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To the Door / A la porte

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Precedent scene: To Herrshilta 02 / Vers Herrshilta 02 (https://www.renderosity.com/rr/mod/gallery/to-herrshilta-02-vers-herrshilta-02/3039287/) First scene of the story-arc: Chaos and Death (https://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/chaos-and-death/2889324/?p&ca) Version française en-dessous. __________________________________________ After two hours of marching, who felt way longer to Sigrid, Marina and Delphine, non used to travel underground, the group arrived finally to the city's gate. These were made of heavy stones and even if it was a minor door, lost in a maze of corridors, it was protected by two guards. Seeing them approaching, these took a severe expression. " Halt ! Who are you ! said one of them, with black hair and a long beard." Doing a sign to his friends to stay behind, Romatzo approached to the guards and, putting his hand on the top of his axe in a sign a peace, he said in dwarf tongue. " Yo merhé Romatzo. Vel mi Musin, vel mi Inan, mi moën Varolk. Hem merhé Sigrid to Marina, vellan mi Bjorn. Delphine, vella mi Roland to Minalva, vella to Kiyamah." Which meant in common langue: " I am Romatzo. Son of Musin, son of Inan, from the Varolk clan. Here are Sigrid and Marina, daughters of Bjorn. Delphine, daughter of Roland and Minalva, daughter of Kiyamah. - Romatzo ?! Son of Musin from the Varolk clan ?" continued the guard in front of him in dwarven language. After a short reflexion, he said to him: "Would you be the son of one of the captain of the guards of the King ? - Captain of the guard ? I don't know. When I left the city, more than ten years ago, my father was not captain, but he was in the guard. So I suppose it is him. - Oh yes. I have heard that his son had fled the kingdom. Bringing dishonor on himself and his family. " This last sentence was said with a lot of contempt. The hand of Romatzo tighten a little stronger on the top of his axe, but his expression did not change. The guard continued: " And what brings you and your...", he oberved the girls with an inquisitive eye, especially the three humans, "... companions in the great and proud Dwarf city of Herrshilta ?" Since the turn of the conversation would implicate their quest, Romatzo decided to respond in the common language, while ignoring the condescending tone of the guard and the way he had emphasized the fact it was a dwarven city, implying that his firends were not welcome here. " We are at the pursuit of a troop of orcs, fairly in great number. These have attacked, several months ago, the village of Sigrid and Marina, taking women and children with them. We had few tracks to follow, but the ones we found lead us to the North-Est. The last we found was going in the direction of the mountains. But since, nothing. We want to know if they have been seen by sentinels or, even maybe, possibly intercepted. Also, our supplies are turning low and we need the resupply before continuing our hunt. If it's necessary." The atmosphere had been tense since the beginning of the conversation, but it changed a little after Romatzo had talk of the women and children kidnapped. The guards might had hostility against the human race, due to recent territorial conflicts, but they were not, for the lack of better words, inhumans. " If you need supply, you can enter, form the moment you are not causing any troubles. As for the orcs, the guard looked at his colleague who made a negative sign of the head, we haven't heard of them. But we will pass the word among other guards. But the best would be to talk about it to your father, although, I doubt he makes you a good welcome. He will certainly know more than us, simple guards. - It was in my intention to go see my parents anyway. - Good ! This way you will not dishonor yourself more by not going to show your respect to them." Contrary to the first time, the mention of dishonor was not said to humiliated, but it felt more like an advice given to Romatzo. " Anyway, started the other guard, who had light hair with a bowl cut and a beard not less long than the one of his colleague, you must be very courageous, or very reckless, to plan to attack a troop of orcs just the five of you." This