Cal Laftria

Floating cities of power. Imagine the amount of magic it would take to lift a city out of the group or to great a city floating on a large piece of rock. Imagine life on such a rock. Floating around living our your days and you see the ground below you. Growing up with awe of power that created such. Would one follow the paths of power and seek it? A floating city. When one things of a city you imagine them being permanent structures. Such a thing that could float and be hanging around for many centuries. Growing up on such and knowing life only on said floating city. Then suddenly the city falls out of the sky crashing. The brief moments where your world is falling apart. Everything you knew is now being pulled apart and your falling. Such a thing is close to the feeling I bet those people in the Lich’s tower felt. Suddenly the tower, the teachings, and their life was brought to a crashing halt. To suddenly be without a mentor and teacher. Someone you have looked up to after many years almost a father figure to be gone. Such separation that is sudden can be traumatic. I wonder how well they will take it. I wonder how the towns people will take it. Combine this with the fact we left two members there. Suddenly the balance of the group has changed. Lance leaving and staying there. With a whole new world with things somewhat changed. I can admire such conviction but there are great things that need to be done in this world. I wonder if he thought there was nothing left in our world. Was it the fact we killed someone who did good in that world that convinced him he needed to stay? Then we left Kadar there also. I wonder if he will achieve his goal. I plan on visiting to that plane another time but I imagine it would be a length of time before I do. As such I still ponder a song for Sam. Trying to make it a light hearted song is difficult with the amount of danger and sadness that has occurred. How can I make light the leaving of friends? How can I make a joke to make people laugh when a group member dies. Trying to make it light hearted would mean I wont tell much at all. Mostly it will be about her just being with us and being a hero by doing ordinary things. A song telling people they can make a change by just being themselves. Now I ponder if I could do another song later on. Who knows. Time will tell and perhaps the mandolin will provide inspiration. Now I sleep finally back in Cormyr back on my own world waiting for what will happen next. I know by myself not as much good would be done with the group but I ponder the limitations following a knight. I didn’t know if I would come back here and now I am pondering where my travels will take me again. Perhaps it is a curse to wander constantly. It is not so bad of a curse.

Am pondering a Song that Cal plans on writing for Sam... here is a rough draft.. will have to play with it more..

Let me share a story with you
ladies and gents
its a story for one and all from
children to steel regents

Tis a tale of about the true hero of the purple land
one who recently joined up with this ragtag band
Though she scouted about covering our rear
she braved many creatures without fear
Always a smile and never a frown
not even a evil hydra got her down

for this is a tale of the lady named Sam
who teaches us that ordinary people
can make a change, "Yes Ma'am"
You can make a change by simply standin up
as long as whats right is in your heart
even the little things help the cause
by example we all do our own part

So let me tell you a story about this woman
who traveled with us across many different lands
Staggering to the mind the vastness is
but she was one who understands

Dazzling and baffling those who sided with evil
no matter the task she stood there with us
even with a friends soul retrieval

Great things she helped us acheive
but you will never know it by sight
her skill immeasureable I believe
though she always looking for a light?

for this is a tale of the lady named Sam
who teaches us that ordinary people
can make a change, "Yes Ma'am"
You can make a change by simply standin up
as long as whats right is in your heart
even the little things help the cause
by example we all do our own part