The Tale about the Laughter of Azbezil
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Chapter 2 The Lake of Three Flames
This is a story about explicit sex and other adult only things. If you are underage or offended by such material you should stop reading now. The story, setting and characters has been developed by the author and all rights are reserved.
The tale about The Laughter Of Azbezil
Chapter 2
The Lake of Three Flames
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The storyteller finished his meal and walked to the center of the room. The main room of the Inn was crowded and it was time to begin. Normally he could never afford to rent a room at an Inn that needed a storyteller. This and the strong reactions from the audience made him feel uncomfortable. He was not used to have such luck and he was afraid that everything would change.
"Strange how life changed my prospective. If I had not found this story I would be close to starvation," he said to himself. The crowd grew silent. "Still, there is something mysterious about my feelings. Even though this story has truly taken place in history and is unusually exceptional, I can't see why people would give such fortunes for me repeating the tale," he thought. He pushed the worries aside because it was time to begin.
***
Last time, I told you how three sons left in different directions searching for their individual destinies. They had wanted to explore for a long time but could never leave because of their father. The elven rangers patrolled the neighborhood on his command. Upon their return, they were thus not on the best terms with the rest of the family but the news they had with them forced the family to ignore this. The whole family assembled to hold a meeting about how to proceed. Davrion understood, from the beginning, there would be a time when they must fight against the one evil brother, Azbezil. The weakness of their position had made him sure that they must wait until the time was right before they tried to do anything.
His sons' experiences told him that they still should not fight back openly but they had also showed a flaw in his reasoning. Davrion had assumed that his evil brother would continue to commit crimes like the slaughter in the castle. This would in the long run make the small people despise the king and open for a rebellion. From his sons' experiences he realized Azbezil had been more clever and kept his agenda hidden from the common people. By uniting the people against the danger from the elves he had been able to start changing the society without upsetting the people. Azbezil had thus protected himself against the danger for a revolt. The possibility that Azbezil had chosen the elves as the made up enemy because he knew about the elven blood mixing in Davrion's children was also very unsettling to think about.
With these thoughts in mind, Davrion assembled his family and together they devised a plan. They would search for people that could be convinced to help against Azbezil. The plan depended on stealth and the different assets of the family. It would need an allotted amount of time before it could be seen if it did any good but no alternative existed. Within the following days, they started to set the plan in motion and soon you will know all the details but first we will focus on the quest that was not part of the central plan.
Perhaps it was the lack of sleep due to the screaming from the young baby child but a short moment of lack of attention did create a serious problem the morning before the family meeting. Davrion was tired after lack of sleep and was still resting in his bed when his daughters arrived. Cymari, Talinda and Larion wanted to make sure that they would also be included in the plans of the family meeting and young Junia and Helian had followed even while they were too young to really understand the issue. They assembled around Davrion and the younger ones climbed up in the bed. Davrion was nude and pulled his bedcover up to cover his nudity. Davrion spoke a little with his daughters and told some jokes without making any promises. After some time, he had convinced the girls that they must wait until the meeting later that day. Davrion observed his youngest daughter Helian was behaving strange.
Helian was sitting with a finger in her mouth and a frightened look in her face. Her eyes were still open but her stiff body was trembling and Davrion stared at her without being able to comprehend this problem. Davrion finally asked, "Helian, you look ill, what is the matter?" which caught the notice of the others.
Helian responded, "My body is burning from the inside, I can't stand it. Please help me daddy!" She began to sob and tears began to flow.
"Cymari, bring Pymaria here quickly!" Davrion commanded. The others followed Cymari as she obeyed her father's command. Larion placed her hand on Helian's red curls and shook her head, Helian was warm but not due to fever.
"Larion, what is wrong with her? You could heal Enbon's leg when he was crushed under the tree last year, surely you must at least be able to tell what is wrong with Helian," Davrion said, trying to keep his voice calm. Larion did not answer him but her body was suddenly covered in light and she hugged her little sister as her eyes followed things beyond the normal reality. The light died away at the same time as Pymaria arrived alone.
Larion sat back with white face and spoke, "She tasted Davrion’s cum from the bed linen and her juvenile body can not cope with the lust induced."
"Can you heal her?" Pymaria asked. Larion shook her head and pulled down the bedcover hiding her father's nudity and to the others' amazement she directed Helian to suck on the erect cock.
"Won't this worsen the condition?" Davrion asked with fear in his voice.
"It is magically induced so one drop was enough but this will lessen her pains while we figure out what to do. I did get a vision of three flames over circle that may help her but I don't understand the meaning," Larion answered. Helian was following Larion's orders and sucking at the cock with all pain leaving her body.
"Brave, little sister, when you are finished I will use a spell to put you to sleep until we know how to cure you," Larion said. Helian nodded and then got a surprised look in her face as the cock gave its load. While crying, Larion mumbled the magic words and Helian drifted into sleep.
"I wonder how long she must remain sleeping, I have no idea about where to find the cure that my vision foretold," said Larion. Then, Pymaria gave her supporting hug.
***
"This is why the elf warned Davrion to let his children taste his cum," a woman from the crowd said aloud. The storyteller stopped talking. She was not that beautiful but good looking enough to have a couple of men around her. The woman who had been sitting focused on the story and the men around her had been busy looking at her wide cleavage jumped back as everyone's attention turned in her direction.
The storyteller smiled and said, "That is right young lady but wouldn't you prefer me to continue the story so you can learn about the quest for the cure?" everyone nodded and the storyteller continued.
***
I have already given a hint but obviously one of the sons knew about the sign or else there would not have been the quest I mentioned. Enbon had never been good at remembering details if they weren’t about his fighting or weapons. With this in mind it must be considered a twist of fate that he was the one that knew about the symbol in Larion's vision. In the keep, where he had saved Lord Arlin's daughter, he had seen a map on the wall that conveyed the same vision Larion foretold. The final decision was that Enbon and Larion should take their sleeping sister Helian and try to find a suitable cure.
The rest of the family was still planning when Enbon and Larion left. They had to carry the sleeping Helian on their trek so they took little else. After a few days travel they arrived to lord Arlin's lands. Enbon had suggested that they should go directly to the keep but Larion was in charge and since she was, by nature, cautious, she wanted to investigate her surroundings first. The little village of Arlin seemed friendly enough as they ventured to ask around and see if they could get a room were they could leave the sleeping Helian. The only Inn was a very small one, not that the neighborhood was poor but the few visitors that passed preferred to lodge in Lord Arlin's keep.
Enbon and Larion stepped inside the Inn and found a deserted room. It was still early in the day and the only person present was the Innkeeper. The Innkeeper, Abend, was first glad to see them but lost much of his interest when he learned they had no money. After some negotiations, Larion managed to convince him that the herbs she carried were rare enough to barter for a room. The Innkeeper called for the barmaid and then left to find a local herb woman that could verify that he had not been tricked.
The door opened. Trioni stepped into the main room. Enbon smiled widely but the smile died away when he noticed that Trioni had an angry look on her face and tears in her eyes. "Has she become angry because I left her? She seemed understanding enough when I left," Enbon thought and tried to come up with something to say. He looked desperately at his sister. Could he seek counsel from Larion in private? "Curse on my lack of knowledge about girls. Friendly sisters are much easier to handle," he thought. Larion saw the question in his eyes and was amused.
"You must be Trioni, that Enbon has been speaking about so much. Since my brother is apparently unable to properly introduce us, I do so myself. My name is Larion and this is our little sister Helian. She is reason for our visit. We need a cure to her illness. Our proper titles are Lady Larion and Lady Helian due to our father's exile, but should otherwise of course be princess," Larion said. Trioni blushed, embarrassed by her initial reaction.
"You are his sisters?" Trioni mumbled and looked down at the floor.
"Of course, they are my sisters, who else could they be?" Enbon asked. Trioni immediately beamed and began hugging and kissing Enbon.
Larion laughed and placed Helian on a table. Trioni and Enbon were so lost that she decided to get the food herself. A short while later she was eating and feeding Helian. It was a bit complicated since she needed Helian awake enough to eat the food but not aware enough to activate the magically induced lust. Abend, the Innkeeper came inside and remained standing staring at Trioni and Enbon that was still kissing.
"Did you find the herb woman?" Larion asked as she finished her meal.
"Is that the lad that got Trioni out of the keep and defeated twelve men just inside the gate?" Abend asked and Larion nodded.
"I sold the herbs for 2 gold so it was worth a lot more than you believed. Only elves were used to gather herbs and very few herb woman got actual experience in how to find them so thus the market is hugely undersupplied. I was intending to lie to you about this but I can't trick the man that saved lady Trioni so here is the change back," Abend said and gave Larion a large number of coins.
Larion spoke to Abend and learnt that it was good that they hadn't gone to the keep. Zelak had left three men so that lord Arlin could send after Zelak directly when Enbon was found. The fact that lord Arlin himself had hidden his daughter in the village and liked the deed done was thus forced to be hidden for everyone. They could not go to the keep themselves but Abend promised to go and ask Lord Arlin to borrow out the map. Abend left and Larion turned to Trioni and Enbon that by now was looking into each other’s eyes and whispering silently.
"Excuse me, but could you get us the room. Helian would benefit to sleep in a real bed for once," Larion said and Trioni reluctantly left Enbon's lap.
