Chamorus the Cat
Super-Earth
- Joined
- Nov 1, 2010
The rain had been rather steady for a time now. Not hard, not cold, just unrelenting and wet. Sharess' cloak was heavy and wet, though the seal hide lining kept her dry. Her mount was not so lucky; the surefooted dreadsaber, a beastly huge jaguar, was soaked. They crested a ridge of lush forest floor. Finally, the Great Road, which connected most of humanity's split kingdoms, was in view. The dreadsaber shook the rain from itself, but Shar kept in the saddle like she was born to it, the way an old salt kept his feet aboard any ship, even in the harshest of storms.
"There," she said, pointing for her charge. The woman in tow was a hostage, more or less; a ward, exchanged from her kingdom to the other, to be a 'guest' at the human's table, to insure the policies set out by the peace treaty the two peoples had struck. It rankled Shar to no end to stop the fight. In the end, though, bending the knee to the humans was the only way to make sure that the forests would survive, and Sharess was a loyal knight. Bright, silvery eyes turned to the road ahead. Shar urged the mount with a squeeze, pushing her knees into the beast's ribs; it seemed to know her desires, moving into an easy gait alongside the road.
"This was supposed to be impressive," Shar said, sulking as usual. The road was nearly twenty feet wide, paved with stone and smoothed cement. It was a useless thing to the kaldorei; their siege engines could be carried in a fashion that was almost compact; their people moved over hills and through forests like shadows; no matter how she tried to hide it, imagining the structured march of the humans on this paved road was daunting. Plus, her mount didn't like it at all, save for the scent of horses.
"My lady," she said, not even bothering to make sure that her ward had come out of the forest unscathed, "about a day's ride more and we'll be at the castle," she announced.
"There," she said, pointing for her charge. The woman in tow was a hostage, more or less; a ward, exchanged from her kingdom to the other, to be a 'guest' at the human's table, to insure the policies set out by the peace treaty the two peoples had struck. It rankled Shar to no end to stop the fight. In the end, though, bending the knee to the humans was the only way to make sure that the forests would survive, and Sharess was a loyal knight. Bright, silvery eyes turned to the road ahead. Shar urged the mount with a squeeze, pushing her knees into the beast's ribs; it seemed to know her desires, moving into an easy gait alongside the road.
"This was supposed to be impressive," Shar said, sulking as usual. The road was nearly twenty feet wide, paved with stone and smoothed cement. It was a useless thing to the kaldorei; their siege engines could be carried in a fashion that was almost compact; their people moved over hills and through forests like shadows; no matter how she tried to hide it, imagining the structured march of the humans on this paved road was daunting. Plus, her mount didn't like it at all, save for the scent of horses.
"My lady," she said, not even bothering to make sure that her ward had come out of the forest unscathed, "about a day's ride more and we'll be at the castle," she announced.