The tension between Arth and Janshai raged even hotter than the blazing wood in the fireplace. Arth squeezed his fists, drawing quick breaths as he tried to keep his anger from blowing.“So that’s what you all think of me?” he blurted out with a sudden raise of his voice. “Prideful? Selfish? Just because I was born with royal blood?”“Calm down, bro,” Robert tapped Arth’s shoulder, trying to make him sit down. “Don’t listen to him.”“That’s right,” said Janshai. “We all despise people like you. And that… will never change.”“Janshai, that’s enough,” the golden-haired woman interrupted, turning her head to him. “You might hate him but we can’t ignore the fact that the people of Glacia need him for the country to change.”“Really? I don’t think so. Just because you’re it, doesn’t mean you are that important. Mark that in your big head,” Janshai said before walking out of the living room.They all watched him leave until they were left out with silence.“Gods that stubborn man,” the boss
Tristan Denvorn’s ears grew tired of the king’s curses in every council meeting. He had stood like a statue behind King Terrowin Randall who was sitting at the head of the long, marbled table. The five members of the high council had seated on both sides, with the absence of the sixth member—the king’s sister.“Taxes? This shit again?” the king snapped. “I’ve already told you to raise it. Have you gone deaf, Rique?”“Forgive me, eh your grace,” Lord High Rique, the Pursemaster and a man bald, lowered his eyes in respect. “Eh I did get this order sent to every house of the country. However, the peasants and eh low class couldn’t bear to afford such an amount.”“And you’re passing this on to me? Then double all their labor!—Bullshit, you’re the Pursemaster. Do these crap yourself,” said the king in a mad voice.“As what I was about to say, your grace,” Rique bowed.“Where the hell is Miranda anyway? I told her to take this bloody matter into account,” the king said.The council room fel
Kael could not take his eyes away from the sky-touching mountain ranges around him. The snowcaps had soared high in the orange sky, touched by the settling sun. He had heard before that these ranges were the borders of Glacia from the southern regions. And although he couldn’t see it, he knew there were highly-fortified walls above the mountains, with fat round towers to keep watch of the border.Ahead of the wide, snowy road—the village of Whiteground stood at the foot between the two mountains. Seeing the houses built with stones, the vast landmass, and the loud animal screeches had made Kael realize the huge differences between Frostwood village and here. There were no trees—only the cold rocks and metals filled the ground. At the end of the village rose the Cold Gates; a high wall with two towers and a black portcullis in between… and south beyond that wall laid the territory of the Galadhor region.“Let’s go,” Luna Stormwind spoke behind and trotted past Kael. She wore a brown fu
The sharp whine of the horses echoed through the darkness amidst the tall pine trees. Dark blood flowed on the sloped ground like a river in the mountain side. There had been a crash just a few seconds ago. After Luna had taken her first shots at the horses dragging the carriage, they stumbled hard, rolled down on the inclined, rocky ground until they hit against a huge trunk. The elegant, metal carriage gave a loud, clanging sound that pierced through Arth’s ears as it crashed.He took care of the four riders with the help of Luna’s arrows. How he ought to be impressed of her sharp eyes and accuracy, but he couldn’t think of anything else now. His heart raced faster than any stallion—breathless, as he rushed down towards the crash. The carriage fell upside down, leaning on the dark trunk of a tree with the two horses crushed in between.Arth slid down as fast as he could, not taking his eyes away from the carriage where its broken wheels had spun slowly in the air. The white-painted
“Why… am I back here?” Tristan said as he was standing on the foot of the Twin Mountains of the North. The same light was shining in between the two mountains. “Tristan… here me…” a dark voice called out in the sky. Tristan looked up. There was snow falling. The grey thick clouds blocked the light ray of the sun. “It’s you.” Tristan replied as he was looking above the clouds.“No time… to waste…” The dark voice echoed. “Collect the four frost orbs… time is running out… a great danger is coming…”Everything went black. “Danger?” Tristan repeated.“Tristan! Wake up!” Dianne shook Tristan’s shoulders as he was lying on the cold ground. Tristan snapped out and woke up suddenly. He was breathing shortly as he touched his chest.“Are you okay?” Robert said while standing in front of him. He gave Tristan his sword. “I… I’m fine. Where are we?” Tristan looked at his body and it was covered with sticky transparent liquid. His black hair was already wet with the seawater and his thick blue
The night was dark and cold as the crickets in the night only made the sound out of the silence of the vast dark woods.Kael was holding the rope of the horse following them while Luna was carrying a small torch. She led him towards the big tree up ahead. Kael saw a thick rope hanging on the branch of the tree. He looked up and noticed that the tree was alive not like the rest of the trees in the dark woods and the branches above rose a little higher than the dead trees. The big tree has a dark and oaky wood. The leaves were big and rose above the branches.“We’re here,” Luna said. “This is my hideout.”“Uhhh,” Kael looked around. “But we can be easily spotted here,” Kael replied. Luna smiled and pointed towards the big branches above them.“You’re serious?” Kael’s eyebrows rose.Luna stepped towards the base of the tree and wiped the thick white snow on the ground. There was a wooden door trap hidden beneath the snow and she opened it. It was a hidden underground container. Kael look