"This way please," she said and Larion picked up Helian while Enbon started eating. They came to one of the two small rooms that Inn got and Larion put Helian down into the bed. At first she hesitated to undress Helian while Trioni was present but finally she decided that it was better to get it done with. Trioni picked a couple of blankets from the wardrobe but froze when she saw Helians elven ears that Larion had exposed when she removed Helian's head-cloth.
"You are elves?" Trioni asked with disbelief in her voice.
"Only halfelves but I thought that it was better you discover this now rather than during time spent in the bed with my brother," Larion said as she tied Helian's head-cloth back.
"How can this be? Aren't the elves evil? Will Enbon live for eternity like the elves?" Trioni mumbled with a pale face.
"Azbezil tried to kill our father but he was saved by elven magic. It was so strong that we children born later become halfelven. We will all have longer life but if anyone got enough elven blood to not age at all is impossible to know. That is the reason why elves try to avoid getting halfelf children. The fear to loose their children without warning is too horrible for them to handle," Larion said.
"What will happen with your children?" Trioni said as she looked down on her own flat belly.
"If we get children with humans they will age and die but after a very long life. Anyway you can put those worries away, you are not pregnant. One of my spells told me this but you better keep your legs closed right now because it you are in your most fertile part of the month. Actually the spell told me about the fertile part of the month but this means that you can't be pregnant," Larion said.
"What an relief to hear, I wonder if I can get Enbon to lick me down there like last time even while he can't fuck me afterwards," Trioni said. Larion looked at Helian in the bed and spoke
"My mother likes very much to suck on my fathers cock and he seem to love it".
"How do you know that?" Trioni asked with a puzzled voice.
"It is hard to hide anything in a little cottage like ours and my older brothers and sisters made me curious early with their spying on our parents when they were alone in the bedchamber," Larion answered.
***
Larion got the map the same evening but Lord Arlin also told them to wait until the next day to leave. At first Larion was a bit reluctant to stay in a place where they could be found but Enbon and Trioni wanted to have some time together and the map required some time to be analyzed. It was an ancient map that had been copied many times when the old one became too fragile. Many people doing the copies had added notes and Larion needed a lot time to figure out what the meaning was. Larion had always loved languages and learnt the basics of many old and new ones from the elven rangers. After ten hours work Larion decided that she couldn't extract any more information from the map. The cure for Helian waited at a placed named the lake of three flames. It had been the center of worship for a cult half a thousand years back. All the details were very unclear but the cult had stopped recruiting members since their current mission was finished. The power of their magical lake couldn't been removed and must be hidden from the wrong hands. Thus the cult had as their last act protected it by constructing a maze called the maze of trials.
Still the exact nature of the maze was unknown and Larion put the map down into her backpack and adjusted Helians clothes. When they exited the house they found lord Arlin waiting for them. With a smile he extended two scimitars and a sword-belt to Enbon and Enbon made a formal bow as he accepted the gift. He put on the belt and then pulled the scimitars up. They were covered with ancient runes and Larion made a mental note to check them up later.
"This is your reward for saving my daughter, I will not be able to thank you as long as Azbezil rules so I got to settle with arming you. The legend is already growing about the lone fighter who fought the kings men and killed so many of them so you better be careful," lord Arlin said. Enbon gave another bow and he and Larion walked away from the village.
***
Larion studied the map as they got closer to the temple. They could still not see any temple but Larion was sure they were near. She had had a spell active when she arrived that checked the nature of magic present but had been forced to shut the spell down since the input from the spell was giving her a serious headache.
"We meet at the lake, stay out of trouble. This is..." Enbon suddenly shouted but the sound ended suddenly and Larion turned around in surprise. It was suddenly completely dark and with a feeling of dread Larion conjured a sphere of light that revealed that she was surrounded by stone walls. Larion touched the wall and found it very solid.
"Dimensional shifting of stone structures. I beginning to wonder about the cult that did this. Seems like we are seriously under powered compared to them," Larion thought and began to walk down the corridor.
She corridor turned and Larion saw a crossway. A grate closed one of the exits but the others were open. There were also signs over the openings. The closed one was labeled faith and the others strength and will.
"Probably no coincident that I can't choose my favorite, better take the will one," Larion thought and continued down the corridor. In distance she heard music and Larion stopped to listen. There was also laughter and Larion was not surprised when she turned around a corner and found a group of adventurers camping. They seemed to be newly arrived and the bard in the group was playing a harp while the others were setting up the camp. The group froze as the light from Larion's magical light lit up the camp much better than their torches.
"Did you follow us from the village?" a large fighter asked.
"No, my group followed our own map but we got separated when the maze of trials activated," Larion answered.
"I conclude that you must be a spelluser from the glowing ball. Not very safe to travel the cult of the lake’s maze alone. Would you temporary join us, the treasures of lake should be enough to give both teams more than they can dream about," the fighter said.
"Strange that our map doesn't hint on any treasures but their offer make sense. On my own this can turn really nasty," Larion thought and spoke.
"Out group is not here for any treasures since we want to find a cure for one of our members that is ill. We will probably want a share at the end of any treasure but if we get the cure you can take most of it," Larion said.
"How large are your group. You seem very sure that the rest of them will make it through the maze," a woman mage said and Larion thought at Enbon that had to carry Helian.
"It is just my brother and I hope that he will make it. If he don't fall into a trap it should be no problem but he is not the fastest thinker around so traps can be dangerous to him," Larion said.
"You try to make it to the lake of three flames with just two people. We were ten before we split up when the maze activated. Were the others six are now I don't know," the big fighter said. Larion looked at the female bard, the fighter, the female mage, the thief and the ranger that sat around the small fire.
"The mage Malid is just like you a new addition to our team," the fighter explained.
"Perhaps we should introduce everyone. We spoke a little to Malid last night when we found her but it would be good if everyone knew each other a bit better," the ranger said.
"They have been here for more than a day but have not come longer than this. Perhaps the starting point in maze differs," Larion thought as she picked up the food offered and listened as the others started to speak.
***
At the same time Enbon mumbled a curse as he studied the inscriptions over the door openings. Grates covered two of them but he would prefer to know what was written on the one that he must choose. After a while he gave up and adjusted the straps that kept Helian on his back and walked forward. He turned around some corners of the twisting corridor and suddenly he saw light in front of him.
"No wonder that it was a bit hard to see. Must have been complete dark inside here," Enbon thought and turned around the corner to check the source of the light.
Some distance down the corridor he saw an elven girl with a bow that was sitting against the wall sobbing. Enbon walked closer and the elven girl looked up and tried to call something out but did only manage to whisper something. Enbon had no chance to hear from 20 meters away but he could see the fear in her face and he started running forward. The girl panicked when he did this and Enbon felt a rush of excitement. It was possible that she for some reasons would try to fire her bow at him and that would be interesting. He had never fought somebody with a bow in a narrow corridor so this could be interesting.
"Or perhaps she wanted to warn me that the floor is vibrating," Enbon noticed and jumped forward as far as he could get.
Enbon still landed on the opening trapdoor but he didn't stop thinking on how slim his chances was and with sure foot he ran upward on the almost vertical floor. With relief he landed on the floor after the trapdoor and heard a large click and a ticking sound in the wall to the left. Enbon pulled his swords up and turned around as fast as he could. From the wall a spear came trusting and Enbon let his blades whirl as he cut the spearpoint of. The remaining spear still hit him but it didn't do more than give Enbon a bruise. Enbon jumped up and checked that Helian was unhurt and turned to the elven girl with the bow.
"I am Lythinon, the group sent me forward to check the spear trap. I was looking at it when the pit-trap opened. I survived like you did but the other five died," Lythinon said and she started sobbing again.
"Sorry to hear but I must continue if I should get to center of the maze at the same time as my sister. She is much more clever than I so she will probably go directly to center so I must hurry," Enbon said and started walking.
"What about me then. I am a elven ranger I can help you," Lythinon called out as she ran after Enbon. Enbon turned and looked at her, something about this maze was making him suspicious and he felt an urge to use his blades to cut the girl down. The problem was that he couldn't see why he wanted to do this and he felt like a caged animal.
"I don't think Larion would approve leaving somebody in this maze even if they were under the command of Azbezil," Enbon realized.
"Do you serve Azbezil?" Enbon asked.
"Never heard about the fellow so I obviously can't be working for him," Lythinon said.
"Well, follow along then," Enbon said and started walking down the corridor. Lythinon mumbled thanks and ran after Enbon and turned him around and gave him a hug. Enbon looked at Lythinon in surprise as she bent forward towards his face to give him a kiss. Enbon pushed her away and Lythinon got a hurt expression in her face.
"I got a girlfriend and besides you were crying a couple of seconds ago for your dead friends," he said and started walking again.
"I am sorry, just wanted to show how much I like to have you as my companion in this maze," Lythinon said.
"Can you keep silent so we can hear traps or monsters," Enbon said.
"Why, there is only one test on every way in so we just have to walk the rest of the way," Lythinon said.
"There must be some reason that they call it a maze," Enbon said and turned around the next corner.
***
Larion laughed as she again obtained the flask of wine from a fighter named Kodol. She was amused by these people outside her own family. The female bard, Pelnis, gave some solace to the group and they were able to feel safe for one evening. They were apprehensive about tomorrow and the danger that lay ahead. Larion took a small sip of wine and passed it forward to the thief named Lode. She rarely drank much which inevitably created a slight handicap. She began to feel a bit of dizziness from the liquid she was drinking which made her so warm and comfortable. She hesitated but within a few seconds she was becoming very warm, she pulled off her robe. She knew she had the appropriate dress underneath and would surely be able to fend off any unwelcome advance. Larion suddenly noticed that she was beginning to get warm between her legs. She looked up. Kodol moved a bit closer. He was looking at her and Larion began to feel a searing heat in that most intimate threshold.
