Aliandra Aava

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Brave Little Shepherdess

She walked towards Orlbar with her friends when she heared suddenly wolves howling somewhere near. She looked alerted and noticed that Jesh was again shepherding goats. It was better to warn him so that he wouldn't loose any goats.

"Excuse me sir.. I think I heard wolves howling," she said looking up to Jesh face.
"mmhmm.. I see little on," he looked back and sounded disbelief.
"Maybe you would need some aid? I could aid you!" Aliandra said smiling happily.
Jesh still didn't believe her so he just looked at Aliandra pondering.
"hmm," he finally said. "Well I have some urgent business to do on the mills so if you could look after goats a while and then I could give you some goat cheese as a reward."
"Oo! I love goat cheese. It's so delicious!" Aliandra yelled happily and pranced around him.

He walked away and aliandra began her carrier as a shepherdess. She had five goats to take care about and she look at them happily time after time so that they wouldn't disappear. But suddenly there were only four goats in the fencing. She looked around and noticed that little goatling was running free chasing butterfly happily. She ran after goatling trying to get it back to fencing.

"Shoo little one. You shouldn't be here. Shoo!" She said gently to little goatling trying to seduce it towards fencing. Little goatling looked at her and began to ran again. Aliandra ran after it giggling and picked from ground and carried it gently back to fencing.

Wolves were howling again but closer. She stopped smiling a while and looked around. She made bigger circle around nearby areas and when she returned one goat was walking freely again but this time huge greywolf were looking at it hungrily. She took her bow and shot wolf trying to make it to escape and it worked at first. She was happy because she had protected goats well.

But wolf were hungry and it still thought to have easy dinner from goats so it sneaked up and suddenly Aliandra heared one of the goats baaing souning horrified. She turned around and wolf was ready to attack on it. Her blood rushed in her veins and she couldn't control herself anymore. Magical words came out to her mouth and suddenly giant centipede was squirming towards wolf. She took her bow and began to shoot hungry wolf again. She aimed carefully and shot arrow. It hit wolf and it fell on to ground and didn't stand up anymore. Aliandra jumped around happily and tried to shoo goats back to their fencing.

After a long time Jesh finally appeared and he just rubbed his forehead when he saw big wolf lieing on the ground.
"oh Boy girl you were right," Jesh said and sounded amazed before he continued, "Well you have really deserved your goat cheese so here you go."
"Oh thank you kindly sir," Aliandra took cheese smiling. "Have a good day to you mister. Now I need to take some rest. Running after goats was exhausting."
"Well you made it well," Jesh said to proud Aliandra and chuckled when he looked her prancing towards Orlbar. "Silly elves, " he shaked his head smiling when Aliandra was allready opening gates and waving to him before disappearing on to village.

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Tiny and always smiling elf woman hops in Orlbar and she is holding a small white envelope. She stops her hopping when notices pigs and waves to them happily. "Hey-a piggies! Soon you might get something very very fun," she yells and giggles. Then she looks at mayor's house and runs towards it. When she steps inside she curtsies to mayor and offers him white envelope. "I have a message for you mister Mayor. Please read it through and answer to me," she says and smiles.

//pm send to kalbaern

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*Aliandra walks to Orlbar and she has small piece of paper on her hands. She walks toward chapel and nails it on the wall so that travellers can see it.*

Message says:
"Im' searching pick! Please talk to me if anyona has advice where I could find one or if you want to sell one to me. I would preciate that a lot if you can aid me. Please contact Aliandra if you have any inform to offer."

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Aliandra carries big hay bale what she had asked Jesh to borrow her. She sets them near fence where goats are but her doings doesn't make goats to lift their head away from grass. She looks at hay bale and takes white fabric from her bag. She examines it and nods approvingly to bullseye what she has painted on fabric. Then she nails fabric on to hay bale and walks towards Orlbar again.

"Hey Timo! I have surprise for you, " she beams looking at little boy. "Where is your mother I should ask her to come with us too that I can show your present to you."

Timo looks enthusiastic and grabs Aliandra's hand pulling her with him. They run to his house and there Aliandra introduces herself to Timo's mother and explains to her that Timo has always talked that he would like to be traveller too. Timo's mother frowns to Aliandra's words and her suspiciousness makes Aliandra to explain more in lower voice.

"I know.. Adventures aren't for little boys. That's why I planned I could teach him to shoot with crossbow near fence where Jesh keeps his goat. Crossbow is that heavy that he can't load it by himself so it should be safe because he always need my aid to do that. And that would keep him away from graveyard where he plays much too often. If you want mrs, you can come along to see that our practising woul be totally safe for him."

Mother nodded once and calmed down a bit. She left with them to see what Aliandra has on her mind. Outside of Orlbar Aliandra takes big hunter's crossbow from her backbag and offered it to Timo.

"One man called Harry offered it to me. It's not new because he has found it from ruins somewhere but it's still usefull. When he offered it to me I was thinking that this would fit to you Timo so here it is. Now you can practise to become a real hunter and traveller with this crossbow. Would you like to learn to shoot with this? I can teach you." Aliandra smiles to Timo.

"YES YES YES," Timo shouts with enthusiasm and Aliandra loads crossbow for him. Then she begins to learn how to aim with crossboe and Timo listens her eyes twinkling. Finally he can shoot and bolt hits ground near hay bale.

"Not bad! Soon you're master shooter Timo. " Aliandra giggles to Timo and loads crossbow again.

This way they spend whole day. Aliandra teaching Timo and helping him to shoot. Timo's mother looks at their doings for a while but let them then continue without her. When sunset comes Aliandra carries tired but happy little boy back to Orlbar and takes him back to his home. Timo falls as sleep quickly but glances one more time his new crossbow and beams to Aliandra.

"When you want to practise more, just ask me and I'll help you again." Aliandra smile to Timon and says farewell to his mother before she goes to rest as well.

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She leaves message in Orlbar to Shamah that his outfit is ready to test now if it's fitting.

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New beginning

Redhaired elven maiden is carried to Elvenport by elves who says that she was found far away near waterfalls. She looks serene lying dead in temple where High priest of Corellong brings her life back to her body. She inhales deeply and looks around amazed. She is grateful to her saviours but familiar twinkle from her eyes is gone for now. She asks if elves had seen anyone be with her there where they found her but no one was carried with her. She looks away with gloomy eyes and shudders while hears news.

Days passes by when she sits in tavern and looks in to fire eating barely anything on that what innkeepers carries to her. On one day she stands up silently and walks out from tavern with determined gaze. Soon travellers begins to tell stories that they have a feeling that someone invisible follows their steps in wilderness. Not hurting them but watching like they would be guarded. Many also inform about orcs and orogs and even giants who are just slaughtered in High Forrest. They tells that corpses are usually badly burnt or drowned and their bodies are full small lunges. As far as travellers can say they doubt killer is warrior because lunges aren't usually on deadly places.

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Silent char stays near Elvenport but barely anyone sees her. They can just feel her presence and hear arcanic words what makes their weapons to drop on the ground if anyone dares to walk with unsheathed weapons towards Elvenport. She stays near for protecting place what has become everything to her. When the night comes and only stars shines on the sky she sometimes walks silently to Oakleaf inn and gives messages to innkeeper to whom she just says in a soft tone. "You know to whom deliver this." Then she turns around and is gone allready.