Druids of Avalon - The Legend by Joy Nash

Author:Joy Nash
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Tags: Romance
Publisher: http://www.joynash.com/
Published: 2009-09-17T04:42:19+00:00

III. Exile

Eluned escapes the Roman advance with her Druid husband and their young daughter, Wynne. A handful of Druid fugitives escape with them. Wynne has inherited the magic of her mother and grandmother--it seems The Lady's Light descends through the female line. The family, when detained by Roman soldiers, hides its Druid identity. They are herded to the Roman city of Isca Silurum, located in what is now southern Wales.

The Druids make a life in the Roman city. It's a place where Celt and Roman culture both clashes and blends. A fortress town, it is home to many soldiers. The army brings prosperity--an abundance of food and goods the likes of which the Celts have never seen. Many of the richest merchants are Celts, who trade goods to the Roman army at a healthy profit. The Druids are fortunate in that they have been able to keep their identity a secret, and thus have not been pressed into slavery. As free Celts, Eluned and her kin make their living as weavers. Wynne marries Cyric, the son of another Druid who fled Avalon. They have two children, a daughter, Tamar, and a son, Uwain.

Several years later, Cyric's wife and son die of fever, leaving him grieving. Tamar, now a young woman, is old enough to take a husband. Cyric knows the Lady's magic must be passed to a Daughter of a new generation. He arranges a marriage between Tamar and Morvyn, the son of a friend. The marriage is not a happy one, but produces blessings in the form of a son and a daughter, conceived together, and born on the same day. Tamar names her first-born Rhys. Rhys's twin sister is Gwendolyn.

Seven years later, death strikes again. This time it is Tamar who is taken. Cyric, grief-stricken once again, makes a bold decision. He cannot allow Gwendolyn and Rhys, heirs to Avalon and to The Lady, to be raised in a Roman town. They must learn the Druid magic of their ancestors. Druidry is still illegal, and any Druids discovered congregating in the wilderness will be executed. Yet Cyric is adamant: his family will no longer live a Roman life. He will not allow the path of magic, the Words of the Old Ones, and the lessons of The Lady to be forgotten.

It is time, Cyric declares, for the Druids to return to Avalon.

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