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		<title>Terryintransit at 09:28, 14 February 2026</title>
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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 09:28, 14 February 2026&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Category:Character]] &lt;/del&gt;[[Category:Jeff Church]]  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt; &lt;/ins&gt;[[Category:Jeff Church]]  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Image:Mim.JPG|250px|right|Mim the Pilgrim]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Image:Mim.JPG|250px|right|Mim the Pilgrim]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;A small backwater across the sea from Sanctuary - a town named Bitter. A bored girl called Mîm - called the Pilgrim by her parents, because she was always looking for something - somewhere else. Anywhere but Bitter.&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;A small backwater across the sea from Sanctuary - a town named Bitter. A bored girl called Mîm - called the Pilgrim by her parents, because she was always looking for something - somewhere else. Anywhere but Bitter.&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Terryintransit</name></author>
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		<id>https://dq-nz.org/dqwiki/index.php?title=Bitter_Beginnings&amp;diff=100039&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>Stephen: Text replacement - &quot;â€Ž|&quot; to &quot;|&quot;</title>
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		<updated>2024-02-09T00:01:29Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Text replacement - &amp;quot;â€Ž|&amp;quot; to &amp;quot;|&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l10&quot;&gt;Line 10:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Mîm squeezed through a window not designed to stop a slim elf and found Dorn&amp;#039;s window. The adventure continued. For the first time she felt the caress of Drow magic and their combined strength let them remove bars.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Mîm squeezed through a window not designed to stop a slim elf and found Dorn&amp;#039;s window. The adventure continued. For the first time she felt the caress of Drow magic and their combined strength let them remove bars.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Image:Aruna_Bali.&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;jpgâ€Ž&lt;/del&gt;|250px|right|A Dance to Destract]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Image:Aruna_Bali.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;jpg&lt;/ins&gt;|250px|right|A Dance to Destract]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;;...on the Road&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;;...on the Road&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Six months they travelled from village to village with Dorn&amp;#039;s two partners in crime - for thieves they were. Exciting times. Trieste and Jint where a couple - she a thief &amp;amp; assassin and he a master of dark celestial magic. Mîm learned much from them. The skill she enjoyed most was the dance. Never a classic elvish beauty, she found she could easily hold the attention of village men - important to distract them from the others&amp;#039; activities. Dorn taught Mîm more intimate arts.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Six months they travelled from village to village with Dorn&amp;#039;s two partners in crime - for thieves they were. Exciting times. Trieste and Jint where a couple - she a thief &amp;amp; assassin and he a master of dark celestial magic. Mîm learned much from them. The skill she enjoyed most was the dance. Never a classic elvish beauty, she found she could easily hold the attention of village men - important to distract them from the others&amp;#039; activities. Dorn taught Mîm more intimate arts.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l17&quot;&gt;Line 17:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 17:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;;...on the Ocean&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;;...on the Ocean&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Mîm awoke a day later with a pounding head and chains - and a burning need never to be exploited again. That need drove her to action. Ignoring the pleas of the other young things in the hold, her dark magic enhanced strength broke her bounds and she sought out the captain. Drifting silently and imperceptibly through the ship she avoided the dwarven and goblin crew - ghosted past the swarthy hobgoblin guarding the door of the best cabin in the ship.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Mîm awoke a day later with a pounding head and chains - and a burning need never to be exploited again. That need drove her to action. Ignoring the pleas of the other young things in the hold, her dark magic enhanced strength broke her bounds and she sought out the captain. Drifting silently and imperceptibly through the ship she avoided the dwarven and goblin crew - ghosted past the swarthy hobgoblin guarding the door of the best cabin in the ship.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Image:Dark Necro.&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;jpgâ€Ž&lt;/del&gt;|250px|right|Dark Arts]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Image:Dark Necro.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;jpg&lt;/ins&gt;|250px|right|Dark Arts]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Yes, Gorak was surprised from slumber by Mîm. Mîm was surprised when the barbarian pirate captain bit her - with surprisingly sharp teeth. From such a start, they were both surprised how well the rest of the night passed.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Yes, Gorak was surprised from slumber by Mîm. Mîm was surprised when the barbarian pirate captain bit her - with surprisingly sharp teeth. From such a start, they were both surprised how well the rest of the night passed.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Stephen</name></author>
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		<title>Stephen: Text replacement - &quot;Ã®&quot; to &quot;î&quot;</title>