simple sentence could also explained the change of tone of the guards. Courage was respected by the dwarves. " The magician counts for ten. Responded Minalva, who wanted to participate, by pointing at Delphine and making a smile that, she hoped, looked friendly." The two dwarves looked at Delphine more carefully. They had heard stories about the powers of the magicians, but Dephine looked so young and frail to their eyes that they were not sure what to think. " Well ! Enough talking ! It's time for you to enter." said the guard with dark hair, for whom the conversation was over, while pulling on a chain who unlocked the heavy stone doors. Romatzo bowed slightly and made a sign to the girls that they could go. When suddenly he thought to something. " Oh ! Minalva, before we are going in, I want to tell you a word." He took the hand of his companion and went a little further. "It's a little difficult for me to ask you that, but I would like to ask you to be careful to not reveal that we are a couple. We aren't in the "Guild of Adventurers" here and, even if my people has no enmity with yours, it wouldn't be tolerated. And my reputation here is already bad enough like this. he ended with a sad smile. - I understand, don't worry." and it was true, she understood. "I'll be careful. - Thank you." he said, holding her hand a little tighter. Once more he was ready to go, when: " Oh ! One more thing. While we are staying here, please, keep your clothes on." Minalva burst in laugh and said yes with her head. __________________________________________ Après deux heures de marche, qui avaient paru bien plus longues à Sigrid, Marina et Delphine, non-habituées à voyager sous terre, le groupe arriva enfin aux portes de la ville. Celles-ci étaient faites de lourdes pierres et bien qu'étant une porte mineure, perdue dans un dédale de couloirs, elle était protégée par deux gardes. Les voyant approcher, ceux-ci prirent une mine sévère. " Halte là ! Qui êtes-vous ?! dit l'un d'eux, aux cheveux noirs et à la longue barbe." Faisant signe à ces amies de rester en arrière, Romatzo s'approcha des gardes et, posant la main sur le sommet de sa hache en signe paix, dit en langue naine: " Yo merhé Romatzo. Vel mi Musin, vel mi Inan, mi moën Varolk. Hem merhé Sigrid to Marina, vellan mi Bjorn. Delphine, vella mi Roland to Minalva, vella to Kiyamah." Ce qui peut être traduit en language commun par: " Je suis Romatzo. Fils de Musin, fils de Inan, du clan Varolk. Là sont Sigrid et Marina, filles de Bjorn. Delphine, fille de Roland et Minalva, fille de Kiyamah. - Romatzo ?! Fils de Musin du clan Varolk ?" continua le garde en face de lui en langue naine. Après une courte réflexion, ils lui dit: " Tu serais donc le fils d'un des capitaines des gardes du Roi ? (Le vouvoiement n'existe pas chez le nains) - Capitaine des gardes du Roi ? Je l'ignore. Lorsque j'ai quitté la ville, il y a plus de dix ans, mon père n'était pas capitaine, mais il faisait partie de la garde. Donc je suppose que c'est lui. - Oh oui. J'avais entendu parler que son fils avait fui le royaume. Faisant peser le déshonneur sur lui-même et sa famille." Cette dernière phrase fût dite avec un grand mépris. La main de Romatzo se sera un peu plus forte sur le sommet de sa hache, mais son expression ne changeât pas. Le garde continua: " Et qu'est-ce qui t'amène toi et tes...", il observa les filles d'un oeil inquisiteur, en particulier les trois humaines, " ...compagnons dans la grande et fière cité Naine de Hershilta ?" Puisque que la tournure de la conversation allait impliquer leur quête, Romatzo choisi de répondre en langue commune, tout en ignorant le ton condescendant du garde et la manière dont il avait appuyé sur le fait qu'il s'agissait d'une cité naine, impliquant que ses amies n'étaient pas les bienvenues. " Nous sommes à la poursuite d'une troupe d'orcs, passablement un grand groupe. Ceux-ci ont attaqué, il y a plusieurs mois, le village de Sigrid et Marina, enlevant femmes et enfants. Nous avions peu de pistes à suivre, mais celles que nous avons trouvées nous ont menées au Nord-Est. La dernière que nous avons trouvées partait en direction des montagnes. Mais depuis plus rien. Nous voulons donc savoir s'ils n'auraient pas été vu par des sentinelles ou, voir même, possiblement interceptés. Nos vivres