Elvenshore: 03 - Elf's Bane

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Author: Clark Graham
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good man,” Darnic said, “What is the news from the mother land?”
    The messenger stopped in the middle of a spoonful of stew . “I hear that Darnic Tewl has left the Elfish capital because they have built on the Mountain,” the messenger said.
    “That one is true; I am Darnic Tewl. What other news do you have?”
    “So it is true,” the messenger said, and then he went on, “The Elf Calvary is on the move towards the mountains. Clan Regaulis and Clan Kartan are packing to leave for the swampland, and there is a Meeting of Sticks over where to put all the clans if the mountain awakes.”
    “So everything is already set in motion through the land?” Darnic said, more of a statement than a question.
    “Yes, all of the clans are upset and troubled. Some are asking why they let the Elves settle here to begin with and how they can get rid of them.”
    Darnic thought for a minute and then said, “Tel l all of the clans you run into to be ready to flee to the swamps. This time we will not try and fight the monsters, we will just leave. We can still use some of the huts that were built during our last exodus and we can repair the rest and build new ones. As for the Elves, they have made a mistake that they will pay for, just as we did.”
    “Very well, Darnic Tewl, I will tell them,” the messenger said, and then he went back to eating his stew.  
    When Darnic and Aron were done eating , they paid for the meal and the room, and then headed in to bed. The room was off the main eating area and was small. It just had enough space for two beds and an end table. It didn’t matter to the travelers as they were just there to sleep.
    They were again on the road bright and early, after a hot breakfast. It did help that they were heading closer to the swamps as their home was between the Elf capital and the swamps. Aron was urging the pony a little faster, although he didn’t really need to, since the pony had already sensed that he was heading home and was moving faster anyway. The Elves had taken up most of the forests, but not the Eaderwild near Bon Tewl. It had been too far from the sea when the Elves first arrived, then when the final treaty was reached, Darnic made sure that the Eaderwild was still in the hands of the Humans and not the Elves. His clan loved the woods, so he had done it for purely personal reasons.
    The smell in the air was different and the pony now took no coaxing at all. It smelled like home. The odor was that of the forest and the swamp mixed with the grasslands of the rolling hills. There was no smell quite like it in all of the mother land. It was early afternoon when they could see the outline of the village. There were no walls or watchtowers, as the clans had lived in peace for many generations. Just an Inn, a few merchant stores and a collection of mud huts. It wasn’t much to look at but it was home. Sali Tewl rushed out to embrace her husband as soon the cart rolled up to the house. He had been gone several months and it hurt her heart to be apart from him. She had tried to live in the Elf capital with Darnic for a time, but found it tedious and she had missed her children and grandchildren too much. So she had moved back home.
    Two of the village elders, with their long sticks in hand, came up to Darnic and Fritred, the smaller of the two asked, “Is it true what they say about the mountain awaking?”
    Darnic looked at the ground and just said, “I tried to warn them, they wouldn’t listen.”
    Greon, the taller and wider of the two elders said, “We cannot save them; do they know that?”
    “They don’t want our help anyway,” Darnic replied.
    The two elders grabbed Darnic’s things out of the wagon and after leaving their walking sticks outside, all five of them walked into the house. The four men sat around the table, while Sali busied herself getting out some shortbread and custard tarts for her unexpected guests.
    “How soon can we be ready to leave for the swamps?”

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