The Gazing Pool

The Gazing Pool is the seventh episode of The Broadswords.

Summary

Synopsis
Keilah follows the raven masked hathran. She is taken to a spiral path with a bowl full of water at the center. Mépris meets a man by aggressively offering to repair a clay pot she broke. Yllairies sees Mépris from a distance and goes to the inn pretending not to see her. She converses with Seilaf about her experiences with Nithra.

We cut back to Keilah who follows the spiral path. She reaches the bowl of water and rests briefly before putting her hands in it. Upon seeing a face in it she plunges and tumbles into the bowl. Keilah is now in the midst of a battle, clutching a set of bagpipes.

Mépris gets shown around the stranger's house. He has a nice weapons collection and introduces himself as Novik. She then offers to fight him for the rest of the Fire wine.

Keilah, in her pool vision, is told to run and does so as fast as she can. She reaches a fisherman's hut by water and takes the boat. An old man who resembles the man she saw the night she lost her bagpipes comes out of the fishermans hut and joins her. He rows the boat with her. They see seven birds fly into the air and Keilah's vision fades.

Mépris and Novik continue their fight.

After a bit of rough-housing, Mépris knocks Novik down with a solid punch in the face. They laugh together as Novik gets the Fire wine. Yllairies feels awkward amongst the crowd and starts to leave but is apprehended by Mépris.

Keilah awakes back in the spiral circle and demands answers from the Hathryn. Receiving nothing except that the vision was what her heart decided to show her, Keilah then asks to go back to her friends. The Hathryn complies.

Main

 * Mépris
 * Keilah
 * Yllairies

New

 * man with reddish brown hair and mischievious smile.
 * Novik (NPC)

Returning

 * Seilaf