

[bindsthedead]

It's more common than I would like, but necromancers are relatively few in number.

[If only because they generally don't seek to spread their knowledge.]

Despite the damage they cause.

[directrix]

Of course. The forces of life and death aren't something to be trifled with lightly. There's a balance to be kept.

[ Then, added almost as an afterthought, ]

Zelda Spellman

[bindsthedead]

For everyone and everything, there is a time to die.

Sabriel.

[directrix]

Whether we like it or not.

[ It's half-muttered, like she's forgotten everything she's saying is being overheard. ]

You've likely already gathered I'm a witch.

[ It's odd to confess as much so openly. ]

Though apparently I'm expected to not use magic for the duration of this mission.

[bindsthedead]

Really? But that's... rather a lot to ask, isn't it? Especially since other people were given easier requests.

[Someone being a magic user is of relatively little note to Sabriel.]

Mine was just to incapacitate a guard.

[directrix]

Perhaps too much to ask.

[ And oh, that isn't easy to admit. But being a witch is as much a part of Zelda as anything else, such a basic aspect of who and what she is, that to not use her magic, and for such a length of time...it's almost unthinkable. ]

I trust you managed easily enough?

[bindsthedead]

Not yet. But I think it will be soon- there's no point in antagonizing the guards too soon.

[Although she will have to, eventually]

[directrix]

No, I suppose not. As long as they're still being fairly agreeable hosts, why give them more reasons to distrust us?