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Lykandir: Ghost Ships (excerpt)
THEY FLEW, by pre-arrangement,northeast at first and negotiated the small strait created by the proximity ofthe mainland to the island at it northernmost point, maintaining lift that wasa low profile but high enough to not cause ripples on the water.
Swinging thereafterdirectly to the east, the ship captains maintained a trajectory that kept thespit of land in sight, clambering upward for a bird’s eye view, and saw thesmall stone building nestled into the rise. The barracks appeared unattended;not even a trail of smoke wafted into the early morning air.
Shifting south, theinvisible vessels tracked the land’s line and, based on the map Kilian drew forthem, headed for the jutting spur that was the most eastern point of allLykandir. There was, as the mage had revealed, a generally level, if rockstrewn, area hidden from the rest of the isle by boulders that had folded intoimmovability an age ago. It was windswept and hostile, apparently, and no mageor soldier had built a cottage in the area. Yes, he had stated, it would proveas hostile for them, but he guaranteed no one would see them.
The Mage Keep itselfwas out of sight; situated to the west. It meant climbing far higher to view itand that, as Torrullin had murmured, was tempting the fates. Given how contrarythe wind was this day, he was right in every way.
As the twenty-secondminute commenced, the first ship touched down. It immediately reassumedsolidity of sight, although no soldiers or sailors could be seen on board. Aghost ship. They were all as ghosts in this present. No outcry sounded. Kilianwas right; no one kept even spurious presence here.
The rest of the fleetlanded and rematerialized. That had as much to do with safe landing - theyneeded to see each other - as it had to do with the difficulty of maintaining ashield in gale-force conditions. The wind howled.
By touch, the soldierssoon formed up, many stumbling on the rocks, although their mates could not seethem in their ignominy. Kilian could have told them that more rocks were nowpresent, uncovered no doubt when the ocean heaved onto land in its initialrestart, but as no one was permitted to speak, they remained ignorant of thatfact. Again, by pre-arrangement, they immediately headed for the boulders andstarted climbing. Small sounds gave them away, but it was also a truth that thewind snatched those tell-tale noises away.
Hearts thundering,feeling as if the world had ended, they attained the higher ground on the otherside, and there they squatted in terrible silence only the wind called a lie.
LYKANDIR: The Measured World
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