Your self-instruction goes smoothly enough, it is being impeded by the fact you do have to help Pol in the kitchen a lot, not quite as much as when she was actually trying to impede you training however.
Zubrette finds your reasoning acceptable.
One day when you're running around you notice a man on horseback on a hill. Just the black outline of the man actually, as the sun is directly behind him. Now that you think about it you've seen this man on the outskirts of your vision many times and he's always had the sun at his back. After having that thought and looking back he's suddenly gone.
After noticing this the first time you notice it frequently during brawls and while running around, less so while lifting weights.
One day an old rough looking man wanders onto the farm. He's greeted fondly by Faldor and Pol seems to know him well too. This is the old man Pol took you to after your parents died. He looks like a vagabond now, although he didn't look particularly well kept before.
Pol greets:
"It's been quite a long time old wolf, up to your normal antics?"
He responds;
"Just taking in the sights of the world"
Pol:"I notice you've already taken in the wonders of my kitchen today" (he's managed to steal some food from the kitchen which he's casually eating and procured a tankard of ale.
Wolf:"I can never pass up the cupboards of your kitchen Pol." said with a smirk.
Faldor asks Wolf to stay for dinner and regale the farm with a story in celebration of his visit. Wolf agrees, goes through dinner telling many short ordinary stories, although all are exceptional stories as far as storytelling goes.
After dinner however everyone gathers round for his main story.
Wolf tells the story of the making of the world, where the 8 gods drew together and made all the races of the world, and then chose a race for each of them.
Torak claimed the Angaraks to the east.
Belar claimed the Alorns to the north.
Chaldan claimed the proud Arends of the midlands.
Issa claimed the Nyissans, the serpent people.
Mara claimed the Marags (description wasn't really given)
Nedra claimed the Tolnedrans, imperial merchants.
UL claimed no one but was given the Ulgo, all that weren't claimed by the others.
Aldur claimed none, but accepted the desciples of magic as his own.
He then branches into the story of the Orb of Aldur.
Aldur, having no race to watch over, watched over magic. During the many eons that the gods wandered the world Aldur took up a stone, and willed it to be alive and brimming with magic. This stone was given immense power, and this power made Aldur's brother Torak jealous. Torak took the orb from his brother Aldur, who had no recourse as he was unwilling to fight his own flesh and blood. (all the gods are related brothers/sisters)
Torak then ran back to his land of Angaraks with the Orb of Aldur.
The armies of the west (all non Angaraks) muster their forces and move to invade in an attempt to retrieve the sacred orb. Torak in his desperation to save his own people and keep the orb uses the orbs power to split the world, allowing the great seas to rush in between the lands of the east and west. The orb however did not approve of this, and lashed back at Torak, burning his beautiful face, searing half of it to a disfigured heap and burning out one eye. Torak screamed a horrific scream and cast down the orb, ordering it to be sealed in a casket.
Belgarath, first disciple of Aldur, went to the King of Cherek and requested his aid in retrieving the orb. The king, his three sons, and Belgarath thus departed to retrieve the orb. Upon reaching the orb Belgarath announced he could not touch the orb, as the orb had been slighted and now would only allow those with no ill intent in their heart to touch it ever again, lest they be burned like Torak was. The kings youngest son Riva however simply walked up and picked up the orb. The orb glowed a bright blue warmth as it accepted Riva as it's keeper, and signified it's acceptance by branding a bright white orb unto it's keepers hand.
They then quickly retreated from the land of the Angaraks back to the Cherek. There Belgarath told the King of Cherek that he must split his land, in order to protect the orb better. While the king was hesitant he saw the wisdom in Belgaraths words and split up his land and sons. What was once a unified alorn land became the Drasnians against the border to the east, in order to spy upon the Angaraks, Cherek in the north, in order to control the seas by warboat, and the Rivans in the far isles of the winds, in order to be best protected.
That's the end of the story Wolf tells, upon which Faldor gives a standing ovation and tells you all that you should note this day, as you have all just been gifted with a story oft saved for the ears of kings.
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2 intuition checks for different aspects of the man on horseback.
34 and 15. Failed on first, good success on second.
Perception check on old man:
8; easy pass
