The Adventurer’s Guild was Delvin’s closest neighbor, or at least one of their branches. It meant he had better security when monsters got a bit m...re aggressive. The head of the branch happened to be mostly retired; she was a mage that specialized in ice magic and had a moniker to match. In fact, most of the guild building, including the adventurers, was staffed by women. In their nation, Ircoet was mostly patriarchal, but females had a few freedoms most wouldn’t expect, even more so as. ” She smirked. “You know, this does lend some credence to rumors we’ve heard about the old Lord Winsom.”“What ... rumors?” Lucas asked as Helen’s hand was drawn away from her nose by the blue clad elf – much to Helen’s grumbling and the blue elf’s amusement.“Oh, you know,” the elf said, and left it like that.Lucas looked at Helen. Helen opened her mouth to speak – but before she could say anything, the elf spoke a word that did not translate itself into English. Blue energy flowed through her. Zeus, Poseidon, Demeter, and Hades, nodded their heads in approvement.They had been going at it for well over an hour, Enyo's face starting to show intense irritation. After every few strikes, she was starting to shake her head.It was taking all that Ephus had, not to grin at her. So, it was as he thought, even as strong as she was, she wasn't immune.Enyo was starting to get frustrated, what in the realms was going on? What was this almost overwhelming desire she was feeling, to rip her. I entered O’Mally’s Pub and took a stool at the bar, Sam the bartender sliding a glass of tap beer in front of me without asking. He didn’t look for money and I didn’t offer. We would settle before I left, and I trusted him to keep an honest count of the beer I consumed.Three silent beers later, I heard the jangle of the door and looked into the mirror to see Celeste entering the bar. She had a morose, forlorn expression on her face, and spotting me, made her way over and joined me, taking the.