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Rovan nodded, one eye squinting slightly more than the other, assessing Lilette's state of mind. Resolve draped over her movement now. This would prove more useful, indeed.

Self-consciousness came a moment after he had helped her up. It was strange to be holding hands with this grimly armoured knight; mitten meeting gauntlet.

He relinquished their grip and swept forward, robe and cloak trailing after him. Speed suffused his stride. He was intent to see this place to its end. Before they would lose any more party members.

A corridor sneakily revealed itself behind mirrored walls, barely visible. Either luck or perception had allowed him to see it, but regardless, he took this gift gladly.

"This way," Rovan said, indicating for her to follow with a curled finger. One foot planted before the other, walking half-sideways, so as to be ready to dart back, he cautiously entered the chamber beyond.

Burning, blue light greeted them. The tools of an artisan glinted in that light; hammers, tongs, pliers, scissors and many more besides, all covered in a layer of frost, hung on racks against the walls. The icy walls also supported several bookshelves, some made from stone, others from ancient wood. Exotic armours stood in a perculiar six-man formation, looking like near exact copies.

The majority of the light came from a grand forge to their left, still spewing flames. But the flames rendered no heat, their presence as much of a chill as the rest of the room.

"Wait, wait, hold on; I have read of this place." A hissing urgency had entered his voice, eyes darting quickly to take in every detail. "By my stars, yes. This has to be the Frostforge."

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Her hand was so much smaller in his, yet belied a warrior's strength.

He was right, she followed shoulder first, mailed fingers wrapped tightly around Nightspell's hilt whilst trailing after him with a light foot and sharp gaze.

She stopped beside him and shifted her visor slowly from side to side in search of threats.

"A frostforge, thou saith?" she said in hushed tone.

"T'would explain this cerulean gloom."

The Knight crept forward and gently pat the Mage's shoulder.

"Allowest me to enter first, and heft mine blade between thee and whatever lurketh within."

She teased into the room then, looking this way and that while preparing to strike. But with each step she was met with silence and her shoulders eased. She even turned to shrug at the sorcerer once before grabbing a bottle off one of the shelves which glowed like molten gold.

It was turned over once or twice in search of a label, to no avail, and was soon pocketed.





 
They managed to enter the room with no harm. No traps came flying in their face, no spittle of fire from the burning forge itself and no harmful creatures charging their way.

Instead, they were met with words. Words that boomed out and shook the very room itself; tongues of blue fire whipping and lashing from the forge, as if it spoke.

"SPEAK - YOUR - COMMAND."

The voice was elven, allowing them both to understand it, unnaturally deep and incredibly melancholic. It near sighed and moaned before each word, whispers chittering away and echoing each dragged syllable.

Rovan frowned, peering at Lilette. Then he blinked, licked his lips and opened his mouth, but before he could speak, it repeated itself:

"SPEAK - YOUR - COMMAND."

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