Subversion by Mitchell Hogan
Author:Mitchell Hogan [Hogan, Mitchell]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780648850939
Google: Qo88zgEACAAJ
Amazon: B08SVTP39R
Publisher: Crucible Press
Published: 2021-05-31T16:00:00+00:00
Bragaâs shouted curses and insults had offended even the Thousand Lakes guards. When Anskar and Zek arrived, Bonavir was concerned that the big woman might be deranged. Dangerous, even.
âThe ghost lady was angry this time,â Braga said once all four of them were gathered in the barracks room Anskar and Zek shared.
The Soreshi sat on the top bunk, legs dangling over the edge. Bonavir stood in the doorway, watching Braga intently.
âWhy would she be angry?â Anskar asked.
âBecause I failed. Sheâs going to curse me, isnât she? The rancid bitch is going to curse me.â
âYouâre not making sense, my dear,â Brother Bonavir said. âJust who is this ghost lady? And why would she curse you?â
âWhoâs talking to you, turd-face?â
âIs it the vambrace?â Anskar asked. âShe wants you to remove it?â
âNo,â Braga said. âShe wants me to examine it so I can make more.â
âMore vambraces?â
âShe showed me, in my head. A whole suit of armorâyou were wearing it. She wants me to make it for you.â
âShe told you this?â Anskar said, recalling the vision he had seen.
âNot with words, but I think thatâs what she wants. I could be wrong.â
âNever heed ghosts and spirits, my people say,â Zek put in. âThose who return from the realm of the dead serve only their own selfish ends.â
âWhat kind of armor?â Brother Bonavir asked.
âWho is this maggot?â Braga said. âWhyâs he here?â
âHe let you into the city, remember?â Anskar said. âHis name is Brother Bonavir. Heâs a priest of the Elder.â
Braga spat. âBloody squinty, shortsighted book-lovers. Bet youâve never done a hard dayâs work in your life, have you, shag-face?â
Bonavir raised an eyebrow. âI thought I was turd-face.â
âThat too, dung-breath. You need to show me the vambrace again, ass-wipe.â
âWeâll have to go outside in order to see it,â Anskar said.
Brother Bonavir stepped forward. âIn the moonlight?â
Anskar stared at him. How could he know?
âThis vambrace,â the priest continued, âyou have it on your person?â
Despite his misgivings, Anskar rolled up his sleeve.
âMay I?â Bonavir said, then proceeded to feel about Anskarâs forearm with his fingers, murmuring when he encountered the cold metal of the vambrace. âWhere did you get this?â
Anskar withdrew his arm without answering and tugged down his sleeve.
âOf course,â Bonavir said. âYou barely know me. You must be wondering how I knew about the vambrace. In truth, I didnât, but I listened to what was said between you and this good woman here, and I pieced things together. As Braga has so astutely observed, I read a good many things. We all do, we priests of the Elder. We learn all the myths and legends of Wiraya, so I have heard the Niyandrian folk tales of the Armor of Divinity.â
âThatâs what this is?â Anskar asked.
Bonavir removed his monocle and cleaned it on the sleeve of his robe. âWho can say? In one taleâthe most famousâa suit of Armor of Divinity was forged by the necromancer Tain for the Niyandrian King Lowanu, but when it was completed, Tain took it for himself.â
âWhy?â Anskar asked.
âBecause the armor is supposed to bestow immortality on the wearer, and immortality is what Niyandrians most desire.
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