The color vanishes from Ebenezer's eyes. He quickly springs to his feet, then gradually scans the dragonborn from the bottom up.
When his glare finally meets that of Salgric, his hair re-ignites with an explosive puff of burning air, taking on the full life and luminosity that it did when he...
Numbness.
A crash of screaming metal rings out against the walls of the cave as the Deacon’s mighty halberd hits the ground. Ebenezer looks down at his empty hands to find them shaking once more. An orange-grey steam rises up from the tips of his fingers.
Sickness.
The voices of the halfling...
Walking amongst those who would bring vengeance to their slavers, and having been accepted - albeit with great trepidation - into the service of the dragonborn warrior, Ebenezer enters the armory, almost feeling whole.
Almost.
If Ben is to do as his Lord Dragonborn commands - to free the many...
Ebenezer's attention is absent once more.
In his mind he watches a rush of falling hoofs, rattling armor, and a flowing black banner with a mighty red raven at its center.
He was only a boy, the middle-born of nine genasi children, all of whom stood assembled outside their home. The sound of...
Witnessing the killing of the dwarf is enough to make Ben feel the stirrings of a kinship with his fellow captives. The bravery and rebellion exhibited by those at the door only serves to further that admiration.
If only I could be so brave, he tries not to think. None of that will matter if I...
The fish man's reply leaves Ben feeling weaker than before. He knew the folly of choosing enslavement over death, and was angered to find that this creature did not.
And how could any being with a pulse in his veins remain so calm at a time like this, when years of brutal training had availed...
Ebenezer's heartbeat hammers in his chest. He tries not to let his thoughts linger on the bizarre creature before him. His fallen masters had impressed upon him the importance of letting his awareness swell, to fill the entire space of the battlefield. He spots the guards in the distance to his...