<div class="floatleft">(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/99/de/80/99de80dd4fb18a5a2b5229f5fe73ae72.jpg)</div><strong>The First Day</strong><br/><br/>Indeed, Emerald was not chosen by the Mayor of Kassen to participate in the bringing of the flame.  She was instead sent by her mother.  That was strange, and everyone here knew that this was strange.  But, what they did not know was that this had never happened before.  Not since the town’s founding had someone just... come along.<br/><br/>Bashir, welcome on our quest.  You were given a satchel with some equipment by the mayor, and you were also loaned a light horse by the blacksmith.<br/><br/>