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Dragonlance -- Dan Parkinson - The Gates Of Thorbardin
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. In a moment it was a tiny dot, circling wildly, this
way and that.
An hour passed, and part of another, before the flying
thing approached Wingover and Jilian again. This time,
as it completed its final pass, a rope descended from be-
neath it and a small figure slid down to the end of the
rope and clung there. He touched down on nimble feet as
the soarwagon again hovered just overhead.
Jilian ran to meet the newcomer, took the rope from
him, and attached a parcel of food to it. A winch creaked
over their heads, and the rope rose as it was reeled in. Ji-
lian gaped at the newcomer. She had never seen a kender
before. He was no taller than herself and slight of build.
His clothing was strangely colored, and he had a forked
stick slung at his back. He grinned at her - a friendly,
open grin on a childlike face that was neither human nor
elf and certainly not dwarf - but was not so very differ-
ent from any of them. What she had first thought was a
beard, she now realized was a great mane of hair coiled
and looped around his neck, resembling a fur collar.
"I'll bet you're Jilian," the kender said. "That dwarf -
ah, I mean Chane - has mentioned you several times."
He executed a slight, courtly bow. "I'm Chestal Thick-
etsway. I've been helping Chane become rich and famous
so he can go back to Thorbardin and do unpleasant
things to your father
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