Dicing with Death: Episode 191

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==Synopsis==
Divan, son of a shepherd in the village Nekkraut, with magical abilities visits his teacher, oracle Atropos. She tells him he is to find his destiny in the tomb of a hero of old to the east. Divan heads there, on the way, he slays a two-headed mountain lion. In the village nearby, he is hosted by a farmer. Divan dreams of the grotto he is on a quest to find. As he heads to the grotto, he sees 2 sirens and swims to meet them. They try to enchant Divan but get enchanted by him instead. Divan finds the cave he was looking for with no sign of the grotto, but as the light of dawn hits the cave, the grotto is revealed.
==Recap==
It is near the end of the Age of Heroes, before the dawn of the Age of Might. The small town of Nekkraut is a town build in a hilly area of Ancient Bravo. There isn't really a government, it is just a small town of a couple of hundred people without a leader.
Divan is the son of a sheep shepherd. He goes to visit the Oracle who lives outside of town, Atropos. Atropos breaths in vapors and casts chicken bones to tell the future of people who visit her, and sometimes, it is true. One day Divan breaths in the vapor and can see the auras of magic. Atropos then ends up teaching Divian how to cast spells and use magic.
===1st June, Unknown Year===
One day, when Divan is 20 years old, he visits with Atropos. She has a vision. Divan has to visit the grave of a small hero from a few hundred years ago. At the tomb Divan will find out his destiny. Divan sets off on his adventure, following Atropos's directions to head to the east, where the hills meet the plains at the water's edge.
As he travels through the hill lands, he spies some buzzards flying overhead. Divan looks around and sees a two-headed mountain lion is stalking him. Divan defends himself with martial arts as the mutant creature attacks him. Divan uses a Deflecting Blow spell to avoid damage and the two-headed mountain lion flees. Divan slays the retreating strange creature. Divian has heard of the twin-gods, Mathis & Safia, creating 2-headed creatures. Or it could be a creature of Malkis or Voraci.
That night as Divan sleeps he sees a vision of a cliff-side grotto facing east. Divan then sees a shadow leave the grotto.
===2nd June===
Divan hides the lion's corpse to gather it later. He then travels onward. The day's travels go without incident.
===3rd June===
Divan continues to travel and arrives at the cliffs at the edge of the ocean. Divan then heads northwards along the cliff edge, looking for the cave. He doesn't find the grotto that day but does see a Monitor Lizard in the distance. Divan goes hunting the lizard and slays it easily. Divan cooks the dead lizard and eats it.
===4th June===
Divan continues to travel northward along the coastline. He finds no spot to climb down to the cliffs.
Divan then arrives at a goat-herder village of 8 buildings named Kroger. Divan is invited by a former villager, named Loomer, to rest. Divan asks about a nearby crypt of a great hero and is told about Seltzer. The legend is that Seltzer was created by the gods from the ocean foam, and not born of a human. The exact location of Seltzer's burial place is unknown. Divan is told that the creek that runs through Kroger comes from a spring that has been blessed by a local spirit to flow all year round.
===5th June===
Day of the full moon, Divan decides to head south, thinking he overshot the grotto, and goes against along the cliff edges. Before he leaves, he leaves a good chunk of his money (3 copper) for the villager that hosted him.
At sunset, as Divan goes camping for the night he spies 2 females below lounging on the rocks in the ocean. There aren't mermaids as these people have legs. Divan finds a way down the cliffs to meet with the two people. As he gets close he sees they have green hair, grey eyes, and blue skin; sirens. Divan swims out to the stones the two sirens. The sirens explain to Divan they live underwater and not the surface world.
Divan asks the sirens about Seltzer and they repeat the legend she was born of seafoam, and she died before her time, before Seltzer's greatness could be realized. The sirens, claiming their names are Sivan and Livan, then try to lure Divan underwater to see their home, which they claim has air for people who they keep. Divan resists their magical charms politely, and gifts them each an acorn. The Sirens are impressed by Divan's politeness after they tried to charm him and happily accept the gifts. Divan then returns to shore.
Divan doesn't find a way up the cliff and is stuck on the beach overnight.
===6th June===
Divan finds a safe spot to get up on the shore. He recognizes this is the exact spot from his dream, but there is no sign of a grotto here. Divan rests.
===7th June===
As the dawn light hit the cliffs, Divan can see the grotto. It is exactly where it was in the vision, where it hadn't been last night. Divan heads for the grotto.
==Experience==
No experience is given out this episode
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