When dawn broke the two were already gone. Aria didnt want to linger, it would be hard enough venturing out. With their packs stocked, ther weapons sharpened, and all that Karnil could impart about the Dragon Kanu, and the orb known as Ilmen Lisyul .
" It wa snot so long ago that my father was the man that held the orb and dragon in check. He took on that power for the sake of his family. The orb has come and gone msising a few times, but it always was retruned before the dragon could flee. This time it was different, this time we were lucky. If Kanu had wished he could have laid waist to us all, but I think he wants only freedom. Aria knows the tale as well as I do, of how my father came to be the holder of the orb, and how Kegan fallen from grace, and so darkned by power and greed became the new holder of the staff. "
Karnil took a long breath is had been a long time sicne he though of his brother in this way. "Kegan now dead, the dragon gone, the staff broken and the orb gone. It coudl mean anything. But it has power, too much power. Aria knows this, she knows of the witch that enchanted my brother, and how he came to be the keeper of the orb. "
Karnils eyes shifted to Glenn. "In Aelinuial the orb once lay , beside the Agar Tavar Orn . The mid day sun does not hit the ground in the woods known as the meres of Twilight. It was there Kanu and his kin were born... it is there the dragons clan likely still lives. Wild elves live there, but I do not think who ever tookt he orb is heading back to those woods. No, for wih Kanu gone the orb hodls no power over him.. nor his kin."
" Kegan went looking for it. Led by the witch.. it had been to thsoe woods it had been taken. But Opheila , wanted the orb and the power for herself. Kegan felt he had nothing left in is life. So he followed her. I had banished him fromt his clan, for he lied about Aria, and he was not himself, not any longer. Opheila led him through the marshes of the dark forest. I can to know what my brother was thinking,for the palce is death itself. I thank the gods that I do not send you both that way. They found it... of coarse. And Kegan found that our father was the guarding of the orb.. "
Karnil sipped the strong brewed tea he had made for them all. "She knew the way, she had known all along. But she wanted Kegan to find it all out for himself. Kanu was more amssive then, not as old as he became throught he years, even if he is immortal as Dragons can be. But to stare in to hsi eyes, which were orange then, the power of the orb near by..I am sure even the witch felt the power. My father, the father of dragons as he was called then welcomed them in. My father had changed some over the decades her served there... He stood with his back to them,his hair was long and silver his skin as dark as the dragons scales. His clothes were torn and tatered and he carried a long elven blade across his back that shown in the purple light cast by the orb. He must have looked imposing.."
Another long sip. "Kegan must have known him the moment he saw him. My father knew Kegan...It was Rocean who off set Kegan, to Opheila's plans.. the fact that she had convinced him to lead her there. He laid out ehr plan to Kegan.. The story of the orb is old... for it is odler than the land we sit upon. The story was handed down from father to son. I apss it on to you both now.. Aria knows pieces.. It was taken from the earth by the first dragon to walk these areas, when the dragon stepped on the soil its claws sank in so deep that the dragon had to fly, but one day a star fell towards the soils and burried its self in to the earth, the fire that rose would have burned every tree, but back then that dragon breathed ice and stopped the fires and took the star from the soil and hid it where it could do no more damage.The orb is that very fallen star of history..power of the heavens in ones hand.Thw orb had every elemental power in it,it has the power to kill . Opheila had been looking for ti, for a long time, as I am sure many have been."
"So that why it is names thus, night sky nectar." Karnil nodded. "Yes..." He took a deep breath the story was old, but it brought up old ghosts. " Ophelia rushed at my father, intending to kill him, she made the dragon sleep, sos he could attack the hodler oft he orb fully. Kegan had been tricked and now her web of lies was coming undone. The fight was cruel, she spat manya thing out of her mouth...Kegan would have never been the same. " He took another sip of tea. "Rocean had to choose. And in the end.. the staff ended up in Kegans hands.. the power changed him. He beacme the new guardian, my father he tried to return here but the light took him. As it should be. Now Kegan is dead.. and the orb is gone."
"Do we know where it was taken?"
Karnil shook his head. "No, only that it did not go back from where it came..Kanu would not have been able to flya way if it had been returned. Who ever took it, knew of its power.. I am sorry it falls to you both. But Aria knows these lands, and the tribes here, and if it should take you further away, you both are able. Once you find whom eve took the orb, remember do not touch the orb.. or it will seal your fate.. a dragon,a new dragon will find you, and you will be tied tot he orb till the day you die. Destroy it.. It can do no more good ... and will do too much evil."
Aria nodded, and looked to Glenn. He had said he would go with her. And this was the quest they ahd set before them.
Now looking away from the trees she had so long called home they headed out for the sands. For they knew the orb was not here .They would leave Eldamar Ennorath head to the North to Forodren Ardhon.If nothing turned up then they would have to head west, for to the east would be Rhydin. And no fool from Rhydin could have come this far... and lived. So they treked Northward.
