Old Soul, New Shell

Feydor had been grievously wounded, and Frumious was, at the moment, an inadequate conduit for the restorative powers of Omnos. There were prayers that could help, but he had not unlocked their secrets, and that meant his comrade in faith, his friend, was divorced from his vessel, which - being as it was the only part of him they could carry - the Knights of Mist Valley had strapped to his steed as they rode swiftly back to Loston.

Assumptions had been made that Frumious was in conflict with Mother Hazel, but these assumptions misunderstood basic Omnian theology. That the witch was powerful despite her worship of a different god did nothing to dispel the notion of Omnos' divinity and role as creator of all that was known and unknown. Frumious had no difficulty conceiving of an Omnos who created lesser divine beings, even those who could be wardens over the domains of mortal life and death. Such beings could be servants, willing or not, to Omnos, and there could be a variety of reasons why these servants would not reveal their true nature to the penitents who served them. Yet his companions were either loquacious or stubborn, and Frumious' explanation seemed unlikely to result in a satisfying conclusion for anyone, so the cleric was content to play his role, and cede agency to the friends who could eagerly and quickly interact with the woman.

And Mother Hazel was generous towards the Knights, offering them their choice of a solution to their Feydor problem. In fact, the witch, in her capacity as Omnos' unwitting servant, revealed to Frumious that the piccolo given to the young gnome by his father might have significance yet undiscovered. From this, Frumious decided to take a more active role in understanding this object, which he hoped would provide further insight into the glory of Omnos.

Calling upon her magic, the witch bound Feydor to a new body, this one stronger than the last. There was a bit of confusion for a moment while the less theologically burdened among the Knights determined what to do with Feydor's former vessel, but a quick explanation from the cleric made it clear that everything that made Feydor truly what he is was now contained in new flesh, and the corpse before them represented only the potential for a future nemesis if it was not properly dealt with. And so it was, and so the Knights of Mist Valley were whole once more.