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		<updated>2024-02-08T23:58:54Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Text replacement - &amp;quot;Ã®&amp;quot; to &amp;quot;î&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Character]] [[Category:Jeff Church]]  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Character]] [[Category:Jeff Church]]  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Image:Mim.JPG|250px|right|Mim the Pilgrim]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Image:Mim.JPG|250px|right|Mim the Pilgrim]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;A small backwater across the sea from Sanctuary - a town named Bitter. A bored girl called &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;MÃ®m &lt;/del&gt;- called the Pilgrim by her parents, because she was always looking for something - somewhere else. Anywhere but Bitter.&#039;&#039;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;A small backwater across the sea from Sanctuary - a town named Bitter. A bored girl called &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Mîm &lt;/ins&gt;- called the Pilgrim by her parents, because she was always looking for something - somewhere else. Anywhere but Bitter.&#039;&#039;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;What did the parents do? Some unimportant jobs - the elf could never remember. When they thought the time was right, they got her a job in rich house - maid to the Mistress. When she could, &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;MÃ®m &lt;/del&gt;spent time giggling with the Mistress&#039;s daughter - sharing their fascination with piercings, tattoos and forbidden magic - and above all Drow. The danger of the underground race was seductive.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;What did the parents do? Some unimportant jobs - the elf could never remember. When they thought the time was right, they got her a job in rich house - maid to the Mistress. When she could, &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Mîm &lt;/ins&gt;spent time giggling with the Mistress&#039;s daughter - sharing their fascination with piercings, tattoos and forbidden magic - and above all Drow. The danger of the underground race was seductive.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;;Dorn the Drow&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;;Dorn the Drow&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Secret news of a Drow in town made them tingle from head to toe. Dorn was kinda dishevelled - but cute as. She and some other young elves paid a few silvers to be entertained with a few stories. Dorn seemed very interested in the rich houses of the town.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Secret news of a Drow in town made them tingle from head to toe. Dorn was kinda dishevelled - but cute as. She and some other young elves paid a few silvers to be entertained with a few stories. Dorn seemed very interested in the rich houses of the town.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Chain clad elves came pounding down the dark basement stairs. As Dorn lithely escaped through a street level window, &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;MÃ®m &lt;/del&gt;made a life decision - and followed.   A guardsman grabbed her legs, but she twisted free, following the Drow through darkened streets - exhilaration in her heart. Exhilaration cut short by a second patrol - the elf saw the inside of a cell for the first time in her life. Parents were sent for.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Chain clad elves came pounding down the dark basement stairs. As Dorn lithely escaped through a street level window, &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Mîm &lt;/ins&gt;made a life decision - and followed.   A guardsman grabbed her legs, but she twisted free, following the Drow through darkened streets - exhilaration in her heart. Exhilaration cut short by a second patrol - the elf saw the inside of a cell for the first time in her life. Parents were sent for.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;MÃ®m &lt;/del&gt;squeezed through a window not designed to stop a slim elf and found Dorn&#039;s window. The adventure continued. For the first time she felt the caress of Drow magic and their combined strength let them remove bars.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Mîm &lt;/ins&gt;squeezed through a window not designed to stop a slim elf and found Dorn&#039;s window. The adventure continued. For the first time she felt the caress of Drow magic and their combined strength let them remove bars.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Image:Aruna_Bali.jpgâ€Ž|250px|right|A Dance to Destract]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Image:Aruna_Bali.jpgâ€Ž|250px|right|A Dance to Destract]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;;...on the Road&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;;...on the Road&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Six months they travelled from village to village with Dorn&#039;s two partners in crime - for thieves they were. Exciting times. Trieste and Jint where a couple - she a thief &amp;amp; assassin and he a master of dark celestial magic. &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;MÃ®m &lt;/del&gt;learned much from them. The skill she enjoyed most was the dance. Never a classic elvish beauty, she found she could easily hold the attention of village men - important to distract them from the others&#039; activities. Dorn taught &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;MÃ®m &lt;/del&gt;more intimate arts.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Six months they travelled from village to village with Dorn&#039;s two partners in crime - for thieves they were. Exciting times. Trieste and Jint where a couple - she a thief &amp;amp; assassin and he a master of dark celestial magic. &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Mîm &lt;/ins&gt;learned much from them. The skill she enjoyed most was the dance. Never a classic elvish beauty, she found she could easily hold the attention of village men - important to distract them from the others&#039; activities. Dorn taught &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Mîm &lt;/ins&gt;more intimate arts.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;As winter ended, a roughly sketched &#039;wanted&#039; poster was a sign of the end - that town avoided. Finally a job went wrong and Trieste had to use her deadly skills - and the heat was on. The gang split - and she and Dorn boarded a ship to Seagate. Dorn left soon after with &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;MÃ®m&lt;/del&gt;&#039;s carefully hoarded earnings, a bag with his 50 silver piece fee - and most of her clothes.