Kingdoms and Chaos by Kel Kade

Author:Kel Kade [Kade, Kel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy
Publisher: Dark Rover Publishing, L.L.C.
Published: 2018-09-07T04:00:00+00:00

Rezkin clung to the stones on the parapet as the wind whipped around him. Most of the shutters were locked tight against the approaching storm, and the wall patrol was having a difficult time keeping the torches lit. He climbed over the barrier of the walkway just as the first drops threatened to make the walls too slippery to climb. The door stood open, and Rezkin wrapped his cloak around him tightly as he stomped into the guardhouse, turning and shaking as he went, sure to keep his face hidden as he made his presence obvious. The guards paid him no attention as they waxed and oiled their supplies, continuing with their banter and complaints about the turning weather.

“It’s starting already, is it?” the one with a long mustache muttered. “Can’t get a dry night, can we?”

“The foreigners brought it with ’em,” said a younger man.

“Bah, that’s a load, and you know it. It’s been rainin’ for more than a week, and they just got here.”

“Don’t mean they didn’t bring it. It’s an omen,” said the younger.

“It’s not an omen, you idiot. It’s called the changing of the seasons. Happens every year or are you too green to remember. Mayhap you were still suckling your mother’s teat last year, eh?”

“I’m just saying, there’s a king in the palace. You know that’s an ill portent.”

“Queen says he’s not a king. It don’t count.”

“Yeah, well, I hear things go wrong everywhere this one goes. He took the Channerían princess, and now they’re in a civil war. The latest is there’s trouble in Jerea, too.”

“He hasn’t even been to Jerea,” said the older man. “At least, not that I’ve heard.”

The young man shrugged. “They’re sayin’ it’s his fault, anyway. And you heard about the torque. He’s been to see the Adana’Ro, which means he’s been to Ferélle.”

“I haven’t heard of no trouble there.”

“If he’s in league with the Adana’Ro, there’s trouble. Now Gendishen seems to think they’re fulfilling that old prophecy, but the purifiers are saying he’s not human, and he’s got a mighty powerful mage with him.”

“The woman? Mage Threll. She’s a pretty one. I wouldn’t mind being claimed by her,” said the older man.

“No, I heard it was a man, a battle mage.”

The older man chuckled, “Must be one scary bastard to have the purifiers shaking in their boots.”

The men went on to discuss less interesting gossip, and Rezkin left the guardhouse, entering the palace wing typically reserved for visiting officials. After slipping from the bathhouse via a secret passage he had found behind the water fixtures, he had slinked through the palace to the barracks where he had hoped to procure a uniform. The building was crawling with people who obviously knew each other and would have noticed a newcomer. One particularly intoxicated guard, who had apparently thoroughly enjoyed the feast, had the misfortune to require the use of the outhouse. Rezkin shot him with a blow dart laced with a toxin that would induce sleep for several hours. He

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