" It wa snot so long ago that my father was the man that held the orb and dragon in check. He took on that power for the sake of his family. The orb has come and gone msising a few times, but it always was retruned before the dragon could flee. This time it was different, this time we were lucky. If Kanu had wished he could have laid waist to us all, but I think he wants only freedom. Aria knows the tale as well as I do, of how my father came to be the holder of the orb, and how Kegan fallen from grace, and so darkned by power and greed became the new holder of the staff. "
Karnil took a long breath is had been a long time sicne he though of his brother in this way. "Kegan now dead, the dragon gone, the staff broken and the orb gone. It coudl mean anything. But it has power, too much power. Aria knows this, she knows of the witch that enchanted my brother, and how he came to be the keeper of the orb. "
Karnils eyes shifted to Glenn. "In Aelinuial the orb once lay , beside the Agar Tavar Orn . The mid day sun does not hit the ground in the woods known as the meres of Twilight. It was there Kanu and his kin were born... it is there the dragons clan likely still lives. Wild elves live there, but I do not think who ever tookt he orb is heading back to those woods. No, for wih Kanu gone the orb hodls no power over him.. nor his kin."
" Kegan went looking for it. Led by the witch.. it had been to thsoe woods it had been taken. But Opheila , wanted the orb and the power for herself. Kegan felt he had nothing left in is life. So he followed her. I had banished him fromt his clan, for he lied about Aria, and he was not himself, not any longer. Opheila led him through the marshes of the dark forest. I can to know what my brother was thinking,for the palce is death itself. I thank the gods that I do not send you both that way. They found it... of coarse. And Kegan found that our father was the guarding of the orb.. "
Karnil sipped the strong brewed tea he had made for them all. "She knew the way, she had known all along. But she wanted Kegan to find it all out for himself. Kanu was more amssive then, not as old as he became throught he years, even if he is immortal as Dragons can be. But to stare in to hsi eyes, which were orange then, the power of the orb near by..I am sure even the witch felt the power. My father, the father of dragons as he was called then welcomed them in. My father had changed some over the decades her served there... He stood with his back to them,his hair was long and silver his skin as dark as the dragons scales. His clothes were torn and tatered and he carried a long elven blade across his back that shown in the purple light cast by the orb. He must have looked imposing.."
Another long sip. "Kegan must have known him the moment he saw him. My father knew Kegan...It was Rocean who off set Kegan, to Opheila's plans.. the fact that she had convinced him to lead her there. He laid out ehr plan to Kegan.. The story of the orb is old... for it is odler than the land we sit upon. The story was handed down from father to son. I apss it on to you both now.. Aria knows pieces.. It was taken from the earth by the first dragon to walk these areas, when the dragon stepped on the soil its claws sank in so deep that the dragon had to fly, but one day a star fell towards the soils and burried its self in to the earth, the fire that rose would have burned every tree, but back then that dragon breathed ice and stopped the fires and took the star from the soil and hid it where it could do no more damage.The orb is that very fallen star of history..power of the heavens in ones hand.Thw orb had every elemental power in it,it has the power to kill . Opheila had been looking for ti, for a long time, as I am sure many have been."
"So that why it is names thus, night sky nectar." Karnil nodded. "Yes..." He took a deep breath the story was old, but it brought up old ghosts. " Ophelia rushed at my father, intending to kill him, she made the dragon sleep, sos he could attack the hodler oft he orb fully. Kegan had been tricked and now her web of lies was coming undone. The fight was cruel, she spat manya thing out of her mouth...Kegan would have never been the same. " He took another sip of tea. "Rocean had to choose. And in the end.. the staff ended up in Kegans hands.. the power changed him. He beacme the new guardian, my father he tried to return here but the light took him. As it should be. Now Kegan is dead.. and the orb is gone."
"Do we know where it was taken?"
Karnil shook his head. "No, only that it did not go back from where it came..Kanu would not have been able to flya way if it had been returned. Who ever took it, knew of its power.. I am sorry it falls to you both. But Aria knows these lands, and the tribes here, and if it should take you further away, you both are able. Once you find whom eve took the orb, remember do not touch the orb.. or it will seal your fate.. a dragon,a new dragon will find you, and you will be tied tot he orb till the day you die. Destroy it.. It can do no more good ... and will do too much evil."
Aria nodded, and looked to Glenn. He had said he would go with her. And this was the quest they ahd set before them.
Now looking away from the trees she had so long called home they headed out for the sands. For they knew the orb was not here .They would leave Eldamar Ennorath head to the North to Forodren Ardhon.If nothing turned up then they would have to head west, for to the east would be Rhydin. And no fool from Rhydin could have come this far... and lived. So they treked Northward.