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;As winter ended, a roughly sketched &#039;wanted&#039; poster was a sign of the end - that town avoided. Finally a job went wrong and Trieste had to use her deadly skills - and the heat was on. The gang split - and she and Dorn boarded a ship to Seagate. Dorn left soon after with &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Mîm&lt;/ins&gt;&#039;s carefully hoarded earnings, a bag with his 50 silver piece fee - and most of her clothes.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;;...on the Ocean&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;;...on the Ocean&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;MÃ®m &lt;/del&gt;awoke a day later with a pounding head and chains - and a burning need never to be exploited again. That need drove her to action. Ignoring the pleas of the other young things in the hold, her dark magic enhanced strength broke her bounds and she sought out the captain. Drifting silently and imperceptibly through the ship she avoided the dwarven and goblin crew - ghosted past the swarthy hobgoblin guarding the door of the best cabin in the ship.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Mîm &lt;/ins&gt;awoke a day later with a pounding head and chains - and a burning need never to be exploited again. That need drove her to action. Ignoring the pleas of the other young things in the hold, her dark magic enhanced strength broke her bounds and she sought out the captain. Drifting silently and imperceptibly through the ship she avoided the dwarven and goblin crew - ghosted past the swarthy hobgoblin guarding the door of the best cabin in the ship.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Image:Dark Necro.jpgâ€Ž|250px|right|Dark Arts]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Image:Dark Necro.jpgâ€Ž|250px|right|Dark Arts]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Yes, Gorak was surprised from slumber by &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;MÃ®m&lt;/del&gt;. &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;MÃ®m &lt;/del&gt;was surprised when the barbarian pirate captain bit her - with surprisingly sharp teeth. From such a start, they were both surprised how well the rest of the night passed.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Yes, Gorak was surprised from slumber by &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Mîm&lt;/ins&gt;. &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Mîm &lt;/ins&gt;was surprised when the barbarian pirate captain bit her - with surprisingly sharp teeth. From such a start, they were both surprised how well the rest of the night passed.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;MÃ®m &lt;/del&gt;spent spring and summer at Gorak&#039;s side. They had times of intense excitement pillaging passing merchant ships - and times of more relaxed excitement. The crew didn&#039;t like &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;MÃ®m &lt;/del&gt;- and took any opportunity for an &#039;accidental&#039; knock or trip. They were scum - and &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;MÃ®m &lt;/del&gt;always had her revenge.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Mîm &lt;/ins&gt;spent spring and summer at Gorak&#039;s side. They had times of intense excitement pillaging passing merchant ships - and times of more relaxed excitement. The crew didn&#039;t like &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Mîm &lt;/ins&gt;- and took any opportunity for an &#039;accidental&#039; knock or trip. They were scum - and &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Mîm &lt;/ins&gt;always had her revenge.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;On her last ocean boarding she let her blood lust get the better of her. As was her preference, she sought out the merchant captain in his cabin. She was forced to kill him as there was no other way to deal with the plate mail armoured meat head.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;On her last ocean boarding she let her blood lust get the better of her. As was her preference, she sought out the merchant captain in his cabin. She was forced to kill him as there was no other way to deal with the plate mail armoured meat head.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;;Sanctuary&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;;Sanctuary&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;It felt like home.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;It felt like home.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;MÃ®m&lt;/del&gt;]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Mîm&lt;/ins&gt;]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Stephen</name></author>
	</entry>
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		<title>Stephen: Text replacement - &quot;â€“&quot; to &quot;-&quot;</title>
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Character]] [[Category:Jeff Church]]  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Character]] [[Category:Jeff Church]]  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Image:Mim.JPG|250px|right|Mim the Pilgrim]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Image:Mim.JPG|250px|right|Mim the Pilgrim]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;A small backwater across the sea from Sanctuary - a town named Bitter. A bored girl called MÃ®m &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;â€“ &lt;/del&gt;called the Pilgrim by her parents, because she was always looking for something &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;â€“ &lt;/del&gt;somewhere else. Anywhere but Bitter.&#039;&#039;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;A small backwater across the sea from Sanctuary - a town named Bitter. A bored girl called MÃ®m &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;- &lt;/ins&gt;called the Pilgrim by her parents, because she was always looking for something &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;- &lt;/ins&gt;somewhere else. Anywhere but Bitter.&#039;&#039;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;What did the parents do? Some unimportant jobs &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;â€“ &lt;/del&gt;the elf could never remember. When they thought the time was right, they got her a job in rich house &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;â€“ &lt;/del&gt;maid to the Mistress. When she could, MÃ®m spent time giggling with the Mistress&#039;s daughter &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;â€“ &lt;/del&gt;sharing their fascination with piercings, tattoos and forbidden magic - and above all Drow. The danger of the underground race was seductive.