A Tide of Shadows by Tom Bielawski

Author:Tom Bielawski [Bielawski, Tom]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Epic Fantasy
Publisher: Tom Bielawski
Published: 2012-11-22T16:00:00+00:00

C H A P T E R

9

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Dockyard City.

After winding through tunnels that led up, then down, then left, then right, and seemed to repeat this cycle over and over; the group arrived at a large wooden door with a handprint inside a circle on it. The walk had been tedious. Zach refused to speak as he led the group through the underground maze. Saera spoke in hushed tones with Willam and the man with a praying mantis on his shoulder still would not give his name and pointedly ignored all of Carym’s questions.

Saera placed her palm on the handprint and it began to emit a red light. Carym had heard of wizards using magical wards for protection but this was particularly intriguing. Through its magic, the door seemed to know whose hand was placed upon it and if that person was allowed access. Apparently, Saera was approved for the door swung silently inward.

“Welcome to our lair, Carym,” she snickered as she strode through the door.

Carym was amazed at what he saw. They followed her through the massive door onto the main street of what appeared to be an underground city! In the distance, at the end of the main street, he saw a fortress made of granite and marble. Surrounding this fortress was a massive wall interspersed with menacing towers, flying buttresses, and parapets. It was a style of architecture like nothing he had ever seen. The group stopped inside the gate and Saera concluded a brief discussion while Carym gawked at the wondrous sight.

“Eriagabbyn wishes to see you,” whispered Saera dramatically. “Follow me,” Saera smiled as she spun around, her black and brown cloak fluttered behind her.

He had heard of the infamous Eriagabbyn. The man had a reputation for being a scoundrel, a thief, and a murderer, depending on who you talked to. With a sigh, he realized that much of what he thought he knew of people had been wrong.

The side streets of this underground city branched off the main road at precise intervals and faded into the distance in perfectly straight lines. Carym was amazed at the geographic precision with which this city had been built and the seemingly perfect level ground. All of the streets were lined with poles that had brightly shining globes atop them. These lights were reflected and amplified by the roof of the cavern, which was lined with large rectangular pieces of shiny metal. Despite the large size of this underground city, there were relatively few people wandering among the streets. After the short but interesting walk down the main avenue of the city they arrived at the fortress that was built into the rock wall of the cavern itself.

Carym knew that these people would give him no information lest they felt he needed to know it. So, he chose not to ask any of the hundreds of questions flitting through his mind as he surveyed the apparently ancient underground city. He had heard many tales of ancient civilizations that lived and thrived below the surface of Llars, tales which fascinated him as a child.

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