Crooked Finger and the Warl of the Dead by Rex Hazelton

Author:Rex Hazelton [Hazelton, Rex]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-01-01T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15: A Meeting Forestalled

Jeaf sat with his sons around a campfire that was used to cook their breakfast. The Great Ral Mounstains' towering peaks hid them from the sun that had risen higher in the eastern sky than their present location would permit them to see. Lamarik, Ilya'Gar, Arga'Dyne, Poroth, Vlad'Aeroth and a score of Neflin and Fane J'Shrym were with them. Six of these were Candle Wielders. Dog sat beside a nearby depression in the forest floor that was lined with fitted stone, waiting for his master and companion to return. A'Kadar sat beside him since the two massive beasts were now as inseparable as pups or cubs born in the same litter, depending on which animal's point of view was considered when using the metaphor.

An old growth forest surrounded the structure used for Flying. Built near a wall of gray-colored rock, covered in black and green lichen, that was no taller than three men standing on each other’s shoulders, the bowl, made with worked stone, could be easily overlooked. The rocks time had calved from the modest cliffside that were lying about the manmade depression provided further camouflage that wasn't really needed, since the knowledge of the Magic of Flying had been lost in antiquity to all save whoever was the current Mar'Gul.

In spite of how the Sorcerer had been able to latch onto her vessel as she Flew, Pearl was the only one who new where this bowl was located. In fact, she was the only one who knew where most of the Flying Stations that dotted Ar Warl's expanse were found. It had taken numerous winters of exploration, carried out by a series of Mar'Guls who had passed their accumulated memories on to each other, to uncover each location.

The discovery process began with research that included sifting through myths, legends, and the tomes that recorded them to locate a promising location. Once identified, the only way to find out if the Flying Station was still there, was for the Mar'Gul to activite the magic that would conjure up the vessel needed to take her to the anticipated site, a feat that couldn’t be accomplished unless a station or its remnants still existed. Then using her Mind's Eye for navigation, she would set a course for the place her research led her to believe a stone-lined bowl was found.

If passing time had inflicted too much damage on the station, the vessel a Mar’Gul conjured up would break apart in an unceremonious way upon arrival. With all the mishaps that had happened, luckily, no one had died. Once Andara’s Magic had healed the wounds that were incurred and the bowl was repaired, a return Flight home would be undertaken.

With the amount of magic the Sorcerer possessed, the Evil One could map out these locations much faster if it had known about the magic that made Flying possible before discovering Mar’Gul was using it to take her to Nyeg Warl’s forces that were invading the Ar. Now that

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