Dragon's Winter
“A massive edifice of unassailable walls, soaring spires, great smoking chimneys, vast dungeons beneath layers of impenetrable stone, it seemed improbably close, perhaps a mile away, less.
“Heart of the gods,” Murgain said softly, “it must be big as a mountain!”
“No,” Karadur said. “This is wizardry. The castle is still three days from us, and when we reach it we will find it neither so big nor so fearsome as it appears.”
From the ridge the land seemed a featureless waste. But under the smooth d...eceptive snow drifts, the ground was rucked and rutted. Lorimir sent out double the usual number of scouts. “With that on the horizon,” he said quietly to the dragon-lord, “the men will find it hard to keep their attention on the ice. I want no accidents, and no surprises.”
The riders moved in loose formation, north and east. After an hour’s steady progress, one of the scouts came riding back to report an abandoned village ahead of them. Black spars rose like grave markers, mute witness to human cruelty, and human endurance.MoreLess
“Heart of the gods,” Murgain said softly, “it must be big as a mountain!”
“No,” Karadur said. “This is wizardry. The castle is still three days from us, and when we reach it we will find it neither so big nor so fearsome as it appears.”
From the ridge the land seemed a featureless waste. But under the smooth d...eceptive snow drifts, the ground was rucked and rutted. Lorimir sent out double the usual number of scouts. “With that on the horizon,” he said quietly to the dragon-lord, “the men will find it hard to keep their attention on the ice. I want no accidents, and no surprises.”
The riders moved in loose formation, north and east. After an hour’s steady progress, one of the scouts came riding back to report an abandoned village ahead of them. Black spars rose like grave markers, mute witness to human cruelty, and human endurance.MoreLess
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