Her mind raced, she imagined, "This man could take me to the ultimate plateau, a place I have never explored, but I can not lose my virginity like this"
She looked at the others. She was caught by Lode's hand exploring under Pelnis skirt. Larion felt an unusual heat assault her insides as she watched them make out on the other side of the fire. Suddenly, her vision was blocked by her own dress as Kodol pulled it over her head and Larion suddenly found herself undressed to her bare essentials in front of the other people. Kodol had amazingly managed to pull his clothes off without alerting her. His unusually huge erect cock was throbbing and poking Larion's body skillfully. Larion stared at him. She was gripped with half-fear and half-excitement as his experienced hands unbuttoned the front of her silky camisole. He pulled her down roughly, ripping her panties and finally Larion was left naked and vulnerable, moaning as her body anticipated the final release of heat building deep within her soul.
***
At the same time, Enbon was beginning to get irritated. Lythinon constantly complained about rest and that they should set up a camp. Enbon was unable to explain why they must continue but he was more and more convinced that dire consequences waited if they did not continuing their journey. To make things worse he felt as if he was the only one doing all the hard work. He had already destroyed a couple of monsters but was for the moment occupied with twelve skeletons. At first, the skeletons strange movement while fighting had been a fun challenge, by now Enbon was only bored. The skeletons moved to slowly and it was easy to figure what their next action would be. Another half destroyed skeleton tried to grip Enbon's wrist and Enbon kicked it away as he turned to face the next skeleton. The corridor was empty and Enbon pulled his scimatars back into their scabbards and turned towards Lythinon She had a look of admiration on her face as she looked at Enbon but it died away when she saw the angry look on his face.
"Why didn't you give me any assistance in fight?" Enbon asked as he absent-mindedly crushed the head of a skeleton that was trying to get up.
"Sorry, but arrows don't work well against skeletons," Lythinon said as she drew closer towards Enbon.
"I understand, but what about the shortsword at your side?" Enbon asked.
"We don't really train with our sword. Mainly, we use it as a tool. Also, you convey an able enough fellow to use your two scimitars and I can save my arrows for more serious enemies," Lythinon said, standing in an erotic position in front of him.
Enbon contemplated and shook his head, "Rangers that do not know how to use melee weapons?" He was better than the elven rangers that trained him but they were still good enough to give him a serious match.
"We better continue on our adventure," he proclaimed and started walking. Lythinon followed behind him but suddenly he noticed that she was slowing down. Enbon continued to walk even while Lythinon slowed. A doorway confronted them. Enbon stepped through, without hesitation. Within the instant he heard the click, he ran forward towards the second doorway out of the room and in the last possible moment he was outside. A great stone block blocked the way backward.
"How could the girl know about the trap?" Enbon thought as he heard the sound of metal against stone inside the room.
Suddenly, the wall opened a far distance away and Lythinon stepped out into Enbon's corridor. It was more than fifty meters away and Enbon pulled his scimitars up at the same time as Lythinon placed her first arrow in place to fire. He felt a sudden chill.
"I should learn to trust my intuition. She is the only real enemy here and now I must prove my worth," Enbon thought and ran forward. The arrow came flying and Enbon paused to smash it away with his blade. He could see the elven ranger with haste pulling another arrow but he was almost there. Lythinon pulled the bowstring back but Enbon cut the bow into pieces.
"Sorry, the magics of the maze forced me to attack you. Rape me or do anything you like as revenge," Lythinon said. She acted as a martyr, lying down, her head turned away. Enbon stared at her as she pulled her dress up to reveal her perfectly shaped nude body.
"She looks like an elven version of Trioni. Still as fragile as my girl but with the strength of a ranger," Enbon thought, he could not help getting hard from the erotic view in front of him but the image of Trioni stayed in his mind.
"You really want me to rape you?" Enbon asked as he pushed Lythinon's weapon away from of her.
"Yes, please do it," Lythinon pleaded.
"My trial in this maze can't be defeating skeletons or a defenseless ranger. The paths I got to choose between must have had trials that I would find hard. So why have I encountered just her, some simple monsters and a few traps," Enbon wondered.
***
Kodol had managed to get Larion's undergarments off so fast that she had no time to fight. For the moment, he had her locked in a very wet kiss and Larion felt sexual heat assault her. Larion was perplexed, she wondered,
"This can't be right. I don't know them at all. Is this unnatural sexual excitement due to a spell or have they drugged me?" However, when she finally thought about the question, there was no doubt. Larion summoned her magic to call purification on herself and the burning feeling in her body disappeared. Larion thrust her knee upwards as hard as she could and Kodol went down crying in pain. Larion turned towards the others. The newcomer, Malid, the mage, weren't undressed at all.
"What are you doing?" Lode called out.
"Malid drugged us, everyone have been affected except her," Larion said.
"You seemed willing enough before," the ranger said as he was jacking off.
"What is wrong? Your accent is wrong, how can it be that you speak with the same elvish accents as me and claim to have elves in the other half of the group when the elves have left and Azbezil has completely forbidden elvish. Nobody else has spoken like you do," Larion mumbled as she desperately tried to cover her nudeness.
"What kind of men are you? The girl teases you for hours and then kicks your friend when he tries to be friendly. Wouldn't a rape be a suiting punishment," Malid suggested.
Larion cried out automatically as the gang, including the female bard, came running towards her. She tried to get away but Kodol had recovered enough to drag her down when she turned. Larion released a sleep spell at Kodol to gain freedom but the spell failed to initiate on impact.
"No spirit that my spell could affect," Larion realized "Malid must be the true enemy. She is the one that is running the show."
Larion conjured and concocted her most powerful spell. At the same time as her attackers crawled over her as she became surrounded by light. The spell was directed at Malid, who got her body and soul temporary separated but the attackers around Larion trembled too. She escaped their weak grip without difficulty. Larion stood up and stared in horror as the group around her started to turn gray, dry up and wither away. Her tormentors tried to get up and turn towards Larion but their withering bodies failed even this simple act. In a few desperate seconds, the mob had decayed into skeletons and Larion became nauseous. Larion looked around and saw the same thing happened to the group’s equipment and realized that the same must be happening to the food she had eaten earlier. Once more, she called forth her magic and used the purification spell to clean her body from unhealthy substances.
"What nature of people were these to make such a cruel trap? she wondered Kodol and the others must have entered years ago and been tricked to have sex inside the maze. Their minds and selected memories from me were used to form the trap for me," she thought. She emptied a flask of lamp oil over Malid's body.
"Rest in peace, spirit. You have protected the lake long enough. I now burn the body you have animated for ultimate silence," Larion proclaimed and set Malid's body on fire. The walls started to tremble and seconds later Larion was standing in the chill of the night on the hill over the lake. Some distance away she caught a glimpse of Enbon standing and waiting for her. His swords were covered in blood and when he saw his sister, Larion, he started to wipe the blood away from his scimitars.
"That is what I get for thinking that I was in lesser danger than he was. He has not been tricked to strip his clothes in front of an audience," Larion thought.
Larion felt weak. She had used many spells and she was ashamed by her brazen reactions to the men. She picked up her clothes and covered her nakedness.
"I was beginning to get worried. I finished my test minutes away and thought that you would be by the lake by now but your part of the maze was still intact. Isn't it a bit chilly to run around naked?" Enbon said as he stared and became obsessed by her soft, beautiful white skin.
"They managed to drug me and in my delirium, the attackers took full advantage of the situation. It took a while to figure out what was going on. How did you figure out that you should avoid sex?" Larion asked. Enbon explained his story, which created an even greater sense of guilt within Larion.
"Can't fool a fighters instincts. I knew Lythinon was an enemy from the beginning and thus her want for sex was more than a bit suspicious," Enbon said. He started to walk towards the lake.
"Your torches are unused, where did you find light enough to see?" Larion asked.
"It was a bit dark but no real problem so I wanted to have both of my hands ready," Enbon answered.
When they arrived at the shore they found that the lake was extremely small. Enbon placed the sleeping Helian down on shore and looked at Larion. Her long red curls spread on the ground.
"I have no idea what will happen but Helian must enter the lake. I will wake her up so that she does not drown," Larion said. She called on her magic to wake Helian. At first, Helian remained still but finally she moaned in pain and opened her eyes. Larion helped her to rise. She then stated, "Welcome back to the world of the waken people. I know that it hurts but this magic lake will cure your illness. All you have to do is to take a swim in the water and the yearning will pass."
"I am afraid. Will the magic do more than cure me?" Helian asked. Larion looked at the lake and remained silent. She had no real knowledge about the magics of the cult and therefore did not know how Helian's condition would be cured by the magic power of the lake. Helian moaned in pain, as the magic that affected her body once again grew stronger. Trembling she stepped down into the water. When nothing seemed dangerous, she continued and then she suddenly disappeared. Immediately, Enbon pulled his schimitars up and Larion jumped back in surprise. The disappearance had startled Larion but the speed that Enbon reacted shocked her even more.
