Post by Silentus on Nov 24, 2003 1:00:45 GMT
...as transcribed by Silentus the Chronicler in interview on Month 4, Day 25, Year of the Basilisk
Hanah Dedraluin: My name is Hanah Dedraluin, I'm a gray elf, and I'm 137 years old. I was born in a village I'm sure you've never heard of, Edelweiss... it's tucked in a quiet valley far inland. My parents.... my mother teaches singing, and my father was a village guardsman. **wistful smile** I'm afraid that... our family was something of an accident, you see... I don't think my father really wanted to be a father, and my mother certainly wasn't ready.
--- short break ---
Oh, let's see... **slightly embarrassed** Like I said, my family wasn't very 'familiar'.... So, because of all the discomfort, my parents thought it best to send me to the mother goddess' convent, for my education ostensibly. I think it was easier on them that I wasn't around, I'm afraid... **smiles sadly** I spent my childhood and my youth in the convent... I didn't especially excel at anything, I'm afraid. I'm not very graceful, I don't have a talent for the arcane. So, it seemed that I would leave when I came of age, and that would be that... but I did manage to find my one talent... All throughout my childhood, I'd always been chided for being too sensitive... I'd cry over the least provocation, and I couldn't bear to see things in pain. But it seems that that excessive sensitivity was what allowed me to listen to the Goddess' words.... kind of strange, is it not? Well, because I could hear Her speak, I started my training as a novice. It was wonderful, there was something I could excel at! I somehow managed to proceed through my training, and was almost ready for my formal ordination. One task remained though.... and I am reluctant to admit I haven't completed it yet. **embarrassed** Y-you see... I was supposed to travel to Her holiest shrine, and the most direct route involved sea travel... And.... I'm afraid I took a wrong turn somewhere... I'm really not certain where, I had no idea how things worked... So, I used the last of my money to book passage on a human vessel... and I ended up here. **quite embarrassed** Isn't that silly...? I took a wrong turn... and I'm still not a real priestess...
Silentus: Interesting... Do you remember the last leg of the journey here?
Hanah Dedraluin: Well, some of it... it seems so long ago now! I arrived at a coastal village on the directions of a gnomish merchant I met... he assured me that the vessel I booked passage with, "Lady Bright" would take me across the bay. Even the name seemed a good omen, so how could I doubt?
Silentus: But yes, the Lady Bright sounds promising indeed. Although we know where you ended up.
Hanah Dedraluin: Yes, we do, don't we.... **sheepish smile** In the middle of the night, there was one last horrible jarring in the ship -- did I mention I detest sea travel? -- and I was told to disembark. I was so eager to get off of that.... wooden death trap, with all of those large humans, that I happily left, not thinking to confirm my location.... Isn't that foolish...? **embarrassed, self-effacing smile**
Very minimalistic editing was employed to maintian consistancy of conversation. At no point has any content been added or removed from the subjects original interview. The subject fully agreed to allow his or her interview to be recorded and published to the public record.
© Silentus the Chronicler
Hanah Dedraluin: My name is Hanah Dedraluin, I'm a gray elf, and I'm 137 years old. I was born in a village I'm sure you've never heard of, Edelweiss... it's tucked in a quiet valley far inland. My parents.... my mother teaches singing, and my father was a village guardsman. **wistful smile** I'm afraid that... our family was something of an accident, you see... I don't think my father really wanted to be a father, and my mother certainly wasn't ready.
--- short break ---
Oh, let's see... **slightly embarrassed** Like I said, my family wasn't very 'familiar'.... So, because of all the discomfort, my parents thought it best to send me to the mother goddess' convent, for my education ostensibly. I think it was easier on them that I wasn't around, I'm afraid... **smiles sadly** I spent my childhood and my youth in the convent... I didn't especially excel at anything, I'm afraid. I'm not very graceful, I don't have a talent for the arcane. So, it seemed that I would leave when I came of age, and that would be that... but I did manage to find my one talent... All throughout my childhood, I'd always been chided for being too sensitive... I'd cry over the least provocation, and I couldn't bear to see things in pain. But it seems that that excessive sensitivity was what allowed me to listen to the Goddess' words.... kind of strange, is it not? Well, because I could hear Her speak, I started my training as a novice. It was wonderful, there was something I could excel at! I somehow managed to proceed through my training, and was almost ready for my formal ordination. One task remained though.... and I am reluctant to admit I haven't completed it yet. **embarrassed** Y-you see... I was supposed to travel to Her holiest shrine, and the most direct route involved sea travel... And.... I'm afraid I took a wrong turn somewhere... I'm really not certain where, I had no idea how things worked... So, I used the last of my money to book passage on a human vessel... and I ended up here. **quite embarrassed** Isn't that silly...? I took a wrong turn... and I'm still not a real priestess...
Silentus: Interesting... Do you remember the last leg of the journey here?
Hanah Dedraluin: Well, some of it... it seems so long ago now! I arrived at a coastal village on the directions of a gnomish merchant I met... he assured me that the vessel I booked passage with, "Lady Bright" would take me across the bay. Even the name seemed a good omen, so how could I doubt?
Silentus: But yes, the Lady Bright sounds promising indeed. Although we know where you ended up.
Hanah Dedraluin: Yes, we do, don't we.... **sheepish smile** In the middle of the night, there was one last horrible jarring in the ship -- did I mention I detest sea travel? -- and I was told to disembark. I was so eager to get off of that.... wooden death trap, with all of those large humans, that I happily left, not thinking to confirm my location.... Isn't that foolish...? **embarrassed, self-effacing smile**
Very minimalistic editing was employed to maintian consistancy of conversation. At no point has any content been added or removed from the subjects original interview. The subject fully agreed to allow his or her interview to be recorded and published to the public record.
© Silentus the Chronicler
