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. Flint winced at the
thought of the hangover that would fill the house on the
morrow.
He sat back in Aylmar's favorite chair and sighed, his
mood maudlin. This was not the homecoming he'd ex-
pected; he felt disloyal, but he could not shake the thought
that his friends back in Solace felt more like family than this
gathering of strangers.
His reception had started out well enough. Indeed, Flint's
homecoming had provided the Fireforge clan with a much-
needed cause for celebration. Cousins and siblings and old
neighbors all gathered at the family home within minutes of
his arrival. The large house, home to Flint's parents before
their deaths, was now occupied by Aylmar's family and Ru-
berik, who was a bachelor.
Set into the hillside, which was common in Hillhome, the
house was large by dwarven standards, and it felt spacious.
The family was now gathered in the "front room," which
had a high ceiling and tall doorways to accommodate hu-
man visitors, which the Fireforge family had more of than
the average dwarven family because of their adventuring
ways. The walls were of stone, reinforced by dark oak
beams
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