The chronicles of Mittland Part 03 Time of the wolves

[BlackKnightsRealm]

amazing pictures and story! please continue!

[el jefe]

Wow!! Great pics.  I love the one of the temple exterior.  The sky in the background just makes the temple pop.  Talk about creepy, that snake pit, whoa.  Juras got some pretty sweet gear out of it though.  Looking forward to the next installment.   

[Vauban]

@all: thank you for these friendly words.

Chapter VI.

The boat brought ARN and LILIAN fast and surely to the mouth of the river. Although it was not his kind, ARN had talked continuously during the boat travel to LILIAN. He wanted to prevent that LILIAN travelled alone to the north realm. Finally the young woman had agreed to accompany ARN to the dwarves. In response ARN would travel with LILIAN to the north realm and would support her with her search for the missing TURAS.

[Vauban]

They found the two horses and the supplies at the old ruin, as TIRAN had told it them. So they could continue then their journey also immediately. From his earlier attendance ARN knew the way to an opened mine of the dwarves. After the Large War the highest pit master had let lock most of the mine entrances. He believed, this isolation would protect the population of the dwarfs.

[Vauban]

The remaining entrances were well hidden. The dwarfs told only to few confidants the places. ARN submitted a fast speed with his horse. Appreciative he noticed that LILIAN could follow him easy. LILIAN laughed, when she saw his face. „As a daughter of the village smith I had from childhood the horses as a play companion. Bad tongues maintain that I could ride, before I ran also only one step.“ Her laughter sounded bright and merry. For the first time for the last weeks LILIAN felt somewhat freer.

[Vauban]

Thus they reached the mountains of Feuerquellen after only one day. Some of the volcanos were still active and spat smoke and ash out. Soil and rock were nearly black from the soot. At the foot of a powerful mountain ARN stopped. Volcanic ash was a good fertile soil and a dense forest grew at the foot of the mountains. Along high firs the wolf man led LILIAN to a latticed cave entrance.

[Vauban]

LILIAN shook disappointed at the lattice and turned to ARN, „and what now? The entrance is blocked.“ ARN waged his head, „no, that is good. The lattice is intact. Thus I hope that this entrance remained undiscovered so far. If unauthorized ones would have tried to penetrate here, then the pit masters would have let collapse the lug.“ 

[Vauban]

ARN had pulled a gold coin in the meantime from the lining of his belt. He stretched the hand with the coin by the lattice, then he threw it in a high bow into the lug. They heard a quiet sounding, when the coin met a stone. „That was our knocking “, he explained to LILIAN, „the dwarves have an extremely fine feeling for gold. I think, it won't take ten minutes, until someone will appear here.“

[Vauban]

The wolf man was right. Already after few minutes three small men stood before them. Their shape was compact. They had strong muscles from the hard work under days. Their clothes were dusty and their faces dusty with earth. Two of them had long beards. The white-bearded one asked unfriendly ARN, „what do you want? The mine was closed before a long time.“

[Vauban]

„I am ARN, the wolf man. I have important news for the highest pit master. If it experiences that you let wait me, he let shave your beards. And who knows, perhaps the blade won't find only the beard hair?“ Automaticly seized the addressed one to the neck and swallowed themselves, but then his cool consideration returned. „And who says to me that you are the genuine wolf man? “