The Sword And the Dragon
“If it had not been for the great power of Shokin flowing inside him, the debilitating surge might have done him permanent harm. That particular hellcat was still bound deeply to the wizard. It had been formed from Inkling’s substance, and the imp’s familiar link to Pael was apparently still potent.
Pael had never been one for trivial affections, but the imp had been his familiar since he was a young man. Long before Shaella had been born, before his toy prince had come along, and long before he had stolen the Spectral Orb from the Palladian wizard Ah-Rhal, Inkling had been there. The imp had helped Pael kill his mentor, Allagar, after the old Master Mage tried to punish him for stealing the Staff of Malice from the not-so-distant continent of Murga. Pael couldn’t fathom missing a lover or a friend, but he missed his devilish little companion greatly.
It was old Allagar who had inspired the imp’s name, Pael remembered, with a sinister chuckle.
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