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;What did the parents do? Some unimportant jobs &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;- &lt;/ins&gt;the elf could never remember. When they thought the time was right, they got her a job in rich house &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;- &lt;/ins&gt;maid to the Mistress. When she could, MÃ®m spent time giggling with the Mistress&#039;s daughter &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;- &lt;/ins&gt;sharing their fascination with piercings, tattoos and forbidden magic - and above all Drow. The danger of the underground race was seductive.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;;Dorn the Drow&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;;Dorn the Drow&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Secret news of a Drow in town made them tingle from head to toe. Dorn was kinda dishevelled - but cute as. She and some other young elves paid a few silvers to be entertained with a few stories. Dorn seemed very interested in the rich houses of the town.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Secret news of a Drow in town made them tingle from head to toe. Dorn was kinda dishevelled - but cute as. She and some other young elves paid a few silvers to be entertained with a few stories. Dorn seemed very interested in the rich houses of the town.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Chain clad elves came pounding down the dark basement stairs. As Dorn lithely escaped through a street level window, MÃ®m made a life decision &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;â€“ &lt;/del&gt;and followed.   A guardsman grabbed her legs, but she twisted free, following the Drow through darkened streets &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;â€“ &lt;/del&gt;exhilaration in her heart. Exhilaration cut short by a second patrol &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;â€“ &lt;/del&gt;the elf saw the inside of a cell for the first time in her life. Parents were sent for.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Chain clad elves came pounding down the dark basement stairs. As Dorn lithely escaped through a street level window, MÃ®m made a life decision &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;- &lt;/ins&gt;and followed.   A guardsman grabbed her legs, but she twisted free, following the Drow through darkened streets &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;- &lt;/ins&gt;exhilaration in her heart. Exhilaration cut short by a second patrol &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;- &lt;/ins&gt;the elf saw the inside of a cell for the first time in her life. Parents were sent for.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;MÃ®m squeezed through a window not designed to stop a slim elf and found Dorn&amp;#039;s window. The adventure continued. For the first time she felt the caress of Drow magic and their combined strength let them remove bars.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;MÃ®m squeezed through a window not designed to stop a slim elf and found Dorn&amp;#039;s window. The adventure continued. For the first time she felt the caress of Drow magic and their combined strength let them remove bars.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Image:Aruna_Bali.jpgâ€Ž|250px|right|A Dance to Destract]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Image:Aruna_Bali.jpgâ€Ž|250px|right|A Dance to Destract]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;;...on the Road&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;;...on the Road&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Six months they travelled from village to village with Dorn&#039;s two partners in crime - for thieves they were. Exciting times. Trieste and Jint where a couple &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;â€“ &lt;/del&gt;she a thief &amp;amp; assassin and he a master of dark celestial magic. MÃ®m learned much from them. The skill she enjoyed most was the dance. Never a classic elvish beauty, she found she could easily hold the attention of village men &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;â€“ &lt;/del&gt;important to distract them from the others&#039; activities. Dorn taught MÃ®m more intimate arts.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Six months they travelled from village to village with Dorn&#039;s two partners in crime - for thieves they were. Exciting times. Trieste and Jint where a couple &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;- &lt;/ins&gt;she a thief &amp;amp; assassin and he a master of dark celestial magic. MÃ®m learned much from them. The skill she enjoyed most was the dance. Never a classic elvish beauty, she found she could easily hold the attention of village men &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;- &lt;/ins&gt;important to distract them from the others&#039; activities. Dorn taught MÃ®m more intimate arts.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;As winter ended, a roughly sketched &#039;wanted&#039; poster was a sign of the end &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;â€“ &lt;/del&gt;that town avoided. Finally a job went wrong and Trieste had to use her deadly skills &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;â€“ &lt;/del&gt;and the heat was on. The gang split &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;â€“ &lt;/del&gt;and she and Dorn boarded a ship to Seagate. Dorn left soon after with MÃ®m&#039;s carefully hoarded earnings, a bag with his 50 silver piece fee - and most of her clothes.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;As winter ended, a roughly sketched &#039;wanted&#039; poster was a sign of the end &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;- &lt;/ins&gt;that town avoided. Finally a job went wrong and Trieste had to use her deadly skills &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;- &lt;/ins&gt;and the heat was on. The gang split &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;- &lt;/ins&gt;and she and Dorn boarded a ship to Seagate. Dorn left soon after with MÃ®m&#039;s carefully hoarded earnings, a bag with his 50 silver piece fee - and most of her clothes.