The Second Prophecy (Part 1 of the Dragdani Prophecies) by R. Alan Ferguson Read Free Book Online Page B

council meeting the first day they
arrived. She had wandered why. When asked by his wife, John simply
said, “It’ll only worry you as it does me.”
    Not satisfied
with his reply, she pressed and pressed at him until he finally
gave in and told all.
    “ The reason there were only
representatives from four of the main kingdoms of Dorminya (which
were Dwarves, Elves, Wizards and Witches, and the Men of the
Morden) was because the Eagle-Men of Kealhal were secretly
attacked, overthrown and wiped out by Ulicoth’s army and by
Kilamen,” he told her.
    It was John
that had found out what had happened, for he had befriended the
immortal Wolf Demala, although he did not fully trust the talking
Wolf, as he had heard of the terrible crimes he had committed while
in his human form. Although mistrustful, the King could not very
well ignore this terrible information. So he had the claims of his
new friend investigated and had found the terrible tragedy to be
true.
    The mistrust
John had felt toward the once-dark Wolf lifted a little, though he
still knew to be wary of him, for it was well known that the Wolf
had once worked under Salith himself for the promise of release
from the curse that bound him to that eternal body. The truth of
the matter is that Demala had not always been a Wolf. He was once a
man and nephew to the King of the once-powerful land of
Phadkew.
    By the time
the Wolf had told John the news of the Eagle-Men, it was too late.
Only a handful of the giant eagles survived, but unfortunately they
moved to the unmapped lands and have not been seen
since.
    When all was
finally realized, letters were sent to those the Wizards and
Witches considered potential allies, and all agreed to meet. All,
of course, but the Men of the Tarlonal in the land of Frepwen, who
had all vowed to never be involved in anything that the Morden were
involved in. For they have been mortal enemies for many a year and
would kill their cousins before lifting a single finger to help
them?
    At the Towers
of Telian, the council of the four races held yet another meeting,
and this time Helen was invited. She had taken an active role in
all council meetings and enjoyed doing so. At the end of this
meeting the council had decided that the time had come to bring
their forces together.
    “ Finally, we
will attack the fortress of Wulfed and rid the world of the evil of
Ulicoth and Kilamen,” said the Dwarf lord, Eiaten.
    It took only
sixteen days for everyone to arrive. For the armies of the four
races had been on standby for two whole years.
    The Elves
were the first to arrive, closely followed by the Dwarves, and
together they waited with the Wizards and Witches for the men to
arrive. They did not have to wait very long, as the men were not
far behind the Dwarves, who themselves had run all the way from the
great city of Eiaten, which is located under the Twin Mountains of
Duilsan. The Dwarf city was named after the Lord of those mountains
and was the largest of their empire.
    Taden,
Eiaten’s cousin, was stationed on the second balcony of the right
tower. He was not the only one there, as there were two Wizards and
an Elf as well.
    One could be forgiven for thinking that all were
there purely out of friendship, but as always. There was an
alternative reason. The Wizards came simply because the building
belonged to them. The Elf was there out of helpfulness. As his
sight was better than the others, it seemed right for him to be
there. And last of all. The Dwarf was there, funnily enough, simply
because the others were there.
    Eiaten , seeing that the Elf was
allowed to stand and look, thought that it was only fair and that
one of his own be allowed there too. Everyone wondered why Taden
was there, for all knew that a Dwarf’s sight is very limited, and
he couldn’t possibly see what he needed to, but John saw no harm in
Eiaten’s little game and let the Dwarf stay where he was, simply
because he knew that Eiaten would love to have an excuse to