The Spine
Amaryllis
"Perfect." Arius said as he plucked the flower from it's stem and placed it gently onto the page of his book. He admired it for a brief moment, then slowly closed the journal. Fingers tightened around the leather binding, letting the book press the flower. He held it there, then continued to slowly walk through the field.
Nearby his horse let out a nicker, head shaking as it expressed it's boredom.
Arius looked over for a moment, shaking his head before looking back towards the field. He had five more specimens to collect, and if he didn't get them all the Professor Trell would have his hide. The Old Dwarf was always rather grouchy, his mood only improving when someone brought him something new or made a discovery of some sort.
Unfortunately, Arius wasn't much for either of those.
He was a decent enough student, earned good marks...but well he just never got the opportunities.
Most of the professors thought that he was a waste of time. His magical talent wasn't all that much, and without that they figured he wasn't worth training. None had acknowledged that his skill lay elsewhere; alchemy. He was better at it than some of the professors, but they just never let him show it. A fact which irritated him.
His hop was to get into Professor Trell's good graces. A word from him and he would be able to finally get into the Alchemy Labs. At least he hoped.
Amaryllis
"Perfect." Arius said as he plucked the flower from it's stem and placed it gently onto the page of his book. He admired it for a brief moment, then slowly closed the journal. Fingers tightened around the leather binding, letting the book press the flower. He held it there, then continued to slowly walk through the field.
Nearby his horse let out a nicker, head shaking as it expressed it's boredom.
Arius looked over for a moment, shaking his head before looking back towards the field. He had five more specimens to collect, and if he didn't get them all the Professor Trell would have his hide. The Old Dwarf was always rather grouchy, his mood only improving when someone brought him something new or made a discovery of some sort.
Unfortunately, Arius wasn't much for either of those.
He was a decent enough student, earned good marks...but well he just never got the opportunities.
Most of the professors thought that he was a waste of time. His magical talent wasn't all that much, and without that they figured he wasn't worth training. None had acknowledged that his skill lay elsewhere; alchemy. He was better at it than some of the professors, but they just never let him show it. A fact which irritated him.
His hop was to get into Professor Trell's good graces. A word from him and he would be able to finally get into the Alchemy Labs. At least he hoped.