Minotaur had left a mess behind them, and then the rebels who possessed the city afterwards had burnt most of the furniture in their big bonfires that were set in the middle of the streets.
The good news was that the homes were intact and that they would have shelter over their heads. They had been provisioned by the people of the land. One of the first tasks they sat about was planting. The women of the Elves were going to have to do the lion's share of the work, because most of the men that they had with them were the ones that had been wounded in the battles or old ones.
Those men that had healed sufficiently were the ones that Fannor sent out to do the work of hunting game and fin ding fruit and the bounties of the forest.
When they started to settle in, Fannor brought his people together. "We have a new start in an old home. We will thrive as we always have," he said. "We have survived, and by the grace of those who have brought peace to a troubled land, we have our old home again. It's not perfect, but we will make it so."
The people cheered. Fannor was still feeling the rough road, so they managed to get him into one of the houses and placed cushions on the floor for him to rest on. A healer came along and gave him something to drink to help with the pain. He slept straight through until the next day.
Gilead had thought of all of the accomplishments of Fannor over the past few weeks. Despite being badly wounded, he had negotiated their resettlement with the people of the land, settled them in a new home, and gave the people encouragement. Gilead had decided that Fannor should be made Chancellor before some other leader with more authority came to upset the balance of power. He started talking to his fellow Elves about it and everyone liked the idea. They scheduled a vote on it in a week's time.
The journey of Fawn and Amlius had been a qu iet one. She didn't want to talk about what he did and he was not in the best mood. They traveled on in silence. Amlius was getting good at riding horses. She said her goodbye to him at the Ornomac tree and then she headed straight north to the Hidden City to visit her mother. Her shunning had been hard on her, but now that it was over, she was welcome back into the cities of the Valkyrie.
When the gate of the Hidden City was finally opened, Fawn rushed to the Palace to see her mother. She was shocked to see how frail the once powerful warrior queen had become. She still sat on the throne, but she was only a shell of her former shelf.
The Queen raised her hand and beckoned her daughter forward. "I am so sorry, I was wrong to do what I did to you. I am so happy for you and Sarchise. It must have been a wonderful wedding. I wish that I could have been there."
"Oh , Mother, you didn't miss much. King Cazz said something in old Dwarfish that I didn't understand and I nodded my head. He then said something else in old Dwarfish that Sarchise didn't understand. He then talked Sarchise into nodding his head. That was all there was to it."
"The first Valkyrie wedding after four hundred years, I would have expected more than that!"
"It is so good to see you, Mother," Fawn said as she hugged her.
The Battle of Fernar Darus Continues
The Far Shore
The nightly attacks of the Capital were taking a toll. It had been a week of it. More and more of the El f warriors were getting wounded. It was all the more they had to send to the coast, adding woes to their evacuation efforts. In the end Istuin had to request two hundred more men to replace those that he had lost. The ones coming back were feeling that they were being sent to the slaughter and their moralee was very low.
Istuin was having trouble keeping the Chancellor's spirit up also. The Chancellor was fatalistic about the chances of the Elves remaining in the land or surviving. Night after night Kolis sat looking out his balcony window, waiting for the Trolls to break through and kill him.
When Istuin arrived at the
The good news was that the homes were intact and that they would have shelter over their heads. They had been provisioned by the people of the land. One of the first tasks they sat about was planting. The women of the Elves were going to have to do the lion's share of the work, because most of the men that they had with them were the ones that had been wounded in the battles or old ones.
Those men that had healed sufficiently were the ones that Fannor sent out to do the work of hunting game and fin ding fruit and the bounties of the forest.
When they started to settle in, Fannor brought his people together. "We have a new start in an old home. We will thrive as we always have," he said. "We have survived, and by the grace of those who have brought peace to a troubled land, we have our old home again. It's not perfect, but we will make it so."
The people cheered. Fannor was still feeling the rough road, so they managed to get him into one of the houses and placed cushions on the floor for him to rest on. A healer came along and gave him something to drink to help with the pain. He slept straight through until the next day.
Gilead had thought of all of the accomplishments of Fannor over the past few weeks. Despite being badly wounded, he had negotiated their resettlement with the people of the land, settled them in a new home, and gave the people encouragement. Gilead had decided that Fannor should be made Chancellor before some other leader with more authority came to upset the balance of power. He started talking to his fellow Elves about it and everyone liked the idea. They scheduled a vote on it in a week's time.
The journey of Fawn and Amlius had been a qu iet one. She didn't want to talk about what he did and he was not in the best mood. They traveled on in silence. Amlius was getting good at riding horses. She said her goodbye to him at the Ornomac tree and then she headed straight north to the Hidden City to visit her mother. Her shunning had been hard on her, but now that it was over, she was welcome back into the cities of the Valkyrie.
When the gate of the Hidden City was finally opened, Fawn rushed to the Palace to see her mother. She was shocked to see how frail the once powerful warrior queen had become. She still sat on the throne, but she was only a shell of her former shelf.
The Queen raised her hand and beckoned her daughter forward. "I am so sorry, I was wrong to do what I did to you. I am so happy for you and Sarchise. It must have been a wonderful wedding. I wish that I could have been there."
"Oh , Mother, you didn't miss much. King Cazz said something in old Dwarfish that I didn't understand and I nodded my head. He then said something else in old Dwarfish that Sarchise didn't understand. He then talked Sarchise into nodding his head. That was all there was to it."
"The first Valkyrie wedding after four hundred years, I would have expected more than that!"
"It is so good to see you, Mother," Fawn said as she hugged her.
The Battle of Fernar Darus Continues
The Far Shore
The nightly attacks of the Capital were taking a toll. It had been a week of it. More and more of the El f warriors were getting wounded. It was all the more they had to send to the coast, adding woes to their evacuation efforts. In the end Istuin had to request two hundred more men to replace those that he had lost. The ones coming back were feeling that they were being sent to the slaughter and their moralee was very low.
Istuin was having trouble keeping the Chancellor's spirit up also. The Chancellor was fatalistic about the chances of the Elves remaining in the land or surviving. Night after night Kolis sat looking out his balcony window, waiting for the Trolls to break through and kill him.
When Istuin arrived at the
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