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<blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 403279" data-attributes="member: 2012"><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>THE ALLIANCE (PART I)</strong></span></p><p></p><p><strong><em>Near the western edge of the Great Forest:</em></strong></p><p>"Will you please put that book away, Bactra. Pay attention for once."</p><p></p><p>Bactra sighed putting away his journal. Dabuk was sulking next to him on his roan. "All right, but stop being such a baby about it."</p><p></p><p>The young ranger was staring intently into the forest for any signs of trouble. His father, Garth Tigerstorm, rode in the front of the column of horses leading the way. He had insisted that Dabuk take up the rear. Dabuk wished his father would put more faith in him.</p><p></p><p>"Father is being arrogant. I'd be better able to lead from the front. Not stuck back here."</p><p></p><p>"With me, you mean."</p><p></p><p>"Oh come on. You know I didn't mean it like that. I just meant I'm more in my element in the lead."</p><p></p><p>"Yes, but you're not leading this expedition. Your father is."</p><p></p><p>"Will you two be quiet back there. Even a goblin patrol could hear us coming with all the noise you are making. Now be silent!"</p><p></p><p>When Dabuk's father used that tone you didn't contradict him. The man always had his way. Dabuk sighed pulling his horse back behind Bactra's gray mare. She wasn't as large as Dabuk or Garth's heavy warhorses but she was just the right size for Bactra. She was quick on her hooves, which would allow him to escape a bad situation if one arose.</p><p></p><p>Thessa rode in front of him on a small, but sturdy war pony that she had bought from an elven trader in Woodknot. Mesik rode alongside her on his own pony. They seemed to be having a conversation with their hands, something Bactra had never seen before. He didn't understand any of it.</p><p></p><p>In front of the two friends walked the wood giant Hougwarth. The large giant man was too big to ride a horse but kept up easily, his long gait more than a match for the horses. Garth had worried that the horses would panic being so close to Hougwarth that he almost didn't let the vonakyndra come with them. Only when his own warhorse, Hindle, took a shine to the giant man did Garth relent.</p><p></p><p>The two young men watched Dabuk's father in the lead. He was a good a tracker as his son but not better. After his wife died, he changed. He spent less time visiting Woodknot and, in fact, barely went near the Great Forest of Harqual at all. Dabuk chalked it up to too many memories.</p><p></p><p>The man known as the Justicar scanned the trees carefully, as they neared the edge of the Great Forest. Not even he had ever been this far west more than a handful of times in his life. It was here that elves controlled very little and men, not at all. This was monster country or worse.</p><p></p><p>Garth reigned in his horse suddenly putting his hand up for the others to stop. Everyone was deathly quiet waiting for the man to either proceed or have them dismount. Dabuk strained his eyes and his ears listening for any clue as to what had set his father off.</p><p></p><p>Garth sniffed the air a scowl on his lips. "Orcs."</p><p></p><p>His great blood red roan threw its head back in disgust steam billowing from its nostrils.</p><p></p><p>* * *</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Knightfall, post: 403279, member: 2012"] [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]THE ALLIANCE (PART I)[/B][/COLOR] [b][i]Near the western edge of the Great Forest:[/i][/b] "Will you please put that book away, Bactra. Pay attention for once." Bactra sighed putting away his journal. Dabuk was sulking next to him on his roan. "All right, but stop being such a baby about it." The young ranger was staring intently into the forest for any signs of trouble. His father, Garth Tigerstorm, rode in the front of the column of horses leading the way. He had insisted that Dabuk take up the rear. Dabuk wished his father would put more faith in him. "Father is being arrogant. I'd be better able to lead from the front. Not stuck back here." "With me, you mean." "Oh come on. You know I didn't mean it like that. I just meant I'm more in my element in the lead." "Yes, but you're not leading this expedition. Your father is." "Will you two be quiet back there. Even a goblin patrol could hear us coming with all the noise you are making. Now be silent!" When Dabuk's father used that tone you didn't contradict him. The man always had his way. Dabuk sighed pulling his horse back behind Bactra's gray mare. She wasn't as large as Dabuk or Garth's heavy warhorses but she was just the right size for Bactra. She was quick on her hooves, which would allow him to escape a bad situation if one arose. Thessa rode in front of him on a small, but sturdy war pony that she had bought from an elven trader in Woodknot. Mesik rode alongside her on his own pony. They seemed to be having a conversation with their hands, something Bactra had never seen before. He didn't understand any of it. In front of the two friends walked the wood giant Hougwarth. The large giant man was too big to ride a horse but kept up easily, his long gait more than a match for the horses. Garth had worried that the horses would panic being so close to Hougwarth that he almost didn't let the vonakyndra come with them. Only when his own warhorse, Hindle, took a shine to the giant man did Garth relent. The two young men watched Dabuk's father in the lead. He was a good a tracker as his son but not better. After his wife died, he changed. He spent less time visiting Woodknot and, in fact, barely went near the Great Forest of Harqual at all. Dabuk chalked it up to too many memories. The man known as the Justicar scanned the trees carefully, as they neared the edge of the Great Forest. Not even he had ever been this far west more than a handful of times in his life. It was here that elves controlled very little and men, not at all. This was monster country or worse. Garth reigned in his horse suddenly putting his hand up for the others to stop. Everyone was deathly quiet waiting for the man to either proceed or have them dismount. Dabuk strained his eyes and his ears listening for any clue as to what had set his father off. Garth sniffed the air a scowl on his lips. "Orcs." His great blood red roan threw its head back in disgust steam billowing from its nostrils. * * * [/QUOTE]
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