Randulf The Longsword Drengot

Randy’s view on magic is not the same as most of the populace of Vailar.

Closed Starter for: Willamina Moreau ( @priestessofthethree )

Where: Glasswater Magaesterium

When: Two weeks before the Eclipse

The Magaesterium-cum-Library of Glasswater was a sight to behold. Situated in the center of Glasswater, the structure was five buildings connected at the second and third floor by covered walkways, and the fourth floor was an arched dome with an oculus at its heart. The buildings themselves were situated in a pentagon with a courtyard in the middle that held a star-shaped fountain. Around the edges of the courtyard, and lining the streets that branched between the buildings, were street vendors and merchants who came daily to hawk their wares. A couple towers still showed signs of being repaired. Randulf marveled that the damage done in the attack was minimal. Their wards were not to be taken lightly in any place yet especially here with its magically imbued stones that had stood for millenia. The rebellion was foolhardy to attack this place. That they had even tried showed just how much of a fool they’d made of him. What even was the point of attacking buildings that held knowledge? That was a place of learning? It made little sense for a movement that claimed to want to help those oppressed when only those who wished to oppress attacked such places.

What other truths of the movement had been hidden from those who’d joined with good intentions in their hearts?

Shaking off that thought, he took a moment to get his bearings. This wasn’t a place he came to often whether it was in Elysi or elsewhere. Randulf’s personal views on magic didn’t align with what the academia taught nor with most of the populace of Vailar. He tried not to share them too often given that it often brought an unpleasant response from others. Or a headache in the form of a lecture if the person overhearing happened to be part of the Magaesterium itself. Of course, his visits here of late had nothing to do with magic.

Having Willamina this close was a treat. He’d not gotten to visit with her this often when she was visiting the other kingdoms or out in the desert of Elysi. The first and second floors of each tower held libraries dedicated to different genres while the third were used for educational purposes. Of course, even with having been here more than once in the past month that didn’t keep him from getting turned around. Plus, he wasn’t sure exactly where his daughter was at this exact moment.

“Excuse me,” Randulf stopped one of the magus walking by — the symbol on their robe declaring them a Professor — to ask for directions. “I’m trying to find someone. She is a visiting Priestess of the Infinite Three.”

Open Starter Location: Glasswater City, Lower District

While the attack had targeted Glasswater Palace, and businesses and homes in the Upper Districts that didn’t mean the common folk went unscathed. Some of the debris had left its mark by landing farther away and fires had spread unchecked in the chaos. Panic and fear didn’t leave many level-headed enough to consider stopping the fires. And there had been those aware enough who were too busy basking in the destruction done to consider that fire spread and stone crushed.

So, those of the rebellion had hurt those they supposedly fought to protect — those they called their own — whether they’d intended to or not.

Randulf was disgusted by those that expressed their allegiance to the rebellion aloud albeit quietly. They toasted to their acceptance of the actions, and to the bloodshed and terror that’d been wrought in the name of the movement. That there weren’t as many condemning the actions of these extremists left his stomach twisting in knots since the evening of the attack.

Instead of drinking away the guilt though, today was spent forcing himself to bear witness to the destruction while helping those in need. Part of a family-owned weaver’s shop had been damaged which left the family itself in great distress. Not only had their father died from trying to fight the fire himself, but part of their shop downstairs and the home above it had been destroyed along with much of their belongings. He along with some other Drengot family members were busy helping to tear out the damaged part of the structure in order to repair it. Others in the community were at the moment helping to figure out what of the businesses tools could be salvaged; having to buy new looms and everything would put the family in an even worse position, and nobody wanted to see them become desolate.

Randulf was up on a ladder prying up pieces of the roof, his graying hair tied back away from his face and his shirt clinging to his back with sweat. There were already smudges of dirt and soot on his hands, face, and arms. And of course, his lightly colored clothes were probably ruined. Yet he cared little about that as he looked down at the young woman shouting up at him.

“Master Drengot, you should take a break. My mother insists.”

“That’s kind of you both, but this roof has to come down before nightfall. I don’t want it falling on anyone.”

Closed Starter for: Princess Josefin Stoneward || @stoneward-princess

Location: Former Refugee Camp

None of this should have happened.

Someone in the rebellion had corrupted its message, its people, its purpose. They’d soaked all the good progress made over the years in bloodshed and death. Tainted the movement with a massacre that left carnage in its wake.

Randulf could not get the horror out of his head. Bodies were still being cleared from the rubble of Glasswater Palace; the rubble a hazardous mess for those working on clearing the debris. There would be rebuilding as if nothing happened, but nothing would erase the real damage done. The refugee camp had been cleared — though in truth it hadn’t been used long in the first place — with the thought in mind that converging in one place might bring more danger. The person responsible for such quick action had a good head on their shoulders.

He had helped escort various groups to the transportation awaiting them, but had come back upon hearing that not everyone had cleared out. Randulf didn’t like the idea of anyone staying in this place especially alone. Though he knew with it being someone in the royal family that they wouldn’t be totally alone, it was still unacceptable to him. This was not a place to heal; it was a reminder of death and destruction.

Coming upon a wandering servant woman whose hands held what looked like clean linen and a wash bowl, Randulf gave a polite smile and made sure to keep his distance so as not to frighten her.

“Excuse me, I’m looking for Princess Josefin Stoneward. Would you happen to know which tent is hers?”

His voice was gruffer than normal from breathing smoke as a result of clearing rubble, and he could desperately use a drink, but what he noted was the exhausted state of the servant woman before him.

“Might I carry that for you?”

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