William Brown
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82 Chapter 8Aurora assured Artemis that they won’t fail, and nor was Artemis’s decision done by anger. She assured him that even the good folks of Old City would accept a new lord since their own abandoned them to seek greener pastures. “Lord Angun was perfect for the post but since he turned it down I’m positive we’ll find a suitable replacement, it’s time the Squires step aside and allow Maldonia to thrive. Sooner than later I shall have a dragon of my own, my grandmother has assured me…
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81 Chapter 8The once friends had turned to foes in spilt second, now it was Gandalf who controlled the city and he had more men. One hundred and forty thousand strong, one hundred and twenty thousandof his men and the addition of twenty thousand who General Haul brought to the city, these men despised Castellan and they chose to stand with Gandalf. Like they always say “An enemy of my enemy is my friend” and indeed these Prophisian men who still believed Taelins were usurpers were ready to side…
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80 Chapter 8In an attempt to make peace, Gandalf allowed General Haul to get back to his horse and lead his men to his cause. “We have the same enemy; I say we ally ourselves together” he said to the general. Even though Lucian Mithandir lost and probably Prince Ambrose was also dead in Stonedance, General Haul decided to support Lord Gandalf. Henceforth, forty thousand men all on horses rode back to the King’s City from the Green Mountains gates. It was a long ride but they rode faster and all…
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79 Chapter 7The moment General Haul arrived at the gates of Green Mountains with his twenty thousand knights, he found a surprise waiting for him. Lord Gandalf stood a league away with his men, not all of them he brought just twenty thousand and made sure the rest one hundred thousand were spread out all over the King’s City and other parts of the kingdom, not the whole kingdom but the most important parts. The other three big cities Claydall, Bellward and Raven were surrounded by Lord Gandalf’s men…
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78 Chapter 7The new lord of House Horriss was more into ambitions and vengeance unlike his father. At sixteen years old Deagol was bound to listen to his advisors and lords but he chose against it, he didn’t even listen to his mother who was against him going back to Stonedance. She reminded him “That’s where your father died. Let it go Deagol” but a vengeance boy he was and determined to avenge his father. Deagol Aethelind took with him five thousand strong men of his house carrying his own…
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77 Chapter 7All the way back to Blackmount Aurora complained about the traitors living underneath her roof. These servants were the ones who sent Aeryn the details of her meetings with her grandmother and the spells they read all day. “Traitors! I want them all questioned and stripped off their cause. I can’t be served by traitors” she kept on whining. “I shall have my kingsguards question them” Artemis told her. “No, I want to be the one to question them. I can tell when someone is…
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76 Chapter 7The discreet strolling between Aeryn and Deagol in the garden wasn’t so discreet as they thought because a spy of Lord Gandalf was listening attentively. Deagol talked about the new war strategy which involved blocking out King Castellan’s army and sacking the city through Green Mountains passage. The spy’s name was Sir Tommy, the brave. Tommy was a knight to Lord Gandalf’s army and he gained the nickname “the brave” for he was the only knight who was brave enough to ride one of…
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75 Chapter 7The execution of King Vaith happened very discreetly inside that tent and it was General Haul who conducted it. He slit Vaith’s throat and that marked the end of the so called “King of rebellions” whilst his people had no idea what happened. When they didn’t hear from him for another week, they knew he died fighting in the Stonedance. Now back to Horriss where the funeral of Lord Aethelind was happening, unexpectedly Princess Aeryn arrived during the golden hour with her husband Lord…
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74 Chapter 7The sound of burning firewood echoed through the ears of the men who were trembling while they waited for their fate. The desert of Stonedance was freezing as usual, but maybe perhaps this night the cold had intensified. The intensification of cold was caused by fear amongst them, even Lucian himself feared for his life. Apart from fighting for his house and years of hoping to rise House Mithandir back to his former glory, he was a husband and father. His wife, Majdah the princess of Doha…
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73 Chapter 7Once a great castle full of light, music and drums had grown somber and quiet except for few sounds of tears amongst the ladies of the house. Lady Burchad, who after her husband’s death became Dowager Lady Burchad of House Horriss was inside her chambers being consoled with the Faith Crones and her daughters. The man of the house and the next lord of Horriss, Deagol Aethelind was sixteen of age when his father died. He was a man grown and fit to lead a powerful house with all its glory in…
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