"What went wrong?" Enbon asked as he circled around. Larion studied the lake and shook her head. There was no evidence of unusual circumstances developing. She calmed her brother and decided to occupy their time by building a camp and nourishing their bodies.
"Let's make a camp. I think this may take some time," Larion said. Enbon put down his scmimitars and they started to build a fire. She made her brother hunt for rabbit while she prepared the fire. They were tense as they ate silently and awaited their sister's reappearance. They were both thinking about the danger from Azbezil as well.
***
Hours later they were still waiting when suddenly the water lit up and the night turned into day. Larion and Enbon jumped up and looked towards the lake. Up from the water a woman came, visibly crying as she walked towards the shore. The woman was dressed in silk and as she reached the shore her clothes and red hair dried instantly. At the same time, the light died away. The woman looked up towards Larion and Enbon and when they saw her eyes they stopped doubting.
"Helian, you are back as a grownup. Why are you crying? Didn't you get rid of the curse?" Larion said as she ran to hug her sister.
"The magic doesn't bother me anymore but I am sad because I was so close to succeeding," Helian said and wiped her tears away as she gave Larion a comforting hug.
"I don't understand at all. You will have to explain what you were trying to do and more important what has happened to you," Larion said as they returned toward the camp.
They sat down and Helian started to speak. "The magic of the lake is very ancient and the magic maze is needed in times when there are no priestess' of the lake that can draw the power. No priestess is alive so in some strange way I was sent into a possible future, one hundred years from now. There the cult of three flames is busy trying to clean the land from evil taint and foul magic. In this possible future, the rebellion failed when Azbezil opened a demon gate. The demon army that entered was soon overtaken by the elves but not before it had murdered everyone present including our family," Helian said.
"What kind of mistake did we do that allowed this to happen?" Larion asked with a weak voice.
"That was the information I tried to find out. The problem is that everyone died and since all buildings will be burned, the only thing I could find out was that the artifact Azbezil used was named Magul. When my needed work was finished I traveled towards the elf queen's realm to find somebody that fought the demons to ask for details but the shift of the lake reversed and I was pulled back here," Helian said.
"Still this is just a possible future so we can avoid it?" Enbon asked. The question was left unanswered.
Helian, Enbon, and Larion decided to go to sleep since they were exhausted but they felt the black doom lingering as they lay down in silence.
Larion had lain down and tried to relax enough to be able to sleep. Unfortunately, she was a light sleeper and was awaken by the sounds of Helian mumbling something some distance away and she looked in that direction. To her shock, she saw Enbon and Helian kissing. The moonlight revealed their half-nude shapes as they clung to each other.
"What the fuck are they doing? Enbon doesn't fail in the maze of trials but starts to make out with his own sister?" Larion thought and did her best to ignore the sounds that her brother and sister made. With relief she noticed that they parted and she decided to close her eyes.
"Good that they had sense enough to stop before they did anything foolish," Larion thought as she started to fall into sleep. Suddenly she felt a wet kiss on her mouth. She opened her eyes as she pushed the person away and found that it was Helian.
"What the fuck are you doing? I am straight, but more importantly I am your sister!" Larion screamed as she looked around for Enbon. He was sitting nude some distance away while jacking off. Larion froze for a moment staring at his huge erect cock. This gave Helian time enough to jump forward. She gave Larion another wet kiss on the mouth and Larion struggled to get away. She was feeling strange in the same way like she felt from the drug in the maze but she could not summon enough power to do something about it. Fortunately, she was strong enough to push Helian away, the relief was very short.
"I bit strong for my taste" Helian mumbled and kissed Larion's hand as Larion tried to force Helian's head down onto the ground. Larion felt a wave of weakness and was totally defenseless as Helian got free and forced Larion down.
"Help me, Enbon!" Larion screamed out but she immediately felt a sinking feeling in her stomach and knew he was unable to help her. Helian tried another kiss and even as Larion fought at her sister's advances, Helian remained determined. Helian changed tactics and she started to strip the clothes off Larion. Larion was wrestling but with each move another piece of clothing was ripped from her body by Helian. When her final undergarments were gone, Helian dived down and kissed Larion's moist pussy. Larion screamed as sexual excitement filled her until her blood was on fire.
She only had a few seconds to recover before the next wave of heat spilled from within. Larion's healing abilities gave her a very acute sense of her body. She was somewhat aware that Helian's strange magic had removed all hair around her pussy. The excitement that filled her was so overwhelming that she could not think of anything but the next sense of exhilaration that would vibrate to the core of her most inner private senses. She was lost. Helian paused and looked up towards Larion's face.
"Do you want to eat me out while our brother takes your virginity?" Helian asked with a husky voice.
"Yes mistress, if it pleases you," Larion answered without hesitation. They moved around and Larion got her first taste of pussy as Enbon got in position. The magic forcing Larion to serve did lessen in strength some but by now the feelings from Enbon's drilling of her cunt and the dirty feeling of licking her sisters cunt was strong enough to make Larion want to continue. Suddenly, Helian got stiff and moaned as her cunt contracted around Larion's tongue. Larion happily drank the cunt juice as she felt her own body burn. Then with sudden fierceness, Enbon was inside her pussy. He ripped her inner lining with the first insertion of his bulging penis, as if a fist had been inserted into her most delicate flower. Another blow, he was unable to be gentle. Then more, lasting hours, her mind reeling, her body meeting each thrust, unable to fight, meeting his attack with vengeance.
Then, all at once, he froze as his shaft began to throb and steamy wet seed overflowed from his enormous cock. Larion could not hold his huge shaft in her virgin pussy without her own release and they came without guilt or fear of reprisal. Sated, together. Aware of reality, Larion pushed Enbon off and stood. Helian was resting nude some distance away and Larion walked towards her.
Larion stared at her sister and calmly asked, "What happens now little sister?"
Helian declared, "I am much older than you so keep your mouth shut. Enbon got his human girlfriend so I will remove all memories about this but you must keep your memories," Then all the remains from the sex on her body disappeared and her silk dress tied itself into place with the aid of magic.
"Why me?" Larion said as she studied her mature younger sister.
"I need servants to practice on until I can rebuild the cult of the three flames. You will be a perfect assistant. Until then, your strength will give me plenty of practice," Helian said.
"Your magic is obviously transmitted by your kisses, I say dream on if you think that I will allow you get close to me again," Larion said with a white face.
"We will see about that but you will not be able to tell anyone about my powers due to my enchantment," Helian said and moved over to dress Enbon.
***
"Now you know yet another part of the tale about the laughter of Azbezil," The storyteller said and sat back in his chair. The inn remained silent and he could see everyone was deep in thought. He stood up and walked around collecting coins from people that were already enjoying the story.
An older man looked up and closed the distance to the storyteller. He stated, "This part of your story has presented yet another eventual ending for the story. Possibly, the reason we have elven rulers today is our elder population was killed by demons. When they invited people to inhabit the lands, the elves didn't want to let them know about the horrors of the past and thus we have heard nothing about these wars before your story."
The storyteller paused to look at the man. Then he said, "Perhaps you are right but I will refuse to comment on the story or how I found out the history about it until I have completed the tale. How many people would come and listen if you all knew the ending of such an intriguing story?" People started to reflect and talk amongst themselves as the storyteller exited the room. In his hat, which he had passed around for charity, he saw an incredible, high-valued gold coin. It was surely the man in the black robe that had given him the gold coin like promised. Many of the others offerings were also of good value. The storyteller smiled as he placed the fortune in his purse.
Who is who in the Laughter Of Azbezil?
Pymaria
Age 48
She saved the king from certain death in the moat of the royal castle. She used to dream about becoming a singer at the opera but have settled to be the mother of Davrion's children. She and Davrion have nine children.
Davrion VII Entaro
Profession Bard
Age 78
The rightful king but removed from the throne by his brother. He is severely crippled after combat with Azbezil's demons and starting to get old. Still the magic that healed him from the brink of death has kept him in good health.
Azbezil Entaro
Age 78
The twin brother of Davrion. He claims to be king Davrion and have managed to convince the people that he changed his name due to sorrow over the dead queen. The ancient prophecy marks him as the witch king that will bring ruin and death to the kingdom.
Ezame III Entaro
Age 43
Davrion's oldest daughter that was captured by Azbezil. She is the unwilling lover of Azbezil and mother to Zelak and Madel.
Fenlyw Entaro
Profession Illusionist
Magic realm Essence
Age 30
Davrion's oldest son, skilled in the art of illusions. In his first adventure he encountered some dwarfs.
Enbon Entaro
Profession Fighter
Age 27
Could beat his elven instructors in the art of combat by the age of 12. Only lack of worthy opponents has slowed down his development since then. His only real interests are combat and athletic skills and he is thus not very talented in other areas. In his first adventure he saved the noble lady Trioni Arlin from a rape by Zelak Entaro.
Duwlon Entaro
Profession Sage
Age 24
Extremely intelligent and with large ambitions. The one of Davrion's children that been most irritated by being forced to stay hidden in the cottage. In his first adventure he met the merchantman Tarben Agril.
Cymari Entaro
Profession Ranger
Magic realm Channeling
Weapon Longbow and shortsword
Age 21
A talented ranger with a strong sense of duty. Her skill with the longbow is without comparison in the family.
Talinda Entaro
Age 18
A girl who knew her line of profession from the moment that she started to crawl. Lots of practice made her a master pick pocketer even before she left home. She is also skilled in most kind of small weapons and unarmed combat. She is in love with Awril the sharpsighted. Awril is one of elven rangers that protects the family.
