Guy/Rumors


 * It is said that in return for saving his life, Augustine de la Courcel gave Guy Mereliot two rewards. The first was to see him inducted as a Knight within the Order of the White Swan. The second was to offer him to have a new hand forged for him, cast from solid gold. Guy accepted the first honor with all grace and humility, but to the second, he refused his friend most adamantly, insisting that the hand would be too gaudy. In response, Augustine had a hand made for him, forged entirely of silver.


 * The details of just how Guy saved Augustine's life is a subject of much debate amongst poets, playwrights, and the tall-tale-telling plebs of Terre d'Ange. While it is often said that it was merely assassins trying to kill the then-Prince Augustine, all these per-eminent thinkers agree that the far more believable tales are those of barbarians, witches, and ghosts. There are always those who doubt such things, but obviously, they are just wrong.


 * Guy's silver hand is also a great source of speculation. The naysayers believe it is just a hand forged of silver. Others, obviously far more likely to be right, say it was forged from a fallen star, or in the bowels of the hell that the Yeshuites are always preaching about.


 * One new tale gaining widespread popularity in the outer provinces is how a dragon once made off with the current King, and Guy walked barefoot across the length of Terre d'Ange to rescue him, fighting the dragon with only his bare hands. After subduing the beast, he saw that it could still pose a threat to the innocent people of the countryside. And so, as he had no magic sword with which to slay the beast, he cut off his own hand, and fed it to the dragon, knowing that his selfless sacrifice would cause it to choke and die on the appendage. And so it did. And good Prince Augustine, knowing himself to be in the presence of a true hero, went to the secret vault beneath the Palace at the City of Elua, and brought forth the very hand of Blessed Elua himself that had been stored there. It is that very hand, which the unenlightened think to be merely silver, that Guy Silverhand wears on his right arm. It is said that one touch of that hand can heal any wound, or even giving any touched by it such pleasure as to render them near insensible. It is even said that if you kiss his hand, you will fall in love with him, and that in return, he will be bound to protect you from all harm.


 * Guy Silverhand has been spotted in the City of Elua after nearly two years away! Few people seem to know exactly what prompted his return, and those that do aren't talking. So of course, there are many people who will be glad to tell you the real truth behind it. Some say he has come to save the King's life once more. Others that the King has summoned him on some great mission that only the legendary Silverhand can accomplish. And, those who willingly spread the tale of 'Silverhand and the Dragon' say that he has come to use his Hand of Elua to open a gateway to the True Terre d'Ange. Why he would do this is anyone's guess, but clearly, it's the thing to do, right?