Post by Lord Rahl on Sept 17, 2010 5:16:25 GMT -5
"General Teran to see you, Lord Rahl."
Rahl looked up from his studies to nod at his guard standing in the doorway. He finished the paragraph and stood, before closing the book and moving around the table, coming to a stop in front, facing the doorway.
General Teran entered, his chainmail clinking. He lurched to a stop as he saw Rahl, and fell to his knees, forehead to the floor, giving the devotion. "Master Rahl guide us. Master Rahl teach us. Master Rahl protect us. In your light we thrive. In your mercy we are sheltered. In your wisdom we are humbled. We live only to serve. Our lives are yours."
"Rise, general," Rahl said. "I have some orders for you."
The general nodded. "I am at your command, Lord Rahl."
"How is the battle against the insurgents?"
Looking away, the general sighed. "Not good, Lord Rahl. They were some of our best troops. They know battle tactics. Not to mention that they've got that wizard with them, helping to hide them until they strike, and when they do, he makes that more effective, too..."
Rahl sighed, too. He should be fighting the Old World, but the so called "Free Peoples of D'Hara" were distracting him. None of them would be free if the Old World won.
"General, you are to take five hundred of your best men and equip them well. Then you will meet me in the courtyard above the plateau bridge, and I am going to spell them."
The general lifted an eyebrow.
"I'm going to put a cloaking spell on them," he explained. "So that they may silently search and seek out smaller groups and terminate them. I knew the wizard who went with them. He will not be powerful enough to detect it."
The general grinned at that. "Thank you, Lord Rahl. The men will be pleased to have a chance to get even with the traitors."
Deneric did not grin. "You must be careful. While they will not be able to detect you with their wizard, they can all still see and hear you, and the wizard can still destroy you if you are caught."
The general nodded. "Yes, Lord Rahl. I understand. I will gather my men at once."
Rahl returned the nod and, as the general left, put the book back on the shelf before walking out of the door to his private quarters, shielding it behind him. The burden of a wizard, he thought, using people.
Rahl looked up from his studies to nod at his guard standing in the doorway. He finished the paragraph and stood, before closing the book and moving around the table, coming to a stop in front, facing the doorway.
General Teran entered, his chainmail clinking. He lurched to a stop as he saw Rahl, and fell to his knees, forehead to the floor, giving the devotion. "Master Rahl guide us. Master Rahl teach us. Master Rahl protect us. In your light we thrive. In your mercy we are sheltered. In your wisdom we are humbled. We live only to serve. Our lives are yours."
"Rise, general," Rahl said. "I have some orders for you."
The general nodded. "I am at your command, Lord Rahl."
"How is the battle against the insurgents?"
Looking away, the general sighed. "Not good, Lord Rahl. They were some of our best troops. They know battle tactics. Not to mention that they've got that wizard with them, helping to hide them until they strike, and when they do, he makes that more effective, too..."
Rahl sighed, too. He should be fighting the Old World, but the so called "Free Peoples of D'Hara" were distracting him. None of them would be free if the Old World won.
"General, you are to take five hundred of your best men and equip them well. Then you will meet me in the courtyard above the plateau bridge, and I am going to spell them."
The general lifted an eyebrow.
"I'm going to put a cloaking spell on them," he explained. "So that they may silently search and seek out smaller groups and terminate them. I knew the wizard who went with them. He will not be powerful enough to detect it."
The general grinned at that. "Thank you, Lord Rahl. The men will be pleased to have a chance to get even with the traitors."
Deneric did not grin. "You must be careful. While they will not be able to detect you with their wizard, they can all still see and hear you, and the wizard can still destroy you if you are caught."
The general nodded. "Yes, Lord Rahl. I understand. I will gather my men at once."
Rahl returned the nod and, as the general left, put the book back on the shelf before walking out of the door to his private quarters, shielding it behind him. The burden of a wizard, he thought, using people.