#asvarithreads

Asvari marvelled in the fog that seemed to lay over the Destarin docks, at the different species that passed him by as he sat on the street, munching on some nice bread. He'd made it so he looked disheveled and poor, his clothes torn, his hair out of place, cracked mud on his sandalled feet. As if he hadn't just come off of a boat dressed like a prince, as if he hadn't lied his way through the crossing and pretended to be someone he was not. Then disappeared before anyone could realise the gold he'd placed in their pockets were mere copper.

And now, his food gone and the ship he'd come on with it, he stood and let the illusion fall off of him like water. He was exhausted. He'd kept it up for several days, not a new feat at all, but it was too many small illusions all together, things to keep track off, his mind had trouble getting all his information straight.

Then he shot through the crowd to look for the first individual who seemed at home on these streets, falling in step beside them. "Greetings, apologies, I'm new to town, and you personally seem like someone who has been here for a while already. I do not wish to intrude, but could you perhaps point a stranger like me in the direction of a place with food and perhaps a bed to hire?"

Asvari had been born at the very border of Withermore, but his family and his town had still celebrated Halhain with great respect and festivities. One giant bonfire would be held in the town’s centre, and several smaller ones on farms a bit outside of town. Putting food outside for recently deceased, while celebrating their lives. 

When his town had been attacked and wiped from the map, celebrating Halhain had become less festive, more necessary, and more saddening. 

After he broke away from his grandmother and the survivors of the town, he no longer knew who was alive and who wasn’t. And he simply placed food out for all of them, always in secret, afraid someone might see him do it and realise he was doing it. 

It made for a heavy feeling in his gut whenever this time of year came around, but it was different now. He was actually going to be in charge of making sure these things ran their course properly. He’d spend the weeks before the change of seasons connecting with people from the three major courts, ensuring all three main holidays could be celebrated next to each other and bring everyone together rather than push them apart. Even if right now it was just symbolic, as he had no actual power yet.

And then when Halhain was actually there, he was whipped. Tired and contented, yet sleepy and saddened. His seeking Evelyn’s company was more out of a selfish need to not be the one to take the reins than anything else.

Asvari did enjoy the fact that it was now a known fact what he could do. Certainly Illusions had helped him for the past decades. Made him feel safe, hid him away and his family and the others from the town. It had allowed him to appear how he wished to appear, and it had saved him countless of times. But now he was allowed to use it for the amusement of others. Openly. So when he saw a group of children playing in one of the squares, he imagined a group of beautiful butterflies sailing over their heads. The kids began following the butterflies and laughed. 

And he stood by and smiled. “I wish I still had their sense of amusement,” he said, arms crossed. 

Now knowing everything there was to know about the main holidays that surrounded the three courts, there was barely room to really celebrate his own thing. Though he’d ensured to visit one of the biggest bonfires, and now walked into the bar where a jested by the name of Merry at times appeared smelling of smoke. His belly empty, he ordered a bit of food - working at the council did afford him a good meal, better than his side jobs - when he spotted the mayor, the tiefling of the hour. 

With a created smile, he moved his large mug of ale towards his table, and took a seat at Merry’s side. “I find it impressive you still aim to bring us amusement when you have such a high occupation and reputation now as well,” he commented.