Lecia
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Lecia stumbled about the tiny apartment her mother had been put in. It was
horrible! Surely the mother of the Wingleader should get a decent
apartment! She frowned, even if he was a no-good theif.

Of course, she thought even more depressed, what if this was as good as the
apartment's got?

"I'm going out, Mama."

"Oh no, Lecia. You should stay in .. it's not safe."

"Of course it's safe Mama." She moaned. "Besides I can't stay here anymore
.. I've gotta get out and see what life has thrown me this time."

"Lecia .."

"I'll be back soon, I promise."

Celia finally nodded, "All right. Just be careful."

Lecia grinned happily and ran over to kiss her mother on the forehead.
"I'll be back soon, I promise."

She ran out, slamming the door unintentionally behind her. She wondered if
she'd see that handsome dragonrider who'd given her a ride here on his
dragon. She chuckled remembering how upset Nunlot had been watching the two
of them together.

She'd not been looking long when she spotted the most unusual thing! A
young man with silver hair. Not just young ..  he was also extremely
attractive. Muscular and well-built. He turned slightly and she gaped
again.  What was wrong with his ears? They were obviously deformed .. evil
looking pointed things.

She frowned how could she ever have thought someone with such ears was
attractive! The other young man, a blonde, was handsome too, and certainly
not deformed like the other. However he looked kinda young. She shook her
head slightly, were there no perfect men in the world!

Course what if they had money? She quickly dismissed the thought. If they
had money why would they be here? She looked at their companions. Both were
pretty, she supposed. Though one was a little plump and the other had no
sense of fashion. Just look at the way she cut that shocking mop of red
hair! What was wrong with this warren anyway!

Well, at least they looked friendly, maybe they could help her find that
handsome dragonrider ..

She walked up the foursome putting on her best Coneta imitation, "Excuse
me, I'm looking for a certain dragonrider, I was hoping you could help me."

<<NRPG: Lecia is a spoiled brat, she is highly critical of everything and
everyone .. however, she has learned something about charm from Coneta, so
she won't be blatently mean. hehe, so have some fun with her. She will also
puff up her importance in Lotherran society :)>>

Gor'd
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<<Dinner with Rhia, S'dan and Ilara>>

"Their Dragonlady's name if Christalla."

"Christalla?"  Rhia repeated. "How odd to think of their being another
Dragonlady. Have she and Vignette met?"

Gor'd shook his head, "I do not think as yet they have. What with the
problems Vignette has been having. It seems Dragonlady Christalla is having
problems of her own. Fairly similar problems in fact."

"Really?"

Gor'd nodded, "Oh yes, in fact while I was there they found and arrested an
assassin.  Young girl. You'd have never believed such a thing. Oh and even
more interesting. This warren where the Dragonlady lives has a Warrenlord."

"A warrenlord?"

"What's a warrenlord," Ilara asked.

"The same thing as a Warrenlady, only a man."

"A man joined to a queen!" S'dan chuckled, "I don't believe I've ever heard
of that happening."

Gor'd shook his head, "No not in the recorded history or our Dragonlands at
anyrate."

"I do love hearing the tales of these places, Gor'd." Rhia said.

"Perhaps one day I can escort you to visit one yourself someday. I heard a
truly amazing musician at a Warren called Whiteriver, which I'm sure you'd
enjoy." Gor'd told her, "In fact Whiteriver seemed to be the place for
frivolity when I visited. There was a traveling band of entertainers there.
They were headed west, perhaps one day they will stop here,"  he chuckled,
"Though to be sure perhaps it isn't the safest thing. I understand their
leader has an eye for beautiful Warrenladies .. and we wouldn't want him to
lose his heart to ours."

The table filled with good hearted laughter and Gor'd grinned. He did love
to gossip .. he was nearly as bad as any dragon!

<<NRPG: Gor'd has many other tales of amazing things .. but I don't want to
bore you :) Bridget the musician at WR could be N'lin :) I didn't want to
specify .. :)>>

Lothar
***

>Haedin chuckled.  "Whatever you choose to call her...  Goodnight,
>Lothar... Sleep well..."

Lothar watched as the tall man left. Then he turned to the woman standing
there. He found himself unable to move, so shocked was he by the gift ..
and by the beauty of the creature in front of him. He was even more shocked
when she moved toward him and immediately began to pull her shift over her
head.

Then she stood there, completely naked before him. Lothar couldn't stop the
stiring in his groin. He'd never had any servant just offer herself to him
so completely like this. Sure he'd taken it on occasion, most often with
threats of retribution for noncompliance.

But this .. this was something new to him. Even Coneta the few times she'd
allowed him the comforts of her bed, had not been so accomodating. He
reached out a tentitive hand to touch her face .. her neck ..

She took his hand in hers and pulled him further into the room, before
turning back and beginning to dutifully remove his clothes. Lothar groaned
.. the first of many groans of pleasure to emanate from that closed door
that night..

***

The next morning he was whistling happily as he came down  for breakfast.
Coneta eyed him suspeciously. But Haedin smiled, "Sleep well, Lothar?"

"Indeed I did ..thank you, Haedin."

Ce'lot
***
<<NRPG: I'm guessing this is the morning after the Tellari group sees the
dragon and hear's the plan .. But it could probably be the morning before
if need be..>>

The rescuer's continued to find aimless groups of refugees, though much
smaller then the group which had held Lecia and Bella's family. It appeared
that group had grown over the days since the attack on Lotherra forming one
large band. It was to their advantage, with safety being in numbers.

Ce'lot had hated to leave the ones who refused to go to the warren, but he
had little choice. They were waiting until their home welcomed them back.
He doubted that under Gerard it ever would. The attack by Gerard's guards
had proven that.

As they drew nearer to Lotherra he could feel his own tension mounting.
He'd thought it had been for Lecia's safety .. but it was clear it had more
to do with returning to the town of his birth .. and his disgrace.

It was mid morning when they rode up to the gates .. past the ruined
farmsteads and slaughtered cattle. Ce'lot had only seen this side of the
gates once in his entire life. That moonless night as he had run from
Lotherra with no thought of ever returning. He'd looked back only long
enough to bid the town fairwell. The darkness had kept him from seeing it
well, but he was sure it had not been as dilapidated as it was now. It
looked as though it had been torn apart and then hastily put back together.

Not that it looked like Lotherra needed much guarding by the gate with the
number of guards that stood outside it. As the traveler's approached, they
could see a number of guards harrassing a young man.

"Go away boy. There's enough riff raff in Lotherra already."

"But sirs, my home was burned to the ground, my stores ransacked and
stolen. I have nothing left. My grandfather lives within the city walls .."

"He's most likely dead, go away before I help you join him," the guard said
menacingly as he fingered his sword.

Theboy moved off, his face broken. He noticed the riders watching him and
shook his head, "You'll never get in. They aren't letting anyone in."

Regards,
Ce'lot & Britche
***
NRPG: This is the last of my posts today. I hopefully didn't screw anything
up :) I also hopefully think Ihave the timeline in order in my mind now ;)

Kristen

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