William Brown
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72 Chapter 7The Stonedance bled during a time of the war between Lucian Mithandir and King Castellan for the silver throne. Although outnumbered at first, somehow Lucian Mithandir’s men proved to be better fighters than Lord Gandalf’s and Castellans’s. It was General Haul who remained with forty thousand of his men while the twenty crossbow men led by the Vulture all died. Cardinal Topher remained with ten thousand men, Lord Aethelind lost thirty thousand of his men during the battle and that’s…
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71 Chapter 7No matter how much loud the lions roared, and how much blood was spilled in Stonedance. It was a whole new day in the capital of Maldonia, Blackmount and the celebrations in the city never ended. All the great cities of Maldonia which were Sea Tone, Cooperstone, Green Town and Blackmount where the king ruled from were all at peace. With exception of Old City, Iron Falcon and Horriss who were big cities but empty without men since their lords took them to war. From the Dark Town in the…
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70 Chapter 7The horn finally blew to wake armed men, knights, crossbow men, free riders, slaves and sells words. It was an hour of the owl, the sun was yet to come and nor were the roosters set to crow. With haste, the men woke up and prepared themselves. “The Red” section of strong fifty thousand knights led by General Haul were set to stand in the vanguard, these were the Prophisian men he fled the King’s City with. They were all unhorsed except for General Haul who stood ahorse a few yards from…
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69 Chapter 6Lord Petrus Octavianus of House Octavianus stuttered the moment he received Princess Aeryn’s letters. He shared it with his mother, Lady Allysa Octavianus and his four sisters who were all shocked but at the same time happy for their brothers. A year had passed ever since the day he visited the capital, Blackmount and met the princess of Maldonia. Their rather acquintance moment was cut short by Artemis and since then, neither did Petrus seek the princess out nor did the princess look for…
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68 Chapter 6Lord Gandalf cared for no traditions nor made effort to ally himself with Maldonian’s ways, he was always a man full of himself and ego. He believed in creating a world of his own, a path he can only forge and cross and while a new one was ahead of him, Castellan had no clue when he made an effort to befriend him. “After the war is over, I shall prepare a feast in your honor my lord” Castellan said with a smile. “You have honored me, Lord Gandalf” “Have I, Your Grace?”…
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67 Chapter 6At first light just like how Lucerys instructed, Lady Aryan and Olivia had already fled the palace and they were at the harbor. The port was crowded for an early morning, they had to stand underneath an oak tree for twenty minutes just waiting for Lucerys to show up. Aryan wore a black hoodie to hide her face with black trousers and black boots, on top of it she had a huge fur jacket as it was so freezing she could feel her bones cracking. Olivia had two jackets and she wore huge boots to…
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66 Chapter 6The news of the King’s show amongst his people reached Princess Aeryn, and she went crazy. She immediately rushed to her window and looked down, he saw the procession coming to an end. The folks were taking their leave when the main gates of the palace were opened and her brother walked inside holding hands with Aurora and laughing as they chit chat. “What is wrong with him?” Princess Aeryn hissed softly. The princess’s lady, Misenda asked if the princess said anything but Aeryn…
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65 Chapter 6The newly-weds spent all the time together in the capital, the servants speak of Artemis and Aurora’s love story claiming they were inseparable. They would stay naked together on bed, kiss even in the audience of their helps and sometimes in the council chambers when Artemis finished meetings with his lords and advisors. In respect of the Queen, the castle she was once gifted before the wedding by Artemis was to be made the couple’s new home. It was up in the hill and the air was fresh,…
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64 Chapter 6The play actors moved from the act and started dancing and singing, the folks were pushed outside as the theatre was then closed by a narrow curtain to allow only those who paid to be entertained. That’s when Lady Aryan took Olivia’s hand and just like the first time, they kept on walking. “Shouldn’t we be back to the palace now? The queen might be looking for you” said Olivia. “And?” “Aren’t you worried that she might suspect something?” Aryan sighed softly…
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63 Chapter 6On the other side of the battlefield almost ten miles away, the sound of the horses’ hooves kicking the ground was hard and could be heard all over the place. Almost fifty thousand warhorses and one hundred and fifty thousand matching army with their swords raised up high. Unlike Lord Gandalf and King Castellan army which was made up of Maldonian men from Old City and Prophisians, the Lucian Mithandir side was a collection of men from several parts of the realm and even away from the…
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