The Hephaestia Chronicles - Book One

vious to the

an

ce booms, calling for hi

the council's war chambers, I notice more faces than I was prepar

think. "Otherwise it wo

w setting his sights on Everaya. The Seers guild has just informed me that now is the time to seek. I have tasked them with gathering all knowledge of the Fellstar

and tired looking, his golden hair dishevelled. Overall it seems to have aged him in the short tim

te, believing wholeheartedly that I can do this. Afterall one of my uniq

rs Guild headquarters. They wil

ay as I bow befor

me." I think as I move q

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y the sheer lack of people within its halls. As one of the main g

e!" A voice rings out thro

f a young woman, glasses slightly askew, with fiery

am so sorry. Please excuse me. Your father, that is to say the king, ordered a rush on all things relating to the Fellstar Prophecy and because of this and well frankly the lack of seers,

f as the young w

a while to read all of the ones you have here. So if you will just

I've put all the others there, but please let me pick these up. The chie

. Your boss can't punish you for obey

loophole, and we work together to gather

here with instructions from the Chief and your father." She says gesturin

ar shaped pendant. As I gaze at the ruby in its center I feel myself pulled. Almost as if a Leaper is attempting to transport me

f. "At least that way, they should make sense." I push all thoughts of the penda

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ral hours, the only thing of note is that I need to use the pendant to find the heir. R

hink. "They might be able to tell me if this t

k in an attempt to distance myself from the odd tugging fe

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rough in my voice. "Everytime I touch the bloody

ng when I touch it." The head Enchanter stands there, rub

o enchant the damn thing anyway. You ha

t blame me if n

ion I follow the ma

ed you to enchant this he

ite sway to her hips. "Your highness, I would

s soon as possible. I'm not quite sure exactl

so enchant something else for

r a small coin from my poc

ch and the waiting head enchanter. As I watch her eyes glaze over a hazy shade o

ter their eyes

ey say in unison before shaking their heads

any body of water to create a portal ho

pendant

hat tug." the head enchanter stat

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ll, I quickly head to the market to g

s I walk. "For all I know this could all just be fo

weapons stalls, I make my

thin air. Royalty, after all, does have a certain way of doing things. Jumping is undignified except in times of great ur