Re: Lady Irime
Apprentices Folly.
Anuire, among the greatest of human cities, steeped in ancient magics and governed by the Chamberlain. A group of powerful wizards, The Council of Ten, head the Royal College of Sorcery. It has a history longer than most cultures and has given rise to great heroes and great villains, sometimes both at once in the same person. Into this city comes a young apprentice of exceeding talent. But will his study of magics unknown, that tap the very nature of the elements without the sanction of The Council of Ten be his undoing. Matters get more complicated when he finds a skeleton prowling along an old iron fence near the dock. When a servant of one of the ten whispers to the the Chambelain, Valos notice the glazed look in the Chamberlain's eyes. Someone has ensorceled the Chamberlain. Valos, along with his new friend, Sir Gable, must either find a way to bring the truth to light, or fight this evil himself.
The Dark Road
Valos has been cast out of Anuire, and moves stealthily away to preserve his life. Hiding in one of the alleys as he was leaving was a young elf, that also was leaving the city. Showing Valos a hidden tunnel that lead to the forest. The Council of Ten has declared him Heretic for his Elemental magics. The Wizards fear this branch of magic, new and of uncertain power. They also fear the true discovery of their grasp for power. Even Valos does not yet know its full scope. He travels further towards the edges of Anuire, but quick passage eludes him when he chances upon a small family defending a burnt-out husk of a barn.Helping them is a wandering monk named Jorgus Rayle, who had sought lodging for the night but awoke to find himself in a living hell. A wizard had come through their town, dark and silent. Now people were dying and undead rose to swarm the living.
Book 3: Dark Friendship
Lady Irimë continued her traveling over the lands and on one night it seemed that she met someone that she never expected. Rumors of what one would call a Drow was also moving along the edge of the forest. When they arrived at the same area, it was an odd exchange of expression but neither drew a weapon or flung a spell but stood there examining each other. As they observed each other, they were opbserved in turn by Valos, having come upon hearing similar rumors to learn some of the magic of the dark elves.
It seemed that this was the first experience for each to encounter the opposite race. Lady Irimë was the first to move closer to the dark skinned elf and spoke in elven to her. Finding out that Malice was an exile Drow from her House and was destine to live the rest of her life away from her own people.
The two Elven female learned a great deal about each other and their people. Irimë had heard rumors of the evil dark skinned elves but never in her wildest dreams did she expect to ever meet one. The race was consider to be no more than a fairy tale.
Book 2: The Prince and the Shadow
Jorgus soon discovers that his superiors are still evaluating him, pushing him into situations that will prove his devotion, test his training, and uncover his weaknesses. He is given a difficult mission. The Prince of a very powerful royal family has been acting strangely as of late and the brotherhood are concerned he's being tampered with. They task Jorgus with shadowing the youth and finding out the cause of his strange behavior. Standing behind a cloaked man who had been whispering into the pronces ear, was the unfamiliar form of Valos. It does not take him long to discover the Prince has been cursed. He uncovers the plot and is captured. He eventually escapes and rushes back to inform his superiors only to find out that the Price has died during the interim. Believing that he has failed his mission, Jorgus returns to the Prince's castle and uncovers a plot to overthrow the Kingdom. This time failure is not an option and so he captures the sinister character who seems to be behind it all. On his way back with his prisoner he is set upon and left for dead. Moving through the forest she comes a crossed a human male that was in need of healing. Aiding him with a blessing of a Healing Spell. He struggles back to the monastery before blacking out and shows them a journal he had secretly stolen from the prisoner. The monks praise the young man's resourcefulness and relentless effort to finish his mission, even up to the point of death.
Knight's Dusk
Sir Gable having ridden most of Dhoesone in search of his father finally discovered that he had been murdered and left buried in a lonely grave in Sidhuire near the border with Tuarhievel. The killing had been passed off as an elves slaying humans but the story never felt right. Something deeper was at play and Tannen must now investigate to find out the truth behind his father's death and why the Baroness Fhiele never had his family informed of his fate. He discovers that there was a lone survivor to the attack, an elusive wandering monk named Jorgus Rayle. All the while. Lady Chelsea waits for him at home. Even more strange and unnerving were the whispers of a wizard and his apprentice (Valos) who had been seen at the edge of the attack behind the assailants.