Post by Lilwen Nickleby on Dec 2, 2018 9:19:12 GMT -8
A piece of the Web, reduced, concentrated, renamed the Quintessence, and currently in untrustworthy hands. Trent had given Lilwen a mission, and she was determined to succeed. There were three people in Tyran left with intimate ties to the Web. It stood to reason this was where to begin.
She didn't need to be told how stupid it would be for anyone to allow Shelzi near anything that had to do with the Web. She was also aware how limited Reign's powers had become. That left one remaining person, and she was only ten years old.
First, she had to return to the scene of the crime.
That's how Lilwen found herself standing less than half a day's ride from the crumbling Temple of Magic ruins. It was as close as she'd allowed Phaen to bring her, insisting the large thunderbird leave her at the edge of a dirt road. From here, she'd have to travel through dense forest to reach her destination, leaving herself vulnerable to springing any traps the foresighted thief may have laid in waiting. It would have been difficult to ensure any trap laid near the road would not have been sprung by any passing traveler, but from here she needed...
"Grace!"
She didn't need to be told how stupid it would be for anyone to allow Shelzi near anything that had to do with the Web. She was also aware how limited Reign's powers had become. That left one remaining person, and she was only ten years old.
First, she had to return to the scene of the crime.
That's how Lilwen found herself standing less than half a day's ride from the crumbling Temple of Magic ruins. It was as close as she'd allowed Phaen to bring her, insisting the large thunderbird leave her at the edge of a dirt road. From here, she'd have to travel through dense forest to reach her destination, leaving herself vulnerable to springing any traps the foresighted thief may have laid in waiting. It would have been difficult to ensure any trap laid near the road would not have been sprung by any passing traveler, but from here she needed...
"Grace!"
