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Anina Thessamer- This is Queen Astra's weapon's trainer who she
had developed close feelings for (and vice versa). Almost a mother/daughter
relationship. But knowing her place, Anina was able to keep it from going
too far. Later in her life as the Aqualarian equivalent of "Man at Arms"
for the royal family, she was defeated and captured in battle. Duke Drederigo
had her magically transformed into a "toy" of sorts....a plaything. She
was magically altered into a hamadryad and her personality altered to something
simple, passive, and compliant. Later, her personality and memories were
restored, but she was forevermore a hamadryad. She now looked like a perfect
version of herself as a young woman. Later, Queen Astra had her way and
the startled Anina found herself adopted as the Astras mother (along with
Anina 2). Touch beyond words, she gladly fell into the role and now the
Astras have a mother (two actually).
Went to the place where Hammadryad Fred and Nymph Belboz arrived to
help them adjust to their new location and new forms.
Belboz - A necromancer with a heart. Sort of. He's dead so his
heart beat is kind of non-existent. But he means well. And he's the best
ghostbuster in town. Currently on a quest to release those unfortunate
souls still stuck in ghost status by cremating (with aid) each and every
necropolis left over from coming of the Phage. It's a big job, but he's
got plenty of time to do it....since he's a ghost himself.
He and his ghostly crew were the first to come across the new nymph
and hamadryad when they were in dire need of host trees and helped in this
regard.
It was the least he could do!
Hamadryad Fred - This is the Fred D'Honaire that encountered
the Necromancer Belboz of his world within the Southern Caverns in his
quest to slay the Dragon of the Southern Caverns. However, the dragon was
only a ruse to get the king to send out his best man (Fred) to come out
to the caverns. The ruse was created by Belboz for the mage needed Fred
to help fulfill a prophecy to prevent a bunch of evil Amazons from sweeping
the land. The prophecy said that in order to prevent this evil from befalling
Allaria, the Great Kingdom, Fred must become a warrior lass and Belboz
also a young girl in order to somehow infiltrate and topple the invasion
before it really got underway. But due to the betrayal done by a disgruntled
apprentice (Elaine), Belboz and Fred were first trapped and then got transformed
them into what first only appeared to be more winsome and buxomy versions
of the girls they'd become. It would prove later on that Fred was now a
Hamadryad. This allowed more leeway in travel (a few hundred miles or such),
but still this meant that Fred was still pretty much rooted to Terra Prime
from that day forth upon her arrival! That is how it looks right now, anyway.
Unlike the others, this Fred did not get teleported via a Transform
Door. Instead, Elaine teleported he and Belboz to Terra Prime directly!
The reason why will be revealed later.
Belboz - This is the Belboz that "Amazonian" Fred met within
the Southern Caverns and transformed him into a lass of 15. Tricked by
his treacherous pupil, Elaine, he was himself transformed into a girl WITHOUT
a trace of magical power (his spell to transform into a lass with magical
might was superceded by Elaine). Transformed first into a girl without
an ounce of magic to her name, then into a nymph (a beautiful creature
that can not go beyond a dozen steps beyond her host tree without fading
and dying). Teleported to Terra Prime, it appears that she's in a smaller
"cage" than Fred.
The Freds and others look about at each other, with a look of wonder
on their faces. Well, all but the ones native to Terra Prime. Parallel
worlds and analogs are pretty much an everyday thing for them, after all.
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 "But what
we do ‘bout them?" Fre' asks, pointing a hairy finger at the still slumbering
evil Amazons and their queen.
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