Elflord #5

Elflord #5 Nightwynd, Oct 1980, b&w.

R Elflord #5 cover CHAPTER 1ñThe years that followed Hawk's coronation were happy and prosperous ones. He was a kind and fair king to all his loyal subjects. The tiny kingdom thrived and there was peace and harmony everywhere. The pages bow to the waking up Windblade, who is in his underwear. A spell of some kind made Hawk's screams wake up the pages. Sparrow, one of the pages and darkhaired, reports to Windblade. In the room, an open shirted Hawk stares out the window. Hawk thinks he is possessed. A loin clothed almost naked page boy is startled as the strange Moon Priest called Tamir Moonstar appears, one of Windblade's father's people, the Sidhe (pronounced She). Windblade's father was a Sidhe. Hawk asks for his help, despite some reluctance and disbelief.
CHAPTER 2ñMoonstar begins a ritual for Hawk, in contrast to the happiness of life outside the Royal Tower. Across the galaxy on some strange and distant planet or deep in Hawk's own mind, a small figure of an elf appears on the battlefield of dreams. Innermost fears and terrors manifest as monsters and horrid atrocities, killing the future Hawk (who has a beard and pigtails). Hawk's clothes are ripped and he realizes his physical body is close to death. The phantom elf challenges and threatens Moonstar. A wizard attacked Hawk's parents and killed the mother, leaving the father with one sonññHawk. Hawk and his brother were born a season apart. The brother was the wizard's slave and apprentice, lived long enough to slay the dark wizard, and become a dark wizard himself. Hawk realizes this naked dark apparition is Condor, who wants to sit on the throne himself.
CHAPTER 3ñFour days pass. Windblade wants to go with Moonstar to meet his father after Hawk has gotten better. In the past, the elves and Sidhe has a battle and the Sidhe war chief carried off an elvin princess who later died during childbirth of his son. The chief blamed the boy for the death and hated the son who played music in the glen instead of learning war. The Chief abandoned the boy in the forest to die but a noble warlord and his son found the boy. Having lost his wife and other son by a wizard's wrath, the warlord and the son took Windblade in and adopted him. Poem by Harper Rath, Barden of the RowankinññOCEAN'S LAMENT is the title of the poem. Two dragon men watch Windblade and Tamir Moonstone, ready to signal Condor. They will know soon how arrogant Hawk shall be.

	Elflord #5	Nightwynd, Oct 1980, b&w.
R		CHAPTER 1ñThe years that followed Hawk's coronation were happy and prosperous ones. He was a kind and fair king to all his loyal subjects. The tiny kingdom thrived and there was peace and harmony everywhere. The pages bow to the waking up Windblade, who is in his underwear. A spell of some kind made Hawk's screams wake up the pages. Sparrow, one of the pages and darkhaired, reports to Windblade. In the room, an open shirted Hawk stares out the window. Hawk thinks he is possessed. A loin clothed almost naked page boy is startled as the strange Moon Priest called Tamir Moonstar appears, one of Windblade's father's people, the Sidhe (pronounced She). Windblade's father was a Sidhe. Hawk asks for his help, despite some reluctance and disbelief. CHAPTER 2ñMoonstar begins a ritual for Hawk, in contrast to the happiness of life outside the Royal Tower. Across the galaxy on some strange and distant planet or deep in Hawk's own mind, a small figure of an elf appears on the battlefield of dreams. Innermost fears and terrors manifest as monsters and horrid atrocities, killing the future Hawk (who has a beard and pigtails). Hawk's clothes are ripped and he realizes his physical body is close to death. The phantom elf challenges and threatens Moonstar. A wizard attacked Hawk's parents and killed the mother, leaving the father with one sonññHawk. Hawk and his brother were born a season apart. The brother was the wizard's slave and apprentice, lived long enough to slay the dark wizard, and become a dark wizard himself. Hawk realizes this naked dark apparition is Condor, who wants to sit on the throne himself. CHAPTER 3ñFour days pass. Windblade wants to go with Moonstar to meet his father after Hawk has gotten better. In the past, the elves and Sidhe has a battle and the Sidhe war chief carried off an elvin princess who later died during childbirth of his son. The chief blamed the boy for the death and hated the son who played music in the glen instead of learning war. The Chief abandoned the boy in the forest to die but a noble warlord and his son found the boy. Having lost his wife and other son by a wizard's wrath, the warlord and the son took Windblade in and adopted him. Poem by Harper Rath, Barden of the RowankinññOCEAN'S LAMENT is the title of the poem. Two dragon men watch Windblade and Tamir Moonstone, ready to signal Condor. They will know soon how arrogant Hawk shall be.