Fredrick's Journey: Avalice
Book 3
By: Carlyn (Lord Carledo) Stuart Brooks
Ryeen awoke late that morning the same cool, misty feeling
hanging over the air. He clumsily made his way up to the front of the
cart where Jose sat alone steering the mules down the hill into the
port-town of Avalice. It was far less impressive than the last town
they had visited. However, Ryeen did notice all the necessities of a
small human town. It had several farms, a dock (being it was a port-
town), blacksmith, and a town square of park. Jose sleepily turned to
him and mumbled, sloppily in goblin.
"Go tell se udder werr here...and dat I need a break, pleez
Fredrick!" Fredrick could see why he'd beg for a break, he looked as
though he had been steering the mules all night. Fredrick would
volunteer to take over, but he'd never even held reins before. So, he
simply nodded and headed back into the covered section. He gently shook
Yoshi and when he opened his eyes he whispered,
"We're here," in rough ,yet legible, english. Yoshi's eyes opened
wide and he jumped up and shook Drake thoroughly.
"Hey! Hey! We're here! Whoa!" This wasn't exactly how Fredrick
wanted to wake everyone, however, it sure worked. He supposed that four
days on a wagon would do that. Fredrick made no attempts to stop
Yoshi's show of loud dancing and singing as it was entertaining and
waking everyone up. Trau and Pinnaugh looked disturbed as they didn't
understand that he was saying that they had arrived at Avalice.
Fredrick explained this to them which made them much happier, they were
afraid he'd gone mad. As Yoshi finished his morning act with a dramatic
"and we're here at Aaavaaaaliiiiiice!", everyone clapped in a light-
hearted manner. Afterwards, everyone preceded to trudge to the front of
the wagon to see the town. Drake made sarcastic clapping, "oh"'s, and
"ah"'s at the site of the meager town.
As they preceded to the edge of the town, they noticed what
looked like a military rally in the town's square. Sure enough, the
noble was making a speech to the rag-tag troops of Avalice. Jose,
Yoshi, Drake, and Damien started quietly talking about something,
probably political matters, Fredrick figured. After the rally, Yoshi
walked forward and delivered a leather pouch and an envelope.
"Well," Jose translated Yoshi's words, "Now that we're out of
work, I'll send a letter to the chancellor to tell him that we're open
to work and we'll remain here in Avalice until more work arrives. Until
then, we're free to do what we want." Yoshi started to walk towards the
pub then turned around once more and continued, "Also, I'll take those
gurry carcasses to the butcher and carpenter and I'll bring everyone
their share. Finally, I'll book us rooms at the 'Salty Snapper Inn',
our curfew is at 10:00 p.m., don't forget it." Speech done, Yoshi went
to pick up the gurrey carcasses muttering something along the lines of,
"Sometimes I wish I weren't squad captain..."
"Well, I'm going to the library....if they have one. Wanna come?"
Fredrick asked Trau and Pinnaugh.
"Why, do books taste good? We can't read remember!? Those books
sure didn't make you any more sense smart!" Pinnaugh said this all in a
friendly mocking tone. Trau sniggered as Pinnaugh ranted then said
himself,
"Yeah, besides I've always wondered what 'mead' tasted like..."
So Trau and Pinnaugh followed Drake, Jose, and Damien into the pub. So
Fredrick trudged down the main road looking for the library, however he
couldn't find one for the life of him. So he gently tapped a girl on
the shoulder who was hanging up undergarments on a close-line.
"Excuse me," he uttered in English, "Where is the library,
please." The young girl turned around slowly starting by saying,
"It's right down that road there and...." She caught site of
Fredrick and her jaw dropped. There was an eery silence, which Fredrick
tried to end by smiling and pointing at his stick-on nametag. She
silently stooped over to read it. She then, much calmer than before,
shook his hand and said, "Pleasure to meet you, Fredrick. Anyhow, it's
just down that road on the right. It's not that impressive, its just an
old looking house with a sign that looks like an open book. But....why
are you here?" Fredrick told her and in long run they got into a
conversation about reading. The little girl, clarissa, didn't really
like to read, but agreed it was useful to read. After Yoshi had found
him and given him his share of gold, Fredrick realized how long he had
been talking, gave the young lady a gold piece for her time, and went
on his way.
On his way, a man jumped out of a box yelling like a madman,
"Jack wants mooney!" and he lunged at Fredrick's money pouch. Fredrick
dodged the man's hands toward the money sash and placed his right hand
on the man's forehand and shouted "Siasance!" As what happened to the
gurrey, the man flew backwards, smashed the back of his head on the
wall and fell unconscious back into his box. Fredrick quietly left the
scene hoping no one had seen him use magic to knock a homeless man off
of his feet and into a wall.
On his way to the library, he saw many things he hadn't seen as
he entered the town. Such as an abandoned house with a field that
had a scarecrow that was nothing more than a torn coat on a post. Then
there was another pub which had many smashed windows and a drunk
hanging off of the horse trough. Right next to the library was a shack
that looked as though it housed atleast seven people with maybe one
source of revenue.
