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Korr wanders the desert thinking of legends and fairy tales--he thinks
they are anyway--a long time ago, according to the warrior monks, the air was pure
and clean, there were green meadows, rain use to bring water from the sky, causing
things to grow. The four great tribes thrived and prospered and lived for centuries
of peace. What would the tribes think of today: four royal families who huddle at
distant compass points, jealousy guarding all that is there is...what little there
is. Korr knows Puss is with him. Puss says, "I like you, big man." Puss
lives in the desert. He has weapons and does not fear what danger lurks ahead. Someone
calls for help. They run to the area. A big, hairy faced warrior in thong and belt
with shoulder pads and a shirtless long hair warrior, big and also old looking but
not as old as the first one, attack a female named Leonia and her master. The hairy
one, Krolid, stabs the master through the stomach, dripping blood and guts out his
back. The master tells her he must tell her something but a booted foot kicks out
his eye. Korr fights Krolid while Puss puts an arrow through the back of the other
one's head and out his mouth. The man turns and Puss puts another arrow in him--through
his eye. Puss runs at him and runs his sword through the top of the dying rapist's
head and then reaches around front and shoves his sword into the man's mouth. Krolid
will rip that little prick in half after he kills Korr, he brags. He also gets a
good hit at Korr but Korr knees him in the stomach, and then swipes across the rapist's
body, then beheads him. Intense cloud cover moves over the desert with a ruddy glow
that illuminates the sky from the red sun. At night, no stars can be seen, just black.
Baron Oris Tice was in a cave. A place of evil where one other who knows of his daughter
Ravaine is where he is. Three robed and hooded entities stop him, their eyes glowing,
their faces unseen (if they have faces). He tells the three that Ominar has taken
his daughter. One asks if the Breeder has seduced him yet. Baron tells them to be
careful, "She is my daughter." Baron has spies who tell them it is so.
He knows what they want, they are not concerned with petty wars. They call the Baron
Oris Tice, "...human." This implies they are not. Prince Valimar fights
Baron Ominar's forces at Ominar's fortress. Ominar tells a page to guard the door
as he will go off and join his forces after delighting in the Princess' services.
Outside her room, the two page boys talk. One tells the other he was right about
the war, calling the other stupid. Ravaine calls the page boy into her room. Leonia
asks if Korr and Puss always help people. Puss, who is sowing Korr's wound, sticks
his tongue out in working, "He does. I usually get em' in trouble." The
old priest and she were looking for something that was vital to the existence of
their world. The priest knew alot about the stones of power the families own and
about ancient history. Korr closes his eyes, sad that the old man died for some ancient
belief, too many people lived in the past. Ravaine has the page boy's outfit on,
the naked boy tied to a pole of her bed. The boy is gagged, his wrists tied around
the pole as are his ankles. Long blond Owin tells his Prince Valimar, another blond,
both in capes, that they are losing men foolishly. Ravaine comes out, proud that
he would save her life. Valimar tells her, "You save mine every time I look
at you." Behind his back, she smiles maliciously. Beneath the Earth, the trio
of strange entity robes are happy their plan is working, not sure at first that the
Earth worms could be trusted. Another feels soon they can finish their mission with
their companions who wait for them, asleep...so far away...a spaceship in outer space
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