Eril'lin was busy working on his most recent gollem, a sword wielding suit of armor which had served him well that day. It was in need of oiling, a process Eril'lin was still getting used to. It was his first metal gollem, and he had ruined two suits with oil while he was learning.
He had been on a journey with a paladin of Lucindia, a good traveling companion. Through protecting the paladin, Eril'lin had found a new style of casting in battle. Before, when he was alone, he would confuse the enemy and rain fire upon them. In a group his tactics switched to casting wards, and firing at the enemy when it was safe. But today, fighitng goblins that were capable of sometimes dodging the fireballs he flung their way, he found mind magics to be his most effective weapon. Using spells he previously dubbed useless, such as daze, he was able to immobilize the goblins, and then made way for the paladin and his sword, who he kept hasted. This new support role was very satisfying to Eril'lin, and he thought that it could be even more useful in a larger party. A group of furious dwarves, whom he would cast mass-haste on, would cause havok on a group of confused and disoriented enemies. In his head, he thought, perhaps not dwarves. Perhaps elven warriors, something a bit more tasteful. He grinned a bit and went back to oiling the gollem.
Eril'lin had been to the Deep, to pay a visit to his Dark Elven cousins. Fearsome in combat they were, if not for the skills of an archer named Kalberen, Eril'lin feared he would have fallen. They were resistant to his magic, a firebrand only harming one or two enemies out of a group of ten. Eril'lin decided that he would need to once again begin practicing a spell of transformation. In the past he cast a spell that turned him into a great demon knight, capable of laying waste to enemies in melee combat. But it has been a long time since he cast that spell, and would need to begin practicing once again. But a spell of transformation would allow him to fight his dark cousins, who are resistant to magic, in hand to hand combat. This also could prove worthy, he thought, against the dwarven monks who reside in Prantz, the very ones who killed his brother. In the back of his mind, Eril'lin always held a hope that some day he would return to Prantz, staff in hand, to avenge his family and kick the fat dwarf off of his throne. But such a thing was unlikely to happen, and success was even more unlikely. For the time being, Eril'lin could only hone his magic.