<div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/yGPfuWU.jpg?1)</div><strong><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: courier;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">VALDIS (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Tr-eCmMxkz94WXEOSUy_O8TPm7WuYxrGVfoLUDVKH80/edit?usp=sharing)</span></span></strong><br/>NG Medium humanoid outsider (human, native)<br/><strong>Senses:</strong>normal;<strong>Perception</strong>+8<br/><strong>Languages:</strong>Common<br/><strong>AC</strong>22;<strong>touch</strong>16,<strong>flat-footed</strong>16<strong>|</strong><acronym title="+4 vs. bardic performance, sonic, and language dependent effects; +2 vs. death effects, energy drain, negative energy, necromancy school spells or spell-like abilities"><strong>Saves*</strong></acronym><strong>Fort</strong>+3,<strong>Ref</strong>+11,<strong>Will</strong>+5<br/><strong>Hp:</strong>31;<strong>Resist</strong>negative energy 5<br/><strong>Mood:</strong>Sleepy, but ready for the day...<br/><strong>Equipped Gear:</strong>mwk. buckler, mwk. chain shirt, mwk. scimitar<br/><strong>Currently Wearing:</strong>tear-away traveller's clothes (http://img1.91.com/uploads/allimg/150722/730-150H2113K2.jpg), dawnflower sash (http://www.pathfindercommunity.net/magic-items/wondrous-items/dawnflower-sash) around waist<br/><hr/><br/>Valdis awoke abruptly from the dream he was having, and found it too fleeting to actually remember the details.  He only remembered that it hadn't been pleasant, and reflected that it was perhaps a good thing that he didn't remember.  Yawning, he did not immediately get out of bed.  The years spent training in the mountains with the centaur-ess Chiron had made him doubly appreciative of even a simple bed and the luxury of shelter.  Judging from the silence in the house, his father had probably already left – there was no one else here anymore.  He could almost see the old ghosts of Yukina and himself running past the door of the room, and even the presence of step-mother.<br/><br/>Finally swinging out of bed, he reached under his pillow, pulling out a long length of rich red fabric, embroidered with thread-of-gold, culminating in an outstretched angel with wings triumphantly raised at each end.  It was a reminder of all those trying times during his days on Mount Pelion, and a call that he had to return to the lands of his birth.  The symbols on the cloth belonged to that of Sarenrae, the Dawnflower, who Valdis had adopted as his patron, believing in the message of hope that was the core of the teachings of the Sarenrite faith.<br/><br/>Going outside, he exulted in the feel of the sun against his skin.  Sitting down on a bale of hay, he blindfolded himself with the sash and sat down<div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">in meditation</div><div class="spoiler_body">Valdis is taking the 1 hour<br/>to perform the Deific Obedience<br/>feat to gain a +2 sacred bonus<br/>to Perception checks.</div></div>and contemplation for a while.  Only when he was done did he get dressed.  Wearing the shirt of chain beneath his clothes had become a necessity in these uncertain times and living so far from bastions of civilisation.  Pulling his clothes over it, he strapped his sword and buckler to his back.<br/><br/>Leaving the house with a lively stride, his eagerness was in part due to the knowledge that his sister was supposed to be due home today after so many years.  He wondered idly how much she had changed – certainly he had been surprised by how much some of the girls of Haven had grown in his absence – but of course, Yukina was a different matter and surely not the same; it would be splendid to see family once again.<br/><br/>Entering town, he first made to seek out Mayor Sophia, if nothing else than to keep abreast with current events and maybe see if there was anything she thought warranted his attention or the village just needed help with.  Then, he could be off to meet his sister without delay.