Link to Part I: http://paizo.com/threads/rzs2qp2c?This-Is-How-A-Dwarven-Queen-Dies-Part-I
Link to previous part: http://paizo.com/threads/rzs2qp2c?This-Is-How-A-Dwarven-Queen-Dies-Part-I
Since we got no votes on the next part I'm selecting option '1', to talk more about the Pathfinder Society. Thanks for reading, guys! Feel free to vote at the end.
The next part of the thread will be posted in a new thread on Saturday the 1st of March of February.
Part II: “Blood, Shadow, or Death”
Highhelm
“I want you to let me make my own way to Absalom.”
The request drew the questioning stare of High King Borogrim. “Absalom is some journey away. I had assumed you would travel with your retinue--”
“If I am to be a Pathfinder, I must face danger. If I cannot make this journey by myself, I do not see how I can hope to complete their training.”
“Pathfinders very rarely travel alone, Telaki.”
“Granted.”
“Take a dozen of my finest soldiers, then.”
She shook her head, blonde braids tumbling. “No. A half dozen, and market guards only. The Pathfinder Society will not treat my differently for my royal blood nor would I expect them to. The sooner I become accustomed to this, the better.”
The king did not look pleased but relented. “Eight. And that is my final offer.”
“Eight then.” She smiled. “Thank you once again.”
Borogrim did not seem pleased. “My only daughter, a Pathfinder. Staying at that lodge... diving into dusty tombs, travelling with strangers, fighting and dying in the name of nothing.”
“I do not fear blood, shadow or death. And you, of all people, should understand the value of knowledge. The Pathfinder Society seeks the Sky Citadels. How can we turn our backs on their help?”
The king said nothing, and Telaki knew that her reasoning had won it.
“What does your mother say about all this?”
She hesitated. “I... have not asked.”
“Then the matter is far from decided. I may be king, but I fear for my head if I were permit Shadra's child to endanger herself without her consent. All the spears in the Highhelm could not protect me from her wrath.”
Telaki made no attempt to disagree, and simply nodded.
The king touched his brow, closing his eyes a moment, and then regarded her. “Is there anything else?”
Post “1” to visit Telaki's mother.
Post “2” to talk about life outside Highhelm.
Post “3” to make preparations to depart.
Voting ends on Thursday the 27th of February.
