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Whimpers from deep within her chest rise unbidden to escape her lips into the night. An occasional word of refusal is cried out as tears push through long interlaced lashes. Curled tightly on the couch where she lays her head down each night, sleep will not relieve her of the images from days past. With jaw set and nails pressed into the flesh of each palm in small furious fists... Deva's dreams force her to relive the memories too fresh to retire with the setting sun.

Fae, that is what her lord and master had called her. He made note of the lightening tone of her skin and spoke of the strangeness found in her eyes. It is true even with her long hours beneath the sun her skin had done the opposite of what was expected. As for her eyes... had those not been the star's reflections in the river at night when she bathed? He reassured Deva, this was nothing to fear. To be a child of the forest was a great honor for she was not human.

Deva was not human. This is not so hard to believe! Though Deva's thoughts would not have been spoken with as great a reverence and esteem as her lord had. A Fae! She wasn't human afterall. Had not her parents been human? The Green Flames occupied her thoughts when nothing else did for several days until a greater distraction took hold.

Arie the Daemon soul mate to her twin and sister Aries the Drow. Their shared dark form was the empty sky, a canvas for the Sun and Moon to play upon. The Sun was not the goodness. It was the passion of violence fueled by hatred. The Moon was not darkness and instead the kiss, a lure away from the embrace of a Spider. Deva's surprise at watching the woman transform gave her a moment of joy. A spider! The woman could become one of nature's creatures! Had it not been for Rei... Deva shuddered to imagine what fate would have lain in store. The spiderwebs that drip from the trees like silvery curtains are enjoyed because they are harmless! What that spider could weave would have been far more lethal. Rei stood valiantly between the two urging Deva to face what stood before them. His faith and courage lent her a breadth of strength, but not for a moment did the fear leave her until the Sun was eclipsed by the Moon and the fiery eyes died to a azure blue.

Deva wasn't so very scarred by this. She had been safe hidden behind Rei. She trusted him to protect her. It was only another scratch along the surface of her skin. One that would have healed along with learning she was not a Human after all if only... if only...

ShadowStone. Deva cared for her friends at the square. They had been in a long battle together and more than earned their rest and food. She could always worry about her own meal later. A man approached as she tended them and after greeting she returned to their care, but a chill rose through her. Emotions unfamiliar filled her and caused an uneasiness besides. Slowly Deva turned from the unicorn to look what she had mistaken for a man in the eye. A dark grimace of a smile on his lips with eyes that could pull a soul from it's vessel. Deva was face to face with the first true Daemon she had ever seen and still she knew him. She could not say how but she did. Under her questioning gaze his form changed so that her mind could only deny all it's senses to refuse his existence and still it tried. Shock stilled her trembling and words of... was it disgust? that came in quiet docile tones made passive by her ever-present fear spoke calmly from the same whose cries of torment would continue many a night after.

Taken from the meadow that day... the bargain made to spare her beloved friends was a steep price on Deva's heart. In that place of darkness, she could not begin to understand what could drive a man to become a monster.

Hi,

I had Magery set at 120 and locked. I found a bracelet which gave me 10 Magery. I died and when the bracelet was auto removed from me ... so was ten points of my Magery. Now I do not have 120 Magery unless I have the bracelet on. That doesn't seem right somehow, shouldn't the bracelet be a bonus to the 120 Magery? Or am I missing something...

Hehe just a joke. Don't worry I won't name all my posts that.

So this is a question for any of those who are very familiar with the actual game mechanics for this shard. I know that magic was scripted to be a little different from the information shown on UOStratics so I need someone (possibly a staffer) who knows or understand the scripts to answer the following for me if they can...

On UOStratics it says Inscription when maxed will affect the amount of damage a mage deals as well their focus. Does this apply to here?

Does Anatomy AND Tactics impact Wrestling?

And finally, does Anatomy affect Healing here? Does it affect Veterinary?

Thanks guys! I am trying to make sense between to the two sites and I just want to be sure since I know this place was set up a tiny bit differently.

  Deva stretched, slowly bending this way and then that way. Every muscle feels stiff to her and she has convinced herself that skin can hurt too without being cut! Deva's soft and pliant body was not accustomed to physical labor of this sort. Leisurely walks through the forest which even hunger could not hasten was the best of her acquaintance... until now. The farmstead still bore the look of too many years but clean as it could be! with every fallen log loped back into place. The cleaning had been the worse of it. Small Deva clung fearfully to the wall as she scaled the fences within the barn to free the rafters of all that had acquired there. The trough had want of scrubbing after Orc urine had soiled the water for the horses. If anything happened to one of her master's creatures... he would be sure to dismiss her! It was with great kindness and reluctance that she was accepted. The repairs would not have been troublesome for any experienced farmhand as Lord Ardin Redhawk kept well his stables, but for Diva who had never held a hammer in her hands there was many a sore finger sucked while tears coursed silently down her cheeks. 'This is my chance' she repeated time and again to herself, 'I will only have one.' Lord Redhawk's absence convinced the young girl it had been done deliberately as a test of her dedication with no ready guidance before the true lessons began! Though the truth be told, this was all in her mind. The house might have fallen in around her so deep was her sleep as any who exerts themselves to excess daily and she would not have known. Surely then, had Lord Redhawk entered the home, even with her sleeping on the plush couch of the terrace adjoined to the master bedroom she would never be the wiser. Still, this thought gave her determination when all else failed. Deva would not disappoint her Lord and teacher... deliberately that is.

Deva gave one last good attempt at a complete stretch before turning away from the stable. With the sun setting, it was time for her nightly bath in the local stream. She would not entertain the thought of so much as setting foot in her Lord's home as filthy as the work left her. Deva had not chained herself to the house however, far be it! She had seen adventure for the first time! She met all manner of person, each as interesting as the last... save the Orc. That her Lord looked upon him fondly was a credit to his noble and honorable heart. Curiosity gave way to revulsion and no more could she look upon the Orc until finally he ambled off. A lovely woman who was not really a woman but a man once upon a time and the man that was her brother but not so as they were married were kind and patient with the wide-eyed Deva. She had tried to help the one called 'Festus' as she grappled with the crippling fear that at times left her mute... and a mute mage is of use to no one. Still this kind lady/man plied her with compliments most wonderful when the third joined their gathering.

Something exciting was happening to Deva since leaving the wood. She was meeting new and interesting people. She had managed to enter the service of a good and wise Lord. She had visited lands she never dreamed existed and stood in battle with those who were surely legends of the land! But above all... the power within her awakened. Tasks she had not thought herself capable of were easily met under the gentle instruction of Festus. She could now travel the world by use of her own magic! Deva too could vanish in the blink of an eye as she had seen so many do before! Deva hoped as she waded into the cold waters that night that the green fire would not follow her... that something good could come of her life despite the monster she knew herself to be.

I just joined. While waiting for account information I wanted to say hi to everyone!