The Crimson Shield
“The castle still sat on the cliffs overlooking the harbour. Teenar’s Bridge still lay strung across the Isset. Nothing, as far as Gallow could see, had burned down, although the blood ravens hung across the docks had been cut down and the gibbets were gone. The town felt quiet and peaceful. The Vathen, then, hadn’t yet come.
The Lhosir made good their ships and unloaded what was left of their plunder from the monastery. Their melancholy had gone after the storm, replaced by a strange fervou...r for the shield. They bound Gallow and manhandled him to the shore and then when they were standing on the beach together, they crowded Medrin, trying to see the shield more closely. Touching it. And yes, in the light of the day it was as crimson as fresh blood, and either Medrin had spent a great deal of time cleaning and polishing it, or perhaps it did have a magic to it after all.
The shield took their eyes, and that was why they didn’t see the Marroc at first.MoreLess
The Lhosir made good their ships and unloaded what was left of their plunder from the monastery. Their melancholy had gone after the storm, replaced by a strange fervou...r for the shield. They bound Gallow and manhandled him to the shore and then when they were standing on the beach together, they crowded Medrin, trying to see the shield more closely. Touching it. And yes, in the light of the day it was as crimson as fresh blood, and either Medrin had spent a great deal of time cleaning and polishing it, or perhaps it did have a magic to it after all.
The shield took their eyes, and that was why they didn’t see the Marroc at first.MoreLess
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