vel'anir

"By Council Decree, this day will be henceforth known as the Day of Freedom! One year hence, we shall gather in this square and celebrate the victory we had bled hard to win today. I know not what the Vel'Anir of that future will look like, but I know that I will look for your faces brothers and...

"Take her - Go!" Her father's voice rattled her to the marrow. Her home, her life, was crumbling like wet sand and Sorai couldn't think of a time when she'd ever felt so afraid as she did right now. She could hear the anarchic pandemonium taking over Vel' Anir, the city outside her smashed...

"I hear Professor Rainnard has had to have his study completely redecorated?" Gerrard called as he held out his hand. Apparently the disgraced mage still had some ears within the College. In fact on that occasion he suspected they might have summoned him to defend her from being expelled...

"Everything seems fine, Lucy. Healthy twins," the doctor turned away from her and towards the bucket of hot soapy water to wash his hands thoroughly. Zana sat up slowly and drew her shirt back down over her swollen belly with a thankful sigh. After the battle against the werewights she had...

"Well... your vitals are all fine," the medic frowned as Zana pulled on her shirt. "I can't sense any disease or infection but if you continue to be sick I'd like for you to come back and we can look at running some further tests. I'm going to recommend you stop your... Your visits to Cain too...

The path from Vel'Anir along the Cortosi coastline was long, and it hugged the shoreline. When the tides went out, the path stank and some of the Guardsmen gagged and pleaded to march further inland. They were summarily denied. Alakir watched the moon reflected in murky waters as it slowly rose...