Dicing with Death: Episode 203

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==Synopsis==
Divan runs away from Grindel and visits Atropos, and sees Hera, Atropos's new apprentice there, takes some potions and leaves. He visits Akitos and Platos, and studies to regain mana. Divan confronts Grindel again, but this time he brings Chronos. Cyclops is now slain, Divan looks trough her cave and finds many divine items, most importantly, Amulet of Velthara on her neck. He gives the items to Chronos. They travel back to the village, Divan spends much time learning spells and identifying items (which he fails). After some rest, Divan visits the ghost village he encountered a ghost in, sees the village is well protected, and heads home. On the way there, Divan encounters a giant and brings him to Nekkraut to see Chronus. Giant leaves shortly after. 
==Recap==
===28th November===
Divan is hiding under shelter from the rain after failing in his fight against the cyclops Grindel. Divan drinks some of his healing potions to recover from his injures.
Divan then travels in the dark & storms to Atropos's cave 5 miles away. Atropos is with Hera, the new apprentice. Hera is laying down inside, with Atropos arranging stones on Hera's back to sort out her chakras. Divan finds 4 healing potions that Atropos has just finished. Divan takes 3 of the potions with Atropos's permission. Divan then leaves the cave and heads back to Nekkraut, drinking one of the new healing potions.
Before sunrise Divan gets back to Nekkraut, as Heffer, inside the hut, is waking up.
===29th November===
Divan wakes up in the afternoon. He then starts to study his books to regain his mana. 
===30th November===
Divan plans to confront Grindel tomorrow.
Divan gets some children to capture a snake for Platos. Divan then goes speak with Platos and fills him in on the situation with the giant. Divan notices Platos has grown quite plump.
Divan goes to the qanat to see that Chronos is helping dig it out for Akitos. Chronos agrees to come with Divan to the confrontation with Grindel tomorrow.
===1st December===
Divan and Chronos set out from Nekkraut. The weather has cleared up and it is sunny. Along the way Divan drops off some troll blood with Atropos's apprentice, Hera. 
By the end of the day, Divan and Chronos arrive outside the cave. Divan casts on Chronos and then calls out a challenge to Grindel. Grindel steps out of the cave, also fully healed now. Divan dodges a bolder then throws a at Grindel. Divan then uses a to trap her in place. Chronos attacks Grindel in melee then retreats after Grindle hits her. Divan throws another .
Divan then gets behind the trapped Grindle and attacks her. Chronos throws rocks from a distance.
Grindel throws a rock at Chronos, breaking the . Grindel tries to surrender but Divan and Chronos take her out, killing the cyclops.
Divan goes into the cave with ease and into her lair. Symbols of Velthara symbols made in blood are all over the stone walls. Inside is a pen of animals. Divan finds 3 art objects: a Giant Bardiche of Velthara, the Holy Symbol of Velthara, and an Altar to Velthara. 
Divan uses his magical crown, Sorona, to about the Giant Bardiche of Velthara but finds no lore about it. There are black gemstones on the side of it. The Altar to Velthara is a bowl made of the same gemstone on the sides of the Giant Bardiche of Velthara. The Holy Symbol of Velthara is made of transmuted giant bones into crystal substances. Divan offers the objects to Grindel. Chronos removes Grindel's head and takes the holy symbol. The holy symbol shrinks in size to fit Chronos's smaller size. Chronos wears the holy symbol.
Divan goes to the heard animals and calms them down. Divan and Chronos rest on the cave overnight. The rest overnight is restless with the strange winds outside that sounds like whispers.
===2nd December===
Then they wake up Chronos says he didn't sleep well, thinking he was hearing voices during the night.
Divan and Chronos travel back to Nekkraut with the herd of goats.
==Experience==
* Combat & Quest: 21401 (10700 each class) 
* Fighter: 650 exp (13 hit dice)
* Wizard: 1144 exp (10 exp per MP spent (104) x 10%)
** 110 exp (100 exp per spell learned x 10%)
* Wizard Total: 38,290.9 exp
* Warrior Total: 31,619 exp
==Recap==
Divan and his family decide on a summer wedding under the star signs of Mathis & Safia on August 7 next year. 
Divan learns , , & , . He fails over 21 days (440 wizard exp). 
===23rd December===
It is now winter. Divan finds out the holy symbol of Velthara is actually the Amulet of Velthara, a holy artifact given to her chosen.
:Amulet of Velthara: The black T is a cross made out of transmuted giant humerus bones, from a young giant, turned into a strange black substance. The red V are similarly transmuted giant humerus bones but turned into red crystalline substance. Bone turned to stone & crystal. Attached by a simple cord.
Chronos is working on building a tall watchtower. Chronos agrees to lend the amulet to Divan so he can study it. When Divan takes the amulet it shrinks in size to human size. Divan casts and fails all his attempts to identify the amulet and some potions.
===24th December===
Divan then returns the amulet to Chronos, asking to borrow the amulet in the future to try to learn more later. The amulet returns to Chronos's size.
===Some Winter Day===
Divan rests, gathers winter clothes, and puts the shrine of Velthara on the blood fountain. Divan decides to travel to the remnants of the ghost town he encountered previously. He casts on the village and senses unnatural creatures residing in the houses. In the center of the village is a huge fire pit, the core of the magic. Divan uses in the center of the village and learns that 
:This is the place where Demigod Seltzer sealed away a tribe of cannibals.
Divan casts clairvoyance on the village during the night and he counts 12 cannibal spirits. 
Divan returns to the village in the morning, casts , and finds out that the 12 ghosts are casters - sealed away in another plane of existence. There is a spell around the village. Divan concludes that the ghost village is well sealed and goes back to the Nekkraut.
On the way back, Divan encounters a giant. The giant has heard many stories about Divan, and calls him a 'stealer of children'. Divan clears up the misunderstanding and tells the giant that he did not steal Chronos. Brutalitops wants to visit the child so they get back to Nekkraut together. Seeing that everything is fine, Brutalitops leaves and promises to check up on Chronos.
==Experience==
Divan levels up Wizard & Warrior to level 6
* Max HP from 32.5 to 35 (+2.5)
* Max MP from 45 to 49 (+4)
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