Larion Entaro
Profession Cleric
Magic realm Channeling
Age 15
A girl filled with much compassion and a strong belief in her goddess. She has never visited a real temple but still got a strong grip on the art of cleric magic. The goddess she follows is the ancient elven goddess of the night. The goddess used to be worshipped by most humans and elves but very humans follow her way except by lip services.
Junia Entaro
Special Soprano
Age 11
A girl that very much resembles Pymaria. She is interested in singing and spends most of her time either practicing or begging for lessons from Pymaria or Davrion.
Helian Entaro
Age 5
The youngest daughter of Davrion and Pymaria.
Awril Fandyllion
Profession Ranger
Magic realm Channeling
Weapon Longbow and sword
Age 464
A legendary ranger that has been working in the group that protects the cottage of the family. He and Talinda are in love but got a secret relationship. He is often called the sharp-sighted.
Tarben Agril
Profession Layman
Age 52
A very talented trader.
General Lombadiel Iglack
True name unknown
Magic realm Evil mentalism
Age unknown
General in Azbezil's army and married to princess Ezame. In truth one of Azbezil's demons in disguise.
Zelak Entaro
Weapon Two-handed sword
Age 24
The younger son of Ezame. War hero from the war at the border and recently given the title general. Publicly general Lombadiel Iglack is his father but in truth it is Azbezil.
Madel Entaro
Age 29
The older son of Ezame. War hero from the war at the border and recently given the title general. Publicly general Lombadiel Iglack is his father but in truth it is Azbezil.
Glarin son of Karmin
Age 182
Weapon Warhammer
One of the few remaining dwarfs. He has been hired by Azbezil to act as a bodyguard for princess Ezame.
Retalia Harper and lord Harper
Nobles at the court of Azbezil. Azbezil employs both directly even while rumors tell that lord Harper doesn't like the line of work that his wife does. After Azbezil's party in the beginning of the tale they returned to their own castle since Retalia is pregnant. The father of the child is an enemy to lord Harper.
The tale about The Laughter Of Azbezil
Chapter 2
The Lake of Three Flames
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The storyteller finished his meal and walked to the center of the room. The main room of the Inn was crowded and it was time to begin. Normally he could never afford to rent a room at an Inn that needed a storyteller. This and the strong reactions from the audience made him feel uncomfortable. He was not used to have such luck and he was afraid that everything would change.
"Strange how life changed my prospective. If I had not found this story I would be close to starvation," he said to himself. The crowd grew silent. "Still, there is something mysterious about my feelings. Even though this story has truly taken place in history and is unusually exceptional, I can't see why people would give such fortunes for me repeating the tale," he thought. He pushed the worries aside because it was time to begin.
***
Last time, I told you how three sons left in different directions searching for their individual destinies. They had wanted to explore for a long time but could never leave because of their father. The elven rangers patrolled the neighborhood on his command. Upon their return, they were thus not on the best terms with the rest of the family but the news they had with them forced the family to ignore this. The whole family assembled to hold a meeting about how to proceed. Davrion understood, from the beginning, there would be a time when they must fight against the one evil brother, Azbezil. The weakness of their position had made him sure that they must wait until the time was right before they tried to do anything.
His sons' experiences told him that they still should not fight back openly but they had also showed a flaw in his reasoning. Davrion had assumed that his evil brother would continue to commit crimes like the slaughter in the castle. This would in the long run make the small people despise the king and open for a rebellion. From his sons' experiences he realized Azbezil had been more clever and kept his agenda hidden from the common people. By uniting the people against the danger from the elves he had been able to start changing the society without upsetting the people. Azbezil had thus protected himself against the danger for a revolt. The possibility that Azbezil had chosen the elves as the made up enemy because he knew about the elven blood mixing in Davrion's children was also very unsettling to think about.
With these thoughts in mind, Davrion assembled his family and together they devised a plan. They would search for people that could be convinced to help against Azbezil. The plan depended on stealth and the different assets of the family. It would need an allotted amount of time before it could be seen if it did any good but no alternative existed. Within the following days, they started to set the plan in motion and soon you will know all the details but first we will focus on the quest that was not part of the central plan.
Perhaps it was the lack of sleep due to the screaming from the young baby child but a short moment of lack of attention did create a serious problem the morning before the family meeting. Davrion was tired after lack of sleep and was still resting in his bed when his daughters arrived. Cymari, Talinda and Larion wanted to make sure that they would also be included in the plans of the family meeting and young Junia and Helian had followed even while they were too young to really understand the issue. They assembled around Davrion and the younger ones climbed up in the bed. Davrion was nude and pulled his bedcover up to cover his nudity. Davrion spoke a little with his daughters and told some jokes without making any promises. After some time, he had convinced the girls that they must wait until the meeting later that day. Davrion observed his youngest daughter Helian was behaving strange.
Helian was sitting with a finger in her mouth and a frightened look in her face. Her eyes were still open but her stiff body was trembling and Davrion stared at her without being able to comprehend this problem. Davrion finally asked, "Helian, you look ill, what is the matter?" which caught the notice of the others.
Helian responded, "My body is burning from the inside, I can't stand it. Please help me daddy!" She began to sob and tears began to flow.
"Cymari, bring Pymaria here quickly!" Davrion commanded. The others followed Cymari as she obeyed her father's command. Larion placed her hand on Helian's red curls and shook her head, Helian was warm but not due to fever.
"Larion, what is wrong with her? You could heal Enbon's leg when he was crushed under the tree last year, surely you must at least be able to tell what is wrong with Helian," Davrion said, trying to keep his voice calm. Larion did not answer him but her body was suddenly covered in light and she hugged her little sister as her eyes followed things beyond the normal reality. The light died away at the same time as Pymaria arrived alone.
Larion sat back with white face and spoke, "She tasted Davrion’s cum from the bed linen and her juvenile body can not cope with the lust induced."
"Can you heal her?" Pymaria asked. Larion shook her head and pulled down the bedcover hiding her father's nudity and to the others' amazement she directed Helian to suck on the erect cock.
"Won't this worsen the condition?" Davrion asked with fear in his voice.
"It is magically induced so one drop was enough but this will lessen her pains while we figure out what to do. I did get a vision of three flames over circle that may help her but I don't understand the meaning," Larion answered. Helian was following Larion's orders and sucking at the cock with all pain leaving her body.
"Brave, little sister, when you are finished I will use a spell to put you to sleep until we know how to cure you," Larion said. Helian nodded and then got a surprised look in her face as the cock gave its load. While crying, Larion mumbled the magic words and Helian drifted into sleep.
"I wonder how long she must remain sleeping, I have no idea about where to find the cure that my vision foretold," said Larion. Then, Pymaria gave her supporting hug.
***
"This is why the elf warned Davrion to let his children taste his cum," a woman from the crowd said aloud. The storyteller stopped talking. She was not that beautiful but good looking enough to have a couple of men around her. The woman who had been sitting focused on the story and the men around her had been busy looking at her wide cleavage jumped back as everyone's attention turned in her direction.
The storyteller smiled and said, "That is right young lady but wouldn't you prefer me to continue the story so you can learn about the quest for the cure?" everyone nodded and the storyteller continued.
***
I have already given a hint but obviously one of the sons knew about the sign or else there would not have been the quest I mentioned. Enbon had never been good at remembering details if they weren’t about his fighting or weapons. With this in mind it must be considered a twist of fate that he was the one that knew about the symbol in Larion's vision. In the keep, where he had saved Lord Arlin's daughter, he had seen a map on the wall that conveyed the same vision Larion foretold. The final decision was that Enbon and Larion should take their sleeping sister Helian and try to find a suitable cure.
The rest of the family was still planning when Enbon and Larion left. They had to carry the sleeping Helian on their trek so they took little else. After a few days travel they arrived to lord Arlin's lands. Enbon had suggested that they should go directly to the keep but Larion was in charge and since she was, by nature, cautious, she wanted to investigate her surroundings first. The little village of Arlin seemed friendly enough as they ventured to ask around and see if they could get a room were they could leave the sleeping Helian. The only Inn was a very small one, not that the neighborhood was poor but the few visitors that passed preferred to lodge in Lord Arlin's keep.
Enbon and Larion stepped inside the Inn and found a deserted room. It was still early in the day and the only person present was the Innkeeper. The Innkeeper, Abend, was first glad to see them but lost much of his interest when he learned they had no money. After some negotiations, Larion managed to convince him that the herbs she carried were rare enough to barter for a room. The Innkeeper called for the barmaid and then left to find a local herb woman that could verify that he had not been tricked.
The door opened. Trioni stepped into the main room. Enbon smiled widely but the smile died away when he noticed that Trioni had an angry look on her face and tears in her eyes. "Has she become angry because I left her? She seemed understanding enough when I left," Enbon thought and tried to come up with something to say. He looked desperately at his sister. Could he seek counsel from Larion in private? "Curse on my lack of knowledge about girls. Friendly sisters are much easier to handle," he thought. Larion saw the question in his eyes and was amused.
"You must be Trioni, that Enbon has been speaking about so much. Since my brother is apparently unable to properly introduce us, I do so myself. My name is Larion and this is our little sister Helian. She is reason for our visit. We need a cure to her illness. Our proper titles are Lady Larion and Lady Helian due to our father's exile, but should otherwise of course be princess," Larion said. Trioni blushed, embarrassed by her initial reaction.
