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The gatehouse of Bomfrey Castle had only one well-guarded passageway, but as many as three officials who managed it. The first compared their names to a list on an extremely long parchment scroll. The second then checked to see if the first had chosen the correct names, and the third kept a detailed record of the proper conduct of the verification process. I'll bet that if we come back in a year, there'll be four people sitting here, and the fourth one will be checking to see if the other three are…-
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Chapter 34 – What He Bears
By now, they were accompanied by a suspicious escort of five knights. They had sent one ahead to announce the banner's arrival. Since their group was traveling on foot and the Tulvians therefore had to lead their horses at a walk pace, their entire procession had a somewhat peculiar solemnity and at the same time they probably looked a bit ridiculous. Whenever one of the knights cast a glance at their motley crew, suspicion returned to his face. But as soon as his gaze wandered further, to the banner on…-
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Chapter 33 – Glory Road
It took five days for Shaelith to realize she was bored, and then a few more moments before she realized that this was, in fact, an almost unheard-of luxury. Not too long ago, but still right in the middle of the then ongoing war, when they had been on their way north, the land they had traveled through had still been gripped by a grim atmosphere and they had to be constantly on guard. Now it feels more like a country outing. That morning, they had passed the first returnees. A handful of families…-
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Chapter 32 – Departure
The letter bore the seal of the Grevue dynasty, a crowned griffin on midnight blue wax, so flawlessly embossed that Shaelith could see the individual feathers in the imprint of the signet ring. Laenre had already opened it. The parchment lay before her on the obsidian table, and the Matriarch was anything but enthusiastic. Benderast stood upright next to Shaelith and was, for once, relatively quiet, for which she was grateful. Behind them, leaning against the wall, was a banner pole hastily fashioned by…-
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Chapter 31 – Two Cultures
Shaelith loved the night in Myzelemaerlazin, when the bioluminescent glow mushrooms dimmed their intensity and bathed the city in a deep, warm, velvety violet. Even Vyrnara Palace didn't really sleep, but rather slumbered, and in this twilight Shaelith moved silently through the corridor. Behind her lay Benderast, who had been snoring like clockwork for the past hour on the bed he had made for himself on the floor. At least he stuck to that. Honor was hanging outside the door, so Shaelith tried to be…-
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Chapter 30 – Back Again
The flight had been a success in every way, with the sole exception that Grimbart had not survived it. At least, that's what he claimed. "I AM DEAD," he yelled into the wind as his grasshopper caught a thermal and shot ten feet upward. "I AM DEAD, AND THIS IS THE FORGE FATHER'S PUNISHMENT FOR MY SINS!" Mirrsoss zipped through the air beside them, wings flapping wildly, face turned toward the sun, and made a small detour to get closer to Grimbart's grasshopper. "Grimbart! Look, down there is the river…-
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The Warlock still lay where he had fallen. No one had moved him. But his helmet had slipped from his head in death, revealing his ordinary human face. Narrow, unremarkable, and unkempt, with three-day stubble and dark circles under his eyes. He actually looked more like an exhausted accountant than someone who commanded a goblin army, drove four peoples to war, and committed countless massacres. The kind of person whose neighbors would later report on television that they had no idea. Shaelith looked…
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Chapter 28 – Pride of the Lake
The Warlock moved into the final battle, throwing everything he had left into the fight, and that was no small amount. His remaining arm swung the mace in wide, devastating arcs. Crimson runes flickered along the weapon, no longer glowing steadily, but stuttering like a light bulb about to burn out, but with each flash, a shockwave was released that shattered furniture and knocked Shaeravyn soldiers and sorceresses off their feet. Even Shaelith had to pick herself up again. The Warlock did not try to…-
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Shaelith couldn't see much from her chained position, but what she did see was enough to realize that doom was descending upon the goblins below. The Tulvian cavalry made the ground beneath the fortress vibrate as thousands of heavy warhorses simultaneously crashed into the hastily assembled outer defensive lines of the goblins. Above the thunder of hooves, the magically amplified voices of the living Tulvian battle standards cut through the noise, the bizarre, sentient silk banners that moved…
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Chapter 26 – Story Engine
The Warlock led them calmly through the fortress. He had tied Shaelith's hands behind her back and was pulling her and Vyriz behind him on a leash like dogs. Vyriz's eyes were still blindfolded, his mouth still gagged, but he was staying on his feet, and Shaelith tried to stay close enough to him that he knew where she was and didn't accidentally stumble. The Warlock wore a simple linen shirt, dark pants, and supple leather boots that were of good quality but had definitely seen better days. A short…-
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