The Gaelic tribe found themselves staring at one of the most magnificent creature they ever laid eyes on. Mysterious, beautiful and shy, the said creature emerged from the sea. To everyone's shock, she suddenly prostrated in front of Arawn congratulating him for his revival and offering herself to serve him.
While this was going on, Arthur asked the creature her name and introduced herself as Llyr. After this event, the tribe continued their hunting. While the others were hunting, Arawn found a seal by the shores. As he attempted to touch it, he found it that it was only a skin. As he carried the skin, not knowing what to do with it, he found Riannon struggling to light up a slightly damp firewood.
Wanting to help his wife, he gave the skin to Riannon and told her to burn it with the woods since the fat in the skin is flammable allowing the wood to easily burn. After this, the group was already done with its hunting and they ate their fill. The tribe was about to return back to the city to take a rest, Riannon found Llyr frantically looking for something. The others noticed her distraught and questioned her about it.
She told them that her "precious gown" was missing. She told them that without it, she could never return back to her land. Morgan declared that they'll help her find her gown. As the others agree, she described her gown as something that's "a skin of a seal that is big enough to cover the entire body."
Once Arawn and Riannon heard it, Ogam noticed that Arawn has something to do with it. After a few awkward moments, Arawn finally confessed that Riannon and he burned it, realizing that the skin he found earlier was indeed the gown that Llyr is referring to. Arawn deeply apologizes while Riannon declared "that she should never had complained about the wood." However, they need not worried as Llyr cheerfully declared that she had decided that she would stayed with Arawn and serve him forever.
Ogam commented that this calls for a celebration. As Arawn questioned him about his comment, Ogam declared that it is customary for the elves of Llyr's tribe to marry the man who took their "gown". And since Arawn burned it, he must take responsibility.
The day flew by with the house elves and Riannon helping Llyr to get used to the usual chores such as doing the laundry and milking the cow to which the new elf failed miserably. While they were comforting her for her "unlucky" fate, the scene shifted to a few Imperial troops in the forest near Avalon.
The troops were led by someone known as Lord Bubulcus- a cowardly yet manipulative and greedy man who seek only to glorify himself. He called on to his servant named Octavia and ordered her to deploy the troops. Yet she disagrees stating that to do so would be disobeying their direct orders to patrol the region only.
But Bulbucus disregarded her and ordered the troops to move on while telling her that "she should improvise and adapt or else she would never be promoted". They moved on, not knowing that the Gaelics already prepared a trap for them.
As they marched into the place where the Gales were hiding, Arthur gave the signal and they activated the trap. As they did so, the small group were easily defeated and Octavia had to order a retreat to save themselves. But Bulbucus would not allow it. He changed his mind later when an arrow nearly hit him. As they retreated to the rope bridge, Bulbucus tried to destroy the rope bridge in order to prevent the Gaelics from going after him not minding at all that his men will also fall if he did it. Once the bridge is destroyed, he left the scene.
Luckily for the Gaelics, none of them fell. Well, at least Arthur nearly fell but Arawn managed to save him. (And now allow me to take this moment to scream "Yaoi!") Putting that aside, Octavia is now back at the camp, being reprimanded by her superior for disobeying him. Once Bulbucus left her with a threat, she held her sword and murmured "Brother, I will keep my principles, no matter where I am".
Back at the Gaelics, they were currently celebrating and resting to recover from the previous battle. Arthur and Arawn were together at a cliff. Witnessing Bulbucus' deed earlier shook him. And right there, he uttered to himself that he would definitely trust his partners since he valued them and would do everything to protect them.
Arawn could only smile in approval.
12 years ago
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