Anglachelm

This very unimportant opinion is presented to my lord in the hopes that he will forgive any wrongness or imbecility of idea: his servant is no scholar on tactics or war, but if my lord would read this letter, something of interest might be discovered by him, for not only is he most thoughtful, generous and kin

Up, and sat long thinking of the best way to go about my business for Lord Veryacano before he brings the hammer down on my head and banishes me from the valley. Only just the other night, he asked for an account of my progress, and little satisfied was he to learn that I have still not spoken with Lord Anglachelm!

Continued from Manhandled,  Folly and Fury, Sword and Stone, Black Ice, Deep Thoughts, The Speech, 

Continued from Manhandled,  Folly and Fury, Sword and Stone,  Black Ice, Deep Thoughts, The Speech, Expectations, An Unprofitable Servant

Continued from A New Task

Continued from High on the Mountain

Veryacano studied the eager elf before him for a long while before speaking. ‘‘Spirits you indeed have, young Parnard!” he said, chuckling, and gestured for him to stand.

Continued from Figures in the Snow

He travelled eastward into the Hithaeglir, where the biting East Wind blows the snow across the passes. Parnard was wandering in circles, for his track was hidden; worse still, the sun and stars were obscured by the mists and rolling grey clouds. He had lost his way, though it did not seem so to him. The way before him was the right way; he needed only to follow it, and surely, he would come to his destination. But his path led to nothing but more snow, and the same rocks and trees. He did not realize his peril – if he had, he would not have come there.

I write to my Lordship so that he will know my promise to serve him in all ways is upheld, and my performance sure and certain in everything that I do, though it is a sore misery to be apart. Yet it is my most fervent hope that we may meet together again.

Dear Lords and Ladies of Swan,

It saddens and ashames me greatly to write this letter, but circumstaces of the latest events have given me no other choice.