"You are his sisters?" Trioni mumbled and looked down at the floor.
"Of course, they are my sisters, who else could they be?" Enbon asked. Trioni immediately beamed and began hugging and kissing Enbon.
Larion laughed and placed Helian on a table. Trioni and Enbon were so lost that she decided to get the food herself. A short while later she was eating and feeding Helian. It was a bit complicated since she needed Helian awake enough to eat the food but not aware enough to activate the magically induced lust. Abend, the Innkeeper came inside and remained standing staring at Trioni and Enbon that was still kissing.
"Did you find the herb woman?" Larion asked as she finished her meal.
"Is that the lad that got Trioni out of the keep and defeated twelve men just inside the gate?" Abend asked and Larion nodded.
"I sold the herbs for 2 gold so it was worth a lot more than you believed. Only elves were used to gather herbs and very few herb woman got actual experience in how to find them so thus the market is hugely undersupplied. I was intending to lie to you about this but I can't trick the man that saved lady Trioni so here is the change back," Abend said and gave Larion a large number of coins.
Larion spoke to Abend and learnt that it was good that they hadn't gone to the keep. Zelak had left three men so that lord Arlin could send after Zelak directly when Enbon was found. The fact that lord Arlin himself had hidden his daughter in the village and liked the deed done was thus forced to be hidden for everyone. They could not go to the keep themselves but Abend promised to go and ask Lord Arlin to borrow out the map. Abend left and Larion turned to Trioni and Enbon that by now was looking into each other’s eyes and whispering silently.
"Excuse me, but could you get us the room. Helian would benefit to sleep in a real bed for once," Larion said and Trioni reluctantly left Enbon's lap.
"This way please," she said and Larion picked up Helian while Enbon started eating. They came to one of the two small rooms that Inn got and Larion put Helian down into the bed. At first she hesitated to undress Helian while Trioni was present but finally she decided that it was better to get it done with. Trioni picked a couple of blankets from the wardrobe but froze when she saw Helians elven ears that Larion had exposed when she removed Helian's head-cloth.
"You are elves?" Trioni asked with disbelief in her voice.
"Only halfelves but I thought that it was better you discover this now rather than during time spent in the bed with my brother," Larion said as she tied Helian's head-cloth back.
"How can this be? Aren't the elves evil? Will Enbon live for eternity like the elves?" Trioni mumbled with a pale face.
"Azbezil tried to kill our father but he was saved by elven magic. It was so strong that we children born later become halfelven. We will all have longer life but if anyone got enough elven blood to not age at all is impossible to know. That is the reason why elves try to avoid getting halfelf children. The fear to loose their children without warning is too horrible for them to handle," Larion said.
"What will happen with your children?" Trioni said as she looked down on her own flat belly.
"If we get children with humans they will age and die but after a very long life. Anyway you can put those worries away, you are not pregnant. One of my spells told me this but you better keep your legs closed right now because it you are in your most fertile part of the month. Actually the spell told me about the fertile part of the month but this means that you can't be pregnant," Larion said.
"What an relief to hear, I wonder if I can get Enbon to lick me down there like last time even while he can't fuck me afterwards," Trioni said. Larion looked at Helian in the bed and spoke
"My mother likes very much to suck on my fathers cock and he seem to love it".
"How do you know that?" Trioni asked with a puzzled voice.
"It is hard to hide anything in a little cottage like ours and my older brothers and sisters made me curious early with their spying on our parents when they were alone in the bedchamber," Larion answered.
***
Larion got the map the same evening but Lord Arlin also told them to wait until the next day to leave. At first Larion was a bit reluctant to stay in a place where they could be found but Enbon and Trioni wanted to have some time together and the map required some time to be analyzed. It was an ancient map that had been copied many times when the old one became too fragile. Many people doing the copies had added notes and Larion needed a lot time to figure out what the meaning was. Larion had always loved languages and learnt the basics of many old and new ones from the elven rangers. After ten hours work Larion decided that she couldn't extract any more information from the map. The cure for Helian waited at a placed named the lake of three flames. It had been the center of worship for a cult half a thousand years back. All the details were very unclear but the cult had stopped recruiting members since their current mission was finished. The power of their magical lake couldn't been removed and must be hidden from the wrong hands. Thus the cult had as their last act protected it by constructing a maze called the maze of trials.
Still the exact nature of the maze was unknown and Larion put the map down into her backpack and adjusted Helians clothes. When they exited the house they found lord Arlin waiting for them. With a smile he extended two scimitars and a sword-belt to Enbon and Enbon made a formal bow as he accepted the gift. He put on the belt and then pulled the scimitars up. They were covered with ancient runes and Larion made a mental note to check them up later.
"This is your reward for saving my daughter, I will not be able to thank you as long as Azbezil rules so I got to settle with arming you. The legend is already growing about the lone fighter who fought the kings men and killed so many of them so you better be careful," lord Arlin said. Enbon gave another bow and he and Larion walked away from the village.
***
Larion studied the map as they got closer to the temple. They could still not see any temple but Larion was sure they were near. She had had a spell active when she arrived that checked the nature of magic present but had been forced to shut the spell down since the input from the spell was giving her a serious headache.
"We meet at the lake, stay out of trouble. This is..." Enbon suddenly shouted but the sound ended suddenly and Larion turned around in surprise. It was suddenly completely dark and with a feeling of dread Larion conjured a sphere of light that revealed that she was surrounded by stone walls. Larion touched the wall and found it very solid.
"Dimensional shifting of stone structures. I beginning to wonder about the cult that did this. Seems like we are seriously under powered compared to them," Larion thought and began to walk down the corridor.
She corridor turned and Larion saw a crossway. A grate closed one of the exits but the others were open. There were also signs over the openings. The closed one was labeled faith and the others strength and will.
"Probably no coincident that I can't choose my favorite, better take the will one," Larion thought and continued down the corridor. In distance she heard music and Larion stopped to listen. There was also laughter and Larion was not surprised when she turned around a corner and found a group of adventurers camping. They seemed to be newly arrived and the bard in the group was playing a harp while the others were setting up the camp. The group froze as the light from Larion's magical light lit up the camp much better than their torches.
"Did you follow us from the village?" a large fighter asked.
"No, my group followed our own map but we got separated when the maze of trials activated," Larion answered.
"I conclude that you must be a spelluser from the glowing ball. Not very safe to travel the cult of the lake’s maze alone. Would you temporary join us, the treasures of lake should be enough to give both teams more than they can dream about," the fighter said.
"Strange that our map doesn't hint on any treasures but their offer make sense. On my own this can turn really nasty," Larion thought and spoke.
"Out group is not here for any treasures since we want to find a cure for one of our members that is ill. We will probably want a share at the end of any treasure but if we get the cure you can take most of it," Larion said.
"How large are your group. You seem very sure that the rest of them will make it through the maze," a woman mage said and Larion thought at Enbon that had to carry Helian.
"It is just my brother and I hope that he will make it. If he don't fall into a trap it should be no problem but he is not the fastest thinker around so traps can be dangerous to him," Larion said.
"You try to make it to the lake of three flames with just two people. We were ten before we split up when the maze activated. Were the others six are now I don't know," the big fighter said. Larion looked at the female bard, the fighter, the female mage, the thief and the ranger that sat around the small fire.
"The mage Malid is just like you a new addition to our team," the fighter explained.
"Perhaps we should introduce everyone. We spoke a little to Malid last night when we found her but it would be good if everyone knew each other a bit better," the ranger said.
"They have been here for more than a day but have not come longer than this. Perhaps the starting point in maze differs," Larion thought as she picked up the food offered and listened as the others started to speak.
***
At the same time Enbon mumbled a curse as he studied the inscriptions over the door openings. Grates covered two of them but he would prefer to know what was written on the one that he must choose. After a while he gave up and adjusted the straps that kept Helian on his back and walked forward. He turned around some corners of the twisting corridor and suddenly he saw light in front of him.
"No wonder that it was a bit hard to see. Must have been complete dark inside here," Enbon thought and turned around the corner to check the source of the light.
Some distance down the corridor he saw an elven girl with a bow that was sitting against the wall sobbing. Enbon walked closer and the elven girl looked up and tried to call something out but did only manage to whisper something. Enbon had no chance to hear from 20 meters away but he could see the fear in her face and he started running forward. The girl panicked when he did this and Enbon felt a rush of excitement. It was possible that she for some reasons would try to fire her bow at him and that would be interesting. He had never fought somebody with a bow in a narrow corridor so this could be interesting.
"Or perhaps she wanted to warn me that the floor is vibrating," Enbon noticed and jumped forward as far as he could get.
Enbon still landed on the opening trapdoor but he didn't stop thinking on how slim his chances was and with sure foot he ran upward on the almost vertical floor. With relief he landed on the floor after the trapdoor and heard a large click and a ticking sound in the wall to the left. Enbon pulled his swords up and turned around as fast as he could. From the wall a spear came trusting and Enbon let his blades whirl as he cut the spearpoint of. The remaining spear still hit him but it didn't do more than give Enbon a bruise. Enbon jumped up and checked that Helian was unhurt and turned to the elven girl with the bow.
"I am Lythinon, the group sent me forward to check the spear trap. I was looking at it when the pit-trap opened. I survived like you did but the other five died," Lythinon said and she started sobbing again.
