Briceus had been furious the past days. He could not get to talk to Elane quick enough before her depart to the Monastry. It must be something about that damn elvish swiftness no mortal human could possibly ever contest with. But the young knight had taken the fastest horse he could get. He must have made a crackling sound like a whip or a lightning when riding through the old marches' forests and plains. At least in his imagination it might have been like that.
With nothing more than a simple red tunic, pants, a belt, boots and his sword he sprang off his mare right in front of the monastry. Mud and water was splashing to all sides of the puddle he just leaped into. With determined Archon Steps he rushed into the main yard of this sacred place shouting:
"Where is Lady Elane? By Ignis, hurry and don't let your ruler wait!"
Actually he wasn't drunk this time...