Meanwhile, back in Cowoperill.
Kel
"Good morning my sweet," said Dom as he lightly kissed my lips as I awoke from a deep sleep.
"Good morning, oh my I'm so late this morning. You should have woken me." I replied half yawning. I blinked a few times and sat up. He just gave me a look that said 'You were sleeping so peacefully I didn't want to wake you'. I quickly had a bathed and dressed for the day. I put on my usual breeches and shirt and ran down to where my class eagerly awaited my arrival.
Tobe, now a head teacher on our small but prosperous island, had started the day's tasks. Fences were being made and the village was being built slowly but surely. Our population had finally reached 200.
I quickly stretched and loosened my muscles, and my students did the same. I was teaching a class of about 15, which included 6 females ranging in age of 5 to 38 and the 9 males of about similar aging.
The town square was practically finished and included a marvelous inn that we called the Marvelous Inn for all those sentries who preferred to eat with the common born. Here in Cowoperill, there was nothing to distinguish the common from the noble as we all felt that everyone was equal. Of course, Dom and I were above the rest in the rank structure, we also pitched in and did our share of the chores.
That reminds me, I needed to make sure everything was going as planned. I called Tobe over and he occupied my class. I ran down to where the Port was being built. We had only been on the island for a few days and already we had achieved so much. We had commandeered three ships and our Port we called Port Massacre, had not been touched by any enemy soldiers.
Our castle was built on the biggest hill that overlooked the entire island. Our walls had already covered three quarters of the island and would be finished by noon. A few teachers and knights were arriving from Tortall and we were eagerly awaiting their arrival. We needed all the help we could get at the present moment.
By midday, the fencing was finished ahead of schedule and so was the port and the inn. We had already built the castle and most housing, after all our workers from Tortall and Galla had helped. We also had workers from the Copper Isles after all the help that Ally had given them.
The weather here was fabulous and made for great farming conditions, which many farms had been built. Never before had any men or women for that matter worked harder to start a country like ours was.
A few relatively uneventful weeks later, we finished all that we needed to have built. The town was completed and so were the barracks and stables, the blacksmith and training grounds were all set up and stocked and so was the archery ground. We had several spies positioned around the island and so were troops that scoured the area. The Mages huts were completed and we had Chief mages for healing, fire, water, weather and plants that taught others and our population flourished. We had one main infirmary as well as smaller ones in the castle and the barracks.
We had absolutely no slaves on the island, all were paid wages and free to do as they pleased so long as they stayed within the rules that governed the land and so far everything had run smoothly.
However, I had a feeling that something strange and unnatural was going to happen any day. I could sense it and I think that the animals could too for when Daine had visited with Numair as he secured the area, she had appeared puzzled and not herself as her daughter trailed behind her.
It was quite a site and reminded many of when she had Kit trailing behind her. Kit was the young dragon that used to follow Daine. I smiled at the stories they used to tell. Iaani had followed me here, ever faithful to me. She was our chief seer.
She had foretold of a strange occurrence to happen within the next few weeks and I knew she'd be right. She was always right in her predictions when she made them. She couldn't see what, no one could but no one dared mention is either for it was something beyond belief.
In case of any even that we couldn't picture, we trained all our soldiers and townsfolk extra hard and taught them many new skills.
Kel
"Good morning my sweet," said Dom as he lightly kissed my lips as I awoke from a deep sleep.
"Good morning, oh my I'm so late this morning. You should have woken me." I replied half yawning. I blinked a few times and sat up. He just gave me a look that said 'You were sleeping so peacefully I didn't want to wake you'. I quickly had a bathed and dressed for the day. I put on my usual breeches and shirt and ran down to where my class eagerly awaited my arrival.
Tobe, now a head teacher on our small but prosperous island, had started the day's tasks. Fences were being made and the village was being built slowly but surely. Our population had finally reached 200.
I quickly stretched and loosened my muscles, and my students did the same. I was teaching a class of about 15, which included 6 females ranging in age of 5 to 38 and the 9 males of about similar aging.
The town square was practically finished and included a marvelous inn that we called the Marvelous Inn for all those sentries who preferred to eat with the common born. Here in Cowoperill, there was nothing to distinguish the common from the noble as we all felt that everyone was equal. Of course, Dom and I were above the rest in the rank structure, we also pitched in and did our share of the chores.
That reminds me, I needed to make sure everything was going as planned. I called Tobe over and he occupied my class. I ran down to where the Port was being built. We had only been on the island for a few days and already we had achieved so much. We had commandeered three ships and our Port we called Port Massacre, had not been touched by any enemy soldiers.
Our castle was built on the biggest hill that overlooked the entire island. Our walls had already covered three quarters of the island and would be finished by noon. A few teachers and knights were arriving from Tortall and we were eagerly awaiting their arrival. We needed all the help we could get at the present moment.
By midday, the fencing was finished ahead of schedule and so was the port and the inn. We had already built the castle and most housing, after all our workers from Tortall and Galla had helped. We also had workers from the Copper Isles after all the help that Ally had given them.
The weather here was fabulous and made for great farming conditions, which many farms had been built. Never before had any men or women for that matter worked harder to start a country like ours was.
A few relatively uneventful weeks later, we finished all that we needed to have built. The town was completed and so were the barracks and stables, the blacksmith and training grounds were all set up and stocked and so was the archery ground. We had several spies positioned around the island and so were troops that scoured the area. The Mages huts were completed and we had Chief mages for healing, fire, water, weather and plants that taught others and our population flourished. We had one main infirmary as well as smaller ones in the castle and the barracks.
We had absolutely no slaves on the island, all were paid wages and free to do as they pleased so long as they stayed within the rules that governed the land and so far everything had run smoothly.
However, I had a feeling that something strange and unnatural was going to happen any day. I could sense it and I think that the animals could too for when Daine had visited with Numair as he secured the area, she had appeared puzzled and not herself as her daughter trailed behind her.
It was quite a site and reminded many of when she had Kit trailing behind her. Kit was the young dragon that used to follow Daine. I smiled at the stories they used to tell. Iaani had followed me here, ever faithful to me. She was our chief seer.
She had foretold of a strange occurrence to happen within the next few weeks and I knew she'd be right. She was always right in her predictions when she made them. She couldn't see what, no one could but no one dared mention is either for it was something beyond belief.
In case of any even that we couldn't picture, we trained all our soldiers and townsfolk extra hard and taught them many new skills.