<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/9/98/Comission_pixie_by_phantagrafie-d5g4wm2.jpg)</div><strong>Fjordel "Jord" Nym</strong>(https://docs.google.com/document/d/14gyPcCiH11JjOvJ9ib7iYA4rLpHTOvpZD0W70-a7Djc/edit)<br/><br/>Jord's eyes danced at Jia's gesture of affection.  Warm tingles spread across his body at her lips grazing his cheek.<em>So soft.</em>He touched the place she'd kissed him, then smiled.  "I will meet you in the courtyard.  I have a bit of room in my enchanted pack to help carry food, and my goat is strong enough to travel with a few bags of beans in his saddlebags.<br/><br/>Jord went to the stables.  He said a quite prayer before unloading a sealed pot, a currycomb, a bowl of clean water, and his bow.<br/><br/>Whispering a prayer every few minutes, Jord stripped out of his fine silk outfit and carefully stashed it away in his enchanted bag.  His tiny body bulged in places from the powerful build he maintained.<br/><br/>Without dressing he cleaned his bow, sword, and spear.  Then he brushed down his goat—Clifftop--and oiled clifftop's saddle.  Once clifftop was ready to ride, Jord cleaned himself carefully.  “Gods of earth and sky,” he whispered.  “I cleanse myself of worldly distraction and commend myself into your hands.  Let my eyes stay sharp and my arrows keen.  Aid me in keeping what is important close to my heart in days to come—my family, my loved ones, the security of my nation and the welfare of the innocent.  Aid me in leaving aside that which will cloud my vision.”<br/><br/>He poured the last of the water over his head to wash the soap away.  “I cleanse myself of worldly distraction and commend myself into your hands.”<br/><br/>Then Jord applied several lines of green paint to his body.  He donned his archery bracers with the copper bands, his breach loth and his boots, then his sword belt, quiver, and pack.  Wearing nothing more, he lead his goat out into the courtyard.<br/><br/>