I piled up the all the tokens except the Merc Squad one. Then I separated the pile into each type of token.

I decided to start with the reward tokens, since they could end up as anything.

The first was a tech schematic for a Light Saber! It appeared to be similar in design to the first one used by Luke Skywalker.

I loved the Star Wars films. So I was very excited.

I quickly realized that maybe this wasn't so great. What if the assemblers and forges couldn't produce the right materials?

Thought the idea of a Light Saber focused through a Psicrystal sounded awesome.

Later. I took a deep breath and went to the next token.

This one became a Supply token. So did the next, and the next.

The fifth reward token became a Theme Restriction Reduction token.

This token would remove either a small restriction or reduce a larger one. The only restriction I was aware of was the one that kept me from summoning non human sentients.

That was going to Meadran or the Nexus. I wanted to meet the Kaldorei or the Khalai. Very exciting!

The sixth Reward token gave me another Merc Squad token.

The seventh gave me a Building Upgrade token.

YES! Now I could advance both Meadran and the Nexus! Sweet!

The eighth was another Supply token.

The Ninth was a Return token.

This would bring you back to where ever you considered home.

Wait. Could I go... home?

I looked up at everyone. It must have been pretty boring watching me turn one piles of tokens into other tokens but they seemed riveted. Other than Mith, who was running around chasing something.

My eyes snapped back to the token.

"Is that one special, Hoss?" Raynor looked puzzled.

"It can send someone back to where they consider home." I answered not looking up.

"Oh." He looked at Amanda who shrugged.

Jaina looked worried. She among everyone here both understood why I'd want to use it and would covet it herself.

It would be the height of selfishness to use this token if it could take me home. Major grade A dick move. Leave everything unfinished.

It was temping. I would always be thinking about it. If I has easy access I might use it when things got difficult.

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I rolled it across my fingers like a coin.

I couldn't risk it.

"John, hold on to this for me." I tossed the token to John. He caught it and made it vanish.

He nodded. Approval.

Besides now that I knew him, I could never leave Mith behind.

The tenth reward token became a Hero token.

The eleventh became a stone. It was perfectly round and a dull grey.

My BTC shook.

[ Eye of Thoth ]

[ Data Unavailable ]

That name was familiar but the memories eluded me.

I shrugged and put it into my storage. I would research it some other day.

The seven Supply tokens were next.

The first was a crate of Elven Plum Brandy. 20 exquisite glass bottles packed in some kind of foam. The crate itself was a wood with rich dark tones etched with fine scrollwork.

The second was a box of 10 Phasers. Heh. Both the greats are in the house. I didn't recognize which era of the shows they were from.

The third was a container of boxes of Jelly Beans. Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans. Hmm. No clue where those come from. Haha. Also no desire to find out the hard way what flavors are in those. Maybe the kids will like them.

The fourth was a crate of five complete suits of chainmail. Made of some golden metal with a green cast to it. Otherwise the mail was very plain. I couldn't tell what they were made of, but them radiated a lot of mana.

The fifth ended up being a huge barrel of Dwarven Mead. Which dwarves from where? Who knew?

The sixth was, I kid you not, a crate of 30 bizarre muskets. No powder or rounds. The muskets had all these valves and switches, and extra piping. Strange.

The last Supply token yielded a a box filled with bags of dragon jerky. Interesting.

I opened a bag and took a bite. Rich and sweet. Smokey and spicy. Delicious. Full of mana. Thankfully not very salty.

I passed the bag to Raynor. Then it made the rounds. I soon heard many sounds of approval.

I used my Power token.

[ You have gained Psychic Warning ]

Hmm.

This was basically three second prescience concerning danger. So kind of like Spidey Sense or Jedi reflexes? Useful.

Time to summon some new Heroes.

[ You have summoned Probius ]

A very large version of a Probe without any fins appeared. It was much larger than a human.

It's beeps almost sounded like speech.

'En Taro Adun, Executor!'

Probius had a very big presence in the Psifield. It was quite a calming influence.

'Greetings Probius. We will talk later.'

'By your command.'

[ You have summoned Tassadar ]

A strong and clear voice rang out through the Psifield.

Tall and odd. Glowing blue eyes. No nose or mouth, and sharp steer looking features. Bundled cords sprouted from the back of his skull. His connection to the Khala. If I remembered Alina's lessons correctly. He worn light crysbronze armor studded with worked Khaydarin crystals, and flowing robes under that. His hand had four fingers and had a more box like grip. His legs were birdlike.

'En Taro Adun! Executor, long may I serve.'

Despite the differences he felt noble and kind.

Raynor stood up quick, "Tassadar, old buddy!"

'Friend Raynor. It is good to see you well.'

I chuckled, "I'll let you two catch up."

I picked up the last Hero token.

[ You have summoned Corusaltusvermilliondeku, Slayer of Honeypots ]

A small cat sized dragon appeared. Blue scales with multi colored stripes running down it's side. It had butterfly wings. A kaleidoscope of different colors ran over each other on those gossamer wings which were fluttering at insane speeds. They produced a droning noise. Also manasparks flew every which way.

"Hellohowareyou?" Staring from my left but traveling to my right. It was very hard to keep my eyes focused on the little creature. The voice was high pitched and squeaky. Super annoying.

"Huh?" It took me a second to parse what it said. "Oh, sorry. I doing fine, how about you?"

"I'msuperexcitedtobehere!" It went from up above to down near the ground.

My brain caught up with the situation.

Oh no. A hyperactive dragon. A hyperactive faerie dragon hybrid thing.

"Nice to have you. Um, why don't you explore the Valley."

"Where'sthat?"

I pointed the way and it took off like a bullet, squealing something about honey.

Maybe it would have fun chasing wisps.

Plus, I only had five upgrade tokens, and I didn't want to hurt the little guy.

Headache avoided.

I gave Raynor, Jaina, John, Tassadar and Probius one each of the Hero upgrade tokens.

They were surrounded by light.

They had moved up a level.

It felt good to see them grow.