Powder & Sand: A Fantasy Adventure by Eden Redd

Author:Eden Redd [Redd, Eden]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-04-22T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

Lore and Consequences

Nith pushed away a sheer curtain to a room, and stepped in. Aren stepped in after her, wearing nothing more than his leather leggings. He listened to Nith about wearing leggings, but with the heat of the day on the stone huts, he didn’t want to cover up any more than he had to.

Nith slithered into the chamber and moved to the side. Aren stepped into the middle of the chamber, drinking in the stone tables and shelves, each one filled with strange devices, and parchments of paper. The chamber dripped with mana, and knowledge. Aren’s mind grasped onto tendrils of mana leaking from many devices, while others were dark, and empty.

“Welcome to my workshop,” Nith said with a shy demeanor.

Aren glanced around with impressed eyes. “You have more mage-tek here than I have ever seen in one place before. Everything here is worth a fortune on the black market.”

“Do you plan to rob me as I sleep?” Nith giggled.

Aren glanced at her with a warm smile.

“If you didn’t save me, maybe,” Aren winked.

Nith’s eyes gleamed in the low light of the chamber.

Aren turned back to the tables with items resting on parchments. He stepped closer, seeing strange writings under each item. He couldn’t make out the language, and shifted his gaze to the items. There were short swords, odd wands, larger swords with bulky hilts covered in runes. He noticed two mana pistols. They had single barrels, and runes running along the edges and handles.

“I have been studying these items for years, but have yet to make any of them work. Some seemed burned out. Others hold some mana, but won’t work for me. It has been illuminating to study them, but frustrating as well,” the naga explained.

Nith slithered over to Aren’s side and looked upon the artifacts. “I’ve translated some of the runes, but they continue to elude any meaning. Each rune is mystical in nature, but the patterns don’t make any sense. It’s almost like the mages who created these wanted to make it as difficult as possible for anyone to understand beyond their closed circles.”

Aren nodded as he reached down and took hold of the pistol. He lifted it up and looked over the handle. He studied the runes, his eyes searching for more.

“I have made many friends over my time at sea, and along the coasts. You meet all sorts. I also happened to meet mages who were trying to flee the Empire, and find a nice, simple island to live the rest of their lives in secret. They tend to be very helpful, if only to make sure you don’t sell their whereabouts to any of the Empire’s spies.”

Aren turned the pistol on its side and lifted it up a little so Nith could get a good look at it. He traced a finger over a small set of runes in a groove where a thumb should fit.”

“You see these runes here? These can tell if a wielder of the pistol is part of the Empire, or not.

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