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As Luck Would Have It
by Steve Lazarowitz
Wednesday, June 18, 2003



       
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     Daniel's father is dying and only an extinct herb that grows in the high slopes of the Wild Mountains can save him...or is it extinct? Daniel knows he must travel to the wild mountains and find the herb, or die trying. With Darion, a priest of the God of Luck, Daniel travels into the wilderness, but he soon finds that things aren't always as they seem and luck can be a many-sided coin.
My father was dying. I knew it before the healer made his summation. His once strapping body was frail and colorless, as if he were already well on his way to ghosthood. My mother sat by the bed, life suddenly defined by silent tears and unheard prayers. I felt helpless as I watched all that had been my life slowly slip away to dust.

My family had lived in the village of Thindole for many generations. Everyone knew us, which was not all that surprising. There were no strangers in Thindole. My father was a smith, the kind who makes horseshoes not weapons, which worked out well, for there were no warriors in our village and several beasts of burden. The years of pounding iron gave my father his massive chest and arms, though watching him lay there, it was hard to remember how healthy he'd looked only days ago.

I stood silently to the side, wishing I could recall even one of the boring prayers the priests had tried to teach us, for it would take a miracle to save him. Not that I really believed in them.

At length, the healer drew back, his face a mask of professional gravity I assume he reserved for all such occasions. Slowly, as if in pain himself, he turned toward my mother. She looked at him blankly, as if she'd forgotten why he'd come. When he spoke, his deep voice confirmed the worst of my fears. "I am sorry."

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