The Blade Witch by Nygel Oglesby

Author:Nygel Oglesby [Oglesby, Nygel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: adventure, action, Fantasy, Magic, Epic, Dark, sorcery, fighting, sword, lbgtq
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

III

The bard's explanation was long-winded and overly detailed. It had taken him hours to explain, long enough for rain to start falling on the city streets outside, but Estra got the gist of it.

"So, you're suggesting that the best course of action is to go straight to the heart of the issue?" Estra said, standing to stretch her limbs, a smile managed to break its way through her dull expression as she caught sight of a small figure walking through the nighttime drizzle with a lantern raised in front of her hood.

"Yes, that's exactly what I'm advising we do," the bard said, making sure to drag out the word to make his meaning clear. "For that, we're going to need a few more allies."

"Who exactly? Maybe the mayor or the high judge?" Estra suggested.

Brennan responded to her proposals with a cruel laugh. "All the aristocrats of this city were in the Defiler's pockets long ago," he said, moving his hand as if to wipe the thought from her mind. "If we're going to have any hope of succeeding, you need to broaden your sentiments on who you associate yourself with."

Estra had expected as much. "So, you’re suggesting criminals then? We're going to be finding our associates in the same place that our enemy makes its bed?" she said, without making an effort to hide her contempt. "You might not be entirely bad, but I don't work with scum Brennan. As far as I'm concerned, they can all fall into the dark voids of hell."

"Ha," the bard scoffed at her, souring his cheeks. "You know, I thought you might be a little different from the rest of the Faith's dogs, but it turns out you're not the almighty chosen one everyone makes you out to be. You really believe so wholeheartedly in the Faith's pig arsed bigotry, do you? The same shit that brought racism and prejudice to this very city for hundreds of years when they unjustly persecuted anyone that didn’t conform to their beliefs."

A surge of heat flowed through Estra's body. She could feel her face redden at the bard's words as he exposed what plagued her constantly. Her mouth opened, but words didn't find their way out. Only the familiar feelings of shame and self-loathing roiled from within her.

“That was a long time ago bard,” Estra said, a surge of angry heat flowing through her body. “A lot has changed about the Faith since then.”

"I may not have your eyes, but even a simple man like myself can see that the institution you serve is just as twisted as its always been," Brennan said without any trace of his usual mirth. “You’d think that someone with Asruelian blood running through their veins would understand that."

Estra stared at the man, unable to present any counterargument to his statements. She was one of Asruelian decent. In The Exaid it was written that the Asruelian people had forsaken both their enlightenment and ascendency to paradise in favor of a godless life, something that the Faith had long decreed as the ultimate act of profanity.

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