Unexpected Offering

Floe Bay was glowing in its summer beauty. The grand mages of the Deepblue had all met up as usual in Sharon’s public meeting hall, about to discuss the operations of the Deepblue for the following month. From the french window here, one could take in the entire beauty of Floe Bay.

All of them looked relaxed, Blackgold included. While they hadn’t had the extra income from Richard’s runes in the past year or so, the amount of Sharon’s Delight they’d given out had also decreased in turn. The grey dwarf quite liked this situation, because the financial condition was much more stable and easier to predict. Anyone working in finance hated uncertainty in either direction.

It didn’t take a long time for the discussion to come to a conclusion. The mages all completed their arrangements for July and August, falling into some rare idle...