Role

Chapter 9

Life has been very fulfilling and busy for Whildur. Since he has
established himself as a reliable companion who can be counted on
to give a good performance under duress, he's been able to make
frends out of all manner of folk. Imperials, Villagers, Outlanders,
Islanders, Tribunal--even SCARABITES.

His reputation for rhyming all the time has made it so that folks
often approach him in a rhyming fashion, which he absolutely LOVES,
and it often enamours him with them immediately and makes him tend
to go out of his way to help them.

Recently, he got to talk to Raltevio for the first time in a long time
and it was WHONDERFUL! He said that the Troupe had carried word of
Whildur's works so far, and that his song "Stench Bull" had become a
crowd favorite. This reminded Whildur that although he had written
around five or six works about his trip to the Inferno, he still has
more work to do with what he saw, and he has to go back someday and NOT
be the sacrifice so that he can write a limerick about SATAN himself.

Raltevio said Whildur is doing a great job wandering and living on the
edge, sharing the religion of the Troupe with the world, which is good
because Whildur wasn't quite sure how he was doing in that regard.

Recently something VERY VERY interesting happened--The Scarabite Jeede
approached Whildur and made him an offer--to take him someplace few
mortals have ever drawn breath and to see Shadowed sights unlike any
gnome had ever seen. It would require complete secrecy on Whildur's part,
and all Jeede would say was that a long time ago, he was going to take
another Herald with him to see these sights before that Herald passed on,
never having a chance. Jeede also said that they have to wait for "The
shadows to align properly" before they could go, whatever that means.

Needless to say, this isnt' the only secret Whildur has been privy to lately.
Raltevio also made him the keeper of a VERY VERY VERY big secret, something
that Whildur feels is right up his alley, and that he is very honored to
get to do. And that is all Whildur will say about that.

Finally, Whildur found a fancy fiddle lately, and he's been learning to
play it, getting blisters but enjoying adding to his repertoire. He wants
to work on his dancing skills too, so that he can employ mimicry, dance,
rhyme, and song all in his performances.