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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Medriev" data-source="post: 4798887" data-attributes="member: 21864">Chapter 8 - Ambush of the Outcasts (Part 1)“What I cannot understand,” Erlmoor rumbled slowly over a mouthful of fried meat from his trail rations. “Is if you were imprisoned here with Draxius, then how did the royal line of Cormyr continue?”The companions had made camp in the chamber of monoliths amongst the stones and placed careful watched on each of the entryways but nothing had disturbed them and they had rested for what they reckoned to be a night.“We had a son,” Vyrellis answered from the orb which Lavren had placed beside him on the cloth sack in which he carried it. “We named him Bryntarth and he grew into a fine man before tragedy befell us.”“Bryntarth I was a king of Cormyr late in the ninth century of the kingdom,” Litiraan said. “But no tome speaks of tiefling or elven ancestry.”“He did become king,” Vyrellis exclaimed and those who looked towards the orb saw tears in her eyes as she spoke. After a long pause, she continued. “His heritage was barely evident and became less so as he grew.”“Then the kings of Cormyr, down to Azoun IV himself, are descended from a tiefling,” Erlmoor rumbled unhappily.“It seems they are,” Vyrellis said softly. “My son sired a mighty line if it still endures after five centuries. Of that I am proud.”Again, tears came to Vyrellis’ eyes though she was a spirit encased in crystal and could shed none. She bowed her head and the others averted their eyes for a little while as the elf princess composed herself.“Then how do the chronicles of Cormyr record none of this,” Enlishia said. “I learned little of the House of Obarskyr when I was schooled but I learned at least that they were great men and women, who crafted a kingdom where once there was none. How did scholars and sages not record this?”“Perhaps some did,” Telkya answered. “But the victors in all conflicts choose which chronicles become history and if Draxius deserved his imprisonment here then perhaps his son and all who followed him were spared the difficulties of their ancestry.”“Bryntarth did not know,” Vyrellis said sadly. “His father and I kept the truth from him for in his day, Draxius was a great man. Only in the days that became his last as king, did he become arrogant and dangerous. Perhaps the centuries weighed heavy upon him for he began it all as a mortal man or perhaps he simply believed in his own immortality and felt that he should rule all within his grasp. Whatever the reason, by the time he was imprisoned here, he was vicious and evil and deserved his fate.”“But the blood of demons flows yet in the veins of Azoun and his progeny,” Lavren said. “How can we accept that, now that we know it to be true.”“Because he is the king,” Dulvarna replied. “And he has ruled wisely for twenty years and more.”“Dulvarna is right, my love,” Telkya said. “We must judge the kings of Cormyr that have come since by their deeds and not by their blood. Perhaps the blood of demons has given them the fire to defeat the enemies of the kingdom and the blood of the elves has given them the wisdom to choose true courses for the people. For now, we should linger no longer. Draxius must be defeated and his end draws no nearer while we eat here.”The others nodded their agreement as Lavren looked with admiring eyes upon his wife. She had become stronger and wiser since he had known her and with each day, he found he loved her more and more.</blockquote>

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