The Seven Blades of Deltora

Book 1

Dreams Beyond Clouds

Chapter X

The Blades of Deltora

There are items, weapons, tools, guardians, for all over Deltora. The most famous, the belt of Deltora, used half a decade ago, to relinquish the land of Deltora from the shadow lords grasp. The Pirran Pipe, a musical instrument, with such power, that it could defeat the Shadow lord in his own realm. And the guardians of the sevenplaces in Deltora, the Dragons of Deltora,the diamond dragon, Forta, the emerald dragon, Honora,the lapis lazuli dragon, Fortuna, the topaz dragon, Fidelis, the opal dragon, Hopian, the ruby dragon, Joyeu, and the amethyst dragon, Veritas. All reawakened from their hibernation, and have brought prosperity to Deltora, and helped to defeat the Shadow lord once more.

These three sets of magical creatures and items have helped save Deltora from the monstrosity known as the Shadow Lord.

But there are seven more. In the ancient times, when the gems were forged to fit on the belt the king was to wear, it is said that seven warriors from each of the seven tribes were to save the belt, should it ever be lost, and the seven blades of Deltora were created magical items with special properties from each tribe, only able to be used by a living tribe member. But in the chaos of the fall of Deltora, all but two warriors were killed.

These two warriors, of the Jalis and of Tora, attempted to band together, and go to the king in need of an army. But, they too, were killed on their journey, for of the Jalis's trait of stubborness, and the Toran unable to deal with and bypass it. As the Shadow Lord discovered the diamond, and amethyst blade, he knew he must destroy them. He first tried to destroy the two he had, but was unable to. As it seemed, unless the tribe of the blade was killed, the magic of the weapon would not let it be destroyed. So, instead, he sought those who knew of it.

The ferocity of the weapons was more powerful than the belt itself (If joined together, but how would blades join?), they were kept secret, only to two of each tribe; that of the warrior, and the leader. Since it was the leaders that held information, the shadow lord, in his power, erased the existence of them. Tricking the leaders into their deaths, accidents, and sometimes, let nature simply take its course, as he did with king Alton.

Prandine, the advisor at the time, had to simply hand the topaz blade over to the Shadow Lord. The other 4, remained lost, missing, even from the shadow lords grasp. In the 16 years that passed, the only thing that remained of hope to the people of Deltora was the belt.

The Blades were never recorded, nor remembered, never sought after.

The Belt had been restored. The Pipe was together once more. And the dragons were awake. For what reason, where the blades to even be considered?

And to top it off, the Shadow Lord was defeated.

Defeated.

Not destroyed.

The Shadow lord was preparing to make his return once more, and the Blades of Deltora may be the only things that can save them…

Hello There person who is reading this. Dragnov here. I'd just like to say, thanks for taking the time out of your day to read this, it really means a lot to me. This will be the first out of 8 books, this one, "The Blades of Deltora Dreams Beyond Clouds," is the first installment. I'm keeping what you just read in every book, at the beginning, along with an update of the story, like Rodda's. For the Beginning of the story, the next chapter, will be how Lief and Jasmine start their relationship. I just really wanted to do that. Okay. I might already be ahead of that next chapter, so you can skip it if you want, since it's not as significant to the storyline but I'd like you to read it anyway. I hope you enjoyed my little change up of Deltora's history. Signing off,

DRAGNOV OF THE EARTH