Interlude – Spears and Stuff

Interlude – Spears and Stuff
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Interlude – Spears and Stuff is the 121st chapter of Volume 10.

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Lulv speaks with Luciva over his anxieties about falling behind in walking the path of mastery.
The First Liscorian Army isn't doing too well with news of the [Spearmaster] and the Council sending back money, they realize that they have been forgotten about.
Lism takes advantage of all of the hullabaloo centering Relc and Valeterisa by having the [Spearmaster] perform for the crowd.
Instead of continuing his performance, Relc has his apprentices show what they can do which inspires many in the crowd to practice performing a Spear dance.
Out at sea, the magical storm Thiborkilj slowly wains as The Halfseeker's Promise is shot out of a whirlpool straight into the skies. Only Tissl remains onboard with the other two falling to their fate.
Seborn awakens in the waters with Irrel beside him, the two of them swim towards an island they can see when Tissl and their ship appears.
The Halfseekers see another vessel heading their way, they discover that it's a group of Goblins and that they're near the Isle of Goblins.
After chatting with the Goblins, Seborn finds out that they are runaways beginning to curse out Erin's name to the skies.
Izikere and other Goblins observe the situation regarding the runaways, after thinking on it she allows them to seek a different fate. The Halfseeker's Promise sails onwards towards adventure.

While the city of Liscor was ready to celebrate their [Spearmaster] after the events of the Mage Duel between Archmages, Lulv was speaking with Luciva about his anxieties over what Relc has gained and what he hasn't after all this time. Luciva doesn't truly understands his worries nor what being a [Spearmaster] actually means, but nonetheless she does what she can to assuage his concerns by making the Gnoll beat up on some practice dummies. Lulv knew that what it means to walk the path of true mastery and that trying to force it would make achieving that goal far harder to reach.

Embria had taken the day off after a whole night of drinking in celebration of her father's achievement, this makes her think of how joining Liscor’s Second Army was a good idea even with the Antinium there. This reminds her of the First Liscorian Army wondering how they were doing.

Liscor's 1st Army wasn't doing too hot as they pale in comparison to their heyday under [General] Sserys, Relc was just another hit to the kidneys showing the [Soldiers] that to reach his level that they should quit the army. And now with Liscor sending back money it put High Command onto the backfoot confused on what to do as they no longer have any leverage over the Council, with every disaster plaguing the city they waited to be called upon as their saviors until the 1st army realized that they had been mostly forgotten about.

Relc and Valeterisa stand in a filled Shivertail Plaza with a crowd cheering them on so loudly that it overwhelms the Archmage into going back to The Wandering Inn, Elia is able to convince the two to go back out to enjoy the applause until Lism arrived to take advantage of the situation by having the city's new anthem performed. Relc was in the [World's Eye Theatre] doing a performance to show off his Spear skills but stops partway as he knew that it wasn't him, in desperation not to lose the good publicity Lism then presents the idea of Relc having his students show off what they can do. Hickery and other students shows off their skills doing basic moves, this inspires many citizens like Anamariss to get on stage to start practicing in a spear dance. That was the magic of when the Relc'ning occurred at its finest.

At sea, the Magical Storm Thiborkilj was slackening as Seborn and his two crewmates in The Halfseeker's Promise were trying to survive the turbulent waters, they find themselves getting sucked into the center of a whirlpool where it then reverses shooting them upwards into the heavens. With the help of her magical armor Tissl was able to teleport herself onto the ship as Seborn and Irrel were left to fall onto the oceans, the vessel breached the second layer of clouds where the Half-Elf caught sight of a city in the vast skies before it to starts to plummet downwards into the sea below. Tissl was able to save herself and the ship by casting [Featherfall] on it and Seborn and Irrel survived by being able to breathe in the water after passing out.

Seborn awakens sloshing around in the waters with Irrel right beside him, they discuss how they each survived and then starts swimming towards an island they see on the horizon, sometime into their swim they both catch sight of a beaten up ship close by. Tissl describes how she and the ship landed and what she's been doing since then, with the ship staying afloat Seborn talks to his crew about their current plans when they see another vessel in the open waters nearby heading their way. Seborn assumes that the people on this vessel are Terandrians by what he sees but his other crewmates are seeing different species aboard, the illusion fades away allowing them to see that it's a group of Goblins and that they're near the Isle of Goblins.

The Goblins were let aboard the ship with Seborn trying to communicate to them that they're friendly, he tells them that they'll bring them back to the island but the Goblins stop him pointing at a larger ship with a crew full of Hobs. Lowering the hostilities from the Hobs, Seborn talks with the Goblins some more when learns that they are runaways, he begins to bellow out Erin's name.

Izikere and a number of other Goblins observe the situation regarding the runaways glad to see that the foreigners were bringing them back, but then the battered ship turns around with one of the [Shamans] asking the Goblin Lord if she can stop them. Reminded by the argument she had with Greydath and the Drowned Man speaking the Goblinfriend's name, Izikere allows the Goblins aboard the departing vessel to seek out a different fate. Thus The Halfseeker's Promise sails onwards with the Goblins scrambling around to repair the ship, Seborn himself creates an altar to Erin with a missive sharing his feelings on the matter.