<div class="floatright">(https://i.imgur.com/gICaxXK.jpg)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Torner, the Hanged Man</strong></span></span></div><br/>Torner nodded his head solemnly. "My family has long served the gods, so this may ring false to your ears, but I will say it all the same, Tabitha: be wary of what you offer yourself and your devotion to. You were made with a heart and a mind capable of making their own decisions. The life you have been given is a life worth living, if you make it so. There are things out there, beyond the heavens, and beyond the gods . . . but you must be very certain that they are things that you should give yourself over to. All of the races of this world cleave to the gods, and there are good reasons for it." The man said without condemning or condoning the halfling's path.<br/><br/>He rubbed his face with the palm of one hand. He understood well enough seeking answers. There was a time when it seemed like the gods had them all, or wise men who knew all of the words in all of the books. Torner knew he did not have them all and no one living on the face of this world did, but it did not mean he lacked certainty and conviction. "The answers we forge for ourselves are better than any answer given to us by things beyond us, whether those beings are gods or not." He murmured softly, and put away his greatsword.<br/><br/>Lacking any better use of his time, he helped Mirish make a camp. And when it was done, he sat around the fire with those with the inclination to join.<br/><br/>"It is a good start." He looked into the flickering flames. "I am loathe to leave Tollmouth in light of what transpired today. If the dead rise again I would be here, rather than in some other land." He shifted his weight, knowing how little either course had any rationale behind them. All there was to do, though, was to make a choice and live with it.<br/><br/>He looked over to Tabitha. "What drove you to live in solitude for so long, Tabitha?"