Wow three reviews for bit 5 that is the best yet. Thank you so much for reviewing. I am putting my LXG and Stargate stories on hold for now so I can concentrate on this one and my LOTR story as well as my assignments. This was meant to only have three more chapters, i.e. going to Candlekeep, the wedding and the aftermath. However I have decided that there is a bit more to go than that. It may not have a happy ending either, looking at 'The Notes' if you want evidence that I do not like happy endings all the time.
Anyway the usual apply, I don't own any of the characters apart from Ailana and even then she isn't completely mine.
I hope you like this chapter, feel free to send me questions about anything in this chapter but be warnned I may not answer them.
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Ailana made good time in getting back to Athkatla, she managaed to avoid the guards who despite the fact that they knew who she was made her go through a long quizz and test everytime she tried to get into the gates of the city. It took her very little time to get back to Anomen's house even the few muggers that she saw on her way caught the 'stay away or else' vibes that she was giving off, a fact which would probably be the smartest thing they had ever done. The house was empty of all but a few servants, Ailana was slightly surprised especially as Anomen rarely left the house, the fact that he'd gone looking for her or had been taken prisoner did not even occur to her. Deciding that Keldorn was most likely to know where the knight was the young thief headed towards the Firecam estate.
Keldorn and his wife were sitting together having just finnished lunch when Ailana hurried in on the heels of the servant who had come to announce her pressance to the Lord and Lady of the house.
"Ailana. It is good to see you again." Keldorn said getting to his feet with a smile
"Where's Anomen?" Ailana demanded her worry over her partner removing any social niceties that she would otherwise feel that she needed to perform.
"I have not seen him for some days now. He had been unhappy about you leaving him and had thrown himself into his estate work. The Lady Nalia had paid him a visit three days ago, I have not heard from or seen him since." Keldorn said slightly worried about why Ailana had returnned from her journey so early.
"Who is in Athkatla at the moment?" Ailana asked realising that if as she thought this was a serious threat she would need help to rescue Anomen.
"Other than myself the only other one is Jan Jansen." Keldorn said.
"Would you be able to get messages to the others?" Ailana asked
"Do you think that this is serious then ?" Keldorn asked
"I was attacked while on my way south. The men who attacked me told me that everyone I cared about would be in trouble. I need to get to Anomen and Imoen. They are in danger."
"Would Sarevok be in danger?" Keldorn asked
"I should not expect so. Viconia and Soulafein are with him and the three of them are capable of dealing with most threats. If things get too dificult then Mazzy and Valgar are near by as well as Minsc." Ailana said
"I shall send messages to those of our friends who are close by and see if they are able to meet here. I shall also contact Sir Ryan Trawl to ensure that Sir Anomen has not been sent on a mission for the order." Keldorn said and left the room. This left Ailana alone with Keldorns wife. The two women had never seen eye to eye, Lady Firecam was a true memeber of the nobility and as such had all the prejudices that came with it. Lady Firecam could not understand what Anomen Delryn could see in a thief and to make it even worse she was the daughter of a God the fact that he was wiling to become engaged to Ailana was completely bewildering to her.
"The Delryn family were very well thought of until you arrived. I have heard much of you in the last year and what you have done. Sir Anomen was not the first knight that you have managed to get into your hands I heard about Sir Ajantis and how you killed him, did he refuse to marry you. If Anomen hadn't made you the offer would you have had him killed, oh sorry you did, I seem to recall that you let him become a vampire then killed him for it. Have you killed him yourself now and are claiming to have no idea where he was. That is all you can do is it not. You almost destroyed my family and you allowed the family of Lady De'Arnise to be killed." Lady Firecam said. The young thief took an involuntary step back at the anger in the older womans voice. She had known that some people did not like her but she had no idea that people she was aquainted with thought that way about her. Rather than argue with Keldorn's wife she hurridly left the house and hurried to Waukeens to find Quayle to see if he could find a way to contact Aerie and Haer'Dalis and to get them to return to the prime plane from where ever they currently were. If it came to that no-one was sure where the pair were as after they had patched up their disagreements they had left to find Raelis and see what trouble her troop of actors were in. Ailana wanted to get as many of her old travelling companions together as possible especially if they were going to have to rescue Anomen from some kind of trouble.
Keldorn returnned to his wife and his friend just in time to see Ailana bolt from the room and the self satisfied expression on his wifes face. He didn't know what his wife had said to upset Ailana but being well aware of his wifes opinions it was going to have been unpleasant and as hurtful as she could make it.
