| CHAPTER ONE... |
THE SHADOW WITHIN
Slivers of moonlight shone through dense fog as the clopping of horse hooves echoed over a
dilapidated cobblestone road. The stench of war was in the air and darkness riddled the land.
As horses trudged over a deteriorated path, sludge of damp earth mixed with the blood of
warriors splattered across the trail.
Wounded warriors draped themselves on top of the armored animals. No one spoke as a
horse from the front of the pack turned and faced the men. “We rest here,” commanded the
voice of a shadowy figure astride the lead horse.
The weary men slowed to a stop and dismounted their horses. Complete exhaustion filtered
through the ranks of nearly one hundred warriors. They fell to the ground and huddled around
one another. Silence reigned as flasks of liquid passed through the group.
The light from the moon disappeared as the fog increased. The lead warrior, Tolar, a large
soldier with broken armor covering half of his body and most of his face, directed his horse
toward the men. He surveyed his legion. Wounded and exhausted, the men gazed at their
giant, but weakened, leader.
These men had been through something unspeakable. Many nursed broken and severed
limbs. More had been left behind for dead.
Tolar could do nothing but trot past his men and soak in the utter defeat of the souls in front of
him.
When he reached the center of the group, he stopped his horse and gazed down at an equally
large warrior lying in exhaustion against a tree stump. Fighting the pain from his severed arm,
the wounded warrior said, “We are no match for him without Eseph.”
Tolar remained silent, a look of utter despair on his face. He wiped a drip of blood and sweat
from his brow.
Groans of pain and anguish increased as the men settled in for the night. The fog swirled and
swelled within the encampment. Tolar turned to dismount but heard a disturbance from the
front of the pack. Looking up, he saw hordes of warriors retreating in fear. One of them
screamed, “He has found us! Malkuth has found us!”
Slivers of moonlight shone through dense fog as the clopping of horse hooves echoed over a
dilapidated cobblestone road. The stench of war was in the air and darkness riddled the land.
As horses trudged over a deteriorated path, sludge of damp earth mixed with the blood of
warriors splattered across the trail.
Wounded warriors draped themselves on top of the armored animals. No one spoke as a
horse from the front of the pack turned and faced the men. “We rest here,” commanded the
voice of a shadowy figure astride the lead horse.
The weary men slowed to a stop and dismounted their horses. Complete exhaustion filtered
through the ranks of nearly one hundred warriors. They fell to the ground and huddled around
one another. Silence reigned as flasks of liquid passed through the group.
The light from the moon disappeared as the fog increased. The lead warrior, Tolar, a large
soldier with broken armor covering half of his body and most of his face, directed his horse
toward the men. He surveyed his legion. Wounded and exhausted, the men gazed at their
giant, but weakened, leader.
These men had been through something unspeakable. Many nursed broken and severed
limbs. More had been left behind for dead.
Tolar could do nothing but trot past his men and soak in the utter defeat of the souls in front of
him.
When he reached the center of the group, he stopped his horse and gazed down at an equally
large warrior lying in exhaustion against a tree stump. Fighting the pain from his severed arm,
the wounded warrior said, “We are no match for him without Eseph.”
Tolar remained silent, a look of utter despair on his face. He wiped a drip of blood and sweat
from his brow.
Groans of pain and anguish increased as the men settled in for the night. The fog swirled and
swelled within the encampment. Tolar turned to dismount but heard a disturbance from the
front of the pack. Looking up, he saw hordes of warriors retreating in fear. One of them
screamed, “He has found us! Malkuth has found us!”
Rainbow's Shadow
and the tablets of fate
and the tablets of fate
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