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Chronicles of War I: The Warfarer's Exodus
Before the Wall
Chapter 1 Page 34
Chronicles of War I: The Warfarer's Exodus
Before the Wall
Chapter 1 Page 34
"Now none of us could really be said to mourn his loss, you see, not after witnessing all he had said and done against us. And since it was a dreadfully cold winter that year, nobody was particularly keen to tend the worm's funeral pyre. So it was left unguarded that afternoon during a heavy snowfall, which smothered its flames before they could work their cleansing magic. As a result, the spirits of Grawyler and his horse were wed as one and released into this world to roam unrequited forever. Or so it is said. I, myself, have never encountered his wraith, but others swear by holy things that they have. It is a ghastly shade, as they describe it, half horse, half man, horribly disfigured and deformed, malignantly evil.
"For all I know, such fates may be the mother and sire of all the Wilderlands' unseen demons. For there is indeed a dark power that broods just beyond the Great Barricades, sire, one so potent and virile that it easily effects us even here, a full league from the border. When you travel there, go not unguarded." Deldric sighed a high, chest heaving swell and concluded with, "And that, Lord Warfarer, is all I have to offer you by way of advice. That, and the simple words, 'Do not go at all.'" The forester smiled weakly, hoping his final words would be well received.
Epsilon merely shrugged his shoulders and spat a stream of jill juice to the floor between his booted feet. "I must go. It is the way of the Rite. It is the way of the Emperor. It is the way of the Warfarer. I must go."
"Of course you must, lord. I did not mean to detract from your endeavors. I merely wondered... why? Why must you go? Turn back, sir, find a home in the forest. We would accept you gladly here in the Farther Heights! You could stay with me and Hildegarde while you settle on lands!"
The Warfarer laughed choppily and waved Deldric's words away. "No, good citizen, I could never do as you have suggested. I am honor bound to seek my destiny beyond the Gates, though that destiny be undoubtedly short and bloody. Still, I thank you for your kindness. It is the last I am sure to know for a long, long time indeed. Maybe for eternity."
"For all I know, such fates may be the mother and sire of all the Wilderlands' unseen demons. For there is indeed a dark power that broods just beyond the Great Barricades, sire, one so potent and virile that it easily effects us even here, a full league from the border. When you travel there, go not unguarded." Deldric sighed a high, chest heaving swell and concluded with, "And that, Lord Warfarer, is all I have to offer you by way of advice. That, and the simple words, 'Do not go at all.'" The forester smiled weakly, hoping his final words would be well received.
Epsilon merely shrugged his shoulders and spat a stream of jill juice to the floor between his booted feet. "I must go. It is the way of the Rite. It is the way of the Emperor. It is the way of the Warfarer. I must go."
"Of course you must, lord. I did not mean to detract from your endeavors. I merely wondered... why? Why must you go? Turn back, sir, find a home in the forest. We would accept you gladly here in the Farther Heights! You could stay with me and Hildegarde while you settle on lands!"
The Warfarer laughed choppily and waved Deldric's words away. "No, good citizen, I could never do as you have suggested. I am honor bound to seek my destiny beyond the Gates, though that destiny be undoubtedly short and bloody. Still, I thank you for your kindness. It is the last I am sure to know for a long, long time indeed. Maybe for eternity."
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