"Feist,.Raymond.E.-.Riftwar.3.-.Darkness.At.Sethanon" - читать интересную книгу автора (Dragon Stories)Silverthorn. With that he died. As Anita neared death,
Kulgan the magician remembered that a large library existed at the ishapian abbey at Sarth, a town up the coaSt of the Bitter Sea. Pug and Father Nathan used their magic tO suspend Anita in time until a cure could be found. Arutha vowed to travel to Sarth, and after an elaborate ruse to confusde possible spies, Arutha, Laurie, Jimmy, Martin and Cardan, Captain of the Prince's Royal Household Guard, journeyed north. In the forest south of Sarth, they were attacked by black-armoured moredhel riders, under the command of a moredhel recognized by Lauric as a chieftain from the Yabon mountain clans. Pursuing Arutha's party to the abbey at Sarth, the moredhel were repulsed by the magic of Brother Dominic, an Ishapian monk. The agents of Murmandamus attacked twice more at the Abbey, almost bringing about the death of Brother Micah, revealed to be the former Duke of Krondor, Lord Dulanic. Father John, the Abbot, explained to Arutha that there waS a prophecy regarding the return to power of the moredhel, once the 'Lord of the West' was dead. One of Murmandamus's agents had called Arutha that, so it seemed the moredhel believed that the prophecy might be approaching fruition. At Sarth, Arutha also discovered that "Silverthorn' was a corruption Of an elver word, so he decided to journey on to Elvandar were ordered by Arutha and the Abbot to travel to Stardock, to carry the latest news to Pug and the other magicians there. In Ylith, they encountered Roald, a mercenary and boyhood friend of Laurie, and baru, a Hadati hillman from northern Yabon. who was seeking the strange moredhel ' chieftain, called Murad, wishing to avenge Murad's destruction of Baru's village. Both agreed to continue on with Arutha. At Stardock, Dominic and Cardan were attacked by flying elemental creatures, servants of mermandamus, and were saved by Pug. Dominic met the magician Kulgan and Katala, Pug's wife, as well as William, Pug's son, and Fantus the firedrake. Pug listened to what they reported and asked the other magic users of Stardock for help. A blind seer, Roger, had a vision of some dread power behind Murmandamus, which then attacked the old man across time and apparent probability, in defiance of all Pug understood of magic. A mute girl, Gamina, Roger's Ward, shared the vision, and her mental screaming overwhelmed Pug and his companions. Roger survived the ordeal, and Gamina used her telepathic ability to recreate the vision for Pug and the others. They saw a city's |
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