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Summer: Windblade sings a song with his guitar, a song about a warrior gone away.
Turo tells him his voice is getting better but Windy tells him that he doesn't have
to lie. He sees the looks on other's faces. Turo tells him to poop on them as long
as HE likes it. Windy has an ear ring in his left ear. Bjorn, a dark haired elf,
and an elf squire with a head covering come in and start trouble with "Windbrain."
Turo thinks it is too nice a day for Bjorn's stupidity. Since Bran came to his senses,
Bjorn says, neither Turo nor the Sidhe are special. He knows Windy came here to wait
for his master who is said he would return on the Eve of Summer. Bjorn tells him
that Windy's master died in the crusades against the humans. Bjorn tells them that
without their master around the two of them are only fit to be harem eunuchs. He
is going to beat some sense into them now. Hawk appears at the door, telling them
someone must be beat. Hawk throws Bjorn, who attacks him with his sword, kicks the
black hair elf in the face and slams Bjorn against a wall. The squire begs not to
be killed. Hawk tells him to take his captain and go. Two Elfin moons hang in the
sky as Hawk, shirtless sits on the bed of their hotel room, Windy is naked under
sheets with Turo asleep in his arm and lying on Windy's side, also shirtless. A page
announces the trio the next morning at Bran's palace at Greenhaven. Ichi predicted
Hawk would cause trouble. Ichi has belly button ornament tucked into his navel. Bran
is mad that it is always about Windblade. Bran yells at Hawk, who supposes he is
against Bran who has called Hawk a servant. Ichi seems amused at all this. Dao comes
with Hawk. Bran tells Ichi he knew they would go. Ichi wants Erickson's head to adorn
the front gates, making Bran's power absolute. After stopping at the tavern for old
clothes and finding how many support them, the group camp under the eldest tree with
a stream nearby, game around, and it meets Dao's requirements, whom Hawk sarcastically
thanks. They hear a horn sound. A hooded figure comes and Dao tells him to chose
his weapon...he chooses hand to hand since he has four arms and hands. Despite flooring
him, Dao is grabbed up, thrown, and jumped on. Hawk tells the friend he has proven
himself hands down and tells Dao, "You've gotta hand it to him, Dao." The
creature's name is Cyndrillan. Dao asks Hawk to stop with the stupid hand jokes.
Flowers bloom in the forest and spread the pleasant aroma as Turo and Windy explore
with McTutt. They spot Stonecrest Village and go to the Market to get a sticky bun.
There, Orse Wimple is to be executed by hanging for sorcery. He sells charms. Windy
lets some of his power go into Wimple "the Wonderful" so the old chubby
elf can escape. Summer gets hotter and rumors of the outlaw band grow. Hawk slips
out a tavern away from the king's soldiers, who follow him. A palm tree headed troll
like elf hears this and follows. Hawk supposes he will have to kill the five soldiers
that followed him but they want to kill him. The large elf troll has a stick with
a broken pointed end and he runs it into a soldier and out him and into the one behind
him. He knocks them all down. He tells Hawk that he could have killed him by now
since he was travelling alone.He was unaware that behind him, Dao, Turo, and Cyndrillan
have bows aimed at him with Dao saying, "Do we feather him now, Hawk?"
The oaf says, "Great spirit!" Hawk tells them not to since he thinks he
is a friend. Hawk feels that now they have enough of a band to start hitting back
against the king and start freeing the kingdom. |