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;;...on the Ocean&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;;...on the Ocean&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;MÃ®m awoke a day later with a pounding head and chains &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;â€“ &lt;/del&gt;and a burning need never to be exploited again. That need drove her to action. Ignoring the pleas of the other young things in the hold, her dark magic enhanced strength broke her bounds and she sought out the captain. Drifting silently and imperceptibly through the ship she avoided the dwarven and goblin crew &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;â€“ &lt;/del&gt;ghosted past the swarthy hobgoblin guarding the door of the best cabin in the ship.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;MÃ®m awoke a day later with a pounding head and chains &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;- &lt;/ins&gt;and a burning need never to be exploited again. That need drove her to action. Ignoring the pleas of the other young things in the hold, her dark magic enhanced strength broke her bounds and she sought out the captain. Drifting silently and imperceptibly through the ship she avoided the dwarven and goblin crew &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;- &lt;/ins&gt;ghosted past the swarthy hobgoblin guarding the door of the best cabin in the ship.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Image:Dark Necro.jpgâ€Ž|250px|right|Dark Arts]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Image:Dark Necro.jpgâ€Ž|250px|right|Dark Arts]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Yes, Gorak was surprised from slumber by MÃ®m. MÃ®m was surprised when the barbarian pirate captain bit her &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;â€“ &lt;/del&gt;with surprisingly sharp teeth. From such a start, they were both surprised how well the rest of the night passed.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Yes, Gorak was surprised from slumber by MÃ®m. MÃ®m was surprised when the barbarian pirate captain bit her &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;- &lt;/ins&gt;with surprisingly sharp teeth. From such a start, they were both surprised how well the rest of the night passed.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;MÃ®m spent spring and summer at Gorak&#039;s side. They had times of intense excitement pillaging passing merchant ships - and times of more relaxed excitement. The crew didn&#039;t like MÃ®m &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;â€“ &lt;/del&gt;and took any opportunity for an &#039;accidental&#039; knock or trip. They were scum &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;â€“ &lt;/del&gt;and MÃ®m always had her revenge.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;MÃ®m spent spring and summer at Gorak&#039;s side. They had times of intense excitement pillaging passing merchant ships - and times of more relaxed excitement. The crew didn&#039;t like MÃ®m &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;- &lt;/ins&gt;and took any opportunity for an &#039;accidental&#039; knock or trip. They were scum &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;- &lt;/ins&gt;and MÃ®m always had her revenge.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;On her last ocean boarding she let her blood lust get the better of her. As was her preference, she sought out the merchant captain in his cabin. She was forced to kill him as there was no other way to deal with the plate mail armoured meat head.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;On her last ocean boarding she let her blood lust get the better of her. As was her preference, she sought out the merchant captain in his cabin. She was forced to kill him as there was no other way to deal with the plate mail armoured meat head.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;;Sanctuary&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;;Sanctuary&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Angered by the loss of a ransom, Gorak gave in to his mutinous scum crew and put her ashore in Sanctuary &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;â€“ &lt;/del&gt;a name which comforted her, despite the stories that were told.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Angered by the loss of a ransom, Gorak gave in to his mutinous scum crew and put her ashore in Sanctuary &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;- &lt;/ins&gt;a name which comforted her, despite the stories that were told.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;It felt like home.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;It felt like home.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[MÃ®m]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[MÃ®m]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Six months they travelled from village to village with Dorn&amp;#039;s two partners in crime - for thieves they were. Exciting times. Trieste and Jint where a couple â€“ she a thief &amp;amp; assassin and he a master of dark celestial magic. MÃ®m learned much from them. The skill she enjoyed most was the dance. Never a classic elvish beauty, she found she could easily hold the attention of village men â€“ important to distract them from the others&amp;#039; activities. Dorn taught MÃ®m more intimate arts.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Six months they travelled from village to village with Dorn&amp;#039;s two partners in crime - for thieves they were. Exciting times. Trieste and Jint where a couple â€“ she a thief &amp;amp; assassin and he a master of dark celestial magic. MÃ®m learned much from them. The skill she enjoyed most was the dance. Never a classic elvish beauty, she found she could easily hold the attention of village men â€“ important to distract them from the others&amp;#039; activities. Dorn taught MÃ®m more intimate arts.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;As winter ended, a roughly sketched &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;â€˜wanted&lt;/del&gt;&#039; poster was a sign of the end â€“ that town avoided. Finally a job went wrong and Trieste had to use her deadly skills â€“ and the heat was on. The gang split â€“ and she and Dorn boarded a ship to Seagate. Dorn left soon after with MÃ®m&#039;s carefully hoarded earnings, a bag with his 50 silver piece fee - and most of her clothes.