02 In Sylvan Shadows by Forgotten Realms

Author:Forgotten Realms [Realms, Forgotten]
Format: epub
Published: 2010-04-10T12:01:32.424000+00:00

"We can get past them a mile to the east," Danica explained when she rejoined the others in the small evergreen grove they had taken as shelter. "The enemy line is not deep there. We will be beyond them before they ever realize we have passed." The plan met with approval from Cadderly, but Ivan and Pikel did not seem too pleased to learn that they had marched this far and might not even get the chance to crunch an orog's skull. The companions had journeyed several miles from Daoine Dun without incident, though signs of the enemy's passing-hack marks and scorch marks on almost every tree-were painfully obvious. At last the companions had found the enemy along a rushing river, in a line that seemed to span the forest's width. Elbereth's people had apparently made a stand at the river and were now encamped beyond its protective banks. Elbereth did not immediately embrace Danica's plan. He, too, had gone scouting, and while Danica had found a potential break to the east that might get them to the elven camp, the elf prince had found something that might alter the entire battle's course. A short distance west of their position, on a high ridge above the river and overlooking the lands to the south, lay an enemy camp dotted with tents-the only tents Elbereth had seen. "I have found their leader's camp," Elbereth explained to Danica. "Or so I believe." "Well guarded, no doubt," Cadderly had to put in, especially when he saw a gleam in Danica's almond eyes. "Perhaps," Elbereth answered, hardly paying any heed to the worried young scholar, "but no more than any other position in the enemy's lines." "Except the break that Danica has found," Cadderly replied, his desire to be rejoined with the elven host without further combat sounding obvious in his almost-frantic tone. "Not to fear," Ivan whispered to Cadderly. "Me brother and me can be making our own breaks." "What say you, Danica?" Elbereth asked. Cadderly wasn't certain he liked that the elf prince, who always seemed to value nothing but his own opinions, had asked for Danica's approval. "If we can get to the enemy leader, we may be able to change the course of the war," Elbereth added before the woman gave her answer. Danica's wry smile told Cadderly the adventurous woman's answer before she opened her mouth to reply. "It seems a desperate course," she began, but her tone reflected no fear. "A desperate course for a desperate situation." "Oo oi!" Pikel heartily agreed. Cadderly gave the dwarf a frown that stole his widening smile. Elbereth quickly knelt and cleared away some pine needles. He took up a stick and drew a map of the ridge area. "There are only five of us," Cadderly reminded them, though no one was listening. "I have heard the leader's name is Ragnor," Elbereth began, "a monstrous beast, half-breed, my scouts believe, marked by a tusk protruding over his upper lip." "Wonderful," Cadderly muttered grimly.

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