"Sorry to hear but I must continue if I should get to center of the maze at the same time as my sister. She is much more clever than I so she will probably go directly to center so I must hurry," Enbon said and started walking.
"What about me then. I am a elven ranger I can help you," Lythinon called out as she ran after Enbon. Enbon turned and looked at her, something about this maze was making him suspicious and he felt an urge to use his blades to cut the girl down. The problem was that he couldn't see why he wanted to do this and he felt like a caged animal.
"I don't think Larion would approve leaving somebody in this maze even if they were under the command of Azbezil," Enbon realized.
"Do you serve Azbezil?" Enbon asked.
"Never heard about the fellow so I obviously can't be working for him," Lythinon said.
"Well, follow along then," Enbon said and started walking down the corridor. Lythinon mumbled thanks and ran after Enbon and turned him around and gave him a hug. Enbon looked at Lythinon in surprise as she bent forward towards his face to give him a kiss. Enbon pushed her away and Lythinon got a hurt expression in her face.
"I got a girlfriend and besides you were crying a couple of seconds ago for your dead friends," he said and started walking again.
"I am sorry, just wanted to show how much I like to have you as my companion in this maze," Lythinon said.
"Can you keep silent so we can hear traps or monsters," Enbon said.
"Why, there is only one test on every way in so we just have to walk the rest of the way," Lythinon said.
"There must be some reason that they call it a maze," Enbon said and turned around the next corner.
***
Larion laughed as she again obtained the flask of wine from a fighter named Kodol. She was amused by these people outside her own family. The female bard, Pelnis, gave some solace to the group and they were able to feel safe for one evening. They were apprehensive about tomorrow and the danger that lay ahead. Larion took a small sip of wine and passed it forward to the thief named Lode. She rarely drank much which inevitably created a slight handicap. She began to feel a bit of dizziness from the liquid she was drinking which made her so warm and comfortable. She hesitated but within a few seconds she was becoming very warm, she pulled off her robe. She knew she had the appropriate dress underneath and would surely be able to fend off any unwelcome advance. Larion suddenly noticed that she was beginning to get warm between her legs. She looked up. Kodol moved a bit closer. He was looking at her and Larion began to feel a searing heat in that most intimate threshold.
Her mind raced, she imagined, "This man could take me to the ultimate plateau, a place I have never explored, but I can not lose my virginity like this"
She looked at the others. She was caught by Lode's hand exploring under Pelnis skirt. Larion felt an unusual heat assault her insides as she watched them make out on the other side of the fire. Suddenly, her vision was blocked by her own dress as Kodol pulled it over her head and Larion suddenly found herself undressed to her bare essentials in front of the other people. Kodol had amazingly managed to pull his clothes off without alerting her. His unusually huge erect cock was throbbing and poking Larion's body skillfully. Larion stared at him. She was gripped with half-fear and half-excitement as his experienced hands unbuttoned the front of her silky camisole. He pulled her down roughly, ripping her panties and finally Larion was left naked and vulnerable, moaning as her body anticipated the final release of heat building deep within her soul.
***
At the same time, Enbon was beginning to get irritated. Lythinon constantly complained about rest and that they should set up a camp. Enbon was unable to explain why they must continue but he was more and more convinced that dire consequences waited if they did not continuing their journey. To make things worse he felt as if he was the only one doing all the hard work. He had already destroyed a couple of monsters but was for the moment occupied with twelve skeletons. At first, the skeletons strange movement while fighting had been a fun challenge, by now Enbon was only bored. The skeletons moved to slowly and it was easy to figure what their next action would be. Another half destroyed skeleton tried to grip Enbon's wrist and Enbon kicked it away as he turned to face the next skeleton. The corridor was empty and Enbon pulled his scimatars back into their scabbards and turned towards Lythinon She had a look of admiration on her face as she looked at Enbon but it died away when she saw the angry look on his face.
"Why didn't you give me any assistance in fight?" Enbon asked as he absent-mindedly crushed the head of a skeleton that was trying to get up.
"Sorry, but arrows don't work well against skeletons," Lythinon said as she drew closer towards Enbon.
"I understand, but what about the shortsword at your side?" Enbon asked.
"We don't really train with our sword. Mainly, we use it as a tool. Also, you convey an able enough fellow to use your two scimitars and I can save my arrows for more serious enemies," Lythinon said, standing in an erotic position in front of him.
Enbon contemplated and shook his head, "Rangers that do not know how to use melee weapons?" He was better than the elven rangers that trained him but they were still good enough to give him a serious match.
"We better continue on our adventure," he proclaimed and started walking. Lythinon followed behind him but suddenly he noticed that she was slowing down. Enbon continued to walk even while Lythinon slowed. A doorway confronted them. Enbon stepped through, without hesitation. Within the instant he heard the click, he ran forward towards the second doorway out of the room and in the last possible moment he was outside. A great stone block blocked the way backward.
"How could the girl know about the trap?" Enbon thought as he heard the sound of metal against stone inside the room.
Suddenly, the wall opened a far distance away and Lythinon stepped out into Enbon's corridor. It was more than fifty meters away and Enbon pulled his scimitars up at the same time as Lythinon placed her first arrow in place to fire. He felt a sudden chill.
"I should learn to trust my intuition. She is the only real enemy here and now I must prove my worth," Enbon thought and ran forward. The arrow came flying and Enbon paused to smash it away with his blade. He could see the elven ranger with haste pulling another arrow but he was almost there. Lythinon pulled the bowstring back but Enbon cut the bow into pieces.
"Sorry, the magics of the maze forced me to attack you. Rape me or do anything you like as revenge," Lythinon said. She acted as a martyr, lying down, her head turned away. Enbon stared at her as she pulled her dress up to reveal her perfectly shaped nude body.
"She looks like an elven version of Trioni. Still as fragile as my girl but with the strength of a ranger," Enbon thought, he could not help getting hard from the erotic view in front of him but the image of Trioni stayed in his mind.
"You really want me to rape you?" Enbon asked as he pushed Lythinon's weapon away from of her.
"Yes, please do it," Lythinon pleaded.
"My trial in this maze can't be defeating skeletons or a defenseless ranger. The paths I got to choose between must have had trials that I would find hard. So why have I encountered just her, some simple monsters and a few traps," Enbon wondered.
***
Kodol had managed to get Larion's undergarments off so fast that she had no time to fight. For the moment, he had her locked in a very wet kiss and Larion felt sexual heat assault her. Larion was perplexed, she wondered,
"This can't be right. I don't know them at all. Is this unnatural sexual excitement due to a spell or have they drugged me?" However, when she finally thought about the question, there was no doubt. Larion summoned her magic to call purification on herself and the burning feeling in her body disappeared. Larion thrust her knee upwards as hard as she could and Kodol went down crying in pain. Larion turned towards the others. The newcomer, Malid, the mage, weren't undressed at all.
"What are you doing?" Lode called out.
"Malid drugged us, everyone have been affected except her," Larion said.
"You seemed willing enough before," the ranger said as he was jacking off.
"What is wrong? Your accent is wrong, how can it be that you speak with the same elvish accents as me and claim to have elves in the other half of the group when the elves have left and Azbezil has completely forbidden elvish. Nobody else has spoken like you do," Larion mumbled as she desperately tried to cover her nudeness.
"What kind of men are you? The girl teases you for hours and then kicks your friend when he tries to be friendly. Wouldn't a rape be a suiting punishment," Malid suggested.
Larion cried out automatically as the gang, including the female bard, came running towards her. She tried to get away but Kodol had recovered enough to drag her down when she turned. Larion released a sleep spell at Kodol to gain freedom but the spell failed to initiate on impact.
"No spirit that my spell could affect," Larion realized "Malid must be the true enemy. She is the one that is running the show."
Larion conjured and concocted her most powerful spell. At the same time as her attackers crawled over her as she became surrounded by light. The spell was directed at Malid, who got her body and soul temporary separated but the attackers around Larion trembled too. She escaped their weak grip without difficulty. Larion stood up and stared in horror as the group around her started to turn gray, dry up and wither away. Her tormentors tried to get up and turn towards Larion but their withering bodies failed even this simple act. In a few desperate seconds, the mob had decayed into skeletons and Larion became nauseous. Larion looked around and saw the same thing happened to the group’s equipment and realized that the same must be happening to the food she had eaten earlier. Once more, she called forth her magic and used the purification spell to clean her body from unhealthy substances.
"What nature of people were these to make such a cruel trap? she wondered Kodol and the others must have entered years ago and been tricked to have sex inside the maze. Their minds and selected memories from me were used to form the trap for me," she thought. She emptied a flask of lamp oil over Malid's body.
"Rest in peace, spirit. You have protected the lake long enough. I now burn the body you have animated for ultimate silence," Larion proclaimed and set Malid's body on fire. The walls started to tremble and seconds later Larion was standing in the chill of the night on the hill over the lake. Some distance away she caught a glimpse of Enbon standing and waiting for her. His swords were covered in blood and when he saw his sister, Larion, he started to wipe the blood away from his scimitars.
"That is what I get for thinking that I was in lesser danger than he was. He has not been tricked to strip his clothes in front of an audience," Larion thought.
Larion felt weak. She had used many spells and she was ashamed by her brazen reactions to the men. She picked up her clothes and covered her nakedness.
"I was beginning to get worried. I finished my test minutes away and thought that you would be by the lake by now but your part of the maze was still intact. Isn't it a bit chilly to run around naked?" Enbon said as he stared and became obsessed by her soft, beautiful white skin.