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;As winter ended, a roughly sketched &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;wanted&lt;/ins&gt;&#039; poster was a sign of the end â€“ that town avoided. Finally a job went wrong and Trieste had to use her deadly skills â€“ and the heat was on. The gang split â€“ and she and Dorn boarded a ship to Seagate. Dorn left soon after with MÃ®m&#039;s carefully hoarded earnings, a bag with his 50 silver piece fee - and most of her clothes.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;;...on the Ocean&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;;...on the Ocean&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;MÃ®m awoke a day later with a pounding head and chains â€“ and a burning need never to be exploited again. That need drove her to action. Ignoring the pleas of the other young things in the hold, her dark magic enhanced strength broke her bounds and she sought out the captain. Drifting silently and imperceptibly through the ship she avoided the dwarven and goblin crew â€“ ghosted past the swarthy hobgoblin guarding the door of the best cabin in the ship.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;MÃ®m awoke a day later with a pounding head and chains â€“ and a burning need never to be exploited again. That need drove her to action. Ignoring the pleas of the other young things in the hold, her dark magic enhanced strength broke her bounds and she sought out the captain. Drifting silently and imperceptibly through the ship she avoided the dwarven and goblin crew â€“ ghosted past the swarthy hobgoblin guarding the door of the best cabin in the ship.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Yes, Gorak was surprised from slumber by MÃ®m. MÃ®m was surprised when the barbarian pirate captain bit her â€“ with surprisingly sharp teeth. From such a start, they were both surprised how well the rest of the night passed.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Yes, Gorak was surprised from slumber by MÃ®m. MÃ®m was surprised when the barbarian pirate captain bit her â€“ with surprisingly sharp teeth. From such a start, they were both surprised how well the rest of the night passed.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;MÃ®m spent spring and summer at Gorak&#039;s side. They had times of intense excitement pillaging passing merchant ships - and times of more relaxed excitement. The crew didn&#039;t like MÃ®m â€“ and took any opportunity for an &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;â€˜accidental&lt;/del&gt;&#039; knock or trip. They were scum â€“ and MÃ®m always had her revenge.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;MÃ®m spent spring and summer at Gorak&#039;s side. They had times of intense excitement pillaging passing merchant ships - and times of more relaxed excitement. The crew didn&#039;t like MÃ®m â€“ and took any opportunity for an &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;accidental&lt;/ins&gt;&#039; knock or trip. They were scum â€“ and MÃ®m always had her revenge.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;On her last ocean boarding she let her blood lust get the better of her. As was her preference, she sought out the merchant captain in his cabin. She was forced to kill him as there was no other way to deal with the plate mail armoured meat head.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;On her last ocean boarding she let her blood lust get the better of her. As was her preference, she sought out the merchant captain in his cabin. She was forced to kill him as there was no other way to deal with the plate mail armoured meat head.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;;Sanctuary&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;;Sanctuary&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Stephen</name></author>
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		<title>Stephen: Text replacement - &quot;â€™&quot; to &quot;&#039;&quot;</title>
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l3&quot;&gt;Line 3:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 3:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;A small backwater across the sea from Sanctuary - a town named Bitter. A bored girl called MÃ®m â€“ called the Pilgrim by her parents, because she was always looking for something â€“ somewhere else. Anywhere but Bitter.&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;A small backwater across the sea from Sanctuary - a town named Bitter. A bored girl called MÃ®m â€“ called the Pilgrim by her parents, because she was always looking for something â€“ somewhere else. Anywhere but Bitter.&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;What did the parents do? Some unimportant jobs â€“ the elf could never remember. When they thought the time was right, they got her a job in rich house â€“ maid to the Mistress. When she could, MÃ®m spent time giggling with the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Mistressâ€™s &lt;/del&gt;daughter â€“ sharing their fascination with piercings, tattoos and forbidden magic - and above all Drow. The danger of the underground race was seductive.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;What did the parents do? Some unimportant jobs â€“ the elf could never remember. When they thought the time was right, they got her a job in rich house â€“ maid to the Mistress. When she could, MÃ®m spent time giggling with the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Mistress&#039;s &lt;/ins&gt;daughter â€“ sharing their fascination with piercings, tattoos and forbidden magic - and above all Drow. The danger of the underground race was seductive.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;;Dorn the Drow&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;;Dorn the Drow&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Secret news of a Drow in town made them tingle from head to toe. Dorn was kinda dishevelled - but cute as. She and some other young elves paid a few silvers to be entertained with a few stories. Dorn seemed very interested in the rich houses of the town.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Secret news of a Drow in town made them tingle from head to toe. Dorn was kinda dishevelled - but cute as. She and some other young elves paid a few silvers to be entertained with a few stories. Dorn seemed very interested in the rich houses of the town.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l9&quot;&gt;Line 9:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 9:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Chain clad elves came pounding down the dark basement stairs. As Dorn lithely escaped through a street level window, MÃ®m made a life decision â€“ and followed.   