Ep. 111 Eberron Reduced 5

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Ep 111 Eberron Reduced 5

—Mantra of the Blood of Vol

Beric meets up with Dedrick Beynar. Booyah leaves them alone at the monestary, and they begin their training. Beric switches his styles, opting for one that will give him more control. Even so, his movement is clumsy and he has difficulty staying balanced. When he starts becoming more comfortable with it, Beynar takes off his magic amulet—the only thing that's allowing Beric to somewhat see him.

Beric gets a few cuts in, but Beynar easily overpowers him. With many words, Beynar expresses the teachings of the Blood of Vol, and Beric is able to reach inside himself to access this magic that Beynar preaches. To his astonishment, he finds he can see magic. Having given his lesson, Beynar makes his goodbyes.

## Synopsis

Beric has asked Beynar to help him cope with his new condition. With Booyah to help him find the way, he takes a ride up to the Orien enclave with their usual cabbie. Beric can see dragonmarked indivuduals, but by the time they arrive, he's overloaded with the magical auras around him, and can't distinguis between them. He senses someone getting close, and then stopping suddenly—Beynar. Beric shows him his face. Booyah leaves them to travel to the monestary by themselves.

*"Well, you can see where the sidewalks end. I can't."
—Beric*

Around Beynar's neck is an amulet, and Beric can sense immense magic in it.

Beric shares how he lost his eyes, and that he's afraid he's going to get his companions killed. He needs to find a way to be useful in this state.

They get to the monestary, and Beynar gets a sword. The sparring begins.

Beric has his sword still sheathed as a walking stick and he's trying to work it two handed, which is not usually how he fights. When he tries to turn and shift there's this vertigo as he lands on his foot, and has to catch himelf. Swings come short as his body lurches, and he stuttering as he rights himself. His movements are very clumsy.

Dedrick rips the amulet off and knocks Beric's sword away. Beric feels pain in his knuckles as he gets smacked. He centers his sword in front of him, left hand held back towards his chest, and listens, trying to find where Beynar's voice is. Guessing at the location, he swipes laterally at that point, but doesn't make contact with anything. Beric resumes his stance, and tries to find, through hearing, where the sword that struck him came from.

*"You said that I thought you more than swordplay. I taught you magic. Use it."
—Beynar*

Sharp pain spreads from Beric's back as he gets hit again. Beric objects to using magic against his mentor, but Beynar pushes him more to rely on what's within him, rather than just his swordplay. Beric extends his left hand and brings the blade up, and the air around him ripples. He runs a hand over the blade, and it lights up with flames. Finally, he lands a blow against Beynar, only to get hit back and knocked over.

Beynar pulls Beric into a sitting position, and drops down next to him. He pulls his amulet to him from across the room, with some sort of magic. He talks about the power in their blood, and the power you gain by accessing it. Beric shares how he grabbed someone with his mind, but he doesn't know how to really reach inside himself. Beynar says to stop reaching out.

He gets up, and tells Beric to forget that he's blind. He puts an actual blindfold on Beric, and says he can take it off whenever he pleases. He's fought people who disappeared before his very eyes, and still managed to get a few hits in. Beric feels a sharp pain below his right shoulder, as Beynar continues their lesson. Briefly, it seems like where he was hit lights up. He focuses on letting go, and letting instinct guide him. He still has trouble landing a hit, but he gets flashes of where Beynar is.

Beynar gets him in the pectoral muscle and holds it, and Beric grabs at him leg with telekenisis, throwing him twenty feet backwards. Beynar gets up, laughing. Beric can see him, kind of. He takes the blindfold off.

Beynar tells Beric that what he's seeing is magic. It's in everyone, and everyone can access it if they allow themselves to. He mentions the Blood of Vol, to which Beric makes the connection to the list of Qabalrin names, but Beynar says he's unaware of Vol as a family name.

With Beric having leant his lesson, Beynar says his goodbyes. There's a Seeker near the monestary, and Beric is welcome to reach out to him for guidance. Beric gives his thanks, and Beynar leaves.

End of episode.

## Locations

* Sharn, Breland
	+ Monastery of the Broken Blade

## Spells

* **Beric**
	+ Blur 0:35:19

## Quotes

"Well swung, but you're swinging about like a blind man with a sword. You're doing what you can, and what you can will get you killed. You know me, Beric. I'm not a man of words, but I respect the power of words. That's what made me what I am. There's a specific set of words that I was taught. Others had heard them, contemplated them and so on, but I understood them. They changed me. What was I before I heard those words? I was nothing. They're the teachings that have guided me for a long time: that there's power in you."
*—Beynar 0:38:43*

"I'm not saying there's power in me. I'm saying there's power in you. There's power in everyone. Skill, talent, ambition, they're all tools but ultimately they're all a lie. There's only us. There's only that which gives us fervor, and through that fervor we gain fortitude, and through the fortitude we can influence the world around us which ultimately leads to our triumph. That's the only way that we're no longer prisoners to those around us. Our blood is what sets us free."
*—Beynar 0:40:56*

## Trivia

* Beric gets disadvantage and -5 to his attack rolls when the sparring starts.