Thick garlands of flowers and leaves, woven in the courtyards, were strung along the balconies of the houses. Gael had not gone to the Carach on the hilltop after all, but ridden on a well-worn track round the hill and come to the river crossing, a ford in old times but now a solid causeway, well...
“Va-ban!” he shouted in a voice of thunder. The Bird Clan vassals heaved on the ropes; Diver, Mamor and the Harper steadied the framework. Tomarvan slid up the ramp to the level of the Bird Clan grounds. The vassals lifted it bodily onto the wheeled wicker cradle and trundled our precious bird in...
It curls upon the gables of those two wonders of the world, the royal palaces of Achamar. The palace gardens are white and still; the square before the hall of the Dainmut is thickly carpeted and untrodden except by some cheeky fox or marten that has come to the city looking for food. It is the f...