Chapter 31: What is to Come
Marius rested in the shade of a tall oak as the sun began to sink behind the horizon. And soon found himself dozing off.
At first he dreamed of home with his father, in Veluca, void of the Fire his dream became troubled and dark. He dreamed of a winter that was to come, but this one was far different it would be a winter without end. It had been unusually warm for several years marius thought to himself in his dream.
Next he was above the world and a black shadow coming from the north going south and consuming the entirety of the world. he then saw lands he did not recognise consumed the blackness. further south he saw lands that had never been seen the northern part was consumed by snow, and had a wall of Ice and to the east across a narrow sea another content sat. The darkness continued to consume all the lands north of the two he was seeing. Then he swooped over the blackness, and saw strange creatures with blue eyes, many of them looked dead yet they still moved. he saw weapons in many's hands or weapons in them. at their head as if leading these dead men four riders with skin white as snow with bright blue eyes riding dead horses.
"This is what is to come." Said a voice from somewhere in his dream. "Get your people south escape the darkness."
"Who are you?" Asked Marius.
"Not important, what was sleeping now awakens and darkness stirs." Said the voice. "Go south before it is too late."
Marius awoke with a start as a hand touched his shoulder.
"Are you alright my prince?" Asked Clais.
Marius felt his head he felt cold sweat on his forehead. When Marius looked around he saw daylight it was morning he thought as he stood.
"That must have been some dream you have been out for two days." Clais said as he stared concerned for his prince.
"I know why they invaded." Said Marius grimly remembering the dream. "They are escaping the dead men that walk."
"Prince?" Asked Clais with a puzzled look on his face then his face turning white as if he had remembered something.
"In my dreams I saw a darkness consuming all in its path dead men were walking, and at their head four men riding dead horses." Marius said his attention focused on Clais. "And a winter without end and a long darkness."
"Then they are returning." Clais said grimly "I thought they were long dead."
"Who?" Marius asked nervously.
"This is only a story that is only meant to scare children, but the story goes that there were men who were dead and they lead an army of dead through the land killing anyone and anything that stood in their way they marched south. then one day they vanished and the Long Dark vanished." Clais said his face still pale.
"How many?" Marius asked.
"Four." Clais said grimly