Llawr Silpad
TL;DR:
-Llawr receives Althea's message, changes into his combat clothes, and meets the Apostles at the mines
-Keeping quiet, Llawr follows the Foreman into the mines and stays on alert
-When the carts crash, Llawr jumps high to see everything in the area
-Llawr briefly introduces himself to Shurik before letting him head towards the skeletons
-Llawr casts Blessing of Terra on the whole party, then heads to the chasm edge and propels down with Diana's plant rope after explaining why
Llawr's inquiry at the elf woman got sidestepped by the appearance of the shortest Apostle. When she spoke his name he was a bit surprised at first since he hadn't gotten to introduce himself directly to her yet, but figured she probably overheard him as he spoke to other Apostles during their journey. It made him feel a bit embarrassed for getting hung up on formalities. When he heard the little mage's tone suddenly change at the mention of
"extra work". His Intuition gathered from what he sensed by Althea's manner of speaking tipped him off immediately that the subject concerned sensitive and potentially dangerous information. With a casual response breaking his otherwise sharp and serious expression, he bid her a temporary farewell.
"Yeah, sure! I'll meet up with everyone after I change real quick. If you'll excuse me then," he finished in farewell to the dark elf as well before heading to the bar of the tavern to request a room to change in.
At the entrance to the mines, Llawr had just managed to catch up to the group before they were passed off to the Foreman thanks to his natural agility whilst in full sprint and the familiarity he had gained with the town's layout from his earlier exploring. Before anyone even began explaining what was going on, he could sense an incredible amount of danger and malice emanating from the mine. Assuming the others knew the dangers while they entered anyways led to him not speaking up though, and he instead opted to keep silent and listen to what everyone said as both Althea and the Foreman offered words of explanation aloud. Hearing of everything that was going on, Llawr's mood grew more intense and wary as he focused all his senses to pick up on anything out of place. When the group approached a line of mining carts, he immediately hopped into one of the ones in the front for the best vantage point.
I need any vantage point I can get to see danger coming.
When the carts started moving suddenly and rapidly, the intense air pressure rushed into his ears; a painful ordeal the led him to fold them back, which limited his hearing to only being able to catch what the Foreman was saying. In exchange, he gripped the edge of his mine cart tightly with both hands, having chosen not to receive a lantern, and stood straight up so he could see beyond the Foreman himself. It was then that he saw the gap in the tracks.
"Mr. Foreman, hit the breaks! Everyone, brace yourselves!" Not enough time! His residual thought at the end came as the carts lurched from the sharp brake and he realized he wouldn't be able to fortify his allies. When the mine carts took flight, Llawr leaped from the one he had been inside in order to gain more height and air time so he could assess the situation.
By the time people were falling to the ground, he had already seen what approached from ahead thanks to his feline ability to see in the dark. Clicking his tongue, the Cait Sith began his own descent to the ground on the other side of the ravine. Even though he knew what was coming, Llawr also knew that there were more pressing matters to attend to; his allies. As he looked around the ones that made the trip, he was pleased to see them working together to stand. He made his first approach to the new Apostle that had just joined their group and spoke to him in a serious tone.
"Keeping this brief; my name is Llawr, fellow Apostle. I'm glad to have you on our side." With a nod of affirmation to the man before allowing him to head to the front line of defense, Llawr himself ran to roughly the center of their scattered group. Looking around at everyone in the darkness that hardly fazed him, the young man took a deep breath and closed his eyes in calm focus.
"Resolute Earth And Stone, Heed My Call and grant me and my allies the Blessing of Terra!" As Llawr made this chant, he drew a massive amount of the Chaos that permeated from the earth that surrounded them all to fill all the Apostles whom he had now made connections to with a power that noticeably bolstered their dexterity and toughness, including Ren and Zayne in the chasm below. That said, those not in a position in which they'd be directly relying on such things would not necessarily notice unless they were paying special heed to the flow of Chaos in the area.
"This is a perfect place for Terra," he muttered to himself before turning to the edge of the chasm.
Through the darkness, Llawr noticed Diana attempting to feed some kind of thick rope down the chasm, no doubt to Ren and Zayne. He approached her and placed a hand on her shoulder. In a deep, serious tone not usually heard from him Llawr spoke his thoughts to her;
"Big Sis Diana, while making a rope for them to climb up with is helpful it may be difficult to get it to them like this, especially if either of them is already hanging on precariously. That said, everyone is currently bolstered by my Affinity, including you, so if you can hold on to the rope tightly then I'll propel down and make sure they can get a solid grip on it. I'm guessing you made the rope with your own Affinity, so if I need more rope I'll let you know to extend it." Without wasting a moment, Llawr immediately grabbed the plant rope loosely after explaining his plan and jumped off the edge, gripping the plant stalk to prevent himself from accelerating to quickly but not so hard as to completely halt his descent until he reached the end of the rope.
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