Dragonlance - Heroes 6 - Galen Beknighted by Michael Williams

Author:Michael Williams [Williams, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Dragons, Monsters, Magic, Heroes
ISBN: 9780786934003
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
Published: 2004-12-01T05:00:00+00:00

"She looks like a wandering hothouse!" Brandon Rus exclaimed beneath his breath. Coyly Marigold winked and kissed the air. He flushed and sank into his armor. Enid was, as usual, breathtaking. The old men thought of elf-women, of goddesses. Bayard, on the other hand, knew she was from anywhere but the heavens. Enid glared at him angrily and took Raphael's candle into her hand.

"No, dear Father, dear Husband. No to any of you, for that matter. I am not 'getting back'

anywhere."

"But this is no place-" Brandon began, then stopped himself in midfoolishness as Enid's eye caught his.

Sir Robert snorted, turned, and walked to the far side of the room, his ceremonial armor clattering. Bayard closed his eyes in dismay.

It was like being in the eye of a hurricane. Skittering sounds echoed through the darkness. Even the rats were leaving the vicinity.

"'No place for a woman,' you were going to say, dear boy?" Enid di Caela began sweetly. The other Knights coughed, cleared their throats, looked at their feet. Only Bayard stood firm and attentive, half smiling as he stared levelly at his wife.

"Well, let us just take stock of this 'no place' verdict, Sir Brandon. I see five males in this cellarnot counting, of course, any of the standard underground fauna. Of these five males, 1 believe I can say that you alone are capable of serious exploration. Look at your companions. Raphael is a boy. My husband has been waylaid by natural disaster and has a leg that rough terrain will ruinate.

"Of the three remaining, you are all marvelous gentlemen, with over two hundred years of experience among you. Those years, though, will become heavier as the climbs grow steep and the tunnels long. But I am not here to discourage anyone from a little jaunt, in which you can eat things that are bad for you and get your armor dirty."

Bayard looked at Brandon in amused consternation. It Kerned they had forgotten all provisions.

"Indeed," Enid continued, "something should be done to determine what damages we have suffered in quake and deluge. However my two beloved men may preen and brandish and plan their adventures, I am the Di Caela. The title passes down to me, and the name and the castle and the holdings are my inheritance. Indeed, I found myself rather set upon not long ago for being an heiress, and since that time, I have felt entitled to know just what everyone wanted to marry or kidnap me for."

Enid seated herself firmly at the foot of the steps, smiled glamorously at the assembled Knights and retainers, and announced: "So, my dear. And so, my father. And so to all of you. I shall go." Marigold and Raphael smiled in unison.

"... and all of us will abide with you through the duration." The older men gasped at the effrontery. The younger men remained silent, and soon the cellar was altogether quiet, the faint sound of water dripping somewhere along the far wall, and the shuffling sound of Sir Robert's feet as slowly he moved back into the light to join the rest of the party.

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