Runefell_The Tempest's Fury by Shawn Sodman

Author:Shawn Sodman [Sodman, Shawn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-11-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 36

Changing of the Guard

A few hours later, just behind the throne room and up a limestone staircase, people have gathered in the atrium that overlooks the docks and the sea below. The atrium is round and fifty paces in diameter. At the very center of the room is the lunar gate. It is a magic gateway that leads to the elven city, Elonfar. The gate itself is an enormous white limestone arch, five paces across at its base. A fist-sized amethyst crowns its top.

Women and children are lined up single file, and the line stretches down the stairs and out the front door of the castle.

Arioch is there, observing, and is flanked by two guards, while Chance is saying goodbye to his youngest two children, Kelik and Ambra. Chance says to them, “Remember, you are to listen to Garrin, do you understand me?”

“Yes, father,” they both answer. He holds his children tightly and looks to his friend Garrin.

“Don't worry,” Garrin says, assuredly, “I'll keep an eye on them. They’ll be safe. Just make sure that you stay safe.”

“I will, my friend, and thank you for watching over them,” he says. Embracing his children again, he murmurs, “I love you.”

“We love you, too,” Ambra answers.

Chance stands with King Arioch as Princess Kianna and Ya'leigh join them. Kianna is now wearing a white dress and a gold circlet that is made up of leaves and vines that are forged together. Her long black hair is down, and extends to the middle of her back. Ya'leigh has on the same armor she wore in the north, though it has been thoroughly cleaned and polished. Just like her father, Chance, is a close friend and one of the many protectors of the king, Ya'leigh is both friend and protector of Kianna. Isen is also there as the main bodyguard of the princess.

The Amazons of the Silver Moon are off to the side along the curved north wall, awaiting the opening of the lunar gate. The magical gateway got its name from the fact that it only opens once every thirty days, the same amount of time it takes the ringed silver moon to go through its phases. Originally the gate opened at midnight during a full moon, but over many years, the slight difference between the time that the gate took to recharge and the time the moon actually took to go through its phases caused the two events to drift apart. While it still only opens once every month, the time it opens no longer coincides with the full moon or midnight.

Kristieana is next to Gelana. She looks at all the women and children preparing to leave. Many of the women have on dresses of varying styles. Kristieana shakes her head and says quietly to Gelana, “Look at the way these women have to dress.”

“What do you mean?” Gelana asks.

“Princess Kianna is the perfect example,” Kristieana begins to explain. “The women all dress in elegant clothing that has no other function than to make them look delicate like a flower, just so the men can feel masculine.

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