A guardsman grabbed her legs, but she twisted free, following the Drow through darkened streets â€“ exhilaration in her heart. Exhilaration cut short by a second patrol â€“ the elf saw the inside of a cell for the first time in her life. Parents were sent for.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Chain clad elves came pounding down the dark basement stairs. As Dorn lithely escaped through a street level window, MÃ®m made a life decision â€“ and followed.   A guardsman grabbed her legs, but she twisted free, following the Drow through darkened streets â€“ exhilaration in her heart. Exhilaration cut short by a second patrol â€“ the elf saw the inside of a cell for the first time in her life. Parents were sent for.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;MÃ®m squeezed through a window not designed to stop a slim elf and found &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Dornâ€™s &lt;/del&gt;window. The adventure continued. For the first time she felt the caress of Drow magic and their combined strength let them remove bars.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;MÃ®m squeezed through a window not designed to stop a slim elf and found &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Dorn&#039;s &lt;/ins&gt;window. The adventure continued. For the first time she felt the caress of Drow magic and their combined strength let them remove bars.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Image:Aruna_Bali.jpgâ€Ž|250px|right|A Dance to Destract]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Image:Aruna_Bali.jpgâ€Ž|250px|right|A Dance to Destract]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;;...on the Road&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;;...on the Road&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Six months they travelled from village to village with &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Dornâ€™s &lt;/del&gt;two partners in crime - for thieves they were. Exciting times. Trieste and Jint where a couple â€“ she a thief &amp;amp; assassin and he a master of dark celestial magic. MÃ®m learned much from them. The skill she enjoyed most was the dance. Never a classic elvish beauty, she found she could easily hold the attention of village men â€“ important to distract them from the others&#039; activities. Dorn taught MÃ®m more intimate arts.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Six months they travelled from village to village with &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Dorn&#039;s &lt;/ins&gt;two partners in crime - for thieves they were. Exciting times. Trieste and Jint where a couple â€“ she a thief &amp;amp; assassin and he a master of dark celestial magic. MÃ®m learned much from them. The skill she enjoyed most was the dance. Never a classic elvish beauty, she found she could easily hold the attention of village men â€“ important to distract them from the others&#039; activities. Dorn taught MÃ®m more intimate arts.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;As winter ended, a roughly sketched &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;â€˜wantedâ€™ &lt;/del&gt;poster was a sign of the end â€“ that town avoided. Finally a job went wrong and Trieste had to use her deadly skills â€“ and the heat was on. The gang split â€“ and she and Dorn boarded a ship to Seagate. Dorn left soon after with &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;MÃ®mâ€™s &lt;/del&gt;carefully hoarded earnings, a bag with his 50 silver piece fee - and most of her clothes.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;As winter ended, a roughly sketched &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;â€˜wanted&#039; &lt;/ins&gt;poster was a sign of the end â€“ that town avoided. Finally a job went wrong and Trieste had to use her deadly skills â€“ and the heat was on. The gang split â€“ and she and Dorn boarded a ship to Seagate. Dorn left soon after with &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;MÃ®m&#039;s &lt;/ins&gt;carefully hoarded earnings, a bag with his 50 silver piece fee - and most of her clothes.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;;...on the Ocean&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;;...on the Ocean&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;MÃ®m awoke a day later with a pounding head and chains â€“ and a burning need never to be exploited again. That need drove her to action. Ignoring the pleas of the other young things in the hold, her dark magic enhanced strength broke her bounds and she sought out the captain. Drifting silently and imperceptibly through the ship she avoided the dwarven and goblin crew â€“ ghosted past the swarthy hobgoblin guarding the door of the best cabin in the ship.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;MÃ®m awoke a day later with a pounding head and chains â€“ and a burning need never to be exploited again. That need drove her to action. Ignoring the pleas of the other young things in the hold, her dark magic enhanced strength broke her bounds and she sought out the captain. Drifting silently and imperceptibly through the ship she avoided the dwarven and goblin crew â€“ ghosted past the swarthy hobgoblin guarding the door of the best cabin in the ship.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l20&quot;&gt;Line 20:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 20:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Yes, Gorak was surprised from slumber by MÃ®m. MÃ®m was surprised when the barbarian pirate captain bit her â€“ with surprisingly sharp teeth. From such a start, they were both surprised how well the rest of the night passed.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Yes, Gorak was surprised from slumber by MÃ®m. MÃ®m was surprised when the barbarian pirate captain bit her â€“ with surprisingly sharp teeth. From such a start, they were both surprised how well the rest of the night passed.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;MÃ®m spent spring and summer at &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Gorakâ€™s &lt;/del&gt;side. They had times of intense excitement pillaging passing merchant ships - and times of more relaxed excitement. The crew &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;didnâ€™t &lt;/del&gt;like MÃ®m â€“ and took any opportunity for an &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;â€˜accidentalâ€™ &lt;/del&gt;knock or trip. They were scum â€“ and MÃ®m always had her revenge.