Chapter 12 Time to TinkerEtcher had to renew the magic each morning to keep the appearance of the Gnome. Not a lengthy process, taking hours to perform, but the magic exhausted the Kenku. Changing form from Kenku to a Gnome is a drastic process. Etcher had never tried any other form, but he figured changing into something closer to his natural shape would be much less draining.
The Kenku did not know how long he would need to keep up the ruse. The mage-assassin was sure this Dak-Vara either had the orb or knew where it rested. Why else would a dragon in the form of a woman be traveling with him?
Etcher in his guise of a Gnome walked out into the streets of Tinker Town while still dark. The sun had already risen in the east, but because of the thick canopy of the Great Forest, those in Ti