"What did you say to Lady Ailana?" Keldorn asked giving Ailana the title that he felt she deserved not only by virtue of her engagement to Anomen but also by her past actions which had showed a caring for the ordinary people that was all to rare in the world.
"Nothing. I was just discussing Lord Delryn with her."
"I may well have to leave to help her if this is a serious threat." Keldorn said
"You promised me that you would be here for me in the future. I thought that you had given up adventuring." His wife said the hint of a whine in her voice.
"I have my love yet when a trusted friend and companion is in need of my aid then I must hasten to their side." Keldorn said. His voive tried to convey the fact that this was just being done out of a sense of duty but the light in his eyes told anyone who knew him that this was much more than that.
Ailana meanwhile had not gone very far, she was at a loss for what to do. She wanted to run after Anomen but with little idea of when he had gone let alone which dircetion he had gone she couldn't. There was also the fact that this could well develop into a serious threat and if that was the case then she would need all the help she could get. She had planned on going to see Quayle but she gad got as far as the park in front of the Council of Six building and had sunk down on the bench lost in her thoughts. Anomen had done so much for her more than anyone else with the exception of Gorion, despite how she had been brought up she had aways had problems with the upper class mainly because of the way that some of them had treated her when they had visited Candlekeep, Anomen though had been different, he had not started out that way and at first she had disliked him due to his arogance. However has he had travelled with her and had seen how she always wanted to help those who needed it no matter what class they belonged to he had started to change, Ailana had no idea when she had fallen in love with him but it had certainly been before they had reached spellhold as the whole time she had been in the test tube she had been terrified as to what Irenicus was going to do to Anomen. The flower that he had given her was still in her journal, it had survived the incident with the Shaugin and the countless trips to Bhaal's realm and back. She loved her knight truely and she would always do so, it had been his love that had been one of the main reasons that she had decided to stay as a mortal, she had seen his father and how he had been an umpleasant drunk, she worried that if she left shortly after Moira died then Anomen would turn to the same solution and would hate himself and her for that. She made a promise to herself that when she had Anomen back in her arms where he was meant to be then she was going to push for the wedding to take place as soon as possible, she did not care who she was supposed the be anymore she just wanted to be the wife of Anomen and then she would be content.
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Sorry this has taken such a long time to put up as I have been working on it for a week + now. Sorry. Anyway let me know what you think and I'll try to update quicker in the future.
Anyway the usual apply, I don't own any of the characters apart from Ailana and even then she isn't completely mine.
I hope you like this chapter, feel free to send me questions about anything in this chapter but be warnned I may not answer them.
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Ailana made good time in getting back to Athkatla, she managaed to avoid the guards who despite the fact that they knew who she was made her go through a long quizz and test everytime she tried to get into the gates of the city. It took her very little time to get back to Anomen's house even the few muggers that she saw on her way caught the 'stay away or else' vibes that she was giving off, a fact which would probably be the smartest thing they had ever done. The house was empty of all but a few servants, Ailana was slightly surprised especially as Anomen rarely left the house, the fact that he'd gone looking for her or had been taken prisoner did not even occur to her. Deciding that Keldorn was most likely to know where the knight was the young thief headed towards the Firecam estate.
Keldorn and his wife were sitting together having just finnished lunch when Ailana hurried in on the heels of the servant who had come to announce her pressance to the Lord and Lady of the house.
"Ailana. It is good to see you again." Keldorn said getting to his feet with a smile
"Where's Anomen?" Ailana demanded her worry over her partner removing any social niceties that she would otherwise feel that she needed to perform.
"I have not seen him for some days now. He had been unhappy about you leaving him and had thrown himself into his estate work. The Lady Nalia had paid him a visit three days ago, I have not heard from or seen him since." Keldorn said slightly worried about why Ailana had returnned from her journey so early.
"Who is in Athkatla at the moment?" Ailana asked realising that if as she thought this was a serious threat she would need help to rescue Anomen.
"Other than myself the only other one is Jan Jansen." Keldorn said.
"Would you be able to get messages to the others?" Ailana asked
"Do you think that this is serious then ?" Keldorn asked
"I was attacked while on my way south. The men who attacked me told me that everyone I cared about would be in trouble. I need to get to Anomen and Imoen. They are in danger."
