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Year 823, Early Summer
Slime-Craft Guild, Vilnius Castle
- Melvin -

Selena asked me to write up a report on the green haired man that hides his form. Apparently my reports are different enough that she wants my experience written down. If anyone can understand what I feel all the time, it should be one of these two, so I'm happy to write this one up. This report was written over multiple days, but I'm still using Selena's report as a template.

The green man's name is Merdiwen Tirelle Diyo. Apparently it means something like "The river of time that flows freely" or "Free-Flowing Time River" in a language that I've never heard of. He has some kind of form that looks human on the outside, but he describes it as a fairy on the inside. There's also a second smaller form inside him that glows with a blue the color of the sky. Something about being able to see that made him smile, slap me on the shoulder, and try to knock me out. We went out into the woods got into a fight right after that where he was smiling the entire time and he won. That was amazing.
 
Merdiwen's outer form resembles a tall elf with three ears. His skin is pale, his eyes are red, and his body is both thin and muscular. He wears an unusual long shirt and green vest with a gold button on the pocket, a pair of gold goggles, golden bracelets, reinforced leather pants, and standard military type boots that have been modified to be shorter.

Merdiwen carries two items on his hips at all times. On his left hip is a sword made of ironleaf. The sword is impossibly hard and glints under the sun, like a proper metal, but looks just like a dark blade of grass. The sword exudes an aura of the realm and seems to swim around in it. The one time his hand rested on the hilt, the swimming stopped and went up his arm, so this may be something specific to him that was made. He would not let me examine the sword.

On his right hip is a glowing round hammer made of wood. It appears to be made entirely out of ordinary oak wood. The handle is roughtly arm length, and the head is as thick as a fist. Two round disks are attached to each end of the head with grooves carved into the underside. The disks come off with a large amount of force. When I asked him about the disks, he said "Blueprints". When I asked what that meant he smiled and shook his head.

One of the disks has a picture of a sword engraved on it. The sword is very detailed, like there was an actual sword impressed in the wood and taken out. Even clay molds of swords don't have that much detail in them. The other disk has a picture of a water lily engraved with just as much detail as the sword. Three other pictures are engraved on the hammer: A detailed book on one side of the head, a blank schematic on the other side of the head, and a hammer on the base of the handle.

I was permitted to examine this hammer as long as I didn't try to use it. I did give it a good smack against the slime in my hand, and it changed shape to match both the hammer and the sword on the disk surface. When asked by Merdiwen what I thought of the hammer, I thought it was a rather ordinary hammer aside from the intricate inscriptions and the glowing part. Selena was confused by the glowing, and I did my best to describe the look of pure light coming from the hammer, but all that came from that interaction was a confused look on her face and this irritating smirk on his.

Selena asked me to observe and keep the same kind of notes she assigned while she ran through the same basic tests I went through. Anything marked with a # I had to get an explanation of or a word for, so I may not understand it fully

Basic Stats:
- Might: #Augmented
- Agility: #Augmented
- Skill: Super Skilled
- Social: Just like me
- Mind: #Augmented
- Will: Super Willful

* Merdiwen has a sort of baseline that he uses for regular interactions. When performing a task, he seems to draw some of the things like life or light or flow from the surrounding area. Sometimes he draws these from deep inside, and sometimes he draws this from the blue form inside him. He seems to know how to draw the correct amount to perform his task no matter what he does. Selena thinks this is a form of self-augmentation to match what he thinks he should be doing.

Military:
- Weapon Skills: Puppets, Swords
- Athletic Abilities: #Augmented
- #Discipline: Umatched
- Best Role: Mercenary, Assassin, Bodyguard

> Combat Sense: Above Me
> Combat Knowlege: Veteran

Wanderer:
- #Camping Skills: Flawless
- Fire Skills: Elemental
- #Hunting, Fishing, or Gathering Prowess: Flawless
- Best Role: This is what he already does

> Navigation Skills: Flawless
> Land Knowledge: Flawless

Farming:
- #Weather Prediction: Flawless
- Plant Knowledge: Flawless
- Mushroomology: Uninterested
- #Animal Husbandry: Human-specific, Innate*
- Nature Sense: Innate
- Best Role: Growing grass out of his head

> Notable Plants Farmed: None
> Notable Animals Ranched: None
> Notable Fungus Grown: None

Scribe:
- Attention to Detail: Flawless
- Writing: Flawless
- Oration: Flawless
- Bookmaking: Flawless
- #Elemental Application: I can't measure this
- #Elemental Recognition: I can't measure this
- Best Role: Sword Mage**

> Essence Application: Above Me
> Essence Recognition: Below Me
> Notable Works: Essence Application

Artisan:
- Tool Skill: #Augmented
- Material Knowledge: #Augmented
- Level of Detail: #Augmented
- Crafting Speed: #Augmented
- Best Role: He can make anything

> Limits to Skill: None
> Best Crafts: Portal Sword, Dream Sword, Saki Doll, Aura Crystal, Homestone

Engineer:
- Building Part Skill: #Augmented
- Finished Structures: #Augmented
- Material Proficiency: #Augmented
- Spatial Awareness: #Augmented
- Best Role: He can make anything

> Limits to Building Size: None
> Structural Integrity: Perfect
> Best Crafts: Portable Workshop

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