{"id":27687,"date":"2015-01-03T06:30:14","date_gmt":"2015-01-02T17:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=27687"},"modified":"2015-01-02T20:55:44","modified_gmt":"2015-01-02T07:55:44","slug":"an-epic-christmas-on-the-tenth-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2015\/01\/03\/an-epic-christmas-on-the-tenth-day\/","title":{"rendered":"An Epic Christmas: On The Tenth Day\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"UK\/AUS\/NZ\"<\/a>

UK\/AUS\/NZ<\/p><\/div>\n

On the tenth day of Christmas my true Muse sent to me\u2026<\/p>\n

Ten<\/em> Ijiri Assassins<\/h3>\n

‘They lay there for a long time, listening to the passing and repassing of footsteps overhead and studying the reflections cast across the water. Two black-clad figures hung head down from either side of the bridge to peer into the darkness underneath, but did not detect the heralds flattened against the struts. <\/em>“Three more on the bridge overhead.\u201d\u00a0 Tarathan’s mindvoice was dark. <\/em>\u201cThat makes ten altogether. So far.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The heralds did not move for a long, bone-chilling half hour after the assassins left. <\/em>\u201cAnd this time,\u201d Tarathan said, as they eased down onto the damp stone of the canal edge, <\/em>\u201c we leave the masks.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Jehane Mor took off the exquisite owl mask, studying it thoughtfully as she recalled how Prince Ath had boomed out his offer of masks last night, yet had not seemed to notice their new masks at all, earlier in the evening. <\/em>\u201cBecause he did not send them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Tarathan nodded, his eyes gleaming through the darkness as he tied the falcon mask around one of the struts. Jehane Mor tied the owl beside it, thinking that some river urchin was going to have a fine disguise for next year’s festival. She shook her head. … <\/em>\u201cCould it have been the minstrel who ordered this?\u201d she asked. <\/em>\u201cWe\u2019ve suspected for some time that the Ilvaine have ties to the School of Assassins, as well as to the Sages and the Minstrels.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cClose enough to influence ten assassins to break Ijiri and River law for him?\u201d Tarathan shook his head. \u201cIt doesn’t ring true…’<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

~\u00a0 from \u00a9 The Gathering Of The Lost<\/em>, The Wall of Night Book Two: Chapter 4 \u2014 Dance of Shadows
\n.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nine Derai Houses<\/a><\/h3>\n

Eight Night Honor Guards<\/a><\/h3>\n

A Jhainarian Seven<\/a><\/h3>\n

Six Emerian Oakwarders<\/a><\/h3>\n

Five messenger horses<\/a><\/h3>\n

Four Emerian marches<\/a><\/h3>\n

Three weapons of power<\/a><\/h3>\n

Two mysterious heralds<\/a><\/h3>\n

and<\/em><\/h3>\n

One chosen hero<\/a>!
\n.<\/span><\/h3>\n

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