“You’re lost, Arth,” A voice echoed beyond the darkness. “Your unclear past brings your heart more hatred.”“I already know my past.” Arth replied while standing in the dark.“But you never understood anything, Arth. You are misled of your misunderstanding of the past. I am now going to show you everything.”Everything was illuminated. The brightness faded and Arth realized he’s in a different place.“Is… is this the Ice Crown capital?” Arth thought while he was standing in the big window and looking at the view of buildings and houses’ roofs all white.The kingdom has very wide territories that even the walls were very far from what he can see. The Ice Crown Glacier was not like the other kingdoms like Casterfall. It has huge landmass filled with cities and training grounds. From the outer walls of the kingdom, the lower ring was composed of normal people. The working class and the standard soldiers living in the same ring but they were satisfied with their life at that time. After
Along the main road of the Casterfall Kingdom, a competition is being held to choose who among the great warriors from the different villages of the northern kingdom are to become knights. "Warriors, prepare!" Grand Master Tera shouted as 24 participants have lined up in the starting line ready to run for the competition. It was a very loud day and a lot of people from the different places have come to watch the competition of warriors. Tristan, a fifteen year old warrior was one of those competitors representing his village, Frostwood. He was trained by the elder in the Frostwood village, Chief Gregor and sent him here to be trained as one of the knights of the Casterfall Kingdom. Every day, the chief trained Tristan to be a great warrior and taught him the values a knight must possess so that he can be prepared when the time comes. He believes that this is the time he is waiting for. He has to win this competition to become a knight and receive advanced trainings from the kingdom.T
A huge explosion shook the area of the Ashenvale forest.“What is this power?” Maester David was staying in the big tree watching General Kael and his student, Arth battle.He could see Arth at a disadvantage after taking many hits and blows by the mighty sword of the General. Every attack of the general and every block of Arth was slowly draining his strength.General Kael was still holding his sword one hand while Arth was already panting and wounded.“Just yield, Arth. You can’t defeat me.” The general said.“Even with my last breath, I will never yield.” Arth replied catching his breath. His brown cloak was already shed with blood and his lower ankle injured. Soil and dust are already on his face and his yellow hair.“Then I’ll force that out of your mouth.” The general quickly touched the ground with his hand and looked at Arth narrowly. “You’ll regret this.”The ground began to shake suddenly. Huge root vines came out from the ground and extended towards Arth with speed.Arth he
The plan changed. Because of the chase, I was led to east from Casterfall Kingdom. Arth thought while riding his horse in a snow plain. I guess the best route for me is Frostwood village. I want to see Chief again. He passed through big stones covered with snow. From there, snow began to fall lightly.I wonder how Grand Master Tera is doing. The knights from Ice Crown Glacier are really scary. Arth saw a hawk flying over the big stones. But the one who saved me… who is he? I heard the Grand Knight call him Grand Magus. His magic is purely immense. I want to learn those skills someday. The hawk landed over the other big stone in his left side. Arth noticed that the hawk was wearing a black scarf collar on its neck.“What in the world…” Arth felt something strange about the hawk. Then, the hawk began to cry out suddenly.Wait a sec… Arth realized that it was not a wild bird. “It’s calling someone!”He whipped the rope of his horse to run fast. Then, he began to hear running footsteps
The village bell rang in the cold and windy mountain top. The noise of the women and men calling and shouting filled the whole atmosphere with intensity and fear. After a few moments, the doors and windows of the houses were closed and locked tightly. The men which appeared to be hunters gathered towards the center village.The village was located on top of the mountains and built above the stones on the sides. Stones on the mountains have been formed to make stairs/roads from the base to the village on top. It was almost the end of afternoon and the skies are getting dark.“Sir Kael! They already reached the southern gate in the base of the hills.” One hunter wearing black jacket approached Kael who was walking towards the scout tower. Kael walked towards the wooden stairs up to the scouts. He went to see what’s below the mountains. He could clearly see hundreds of blue caped knights standing on the base of the mountains.“Quick, tell the people to pack and go all the way towards the
