Chapter 5 ErrandsA crowd gathered around the slain giant. Perhaps because they had never seen one. Shar heard crying, and it got louder, soon she saw many people shedding tears. Tears for this mutant giant? Hardly. It dawned on her pre-breakfast brain the streak of sadness was not for the giant but for one of their own.
"Algim…" Shar knelt beside the Gnome's lifeless body. Tears began to stain her face. She felt the weight of deep sadness in her heart. The small folk surrounding Shar began singing their death song—a tribute to their fallen friend. The Tinker Gnomes did not have gods and therefore did not use clerics. There was no one to bring Algim back to the land of the living now only mourning could be done.
Shar stayed in Algim's home for two days, until the funeral took place. His s
