Role

Chapter 7

The Discovery:

Three robed men pass through the mountain with their heads down. They are
missionaries passing through, looking for those to convert. They have been
waylaid the night before in the lighting and thunder storm. A nearby stream
has swollen due to the vicious rainfall and they are forced to take another
path to get around the swollen waterway. They travel up the foothills and
stop for moment to observe the view. This is when they first hear it.

"Did you hear that Othengen?"
"Hear what brother? I hear nothing."
"There it is again, tis a cry of some sort."
"You are dreaming brother."
"No he is not, I hear it too Othengen."

They sit still for a moment as the cry calls out again, but this time all
three hear it loud and clear. They rush to find the source of this noise to
find a baby wrapped in a bloody black sheet. They inspect the baby, and
realizing it is not hurt, they discuss its condition. Never have the three
seen a Halfling child with skin white as snow and red eyes. They decide to
return to their church with the child and seek there elders advice.

When they return, the finding of the beady-eyed white-skinned baby is looked
upon as a ill omen for their mission. The elders decide to leave the child at
the orphanage in the city of Balator and move their mission across the sea
and away from the ill omen.