“So, the Arth that you’ve talked about with Chief Gregor is the rightful heir to the frozen throne?” Tristan said with a loud voice. “Keep it down. Someone might hear us.” Maester David replied as they jumped from their horses and walked towards the entrance to the dark woods. They stopped and the maester pointed at the woods, “We have to reach the city as soon as possible. And this is the fastest way for us.”Tristan looked at the dark entrance and he could hear the echoes of the sound from the deep woods. “I can definitely sense many things here.” He said as he narrowed his eyes. Snow was falling from the white sky and a slight cold wind breezed through the two.“These woods are lived by wild beasts. I can sense them too.” Maester David replied. “No, it’s not only the beasts. I can feel something else. A group of people, I guess?” Tristan told the maester. Then he shook his head, “Never mind. Let’s go now, maester.”They began walking on the snowy path towards the entrance. “Stay al
After the tricky escape of Arth and Robert, they arrived in the secret tunnel of Casterfall kingdom in which Grand Master Tera told them before. I’m back here, again. Arth thought. The last time Arth was there was when he ran away and chased by the knights. The two entered the tunnel and it was pitch-black. They could hear the water running through the tunnel as they walked on the side. Robert casted an Illumination in a lesser energy to light up the tunnel way. “How was the academy you got into with Bran?” Arth suddenly asked while looking down in the stone way as he walked.“It was great. There are lots of things that I learned there.” Robert replied. “But Bran was still the same. He never learns.”Arth smiled as he shook his head. “I envy you. You got to learn a lot. It must be so fun.”“Why? What about your private trainings with Grand Master Tera?” Robert turned to him while walking.“We only did some training to build my stamina. And he only taught me one skill.” Arth replied.“
Now that I got these knights away from my village, I better think about my escape now. Kael told himself as he was sitting on a horse behind Grand Knight Bryle with his hands chained. He realized that there were also eight knights in a formation with them. One in front was a banner man carrying the flag of the Ice Crown. Kael and the grand knight were in the center and the other seven knights surrounded them as they travelled on their horses. I can’t fight them but I just need to distract them only if I have my sword with me. Using just magic is not enough to distract them. Kael thought as he looked at the pine trees covered in snow they pass through. He turned to the Grand Knight’s back and looked down to his elegant sword. An enchanted sword, huh? There’s clearly no chance of fighting them. “So, you’re Kael? The son of king Kaelas?” Grand Knight Bryle said smiling. “I never thought you’re alive.” Kael remained quiet after what the knight said.“I once served him. To be honest, I h
Tristan quickly walked passed through two small houses towards the big white tent ahead. There were wooden benches outside the tent which are for the people accompanying their sick or injured patient. The chief directly saw maester David wearing blue cloak sitting in the bench on the right side impatiently waiting. He approached the maester quickly.“Maester David?” Tristan called while he was walking towards him. The maester turned and was relieved to see him. Maester David stood and shook hands with the chief.“Tristan, it’s been how many years.” The maester said.“15 years actually,” the chief replied. “What are you doing here? You’re supposed to be in Ice Crown right? And what’s with the elf?” He asked with his eyebrows meeting.“I’ve got bad news. There’s a war coming.” The maester said worriedly as he sat down.“A war? What are you talking about?” the chief replied.“King Muradin will declare war with the elves if they don’t give what he asks. He sent me there to negotiate but t
“What happened to the kid?” Lord Nicholas was standing in the tiled path towards the entrance to the high garden. He was in his white sleeved clothing and brown pants. Grand Master Tera was there in the entrance of the garden looking at the fountains. The sky was cloudy but there was no snow falling. The snow that covered the grounds and plants made it seem that snow just fell earlier.Grand Master Tera looked above and saw the high towers of the castle. He sighed instead of turning to Lord Nicholas. “He’s gone.”“To where? The knights from Ice Crown Glacier became frustrated that they didn’t found the boy. You said he was there in his room?” The lord said.The Grand master turned to the lord, “I already said it, my lord. He’s gone. I don’t know how or why.”“And you were gone also by the time the knights searched his room. Is there something you’re not telling me, master Tera?” Lord Nicholas looked him in the eye as he walked towards him.“I was in my office, my lord. I just continu
The green woods and mountains of Ashenvale have spread throughout its entire region. The scent of the husky woods and the sound of the birds made the entire environment a natural and peaceful to be in.Maester Kael, wearing a blue cloak and carrying his valyrian sword, have gone through the green woods. The soft soil of the earth gave the maester a comfortable travel on it.The place seemed to be so magical. A strong spiritual energy can be felt by the maester in to the woods.The wisps have always protected their forest and brought life in it. Maester Kael thought as he walked in the pathway through the forest.He saw different friendly animals on his way through the woods. He encountered stags, birds, monkeys, and a hippo. Such beauty the forest holds. I have to get to the Guardian of the Forest as soon as possible. The maester thought.He crossed a shallow river ahead and jumped on the small rocks. After reaching on the other side, he saw a yellow butterfly flying towards him. The