Kre blinked his eyes to wash away the strange golden glow and realized that Bel was holding a bladed weapon across her two hands.  The hilt and cross guard were brass, not gold as in Kre’s vision, but it was the blade itself that was truly odd.  He had seen quite a few weapons in...Read More

“Oh,” Kre said, blinking his eyes as he took in her words of seemingly prophetic doom.  “So… that sounds better?”  His voice cracked just a bit at the end, and he was thankful that Kitalia either hadn’t heard it or was mercifully ignoring it.  Bel shrugged, “Creatures of flesh and blood, I can better empower...Read More

“Why not?” Kre asked quickly, his curiosity getting the better of his manners, as per usual. Bel nodded after a moment’s pause, “You are so like him that it constantly surprises me.” She cleared her throat and continued, “I shan’t go into the history of how dragons and your knights first joined forces.  Though it’s...Read More

“You don’t appear to have rested well,” Bel said in her usual soft, sad tone.  “I apologize that the accommodations aren’t quite like the Mintas Lodge.” “That’s hardly your fault,” Kre replied, snapping out of his strange funk, “just some bad dreams.”  He forced a smile and tried to turn the conversation to a more...Read More

There was no way to tell what time of day it was, but it didn’t feel to Kre as if any time had passed at all.  He chalked it up to the fitful dreams he had, mostly about the priest fellow being all sorts of creepy and repeating his request in a veritable montage of...Read More

Kre was thankful that Kitalia didn’t give him the usual withering glare when he was being obstinate.  Instead, the look she gave him was more sympathetic, almost pitying.  “I know this is new and strange to you.  Rest assured, it is to me as well.  We Ylveryans do not live lives so extraordinarily different than...Read More

Bel chuckled, “You should definitely get some rest while you can.  Even if I had a plan, it would still take time to get all the parts in the right place and I think, once we start, we’ll have to move quickly and continuously.  I’ll think on this some more and see what other options...Read More

Bel blinked her eyes quickly as she looked at Kre with an odd look on her face.  With as much diplomacy as she could muster, “You always find ways to surprise me Kre, a rare thing with as many years as I have.”  Her words were slow and steady, as if she were taking the...Read More

“Kre,” the insistent voice continued despite the throbbing headache, and he only wished that it would stop. “Kre!”  Again, with the sharp pain across his forehead and he tried to continue to focus on Bel and Kitalia, hoping to drown out the strange man’s harsh, demanding voice. Two soft hands touched his own, gently pulling...Read More

“…ust lis… ink of…” The echo returned, slightly stronger this time, but only such that the two could only guess that it was Bel’s voice trying to reach them, but neither could make out what was being said.  There was definitely less light around them now, the point where they could only clearly see about...Read More