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;MÃ®m spent spring and summer at &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Gorak&#039;s &lt;/ins&gt;side. They had times of intense excitement pillaging passing merchant ships - and times of more relaxed excitement. The crew &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;didn&#039;t &lt;/ins&gt;like MÃ®m â€“ and took any opportunity for an &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;â€˜accidental&#039; &lt;/ins&gt;knock or trip. They were scum â€“ and MÃ®m always had her revenge.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;On her last ocean boarding she let her blood lust get the better of her. As was her preference, she sought out the merchant captain in his cabin. She was forced to kill him as there was no other way to deal with the plate mail armoured meat head.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;On her last ocean boarding she let her blood lust get the better of her. As was her preference, she sought out the merchant captain in his cabin. She was forced to kill him as there was no other way to deal with the plate mail armoured meat head.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;;Sanctuary&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;;Sanctuary&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Stephen</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://dq-nz.org/dqwiki/index.php?title=Bitter_Beginnings&amp;diff=63257&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>JeffC at 00:55, 18 June 2012</title>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Character]] [[Category:Jeff Church]] &lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Mim.JPG|250px|right|Mim the Pilgrim]]&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;A small backwater across the sea from Sanctuary - a town named Bitter. A bored girl called MÃ®m â€“ called the Pilgrim by her parents, because she was always looking for something â€“ somewhere else. Anywhere but Bitter.&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
What did the parents do? Some unimportant jobs â€“ the elf could never remember. When they thought the time was right, they got her a job in rich house â€“ maid to the Mistress. When she could, MÃ®m spent time giggling with the Mistressâ€™s daughter â€“ sharing their fascination with piercings, tattoos and forbidden magic - and above all Drow. The danger of the underground race was seductive.&lt;br /&gt;
;Dorn the Drow&lt;br /&gt;
Secret news of a Drow in town made them tingle from head to toe. Dorn was kinda dishevelled - but cute as. She and some other young elves paid a few silvers to be entertained with a few stories. Dorn seemed very interested in the rich houses of the town.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Chain clad elves came pounding down the dark basement stairs. As Dorn lithely escaped through a street level window, MÃ®m made a life decision â€“ and followed.   A guardsman grabbed her legs, but she twisted free, following the Drow through darkened streets â€“ exhilaration in her heart. Exhilaration cut short by a second patrol â€“ the elf saw the inside of a cell for the first time in her life. Parents were sent for.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
MÃ®m squeezed through a window not designed to stop a slim elf and found Dornâ€™s window. The adventure continued. For the first time she felt the caress of Drow magic and their combined strength let them remove bars.&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Aruna_Bali.jpgâ€Ž|250px|right|A Dance to Destract]]&lt;br /&gt;
;...on the Road&lt;br /&gt;
Six months they travelled from village to village with Dornâ€™s two partners in crime - for thieves they were. Exciting times. Trieste and Jint where a couple â€“ she a thief &amp;amp; assassin and he a master of dark celestial magic. MÃ®m learned much from them. The skill she enjoyed most was the dance. Never a classic elvish beauty, she found she could easily hold the attention of village men â€“ important to distract them from the others&amp;#039; activities. Dorn taught MÃ®m more intimate arts.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
As winter ended, a roughly sketched â€˜wantedâ€™ poster was a sign of the end â€“ that town avoided. Finally a job went wrong and Trieste had to use her deadly skills â€“ and the heat was on. The gang split â€“ and she and Dorn boarded a ship to Seagate. Dorn left soon after with MÃ®mâ€™s carefully hoarded earnings, a bag with his 50 silver piece fee - and most of her clothes. &lt;br /&gt;
;...on the Ocean&lt;br /&gt;
MÃ®m awoke a day later with a pounding head and chains â€“ and a burning need never to be exploited again. That need drove her to action. Ignoring the pleas of the other young things in the hold, her dark magic enhanced strength broke her bounds and she sought out the captain. Drifting silently and imperceptibly through the ship she avoided the dwarven and goblin crew â€“ ghosted past the swarthy hobgoblin guarding the door of the best cabin in the ship. &lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Dark Necro.jpgâ€Ž|250px|right|Dark Arts]]&lt;br /&gt;
Yes, Gorak was surprised from slumber by MÃ®m. MÃ®m was surprised when the barbarian pirate captain bit her â€“ with surprisingly sharp teeth. From such a start, they were both surprised how well the rest of the night passed.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
MÃ®m spent spring and summer at Gorakâ€™s side. They had times of intense excitement pillaging passing merchant ships - and times of more relaxed excitement. The crew didnâ€™t like MÃ®m â€“ and took any opportunity for an â€˜accidentalâ€™ knock or trip. They were scum â€“ and MÃ®m always had her revenge.&lt;br /&gt;
On her last ocean boarding she let her blood lust get the better of her. As was her preference, she sought out the merchant captain in his cabin. She was forced to kill him as there was no other way to deal with the plate mail armoured meat head.&lt;br /&gt;
;Sanctuary&lt;br /&gt;
Angered by the loss of a ransom, Gorak gave in to his mutinous scum crew and put her ashore in Sanctuary â€“ a name which comforted her, despite the stories that were told.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
It felt like home.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[MÃ®m]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>JeffC</name></author>
	</entry>
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