Night Guild 2 by DB King

Author:DB King [King, DB]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-11-16T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

It was deep night when they got out onto the open water. The lights of Trentum city receded fast as Eric got the sail up and caught the swift breeze that was blowing from the west. There was a scattering of stars in the sky, and when Ronan looked up, he could see the long, thin line of faraway stars that represented Rema, the lady of the sky who was said to lean across the night, gazing down on the world below.

There was no moon, but the stars were bright, and they had the advantage of their magically augmented assassin vision, so they had no difficulty seeing their way.

“We will make good time with this breeze behind us,” Eric said. “It feels very good to be on the water again. I used to sail a lot as a child, but I have not had much opportunity to do so at all since coming to the Twelve Isles.”

“I am glad that we have you with us,” Ronan said with a smile. “One thing that I do not have much of is sailing experience. I went out a few times with my father when I was younger, of course, but it was never considered a particularly important skill for me to learn, because as the youngest son, I was unlikely to inherit my father’s business.”

Mention of his father gave Ronan pause, but he shook it off.

“I never sailed at all as a young person,” Diana put in. “The land where I grew up is completely landlocked, and except for a few lakes and rivers, there are a few opportunities for sailing. Horse riding was the thing that I enjoyed most when I was young.”

“That is something that I have never done,” Ronan said. “Horses are scarce in the Twelve Isles, and it’s not considered a noble pursuit the way it is in other Lithian countries.”

“I’ve never ridden a horse either,” Eric added. “There was never much opportunity for the riding of horses in my land. Too much snow and ice.”

“How do the people get about in Norskand?” Ronan asked.

“When we had no option but to travel distances over the snow and ice, we would use a sled pulled by dogs. For shorter journeys, we would use skis and poles. But we did not travel much. The climate was not conducive to it. Anyway, nearly all of the settlements in my home country are on the fjords, the long, deep inlets that turn in from the sea. If a settlement wants to trade with another settlement, they will generally go by boat from fjord to fjord if they can.”

Eric sighed, his nostalgia for his homeland clear in his voice.

The conversation lapsed, and they all thought of the journey that lay ahead of them. They did not know where their path would finally lead, but they all felt that the Silent Brotherhood Temple in the land of Ghennet was almost certainly not going to be the final destination. Images of the snow and ice bound land of Norskand floated through Ronan’s mind.

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