[Child of the 7th Age]

Mithadan's Post:

The Loremaster led Cami and Rose before the assembled Elders who fell silent as they entered. Some stood as if in reverence and stared openly at 'Nitir and Azra'. Suddenly self-conscious and uncomfortable, Cami looked down and then back at her companions and noticed that Mithadan was not with them. She called the Elder to her and whispered, "Mithadan, the Man, is not here. We must find him." For a moment, a cloud of doubt crossed the Elder's face. Then he went back through the opening to seek out the Man. He returned a few minutes later with a trace of a smile on his face and motioned for Cami to follow him.

After exiting the meeting place, they turned right and in an area dimly lit by a distant torch they found Mithadan. He rested on one knee before a tomb of marble, his head bowed and his forehead touching the cold stone. Cami read the archaic runes at the foot of the coffin. "Elros..." she whispered.

Mithadan shot up at the sound of her voice and reached for a knife. Then he relaxed as he saw who had spoken. He faced the sarcophagus and bowed reverently. When he straightened, he reached out a hand and gently caressed the stone. Then he turned and joined Cami and the Loremaster. But Cami thought she perceived a new fire in his eyes.

The two Hobbits entered the meeting place. Then Mithadan ducked through the opening and stood in the dim, flickering light. A few of those assembled gasped at the sight of the Man and one jumped up as if to run. Mithadan smiled and bowed to the Elders. "Well met, my friends," he said...


working to get meeting up

[ October 23, 2002: Message edited by: Mithadan ]