"Would Sarevok be in danger?" Keldorn asked
"I should not expect so. Viconia and Soulafein are with him and the three of them are capable of dealing with most threats. If things get too dificult then Mazzy and Valgar are near by as well as Minsc." Ailana said
"I shall send messages to those of our friends who are close by and see if they are able to meet here. I shall also contact Sir Ryan Trawl to ensure that Sir Anomen has not been sent on a mission for the order." Keldorn said and left the room. This left Ailana alone with Keldorns wife. The two women had never seen eye to eye, Lady Firecam was a true memeber of the nobility and as such had all the prejudices that came with it. Lady Firecam could not understand what Anomen Delryn could see in a thief and to make it even worse she was the daughter of a God the fact that he was wiling to become engaged to Ailana was completely bewildering to her.
"The Delryn family were very well thought of until you arrived. I have heard much of you in the last year and what you have done. Sir Anomen was not the first knight that you have managed to get into your hands I heard about Sir Ajantis and how you killed him, did he refuse to marry you. If Anomen hadn't made you the offer would you have had him killed, oh sorry you did, I seem to recall that you let him become a vampire then killed him for it. Have you killed him yourself now and are claiming to have no idea where he was. That is all you can do is it not. You almost destroyed my family and you allowed the family of Lady De'Arnise to be killed." Lady Firecam said. The young thief took an involuntary step back at the anger in the older womans voice. She had known that some people did not like her but she had no idea that people she was aquainted with thought that way about her. Rather than argue with Keldorn's wife she hurridly left the house and hurried to Waukeens to find Quayle to see if he could find a way to contact Aerie and Haer'Dalis and to get them to return to the prime plane from where ever they currently were. If it came to that no-one was sure where the pair were as after they had patched up their disagreements they had left to find Raelis and see what trouble her troop of actors were in. Ailana wanted to get as many of her old travelling companions together as possible especially if they were going to have to rescue Anomen from some kind of trouble.
Keldorn returnned to his wife and his friend just in time to see Ailana bolt from the room and the self satisfied expression on his wifes face. He didn't know what his wife had said to upset Ailana but being well aware of his wifes opinions it was going to have been unpleasant and as hurtful as she could make it.
"What did you say to Lady Ailana?" Keldorn asked giving Ailana the title that he felt she deserved not only by virtue of her engagement to Anomen but also by her past actions which had showed a caring for the ordinary people that was all to rare in the world.
"Nothing. I was just discussing Lord Delryn with her."
"I may well have to leave to help her if this is a serious threat." Keldorn said
"You promised me that you would be here for me in the future. I thought that you had given up adventuring." His wife said the hint of a whine in her voice.
"I have my love yet when a trusted friend and companion is in need of my aid then I must hasten to their side." Keldorn said. His voive tried to convey the fact that this was just being done out of a sense of duty but the light in his eyes told anyone who knew him that this was much more than that.
Ailana meanwhile had not gone very far, she was at a loss for what to do. She wanted to run after Anomen but with little idea of when he had gone let alone which dircetion he had gone she couldn't. There was also the fact that this could well develop into a serious threat and if that was the case then she would need all the help she could get. She had planned on going to see Quayle but she gad got as far as the park in front of the Council of Six building and had sunk down on the bench lost in her thoughts. Anomen had done so much for her more than anyone else with the exception of Gorion, despite how she had been brought up she had aways had problems with the upper class mainly because of the way that some of them had treated her when they had visited Candlekeep, Anomen though had been different, he had not started out that way and at first she had disliked him due to his arogance. However has he had travelled with her and had seen how she always wanted to help those who needed it no matter what class they belonged to he had started to change, Ailana had no idea when she had fallen in love with him but it had certainly been before they had reached spellhold as the whole time she had been in the test tube she had been terrified as to what Irenicus was going to do to Anomen. The flower that he had given her was still in her journal, it had survived the incident with the Shaugin and the countless trips to Bhaal's realm and back. She loved her knight truely and she would always do so, it had been his love that had been one of the main reasons that she had decided to stay as a mortal, she had seen his father and how he had been an umpleasant drunk, she worried that if she left shortly after Moira died then Anomen would turn to the same solution and would hate himself and her for that. She made a promise to herself that when she had Anomen back in her arms where he was meant to be then she was going to push for the wedding to take place as soon as possible, she did not care who she was supposed the be anymore she just wanted to be the wife of Anomen and then she would be content.
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Sorry this has taken such a long time to put up as I have been working on it for a week + now. Sorry. Anyway let me know what you think and I'll try to update quicker in the future.