As he entered, he noted how much nicer this place looked than the
rest of the general area. "Hello, is anyone here?" Roughly a minute
after he said this, a grizzled old man appeared at one of the doors. He
grabbed a staff and held it up like a lance.
"What's yer bussiness....goblin?" he slightly lowered the staff,
surely no goblin would be stupid enough to just walk right in? Plus, he
spoke clear english.
"Is this a library, can I read please?" uttered Fredrick
uncertainly.
"O' course ye can. Wha' do ye wan' to read abou'?" asked the old
man, who now apparently saw no threat in this curious young goblin.
"Do you have any books on wind magic?" said Fredrick satarting to
warm up to the man.
"Wind magic, wind magic...." he walked over to another room, as
he got to the door, he summoned Fredrick to follow. They had entered a
fairly good-sized room filled with shelves and shelves of books and a
table in the middle. He walked over and gently pulled a large, old-
looking book from a shelf. "This is the only wind magic book I 'ave,
please seat yerself."
They sat down to read and converse for more several hours until
Fredrick realized he could see a full moon through the only window in
the room. When Fredrick asked for the time he discovered it was roughly
8:30. He thanked and said his good-byes to the old man(Christopher
Wilkins) and made his way back to the inn. As he was walking on the way
to the inn, he saw Pinnaugh shaking a homeless man off of Pinnaugh's
brand new battle-ax. Several more shadowy figures came to help the
first. This was a great opportunity to try out those two new spells!
He ran over to Pinnaugh's side and shouted to the night "Armosculus!"
and a strange sensation flew over him it was as if the air in the
immediate area around his body had gone haevy or thick. The only open
spot was is face which had normal everyday air in front of it.
As Fredrick had just kicked the git off of the end of Pinnaugh's
ax one came up behind him with a crude dagger and swung violently.
Fredrick side-stepped the man's drunken attack and yelled "Seaths
Osuis" The man simply coughed as he lunged toward him again but was hit
hard in the nose by the butt of Pinnaugh's ax which made Pinnaugh laugh
happily and ran after the rest of the shadowy figures. "Well," Fredrick
thought, "that sure was an effective 'instant death' spell." It was
supposed to instantly kill the man, but it barely tickled the man's
lungs.
"Well, I like this neiborhood!" panted Pinnaugh coming back over
to Fredrick. They both walked back to the Inn talking about their days.
Avalice would be...interesting.
Book 3
By: Carlyn (Lord Carledo) Stuart Brooks
Ryeen awoke late that morning the same cool, misty feeling
hanging over the air. He clumsily made his way up to the front of the
cart where Jose sat alone steering the mules down the hill into the
port-town of Avalice. It was far less impressive than the last town
they had visited. However, Ryeen did notice all the necessities of a
small human town. It had several farms, a dock (being it was a port-
town), blacksmith, and a town square of park. Jose sleepily turned to
him and mumbled, sloppily in goblin.
"Go tell se udder werr here...and dat I need a break, pleez
Fredrick!" Fredrick could see why he'd beg for a break, he looked as
though he had been steering the mules all night. Fredrick would
volunteer to take over, but he'd never even held reins before. So, he
simply nodded and headed back into the covered section. He gently shook
Yoshi and when he opened his eyes he whispered,
"We're here," in rough ,yet legible, english. Yoshi's eyes opened
wide and he jumped up and shook Drake thoroughly.
"Hey! Hey! We're here! Whoa!" This wasn't exactly how Fredrick
wanted to wake everyone, however, it sure worked. He supposed that four
days on a wagon would do that. Fredrick made no attempts to stop
Yoshi's show of loud dancing and singing as it was entertaining and
waking everyone up. Trau and Pinnaugh looked disturbed as they didn't
understand that he was saying that they had arrived at Avalice.
Fredrick explained this to them which made them much happier, they were
afraid he'd gone mad. As Yoshi finished his morning act with a dramatic
"and we're here at Aaavaaaaliiiiiice!", everyone clapped in a light-
hearted manner. Afterwards, everyone preceded to trudge to the front of
the wagon to see the town. Drake made sarcastic clapping, "oh"'s, and
"ah"'s at the site of the meager town.
As they preceded to the edge of the town, they noticed what
looked like a military rally in the town's square. Sure enough, the
noble was making a speech to the rag-tag troops of Avalice. Jose,
Yoshi, Drake, and Damien started quietly talking about something,
probably political matters, Fredrick figured. After the rally, Yoshi
walked forward and delivered a leather pouch and an envelope.
"Well," Jose translated Yoshi's words, "Now that we're out of
work, I'll send a letter to the chancellor to tell him that we're open
to work and we'll remain here in Avalice until more work arrives. Until
then, we're free to do what we want." Yoshi started to walk towards the
pub then turned around once more and continued, "Also, I'll take those
gurry carcasses to the butcher and carpenter and I'll bring everyone
their share. Finally, I'll book us rooms at the 'Salty Snapper Inn',
our curfew is at 10:00 p.m., don't forget it." Speech done, Yoshi went
to pick up the gurrey carcasses muttering something along the lines of,
"Sometimes I wish I weren't squad captain..."