aussi commencent à manquer et il nous faut nous ravitailler avant de continuer notre chasse. Si cela est nécessaire." L'atmosphère avait été pour le moins tendue depuis le début de la conversation, mais elle changeât un peu après que Romatzo eut parler des orcs et des femmes et des enfants enlevés. Les gardes éprouvaient peut-être de l'hostilité envers la race humaine, dû à de récents conflits territoriaux, mais ils n'étaient pas, par manque d'un meilleur mot, inhumains. " Si vous avez besoins de vivres, vous pouvez entrer, du moment que vous ne causez pas d'ennuies. Quant aux orcs, le garde regarda son collègue qui lui fit un signe de tête négatif, nous n'en avons pas entendu parler. Mais nous ferons passer le mot auprès des autres gardes. Mais le mieux serait d'en parler à ton père, bien que je doute qu'il te fasse bon accueil. Il en saura forcément plus que nous, simples gardes. - C'était dans mon intention de passer voir mes parents de toute façon. - Bien ! Ainsi tu ne te déshonorera pas plus en n'allant pas leur présenter tes hommages." Contrairement à la première fois, la mention de déshonneur n'était pas ici faite pour humilier, mais ressemblait plus à un conseil donné à Romatzo. " En tout cas, commença l'autre garde, à la coupe au bol, aux cheveux clair et à la barbe non moins longue que celle de son collègue, vous devez soit être très courageux, soit très téméraire, pour vouloir vous attaquer à toute une troupe d'orcs à seulement vous cinq." Cette simple phrase pouvait aussi expliquer le changement de ton des gardes. Le courage était respecté chez les nains. " La magicienne compte pour dix. répondit Minalva, qui voulait participer, en pointant Delphine et en faisant un sourire qui, elle l'espérait, se voulait amical." Les deux nains regardèrent Delphine plus attentivement. Ils avaient entendu des histoires sur la puissance des magiciens, mais Delphine semblait si jeune et si frêle à leurs yeux qu'ils ne surent trop quoi penser. " Bon ! Trêve de bavardage ! Il est temps pour vous de rentrer." dit le garde aux cheveux noirs, pour qui la conversation était finie, en tirant sur une chaîne qui débloqua les lourdes portes de pierre. Romatzo s'inclina légèrement et fit aux filles un signe pour leur dire d'avancer. Quand soudain il pensa à quelque chose. " Oh ! Minalva, avant que nous n'entrions, je voudrai te dire un mot." Il prit sa compagne par la main et l'entraîna un peu plus loin. " C'est un peu difficile de te demander ça, mais je voudrais te demander de faire attention à ne pas révéler que nous soyons en couple. Nous ne sommes pas à la "Guilde des aventuriers" ici et, bien que mon peuple n'ait pas d'inimitié avec le tien, il ne le tolèrerait pas. Et ma réputation ici et déjà assez mauvaise comme ça. conclut-il avec un sourire un peu triste. - Je comprend, ne t'en fait pas." et c'était vrai, elle comprenait. "Je ferai attention. - Merci." répondit-il en serrant sa main un peu plus fort. Encore une fois il était près de partir quand: " Oh ! Et une dernière chose. ajouta Romatzo. Pendant que nous séjournons ici, s'il te plait, garde tes vêtements sur toi." Minalva explosa de rire et acquiesça de la tête. __________________________________________ New storyline picture and it is the 40th ! I was reading the other day what I wrote in the description on the last picture of the first storyline. There I was saying that for the second one, I had 23 pictures planned and that with the unplanned ones, I could reach 30. It was a very long time ago. Now, I wonder if I will not reach 60 renders to complete the story. lol It's been a while since we saw a dwarf other than Romatzo and it's good to have more dwarves to see. Of course, while the group is in Herrshilta, there will be plenty of them. We will soon learn why Romatzo has left his city and why it dishonored him. I suppose that what he did, for us modern humans, will not sound very bad, but for his people it's different. Until now, I didn't have a name for the father of Minalva. So the dialogue in this picture had obligated me to find one. His name, Kiyamah, means "Flexible Tree", in the Wood Elven language. He has disappeared and is presumed dead. Is he really ? Even I don't know it yet. Anyway, hope you enjoyed the picture and th text! ^^

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