<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/a/aa/Roga_Forge.jpg)</div><strong>Roga Forge</strong>(https://docs.google.com/document/d/128R5QqzTGk5c47ns_hYIFelmYY00mB7XC0Eve_tPJZc/edit)<br/><br/>Roga started out preparing to be exasperated by another one of his fathers, “get your feet on the ground,” lectures.  Adolescent eye rolls froze in place when his father mentioned Hektor.  The young warrior nodded gravely.<br/><br/><em>I can't let Zeldana go in there alone again.   Father's right, ti really Is a dangerous place.  I need to learn to pay attention...</em><br/><br/>He almost drifted off into his thoughts mid speech, but straightened up when his father took down the family sword.  His eyes widened a little.  As he took the blade, Roga felt a swelling of pride.  “Thank you, Father.  I am honored.  I pledge to return to our hearth, and return this blade with me.”  He held the sword across his chest by the scabbard and gave a little bow.  “And I'll keep my eye open for Hektor, too.”<br/><br/>*   *   *<br/><br/>At the edge of the village, Zeldana could spot Roga approaching.  He was a tall young man, a year older than she.  His hair was dark, and his eyes blue.  His limbs were thick and strong from the forge, which also left his arms and even one spot on his face lightly scarred.  He walked along at an easy pace, snow crunching down an inch or snow beneath his boots even on the road.  He wore sturdy, clean clothes, beneath a mail shirt, beneath a long coat.  Roga liked to be prepared, there was sure to be a parka in that big metal-frame pack on his back.  A  few times hung from the pack, including a curious steel bar with no apparent purpose.  It wasn't bent like a crowbar, nor had it a head like a hammer or ax.<br/><br/>He charred a small, well balanced hammer in a loop on his belt, and a somewhat ceremonial looking sword on a baldric at his left hip.<br/><br/>Finally noticing Zeldana from a few paces away, he looked into her eyes and smiled.  “Good morning, Lady Shadowdancer.  Are you ready for a little adventure?”