Dragontiarna: Wraiths by Jonathan Moeller

Author:Jonathan Moeller
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: frostborn, ridmark arban, sevenfold sword, calliande arban

Chapter 16: An Embassy

Tyrcamber was exhausted.

He had feared that in Rilmael’s absence, the Fallen Order might rally and attempt to bring its full strength to bear against Sinderost. But it seemed that Tyrcamber and Ruari had done enough damage to the enemy during the aborted attacks. Tyrcamber had destroyed countless undead with his fire, more than the Knights of Blood could swiftly replace. He expected Theudeuric to lead another attack personally, but it seemed that the Master of the Fallen Order was unwilling to expose himself to danger.

And griffins began circling in the sky over Sinderost, scouts from the Order of the Griffin. Prince Everard’s army was only a few days away, and the reinforcements from the western Empire a few more days behind him. The living troops of the Fallen Order began pulling away. The soldiers to the north of the city departed first, followed soon after by the army on the western bank of the River Nabia. They left behind only the half-completed fortifications they had dug. Both forces were heading north back to Corbrast, no doubt to fortify themselves and await the coming of Prince Everard’s army.

Or soon to be the Emperor’s army, Tyrcamber realized. Once the western reinforcements arrived, enough Dukes would have gathered to elect a new Emperor. All Chilmar Rigamond’s labors since the fall of the Valedictor would have come to fruition. Everard Roland would become the new Emperor, and Chilmar the new Imperial Chancellor. A united Empire could turn its reinvigorated power to the north, to destroy the Fallen Order and depose Duchess Rosalyn Aginwulf.

For the first time in over a decade, the Empire might be reunified and at peace.

Tyrcamber could barely grasp the thought. His entire adult life had been spent in war, first as a Knight of the Order of Embers and then as a Dragontiarna Knight. Perhaps his idle daydreams of living quietly with Ruari might come to fruition. But those daydreams were only mostly idle. Even if the Empire was reunified and at peace, the Emperor would need his Dragontiarna Knights. The Empire would still have enemies. The tribes of the Goblin Wastes would probe the borders, the muridachs and the jotunmiri in the north might launch raids, and the xiatami of the south would be ready to attack at the first sign of weakness.

Still, that would be a far cry from the massive wars against the Valedictor and the Dragon Cult.

Tyrcamber would not miss those wars…but he could not shake the feeling he had overlooked something. The Order of Blood had given up too easily. If they had pressed their attack, they might have taken Sinderost. Theudeuric was a conservative and cautious commander, but if he had pushed harder, he might have seized the Imperial capital.

For that matter, Tyrcamber knew that Theudeuric was only a servant of their true enemy. The Theophract and his master the Warden had founded the Dragon Cult, and while the Fallen Order claimed to oppose the Dragon Cult, Tyrcamber had no doubt that the Theophract had created it as well.

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