"Well, I'm going to the library....if they have one. Wanna come?"
Fredrick asked Trau and Pinnaugh.
"Why, do books taste good? We can't read remember!? Those books
sure didn't make you any more sense smart!" Pinnaugh said this all in a
friendly mocking tone. Trau sniggered as Pinnaugh ranted then said
himself,
"Yeah, besides I've always wondered what 'mead' tasted like..."
So Trau and Pinnaugh followed Drake, Jose, and Damien into the pub. So
Fredrick trudged down the main road looking for the library, however he
couldn't find one for the life of him. So he gently tapped a girl on
the shoulder who was hanging up undergarments on a close-line.
"Excuse me," he uttered in English, "Where is the library,
please." The young girl turned around slowly starting by saying,
"It's right down that road there and...." She caught site of
Fredrick and her jaw dropped. There was an eery silence, which Fredrick
tried to end by smiling and pointing at his stick-on nametag. She
silently stooped over to read it. She then, much calmer than before,
shook his hand and said, "Pleasure to meet you, Fredrick. Anyhow, it's
just down that road on the right. It's not that impressive, its just an
old looking house with a sign that looks like an open book. But....why
are you here?" Fredrick told her and in long run they got into a
conversation about reading. The little girl, clarissa, didn't really
like to read, but agreed it was useful to read. After Yoshi had found
him and given him his share of gold, Fredrick realized how long he had
been talking, gave the young lady a gold piece for her time, and went
on his way.
On his way, a man jumped out of a box yelling like a madman,
"Jack wants mooney!" and he lunged at Fredrick's money pouch. Fredrick
dodged the man's hands toward the money sash and placed his right hand
on the man's forehand and shouted "Siasance!" As what happened to the
gurrey, the man flew backwards, smashed the back of his head on the
wall and fell unconscious back into his box. Fredrick quietly left the
scene hoping no one had seen him use magic to knock a homeless man off
of his feet and into a wall.
On his way to the library, he saw many things he hadn't seen as
he entered the town. Such as an abandoned house with a field that
had a scarecrow that was nothing more than a torn coat on a post. Then
there was another pub which had many smashed windows and a drunk
hanging off of the horse trough. Right next to the library was a shack
that looked as though it housed atleast seven people with maybe one
source of revenue.
As he entered, he noted how much nicer this place looked than the
rest of the general area. "Hello, is anyone here?" Roughly a minute
after he said this, a grizzled old man appeared at one of the doors. He
grabbed a staff and held it up like a lance.
"What's yer bussiness....goblin?" he slightly lowered the staff,
surely no goblin would be stupid enough to just walk right in? Plus, he
spoke clear english.
"Is this a library, can I read please?" uttered Fredrick
uncertainly.
"O' course ye can. Wha' do ye wan' to read abou'?" asked the old
man, who now apparently saw no threat in this curious young goblin.
"Do you have any books on wind magic?" said Fredrick satarting to
warm up to the man.
"Wind magic, wind magic...." he walked over to another room, as
he got to the door, he summoned Fredrick to follow. They had entered a
fairly good-sized room filled with shelves and shelves of books and a
table in the middle. He walked over and gently pulled a large, old-
looking book from a shelf. "This is the only wind magic book I 'ave,
please seat yerself."
They sat down to read and converse for more several hours until
Fredrick realized he could see a full moon through the only window in
the room. When Fredrick asked for the time he discovered it was roughly
8:30. He thanked and said his good-byes to the old man(Christopher
Wilkins) and made his way back to the inn. As he was walking on the way
to the inn, he saw Pinnaugh shaking a homeless man off of Pinnaugh's
brand new battle-ax. Several more shadowy figures came to help the
first. This was a great opportunity to try out those two new spells!
He ran over to Pinnaugh's side and shouted to the night "Armosculus!"
and a strange sensation flew over him it was as if the air in the
immediate area around his body had gone haevy or thick. The only open
spot was is face which had normal everyday air in front of it.
As Fredrick had just kicked the git off of the end of Pinnaugh's
ax one came up behind him with a crude dagger and swung violently.
Fredrick side-stepped the man's drunken attack and yelled "Seaths
Osuis" The man simply coughed as he lunged toward him again but was hit
hard in the nose by the butt of Pinnaugh's ax which made Pinnaugh laugh
happily and ran after the rest of the shadowy figures. "Well," Fredrick
thought, "that sure was an effective 'instant death' spell." It was
supposed to instantly kill the man, but it barely tickled the man's
lungs.
"Well, I like this neiborhood!" panted Pinnaugh coming back over
to Fredrick. They both walked back to the Inn talking about their days.
Avalice would be...interesting.