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Book 11

Day 4 in the Month of Leaves


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A Day of Descent




Prologue

Struggles in the Streets

Pride blinds men to the need for change. Therefore, for a man to walk the path to true wisdom, he must
enter by the gate of humility.

--proverb among the Ah'kellah




When Raj Ahten's caravan approached the Palace of the Elephant at Maygassa, all the stars in heaven
seemed to be falling, raining down in shades of red and gold.

In the still night air, the scent of spices from nearby markets hung near the ground: whole black pepper
from Deyazz, cinnamon bark from the isles off Aven, and fresh cardamom. It was a welcome relief from
the scent of death that hung like a pall over Raj Ahten's troops. His men, princes and lords of Indhopal
dressed in their finest thick silken armor, wore rubies in their turbans and kept their heads high, swords