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.The Consilliarii's recalling of Aarundel was proof they could not imagine Men learning from pastmistakes.By stripping us of his expertise, I assumed they thought we would collapse after havingliberated Centisia.By withdrawing Aarundel they could claim to the Reithrese that they prevented theRed Tiger from overthrowing them.If we kept on winning, the lack of an Elf in our midst would free theReithrese to use any means at their disposal to oppose and defeat us.All of my thinking on this subject occurred in a vacuum.The Elves had decided to ignore me as best theycould, but I'd probably not have discussed all this with them even under torture.Shijef might have offeredinteresting comments, but he opted to isolate me as well.He got along no better than I with the Elves, buthe was used to a solitary existence and apparently had decided I should see what it felt like.We had left Aurium early in the day and headed roughly northwest.We continued on for two hours,outstripping evidence of human habitation.The Elves and their mounts moved through the forest with apreternatural ability that included shadows' reluctance to surrender them to light.Even the slight clankingof their armor dulled in the forest, and as I looked around, I realized I could see only the two Elvesdirectly in front of me.The rest had disappeared.I knew the Elves meant to shock me and inspire fear in me.They succeeded, for I could easily imaginethe terror of people in the Eldsaga when the Elven Legions materialized at the edge of a forest beforeriding down some tiny village.I also knew that Aarundel, up there at the head of the line, was allowing hiscompatriots' pranks because he would have been surprised if I showed fear.In his honor, and for thepride of Men everywhere, I relaxed in the saddle and started humming a little tune. Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.htmlI resolved to smile as well because the day had dawned bright and even in the deep forest, the sunmanaged to warm the air.Slate-gray tree bark broke up the deep greens and bright rust of evergreenneedles present and past.The trail on which we rode wound around, up and down, through various littlehills and along streambeds.I was thinking it was a game trail because it tended to go around thingsinstead of over them, but piles of mossless stones at certain points along the way told me Men had beenusing it recently.Mud splashed up from our horses' hooves as we picked our way down a swampy streambed.Clouds ofneedle-flies rose up but ignored the Elves in favor of me.Slapping the little bloodsuckers distracted meenough that I missed the spot where the others had ridden up from the streambed.Blackstar, apparentlylikewise immune to the insects, plodded on and started up on the far side of the muddy track.I gave himhis head, and though I saw nothing ahead of me, I assumed I was headed in the right direction.Though I had lost sight of them for only a moment and had spent less than a minute in locating themagain, the Elves surprised me when I found them.They had already shucked their armor, unsaddled theirhorses, and set up camp on a hilltop plateau.As I came through the circle of oaks that denned theperimeter of their camp, I wondered at how the trees would have taken root in such a precise pattern.Once inside, however, the answer to that question seemed unimportant, and I began to feel as if I weresuffering from a morning-after without ever having enjoyed the night before.A bit shaky, I swung out of the saddle, and a dizzy wave crested over me.I flailed at the saddle with myright hand, causing Blackstar to shy away from me when I needed the support.I kicked my left foot freeof the stirrup and braced myself for the Elves' piercing ridicule.Before I could land flat on my backhowever, strong hands grasped me under the armpits and steadied me.The dizziness vanished when my feet hit the ground.I felt energy pour up from the earth through thesoles of my boots.My toes curled down into claws, and my spine arched back as millions of pinpricksraced up my body.I wanted to yelp from pain and surprise, but the power froze my throat.Old airburned in my lungs, but the urgency with which I felt I needed to breathe dissolved as the tinglingbounced around inside my skull, then seemed to explode out through my forehead.I dropped to my right knee, pressing my right hand to the ground to steady myself.I swiped with my lefthand at the stinging sweat searing my eyes, then looked up at the Elves gathered at the center of thecircle.They regarded me closely, watching and waiting for something.I snarled at them, then forcedmyself erect.I repaid their curiosity with defiance and received surprise back again.Aarundel clapped me on the back."I had not realized we were so close to a circus translatio.""A what?"He crossed to where Blackstar stood and picked up the dangling reins."This is a place of great magick.Magii sylvani wove great spells here eons ago.Had you not been with us, were the perimeter notdisturbed by our recent passage, you would likely not have noticed this place existed.If you had, youwould have most probably decided it was evil and have chosen to avoid it." He led the horse over towhere the others were picketed, and I followed."That is fortunate because the results could have beendisastrous."I frowned."What are you talking about? What I felt here was not pleasant at all.If that wasn't a disaster,I'm thinking I don't want to know what would have been." Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.htmlAarundel gave me an open smile."Among Men, the ability to cope with magickal energies is much akinto the tolerance for vital libations.With some, evidence your man Gathelus, even a weak drinkprofoundly impairs them."I nodded [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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.The Consilliarii's recalling of Aarundel was proof they could not imagine Men learning from pastmistakes.By stripping us of his expertise, I assumed they thought we would collapse after havingliberated Centisia.By withdrawing Aarundel they could claim to the Reithrese that they prevented theRed Tiger from overthrowing them.If we kept on winning, the lack of an Elf in our midst would free theReithrese to use any means at their disposal to oppose and defeat us.All of my thinking on this subject occurred in a vacuum.The Elves had decided to ignore me as best theycould, but I'd probably not have discussed all this with them even under torture.Shijef might have offeredinteresting comments, but he opted to isolate me as well.He got along no better than I with the Elves, buthe was used to a solitary existence and apparently had decided I should see what it felt like.We had left Aurium early in the day and headed roughly northwest.We continued on for two hours,outstripping evidence of human habitation.The Elves and their mounts moved through the forest with apreternatural ability that included shadows' reluctance to surrender them to light.Even the slight clankingof their armor dulled in the forest, and as I looked around, I realized I could see only the two Elvesdirectly in front of me.The rest had disappeared.I knew the Elves meant to shock me and inspire fear in me.They succeeded, for I could easily imaginethe terror of people in the Eldsaga when the Elven Legions materialized at the edge of a forest beforeriding down some tiny village.I also knew that Aarundel, up there at the head of the line, was allowing hiscompatriots' pranks because he would have been surprised if I showed fear.In his honor, and for thepride of Men everywhere, I relaxed in the saddle and started humming a little tune. Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.htmlI resolved to smile as well because the day had dawned bright and even in the deep forest, the sunmanaged to warm the air.Slate-gray tree bark broke up the deep greens and bright rust of evergreenneedles present and past.The trail on which we rode wound around, up and down, through various littlehills and along streambeds.I was thinking it was a game trail because it tended to go around thingsinstead of over them, but piles of mossless stones at certain points along the way told me Men had beenusing it recently.Mud splashed up from our horses' hooves as we picked our way down a swampy streambed.Clouds ofneedle-flies rose up but ignored the Elves in favor of me.Slapping the little bloodsuckers distracted meenough that I missed the spot where the others had ridden up from the streambed.Blackstar, apparentlylikewise immune to the insects, plodded on and started up on the far side of the muddy track.I gave himhis head, and though I saw nothing ahead of me, I assumed I was headed in the right direction.Though I had lost sight of them for only a moment and had spent less than a minute in locating themagain, the Elves surprised me when I found them.They had already shucked their armor, unsaddled theirhorses, and set up camp on a hilltop plateau.As I came through the circle of oaks that denned theperimeter of their camp, I wondered at how the trees would have taken root in such a precise pattern.Once inside, however, the answer to that question seemed unimportant, and I began to feel as if I weresuffering from a morning-after without ever having enjoyed the night before.A bit shaky, I swung out of the saddle, and a dizzy wave crested over me.I flailed at the saddle with myright hand, causing Blackstar to shy away from me when I needed the support.I kicked my left foot freeof the stirrup and braced myself for the Elves' piercing ridicule.Before I could land flat on my backhowever, strong hands grasped me under the armpits and steadied me.The dizziness vanished when my feet hit the ground.I felt energy pour up from the earth through thesoles of my boots.My toes curled down into claws, and my spine arched back as millions of pinpricksraced up my body.I wanted to yelp from pain and surprise, but the power froze my throat.Old airburned in my lungs, but the urgency with which I felt I needed to breathe dissolved as the tinglingbounced around inside my skull, then seemed to explode out through my forehead.I dropped to my right knee, pressing my right hand to the ground to steady myself.I swiped with my lefthand at the stinging sweat searing my eyes, then looked up at the Elves gathered at the center of thecircle.They regarded me closely, watching and waiting for something.I snarled at them, then forcedmyself erect.I repaid their curiosity with defiance and received surprise back again.Aarundel clapped me on the back."I had not realized we were so close to a circus translatio.""A what?"He crossed to where Blackstar stood and picked up the dangling reins."This is a place of great magick.Magii sylvani wove great spells here eons ago.Had you not been with us, were the perimeter notdisturbed by our recent passage, you would likely not have noticed this place existed.If you had, youwould have most probably decided it was evil and have chosen to avoid it." He led the horse over towhere the others were picketed, and I followed."That is fortunate because the results could have beendisastrous."I frowned."What are you talking about? What I felt here was not pleasant at all.If that wasn't a disaster,I'm thinking I don't want to know what would have been." Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.htmlAarundel gave me an open smile."Among Men, the ability to cope with magickal energies is much akinto the tolerance for vital libations.With some, evidence your man Gathelus, even a weak drinkprofoundly impairs them."I nodded [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]