SCAWWY 😱 rondo

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In the tapestry of floriography, the borage flower stands out as a symbol of emotional fortitude and joy. Its star-shaped blue blossoms have carried the weight of courage since Roman times, believed to embolden warriors on the battlefield. Borage flower and leaves are used for fever, cough, and depression.

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[flameguard]

Yes, let's.

[ both to moving onwards, and to holding onto hope. that warms him immediately, his smile more genuine as he settles into it. that's right - he has to hold onto hope for the other guardians, and... for sir sazantos, too. his hand curls around the top of his sword, brushing against the strange hilt.

okay. okay. he's got a bunch of people here who are going to need his light, and now he's got a friend from orsterra who will be counting on him to be a good knight ardante, so. rondo rolls his shoulder back and nods. let's get to walking. ]

I've done quite a bit of exploring, but, I'm afraid I haven't really found anything of note...well. It's all of note, because it's strange, but nothing that really explains what's happening. [ at least in terms of their spookiness. and it's nice! to talk about home! so.]

What's Clearbrook like...? I can't say our business has ever brought us there - I used to live sort of near to the Riverlands, and we'd take family trips here and there, but I don't think I've ever been.

[concoctive]

[ with a firm nod, alfyn reaches behind himself to rest his hand on the hilt of the large axe he's strapped in place, just in case they wind up needing to defend themselves. he'll fall into step with rondo easily, his own shoulders rolling back and staying steady, firm, because - this is more normal.

going out to patrol the outskirts of clearkbrook with zeph, getting the night blooms collected under the clear moonlight. trying to learn how to track under h'aanit's watchful eye, walking the perimeter of their camps with olberic. rondo is a knight ardante, used to doing these sorts of things, so it'll be easy, familiar, probably.

there are 38 other people to help. ]

Worth having more eyes in one place! And it's better than sitting around, probably. [ still... he huffs a soft noise. ] Clearbrook's as backwater as backwater can be. The only real claim to fame is that we got a tavern where a lot of dancers get their big break, 'cause we got a stage for folks to use, and I guess that we're not too far from Riven castle.

[flameguard]

[ riven castle... ah... rondo smiles a little at that, nodding. ]

... I've spent a bit of time with the King of Riven recently. He's... a very good man.

[ because if there's one thing that flows off of richard in droves, it's that - he's just so, so good. a true guardian of the light. it feels like just yesterday he accompanied rondo down to hornburg. ]

I take it that your village was mostly kept safe from the incursion from G'roha, if you all are that far inland...?

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He's a good king. [ alfyn agrees with this assessment easily, even if he doesn't know him personally. ] Not that the opinion of some hick from Clearbrook matters, being a drop in the pond, but he did what he could for all of the Riverlands after the whole thing with Edoras' tyrant king happened.

[ apparently, his kid's cute, too, but he's never seen the lil' guy. maybe rondo has? he'll ask later. ]

Mm, no one from G'roha made it to Clearbrook, luckily. Our rivers weren't big enough for their ships, I don't think, so they'd have to take smaller boats, or walk if they wanted to make it to us. One of my friends is from Rippletide, though, and hoooey, her family was shook up by how close it all was. None of them got hurt, thankfully.