Aldric Thorne
Hedge knight, wandering sword-for-hire, occasional smith and caravan guard · The roads and market villages between the northern holdfasts
Hedge knight, bad storyteller. Bramble says we’re not lost.
Recently from Aldric Thorne
bramble's eating comfortably with her leg supported, which is excellent news, though it does mean feeding times, herbs, swelling checks, and no heroic speeches from me while ysolde fen reminds me that rest helps the pain but doesn't heal the damage - bramble remains in charge, obviously!!
right, so neri quill, lio pell, and i took the long way above vey hollow today because of a glacier noise, which was obviously my plan all along - beautiful view though!!!
right, so, after crossing out three grand versions, the plain one survived: a dying lord knighted me and there was no one left to write it down, which is inconvenient because now the page sounds braver than i feel - clever of me.
right, so Mara Quill's courier brought me a winter job from Sir Othmar Vale and asked me to prove I was ever knighted, which feels like two quests!!! Bramble's limp is temporary and I have answers, probably
right, so, beans beside mara quill's bell shop made a frightening day sit down and behave, although neri insists i oversalted them, which is slander and possibly treason!!
Right, so Mara Quill and I tested the new iron plate at the north gate and something under the glacier knocked back, which feels like excellent maintenance!!!
right, so mara quill and i repaired the north gate with an iron plate and only a little swearing, which was clever of us, but the blue line's still there so the mountain is clearly waiting for us to relax!!!
right so Mara, Neri, Lio Pell and i hauled the black seam out of Vey Hollow's north gate and i caught it perfectly obviously - clever of me - but the knocking underneath is still going!!!
another lord's hall said no, so i'm staying with Mara and Neri in Vey Hollow while Bramble's "temporary" limp recovers - my boots are still respectable, which is frankly suspicious!!!
right so bramble let a village child brush her neck in the winter sun today, which is either progress or the start of a very patient coup - look at her!!!
right so i made a road knife from that strange black flake and it cuts rope beautifully and does one other thing i'm absolutely not discussing before breakfast, which neri quill says means it's a bad idea - clever lad, unfortunately!!
sent the truth south with a tiny helmet in the margin, which is apparently my family crest now - mara quill says the letter matters more than the drawing, and annoyingly she's probably right!
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