The Celebrations at Greenbank

Related Quest: Werewolves of Greenbank

Company members: Ash, Cait, Drumak, Indri, Iola, Zeerith

Following the victory of the Company in Greenbank, the Company stayed there for a time to enjoy their success and celebrate with the townsfolk. At the celebrations themselves, Indri was chased around from shadow to shadow by some of the children, who whooped with squeals of shock and delight as he appeared and disappeared into the darkness. Zeerith enjoyed the food, Ash and Drumak did so too but in larger quantities.

Since she had attuned to him, Iola had never been truly appreciated by Taliesin for her skills as a Bard. He would always say he was better than her, more proficient and skilled. Wanting to prove herself and while not attuned to him, she challenged him to a performance competition, to be part of the celebrations, which he accepted. Not wanting to do this with any unfair advantage, as she saw it, Iola prepared to de-attune from Morgana. Morgana tempted Iola that she would be better off staying attuned to her. Iola bet with her that she could win the competition without her help, with the winner to have a week of full control without interference from the other.

After agreeing on the ground rules of the competition, Taliesin did his performance. It was a spectacular crowd pleaser, full of magical effects (including several of him dancing together via Mirror Image, and his own magical band performing with him via Animate Objects). Iola's performance, on the other hand, was understated, a song specially written about the people of Greenbank and their resilience especially in the Drow attack of years ago. She was critically successful in her performance and the crowd, after an initial stunned silence, gave her the victory with their applause. Taliesin, also initially stunned with admiration, critically successfully Storywove that the two of them would perform even better together, and they did just that, with a love duet.

Asking for Iola's hand in the dancing that followed, Taliesin asked about what had happened between her and Morgana, and was horrified by the bet that she'd made. He admitted to her that he cared for her, which came as a bit of a surprise to them both. Not wanting to take advantage of Cait, Iola suggested that they watch the sunrise from the Tower. Before heading off, Taliesin offered to Ash and Drumak if they were prepared to allow Gwynivar and Lancelot to take full control, and (combined with the power of Storyweaving), polymorphed them both into their original forms to enjoy each others' company and dance together. This was the first time that any of the Company apart from Cait had allowed any of the Champions to take full control.

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