Dreamers #01 - The Elder Gods by David Eddings & Leigh Eddings

Author:David Eddings & Leigh Eddings [Eddings, David & Eddings, Leigh]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FIC002000
ISBN: 9780759508187
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2004-06-01T22:00:00+00:00

The waterfront of Weros was famous in the Land of Maag as one of the favorite places for sailors (or pirates) to celebrate recent successes. A sailor’s favorite form of celebration involved large amounts of strong drink, and it was not at all uncommon to see sailors sleeping under the tables in taverns or even in alleys or gutters. A sailor that far gone in drink seldom had much money left in his purse, but Rabbit didn’t really need all that much. He needed money to buy food, but that was about all.

As he spent more and more time on the waterfront, Rabbit became fascinated by the longships. A sailor on a longship would be as free as the wind, and he’d have money to burn any time he reached a port.

There was one ship in particular that seemed to Rabbit to be the most beautiful one in the harbor. She was called the Seagull, and Rabbit frequently dreamed of sailing out to sea as a member of her crew. It was a dream that had almost no chance of coming true, of course. Maag sailors were very large men, tall and bulky. Rabbit was positive that Sorgan Hook-Beak, the captain of the Seagull, would howl with laughter should he be foolish enough to apply for a berth on board his ship.

But then he discovered that among the members of the crew of every longship afloat there was a smith. That bit of information raised some interesting possibilities. Rabbit had recently turned sixteen, and his whiskers were thick enough to convince people that he wasn’t really a child, despite his short stature. If he could somehow persuade Sorgan to give him a chance to display his skills as a smith, he might very well become a member of the Seagull’s crew.

A few careful questions gave him the name of the Seagull’s current smith, a bulky fellow named Borkad, and Rabbit’s quick mind came up with a somewhat devious plan.

First he was going to need a bit more money, so he roamed about the muddy streets on the waterfront for most of the night, looking for targets of opportunity.

By the time the sun came up, Rabbit’s purse had started to get fairly heavy. There had been a few occasions when the sailor whose purse Rabbit had just filched wasn’t quite as far gone in drink as he’d appeared, but, as his name suggested, Rabbit could run very fast.

He asked around the waterfront and found the name of Borkad’s favorite tavern, and then he went back to the smithy to catch a few winks. He’d definitely have to be on his toes this coming evening, and he was almost falling asleep on his feet right now.

His plan wasn’t really all that elaborate. He’d locate Borkad and slip in the fact that they practiced the same occupation. Then, while they were talking shop, he’d buy the Seagull’s current smith enough strong grog to put an entire ship’s crew to sleep. He wanted to be absolutely certain that when the Sea-gull sailed from Weros, Borkad would not be on board.

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