Stormwarden
“Wind off the sea tugged their home-woven trousers into untidy wrinkles, making the cloth look awkwardly sewn. One man, tougher, uglier, and more sunburned that the rest, finally knocked loudly and stepped back, frowning.
The door opened. Dull pewter light from a lowering sky touched a figure in shadow beyond.
"Anskiri?" The fisherman's tone was rough, aggressively pitched to cover embarrassment.
"I am Anskiere." A quiet voice restored the name's foreign inflection. "Has there been t...rouble?" With the dignity associated with great power, the Stormwarden of Imrill Kand stepped over the threshold, a thin, straight man with sculpted features and harsh gray eyes. Sea wind whipped white hair about shoulders clothed simply in wool.
"Ye're wanted, sorcerer, at Adin's Landing." "Then there has been trouble, yes?" Anskiere's light eyes flicked over the men confronting him. No one answered, and no one met his glance.MoreLess
The door opened. Dull pewter light from a lowering sky touched a figure in shadow beyond.
"Anskiri?" The fisherman's tone was rough, aggressively pitched to cover embarrassment.
"I am Anskiere." A quiet voice restored the name's foreign inflection. "Has there been t...rouble?" With the dignity associated with great power, the Stormwarden of Imrill Kand stepped over the threshold, a thin, straight man with sculpted features and harsh gray eyes. Sea wind whipped white hair about shoulders clothed simply in wool.
"Ye're wanted, sorcerer, at Adin's Landing." "Then there has been trouble, yes?" Anskiere's light eyes flicked over the men confronting him. No one answered, and no one met his glance.MoreLess
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