02 Black Wizard by Forgotten Realms

Author:Forgotten Realms [Realms, Forgotten]
Format: epub
Published: 2010-04-10T15:05:36.347000+00:00

The great form lay sprawled among the wildflowers, one wing folded unnaturally over her back. As Newt dove to Robyn's side, the bird flopped and twisted, growing in size. By the time the wood sprite settled beside her, Robyn lay as a young woman. She clutched the runestick in one hand. Yazilliclick reached tentatively forward to take the stick. He placed it in his quiver of arrows, taking care that it would not fall out. But she was not moving. Yazilliclick moaned slightly as he saw blood running from her nose, but he realized from the slow rising and falling of her chest that she still lived. The crows, satisfied that the threat was over, circled back to the trees around the clearing, ignoring the human, the wood sprite, and the little dragon. "Robyn? W-wake up, please!" cried Yazilliclick, thoroughly miserable. He was in a strange land, farther than he had ever been from his home. Who would help him? Distraught, the sprite jumped into the branches of the dead oak that had been Robyn's intended landing place. H is antennae drooped as he tried to think. Then he saw movement in the clearing - some men were coming! They were hunters, he thought, dressed in brown leather and carrying bows. He counted six of them. "Newt! Up here! Up here!" He called to the faerie drag on, who was sniffing about the meadow, buzzing several feet off the ground. Newt quickly flew to his side, curious. "L-look!" whispered the wood sprite. "It fell over here," cried one, pointing toward the place where Robyn lay. "It was a big one. Maybe it's not dead." "Don't count on it," said another, trudging wearily behind. Newt and Yazilliclick remained invisible on the branch while they waited to see what these humans would do. "Well, I'll be damned!" exclaimed the leader as he pushed through the grass to Robyn's side. "A woman!" "She alive?" asked the second, staring in amazement as he reached his companion's side. "Yeah," said the first. "But I don't know for how long." "Best get her to Doncastle. Maybe the cleric can fix her up. And Lord Roarke will probably want to know about this, too. A woman falling from the sky!" "Coulda sworn it was an eagle," said the first as he hoisted Robyn over his shoulders and started back toward the woods. Buzzing silently above them, the faerie creatures followed the men and the druid.

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"Good luck to you," said the prince, clasping Finellen's gauntleted hand. They stood at the junction of several underground passages. From here, the dwarf would coordinate her attack on the duergar, and the humans would start on the underground trek to Doncastle. They were able to take the subterranean route because Finnellen had given them a detailed map and had told them of a cave near the center of Dernall Forest. The dwarf shrugged. "Won't need too much - there can't be more'n a couple hundred of them. Isn't a duergar born who can stand toe to toe with a true dwarf!" Her voice grew serious.

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