We reported our news to our Sea Elf guide, who was indeed pleased, and returned the earrings of water-breathing. One, the one we had found, we were allowed to keep. It will likely be useful.
We now await a ship to take us across the waters to the town of the Alfar. I have been practicing swimming, as this seems to be a most useful skill given the foes we fight. The others have whiled away the past two days in various manners. We have divided the gold and platinum, and have promised Grungar some beets when we are next in a place where they may be found.
Ragnarr is consumed by guilt over the creatures he summoned and especially the Fire Elemental. Though I think he did rightly, I know that these matters are complex, and offered to help him perform proper ceremonies for atonement. He rejected this, and seems to prefer to spend much time in private meditation. There are times when he baffles me. For rituals and forms are of great use in guiding our thoughts, words, and deeds in the direction of what is right, and of avoiding that which is perilous and unwise.
Moreover, Pelor is most forgiving and merciful. Ragnarr summoned servants of our lord in order to fight our lord's enemies, indeed the enemies of the very world. The Fire Elemental itself was on our plane only briefly, but in that time it helped defeat a vile foe associated with a corrupted form of the very element opposed to fire. Its sacrifice was one all who think rightly should be willing to make, when the time comes. Still - there is the matter of whether it had a choice at all. Lord Pelor knows the truth, and will act accordingly.
In the meantime, I think I must relax and clear my mind.
The times to come may be perilous, but for now, we have peace. I have purchased another bottle of the refreshing liquor Akavit, and invited the others to join me.
*A*
Thursday, October 29, 2009
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