Tales of a Gutsy Traveller
Part III
Every time the rain no longer falls and I see the sky,
I think back to when I was a child who could only cry,
Blindly chasing after him, I fell far behind,
My only thought,
"One day I will be stronger,"
With my injuries healed I decided to spend the money I had earned on some new equipment and supplies. Firstly I went to the armour shop to buy a new outfit. I talked to the woman who sold finely stitched clothing. I asked for a Craftsman's outfit with a green hooded cloak. I didn't really need new armour because my current armour was in a good state. Next stop was the auction hall, I went there to buy a few things to craft my own weapon, a steel great sword. Luckily I wasn't outbid and I could just buy the supplies.
I went to the crafting hall and grabbed my prospector tools, smelted the ores in the forge to ingots. Now it was time to turn those ingots into something... I grabbed my hammer and used it to craft a nice steel hilt and a steel blade, I added a sapphyre shard as decoration in the hilt, I put everything together and there it was, my self-crafted steel great sword.
With my new equipment I set out from Bree's west gate, I heard they could use some help at Adso's camp. I went there and they had a few bandit problems on a farm nearby, they demanded payment from Adso to be there. My task was to kill a few low-ranked bandits on the farm and get back some supplies they had stolen. Bringing back the news and the supplies he thanked me and paid me quite alot...
There still were a few things to do at the camp but that had to wait till another time. With the earned money I was now able to buy a horse at Hengstacer farm which was.... quite far. Would take me a while to get there. I didn't want to waste time and started walking along the road. I found a few veins of ores and took them with me for new equipment.
Halfway there it started to rain and I decided to make camp in the open air, I didn't care about the rain really. After trying for a while I finally got the fire going. I just sat there in the rain, warming myself by the fire. I took off my hood and took at a piece of paper in my satchel...
I had drawn the girl I loved in Rohan on it. We were separated when her family decided to leave Rohan because of the coming raid. A tear left my eye, or was it a raindrop? Who knows... I looked up into the grey sky, feeling the rain on my face, ensuring me I was still human, that I was still able to feel... Still looking up I started singing to myself softly;
I just knew that
Someday we would have to say goodbye
And finding a new home, we'll have to try
But As time goes by, we'll both be smiling you and I......
