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Chapter 11 - Restless Guardians (Part 2) Enlishia burst into the chamber behind Dulvarna and immediately threw aside her bow and drew her sword as the zombies came at her. She lashed out and cut into a flailing arm but the dead creature paid it no mind. She looked to the robed figure and knew...

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Chapter 11 - Restless Guardians (Part 1) “Well?” said Dulvarna, standing back from the tree trunk that she had been working on since they had risen that morning. Now one end was honed into a point and partly clad in metal with spear shafts bent along the point and tied to the trunk further...

Chapter 10 - The Halls Beneath (Part 5) “There is a stave here,” Thira called from the corner of the wide southern chamber. Three round pillars supported the ceiling of the high hall while filthy bedding had been heaped to the east around a smoldering campfire beneath the smoke hole that they...

Chapter 10 - The Halls Beneath (Part 4) Dulvarna glanced right as she skirted the northern edge of the well and as she did so, she saw Thira loose a bolt of silver magic from her staff that stuck a hobgoblin in the chest. The creature was hurled backwards and landed at the feet of the newcomers...

Chapter 10 - The Halls Beneath (Part 3) Khurbok seized his spear and took up his shield and began to shout to his warriors to follow him. With a whistle, he summoned his wolf, Gimuk, to his side and then turned to his companions. “It is the elves,” he called out in his own tongue. “The elves...

Chapter 10 - The Halls Beneath (Part 2) The dusty, dark cellar beneath the trap door was apparently used to store spirits at one time, Thira concluded as she surveyed the place by the magical light of her staff. The stone staircase that led down from the trap door above it seemed sturdy and...

Chapter 10 - The Halls Beneath (Part 1) “There’s a trap door here,” Kelolitha called to the others as she picked her way through the ruins. Erlmoor had shamed Dulvarna and Enlishia into building a pyre for the elves while Thira, kel and Lavren explored the ruins carefully. “Then cover it with...

Chapter 9 - The Ashen Tower (Part 3) “You are drow!” said Micor as though it were a curse. Both elves started towards her. “Kill it!” he roared then and rushed at her. Kel parried his blades and retreated before the elves having known that this time would surely come if she travelled abroad in...

Chapter 9 - The Ashen Tower (Part 2) Dulvarna cursed as the hobgoblins began taking up the whooping cry, knowing all hope of surprising whoever dwelt in the ruins was now gone. An arrow flew high over her head and she watched it pass nervously. The hobgoblins did not have the range yet but they...

Chapter 9 - The Ashen Tower (Part 1) Anhob shoved the chainmail coat back under the furs of his bed as he heard the trapdoor down to the dungeon below slam shut and Khurbok begin barking orders to the warriors who guarded the upper ruin with Anhob. The warcaster cursed the chieftain silently...

Chapter 8 - Guardians of the Forest (Part 6) Dulvarna looked over her shoulder as the other wolf rushed in and, satisfied that her companions were coping well without her, she turned her attention back to the two wolves she now faced. One darted at her but she dodged back and it grasped only a...

Chapter 8 - Guardians of the Forest (Part 5) They heard wolf howls before they had gone very far, first from the left and then answering ones from the right. “Why is this place forbidden to elves?” asked Kel, still keeping her face hidden beneath the hood of her cloak. “It was taken by the...

Chapter 8 - Guardians of the Forest (Part 4) “I cannot allow it,” said Litiraan once the two elves had presented themselves before his tent just as Dulvarna and the others were leaving. “The forest around the Ashen Tower has been forbidden to elves for centuries. It belongs to our enemies.”...

Chapter 8 - Guardians of the Forest (Part 3) “I heard them say it,” said Ilar as he tore a piece of meat from the small rabbit leg he held in his hand. “It can’t be,” answered Micor. “Litiraan would not allow it.” “Wrong,” Ilar snapped back with a half smile. “He would not allow us to go there...

Chapter 8 - Guardians of the Forest (Part 2) “My guards tell me that you seek the Ashen Tower,” said the elf lord without preamble, once the companions had sat down at the table set out for them in the central pavilion. Before them was a meal of meats, bread, cheese, fruit, sweet breads and...

Chapter 8 - Guardians of the Forest (Part 1) Serethira Bralkiir embraced Berdar Djaler and turned away as Enlishia took her own turn to embrace her former mentor. The tiefling now wore a head scarf to cover her horns for the day was bright and warm for the season. Beside her, Kel remained...

Firstly thanks for posting and glad you're enjoying the story. KotS (with a couple of side treks) ran to 22 chapters in the end so there's plenty more to come and I've now started Thunderspire Labyrinth. Had a look at your web site and it looks great. Would love to have the time and ability to...

Chapter 7 - Winter Travelers (Part 3) “What think you of it,” said Berdar as he held out the knot of wood to Enlishia. “It is a map, clearly,” said Enlishia, speaking quietly as she and the companions now shared the attic of Wrafton’s Inn with nearly a dozen others from the vale who had come to...

Chapter 7 - Winter Travelers (Part 2) Enlishia looked out from the wall towards the distant ruined keep and thought again of Mandratan and Gevarn who had fallen there. It had hit Dulvarna hardest of all for she took the burden of responsibility upon herself and now journeyed to the graveyard...