is for arbelog, a nasty sort of creature with claws. Meriwythr's never fought one, but he's seen arbelog claw gloves, which he thinks are rather nice, though he himself, being a gentleman, prefers white silk gloves.

is for burrower, another nasty sort of creature, but one that Meri's actually fought. They're found in the hunting preserve southwest of Crossing.

is for copper, the least valuable type of coin in all of Elanthia's provinces, and thus a color Meriwythr doesn't care for too awfully much.

is for dryads, which were once Meriwythr's favorite type of critter to hunt. Since Meri has become rather adept with his crossbow, they all run from him now. Dryads live in the Endrus Forest, north of Leth Deriel.

is for Elanthia, of course -- as in Meriwythr Truefriend, Beloved Citizen of Elanthia. E is also for Elf, the best of all the races.

is for fluff, which is the word used to describe anything worn by an Elanthian which does not serve a practical purpose. To get a good idea of what constitutes fluff, one has only to look at Meriwythr, who has trouble staying upright due to voluminous amounts of fluff.

is for gwethdesuan, more commonly known as gweth. Elanthians can speak to each other telepathically while wearing a gweth. Meriwythr likes the gweth because he can use it to find out who's selling those hard-to-find sparklies. He also likes to use the gweth to insult people who have been rude to him.

is for honour, without which there is nothing. Meriwythr is one of the most honourable fellows you could ever have the good fortune to meet. This may seem a bit odd, since Meri is also a Thief, but it would be a mistake to ever insult Meriwythr's honour. If you did, Meriwythr would no longer feel that you needed to be treated honourably, and he would pick your pocket.

is for Illithi, the province south of Leth Deriel. Meriwythr has the most frightfully dashing tabard embroidered with gold Illithi runes. He hasn't the faintest idea what they mean, but the color sets off his amber eyes quite nicely.

is for journey pack, a type of backpack sold in Theren. Meriwythr likes to travel up to Theren and buy several journey packs, then come back to Crossing and sell them at an absurd profit so that he can buy more sparklies to make himself even more dashing than he already is.

is for kobolds, monsters which occasionally invade Elanthian towns. Meriwythr witnessed the tail end of a kobold invasion once, but didn't get to kill any kobolds because he was only first circle at the time and still trying to figure out how to load his crossbow.

is for Leth Deriel, a lovely Elven town south of the Crossing. Meriwythr adores Leth Deriel, though he spends most of his time in Crossing chatting with his chums. Actually, Meriwythr doesn't spend all that much time with his chums, being too busy raiding other people's pockets, but Meri doesn't like to say 'stealing from people' because he thinks the phrase sounds ungentlemanly.

is for Meriwythr Truefriend, Beloved Citizen of Elanthia. M is also for minstrel, who once wandered about town with an entourage of Thieves who robbed him blind. This never seemed to bother the minstrel too much. M is also for Midvale, Meri's best friend, a S'kra Mur lady who is, alas, no longer in the Realms.

is for Naptha, a thoroughly nasty flammable substance commonly found in traps. It's also used in a horrid little spell called Dragons' Breath, and can set victims on fire. For this reason, Meriwythr tries to be very polite to powerful mages.

is for ocarina, a musical instrument that Meriwythr doesn't have. Someday Meriwythr plans to be talented with all instruments, but so far he owns only a lyre and a tambourine. Meriwythr's favorite place to practice on the lyre or tambourine is on the ferry, because then people can't run away and are forced to sit and listen to him.

is for pockets, lovely little additions to clothing which hold any number of coins just waiting to be liberated by Meriwythr's nimble fingers.

is for quiet, a word which doesn't apply to Meriwythr at all; unless, of course, he's sneaking about town practicing his hiding skills, in which case he can be extraordinarily quiet for about five minutes.

is for riolur leaf, an herb which can heal certain wounds. Meriwythr doesn't remember which wounds it heals, but he carries one around anyway, just in case. Some people in Elanthia have silver latticework riolur leaf pins, and Meri would like one, too, but he hasn't been able to afford one yet because he spent half his money on his dashing tabard embroidered with gold Illithi runes.

is for S'kra Mur, one of the races of Elanthia. S'kra Mur are humanoid creatures with lizardlike features. Meriwythr's best friend, Midvale, is a S'kra Mur. Meriwythr wishes that Midvale was an Elf. He does not, however, wish that he was a S'kra Mur, because S'kra Mur have tails, which Meri finds rather disconcerting.

is for Teiro, an Elven chap who caused all sorts of trouble long ago, and whom some people say returned a while back to overthrow Elanthia, though everyone seems to have forgotten about him. Some Elves proclaimed themselves followers of Teiro. Meriwythr found the whole Teiro business rather boring, especially since rumor had it that Teiro would attack during a Festival. Meri thought that Teiro must be a bit of a rotter if he planned to spoil the Festival for everyone.

is for Urrem'tier, the God of the dead. Meriwythr doesn't like to think about Urrem'tier, so he doesn't.

is for Viper's Nest Inn, an unpleasant hole-in-the-ground type place in the western part of Crossing. Meriwythr occasionally meets friends there, but he's always careful to dust himself off when he leaves.

is for Warrior Mage, one of the Guilds of Elanthia. Meriwythr doesn't care for the Warrior Mages because they cast all manner of annoying spells and have familiars which can track a person down. Meriwythr doesn't like familiars at all, and kicks them when no one is looking.

is for xbow, a common abbreviation of crossbow, one of Meriwythr's main weapons. He has a gleaming silver crossbow which invariably draws admiring glances. Meriwythr likes to wave his crossbow around, because then he can pretend the admiring glances are for himself.

is for Yavash, one of the three moons of Elanthia. Moon Mages use the three moons to cast their horrid little spells. Meriwythr has no idea how they go about this, and doesn't care to know. He likes the moonlight, though, because he thinks moonlight is terribly romantic.

is for zillion, which is the amount of platinum coins Meriwythr would someday like to have in his bank account. If he had that much, he could buy any sparkly he wanted, and everyone would be envious and would want to be his friend.

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