Servant of Fire: The Cloud Warrior Saga by Holmberg D.K

Author:Holmberg, D.K.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ASH Publishing
Published: 2015-11-05T00:00:00+00:00

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The shaping took him into the heart of the country. He let it bring him to where the people of Chenir had camped when he last saw them, and he landed amidst the rock. The landscape around him was barren and dry, with nothing but cracked ground spreading out. Had he not known where he’d traveled, Tan might have assumed that he’d ended up in the wrong place. Devoid of life as it was, it appeared more like Incendin than Chenir.

Tan immediately prepared another shaping. In the time since he’d been here—barely more than a day—so much had changed.

He reached out with earth sensing, straining to determine if there were any Par-shon shapers nearby. His senses gave no sign of anyone around him. Nothing moved. Even the plants that had grown here seemed desolate and dying.

Did Chenir know what it did when they withdrew the elementals? Tan couldn’t see how they did not, not with the way that everything changed, but why would they have forsaken the land, abandoning it to Par-shon? Pulling the elementals away from here would not starve Par-shon; it would only weaken those connected to the elementals—people like Tan.

Where had Chenir gone?

Tan shaped earth in an attempt to sense as far out as he could, straining with the effort of it. As he did, he found the first signs of life far to the south, much closer to the kingdoms than he would have expected.

With a traveling shaping, he brought himself there.

The camp that had been orderly and neat was now chaotic. Tents were thrown up in places, but not in the familiar lines he expected. A massive fire burned in one part of the camp, with shapers of fire circling around it, stoking the flames. Earth shapers worked to lift an enormous berm into place, creating a protective rim around the camp. Shouts rang out and mixed with the cries of injured people. Above all was the steady and rhythmic sound of the call to the elementals.

Chenir retreated, and what would happen when they reached the borders? Would they continue to withdraw? Would they think to retreat all the way beyond Chenir and into the kingdoms? As Athan, Tan couldn’t allow them to do so, but as one intended to serve the elementals, could he do anything less, especially if it meant that the elementals were safe?

A shaping nearby caused Tan to turn. The tiny water shaper that he’d seen in Ethea stared at him, watching him with an intense gaze. She held a shaping prepared and nearly unleashed it. Tan waited, thinking that the nymid armor would protect him much as his connection to the draasin protected him from fire. Would that change when Asboel passed on? Would Tan find another bond to replace Asboel?

He didn’t think that any elemental would be able to replace the connection that he shared with the draasin. And Tan didn’t want any to even try. He’d shared so much with Asboel, they had been through so

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