They had sent their women and children into the heart of the Burning Mountains and built defenses. Krentz laid wards inside the mountain, rather than out, as the dark elves would find any magical workings suspicious. Dirk would have stayed to help them defend, if not for Krentz’s determination to...
Dirk was taken to a holding cell of the city guard. He was charged with several counts of attacking a guard and disturbing the peace. The disturbing-the-peace charge was worth a night in the cell; the attack charge was much more serious. He waited for the inevitable for only two hours and was bro...
Whill arose to discover what the noise was about. From his window he could see that someone had just arrived, someone of great importance. “Tarren, come quickly, you must see this!” The lad hurried to the window. “Is it the king of Shierdon? Has he arrived for the meeting?” “I believe so.” A smal...
—Azzeal, 4996 Talon woke in the morning thinking he had wakened from a terrible nightmare. The tear-stained letter in his clutching grip reminded him the nightmare had been real. The same strong urge to run to Timber Wolf Village and rescue Akkeri plagued him, but he resisted. They were right...