Dragon Umbra by Jonathan Moeller

Author:Jonathan Moeller [Moeller, Jonathan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-04-25T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6: Herald of the Dark Elves

Three days passed without much incident, which made Tyrcamber uneasy.

There was no further sign of Tynrogaul or the muridachs. The Shield sent patrols across the river, and they confirmed that the muridachs had tunneled beneath the riverbed to reach Falconberg’s sewers, an effort which must have taken weeks. No doubt Tynrogaul had kept his warriors busy digging even as he had gone to Tolbiac to give Michael Gantier the distraction he needed to escape.

Clearly, Gantier had been in league with Tynrogaul, but why?

Tyrcamber felt as if they were chasing shadows. He hated that feeling. He had set out to become a knight of the Order of Embers, to face the enemies of the Empire in open battle. Chasing down conspirators and secretive cults was not what he wanted to do, but it seemed that he had no choice. Not all the enemies of the Empire marched into orderly battle.

Still, for the moment, there seemed to be no threat from the muridachs. Rincimar had ordered the tunnel sealed, and he had sent a party of workmen across the river to close the tunnel’s other entrance. Men from both the Order and the city’s militia patrolled the surrounding countryside, and there was no trace of the muridachs, or of Michael Gantier, or of goblins or kobolds or jotunmiri or any other enemies.

Lord Chancellor Radobertus met with First Mhyarith in Falcon Hall every day, and sometimes Tyrcamber stood guard in the hall as part of his duties. He remained vigilant, but the duty proved both boring and uneventful. The Chancellor and the First spent a great deal of time discussing the rights to various fields, rivers, lakes, and forests, and just exactly where the boundary between the Frankish Empire and the Republic of Sygalynon would lie. A table was set up, and Radobertus and Mhyarith spent hours arguing (however politely) over a dozen maps. It became clear to Tyrcamber that the Mhyarith did not want the umbral elves drawn into the war against the Valedictor, and she was willing to make concessions to make that happen. Of course, Radobertus didn’t want the umbral elves to side with the Valedictor either, and Tyrcamber supposed it was just a matter of pinning down a compromise that left both sides with an acceptable level of dissatisfaction. His father, no novice in the Empire’s brutal internal politics, said that an acceptable compromise left everyone unhappy but relieved they had avoided a worse alternative, and that appeared true in the Chancellor’s negotiations.

Tyrcamber saw Rilmael twice in the three days after the fight with Tynrogaul’s warriors. He related his conversations with Rincimar and Vordin and Quentin. The Guardian said that he had found no trace of dark magic in the city and no evidence that Rincimar or any of the aldermen were involved in the Dragon Cult.

“Then have we been chasing shadows?” Tyrcamber had said. He stood with Rilmael in the courtyard of the chapterhouse. It was a dark night. Thick gray clouds

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