<div align="center">Feldor Kelmaric (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=96661.msg4199702#msg4199702) in the clearing with Zedd, Phaedra, and Akribos</div><br/>Looking up at the bigger man as they clasp arms Feldor replies, “There is no hidden threat here. I am trained as a warrior as well as a mage. I simply seek to bolster my defenses should it prove necessary. I do not know you well enough yet to be sure you will not be like so many others who feel that brute force will solve all their problems and always seek to prove they are the strongest. You should take it as another show of respect as I acknowledge your greater physical prowess. I am not a coward to pretend peace and attack from surprise, but neither am I a fool to completely let my guard down simply at the offer of peace from a stranger.”<br/><br/>Rolling his eyes as Talos picks Zedd up Feldor having served as a commander of troops before takes a tone of military authority. “Talos! If you want others to treat you with respect, you must treat them with respect! You have shown nothing but a complete lack of respect for him since you arrived! You cannot expect him to treat you any differently! I do not know what it was like when you first walked among the living or what it has been like among the dead, but obviously things are different now. You really NEED to learn how to deal with people! You may have been a general once, but now you are just a soldier until the gods appoint you a higher ranking! YOU ARE NOT in command here and neither of them have military training!” Still being grounded and centered he mentally reaches out and takes hold of the node allowing its great power to flow through him. His hair starts move from the energy almost standing on its own and his eyes actually glow with their own light. In a voice now deepened to a very low bass he continues, “I do not want to turn this into a pissing match, but if it is what you want, you will lose!” Examining the man with his mage sight and needing to use some of the node’s energy he rises several feet off the ground and continues, “I can sense the power of an immortal coursing through you, but I can also see the source of the power! It will be no problem to remove your mask and rip that from your flesh stripping you of that divine power!”<br/><br/>Still hovering with excess energy crackling around him Feldor’s voice while still charged with power returns more to his normal pitch. “It was not my intent to establish myself as the alpha male, especially in such a dramatic way, but you seem to be wanting to force such a display.”