"They managed to drug me and in my delirium, the attackers took full advantage of the situation. It took a while to figure out what was going on. How did you figure out that you should avoid sex?" Larion asked. Enbon explained his story, which created an even greater sense of guilt within Larion.
"Can't fool a fighters instincts. I knew Lythinon was an enemy from the beginning and thus her want for sex was more than a bit suspicious," Enbon said. He started to walk towards the lake.
"Your torches are unused, where did you find light enough to see?" Larion asked.
"It was a bit dark but no real problem so I wanted to have both of my hands ready," Enbon answered.
When they arrived at the shore they found that the lake was extremely small. Enbon placed the sleeping Helian down on shore and looked at Larion. Her long red curls spread on the ground.
"I have no idea what will happen but Helian must enter the lake. I will wake her up so that she does not drown," Larion said. She called on her magic to wake Helian. At first, Helian remained still but finally she moaned in pain and opened her eyes. Larion helped her to rise. She then stated, "Welcome back to the world of the waken people. I know that it hurts but this magic lake will cure your illness. All you have to do is to take a swim in the water and the yearning will pass."
"I am afraid. Will the magic do more than cure me?" Helian asked. Larion looked at the lake and remained silent. She had no real knowledge about the magics of the cult and therefore did not know how Helian's condition would be cured by the magic power of the lake. Helian moaned in pain, as the magic that affected her body once again grew stronger. Trembling she stepped down into the water. When nothing seemed dangerous, she continued and then she suddenly disappeared. Immediately, Enbon pulled his schimitars up and Larion jumped back in surprise. The disappearance had startled Larion but the speed that Enbon reacted shocked her even more.
"What went wrong?" Enbon asked as he circled around. Larion studied the lake and shook her head. There was no evidence of unusual circumstances developing. She calmed her brother and decided to occupy their time by building a camp and nourishing their bodies.
"Let's make a camp. I think this may take some time," Larion said. Enbon put down his scmimitars and they started to build a fire. She made her brother hunt for rabbit while she prepared the fire. They were tense as they ate silently and awaited their sister's reappearance. They were both thinking about the danger from Azbezil as well.
***
Hours later they were still waiting when suddenly the water lit up and the night turned into day. Larion and Enbon jumped up and looked towards the lake. Up from the water a woman came, visibly crying as she walked towards the shore. The woman was dressed in silk and as she reached the shore her clothes and red hair dried instantly. At the same time, the light died away. The woman looked up towards Larion and Enbon and when they saw her eyes they stopped doubting.
"Helian, you are back as a grownup. Why are you crying? Didn't you get rid of the curse?" Larion said as she ran to hug her sister.
"The magic doesn't bother me anymore but I am sad because I was so close to succeeding," Helian said and wiped her tears away as she gave Larion a comforting hug.
"I don't understand at all. You will have to explain what you were trying to do and more important what has happened to you," Larion said as they returned toward the camp.
They sat down and Helian started to speak. "The magic of the lake is very ancient and the magic maze is needed in times when there are no priestess' of the lake that can draw the power. No priestess is alive so in some strange way I was sent into a possible future, one hundred years from now. There the cult of three flames is busy trying to clean the land from evil taint and foul magic. In this possible future, the rebellion failed when Azbezil opened a demon gate. The demon army that entered was soon overtaken by the elves but not before it had murdered everyone present including our family," Helian said.
"What kind of mistake did we do that allowed this to happen?" Larion asked with a weak voice.
"That was the information I tried to find out. The problem is that everyone died and since all buildings will be burned, the only thing I could find out was that the artifact Azbezil used was named Magul. When my needed work was finished I traveled towards the elf queen's realm to find somebody that fought the demons to ask for details but the shift of the lake reversed and I was pulled back here," Helian said.
"Still this is just a possible future so we can avoid it?" Enbon asked. The question was left unanswered.
Helian, Enbon, and Larion decided to go to sleep since they were exhausted but they felt the black doom lingering as they lay down in silence.
Larion had lain down and tried to relax enough to be able to sleep. Unfortunately, she was a light sleeper and was awaken by the sounds of Helian mumbling something some distance away and she looked in that direction. To her shock, she saw Enbon and Helian kissing. The moonlight revealed their half-nude shapes as they clung to each other.
"What the fuck are they doing? Enbon doesn't fail in the maze of trials but starts to make out with his own sister?" Larion thought and did her best to ignore the sounds that her brother and sister made. With relief she noticed that they parted and she decided to close her eyes.
"Good that they had sense enough to stop before they did anything foolish," Larion thought as she started to fall into sleep. Suddenly she felt a wet kiss on her mouth. She opened her eyes as she pushed the person away and found that it was Helian.
"What the fuck are you doing? I am straight, but more importantly I am your sister!" Larion screamed as she looked around for Enbon. He was sitting nude some distance away while jacking off. Larion froze for a moment staring at his huge erect cock. This gave Helian time enough to jump forward. She gave Larion another wet kiss on the mouth and Larion struggled to get away. She was feeling strange in the same way like she felt from the drug in the maze but she could not summon enough power to do something about it. Fortunately, she was strong enough to push Helian away, the relief was very short.
"I bit strong for my taste" Helian mumbled and kissed Larion's hand as Larion tried to force Helian's head down onto the ground. Larion felt a wave of weakness and was totally defenseless as Helian got free and forced Larion down.
"Help me, Enbon!" Larion screamed out but she immediately felt a sinking feeling in her stomach and knew he was unable to help her. Helian tried another kiss and even as Larion fought at her sister's advances, Helian remained determined. Helian changed tactics and she started to strip the clothes off Larion. Larion was wrestling but with each move another piece of clothing was ripped from her body by Helian. When her final undergarments were gone, Helian dived down and kissed Larion's moist pussy. Larion screamed as sexual excitement filled her until her blood was on fire.
She only had a few seconds to recover before the next wave of heat spilled from within. Larion's healing abilities gave her a very acute sense of her body. She was somewhat aware that Helian's strange magic had removed all hair around her pussy. The excitement that filled her was so overwhelming that she could not think of anything but the next sense of exhilaration that would vibrate to the core of her most inner private senses. She was lost. Helian paused and looked up towards Larion's face.
"Do you want to eat me out while our brother takes your virginity?" Helian asked with a husky voice.
"Yes mistress, if it pleases you," Larion answered without hesitation. They moved around and Larion got her first taste of pussy as Enbon got in position. The magic forcing Larion to serve did lessen in strength some but by now the feelings from Enbon's drilling of her cunt and the dirty feeling of licking her sisters cunt was strong enough to make Larion want to continue. Suddenly, Helian got stiff and moaned as her cunt contracted around Larion's tongue. Larion happily drank the cunt juice as she felt her own body burn. Then with sudden fierceness, Enbon was inside her pussy. He ripped her inner lining with the first insertion of his bulging penis, as if a fist had been inserted into her most delicate flower. Another blow, he was unable to be gentle. Then more, lasting hours, her mind reeling, her body meeting each thrust, unable to fight, meeting his attack with vengeance.
Then, all at once, he froze as his shaft began to throb and steamy wet seed overflowed from his enormous cock. Larion could not hold his huge shaft in her virgin pussy without her own release and they came without guilt or fear of reprisal. Sated, together. Aware of reality, Larion pushed Enbon off and stood. Helian was resting nude some distance away and Larion walked towards her.
Larion stared at her sister and calmly asked, "What happens now little sister?"
Helian declared, "I am much older than you so keep your mouth shut. Enbon got his human girlfriend so I will remove all memories about this but you must keep your memories," Then all the remains from the sex on her body disappeared and her silk dress tied itself into place with the aid of magic.
"Why me?" Larion said as she studied her mature younger sister.
"I need servants to practice on until I can rebuild the cult of the three flames. You will be a perfect assistant. Until then, your strength will give me plenty of practice," Helian said.
"Your magic is obviously transmitted by your kisses, I say dream on if you think that I will allow you get close to me again," Larion said with a white face.
"We will see about that but you will not be able to tell anyone about my powers due to my enchantment," Helian said and moved over to dress Enbon.
***
"Now you know yet another part of the tale about the laughter of Azbezil," The storyteller said and sat back in his chair. The inn remained silent and he could see everyone was deep in thought. He stood up and walked around collecting coins from people that were already enjoying the story.
An older man looked up and closed the distance to the storyteller. He stated, "This part of your story has presented yet another eventual ending for the story. Possibly, the reason we have elven rulers today is our elder population was killed by demons. When they invited people to inhabit the lands, the elves didn't want to let them know about the horrors of the past and thus we have heard nothing about these wars before your story."
The storyteller paused to look at the man. Then he said, "Perhaps you are right but I will refuse to comment on the story or how I found out the history about it until I have completed the tale. How many people would come and listen if you all knew the ending of such an intriguing story?" People started to reflect and talk amongst themselves as the storyteller exited the room. In his hat, which he had passed around for charity, he saw an incredible, high-valued gold coin. It was surely the man in the black robe that had given him the gold coin like promised. Many of the others offerings were also of good value. The storyteller smiled as he placed the fortune in his purse.
Who is who in the Laughter Of Azbezil?
Pymaria
Age 48
She saved the king from certain death in the moat of the royal castle. She used to dream about becoming a singer at the opera but have settled to be the mother of Davrion's children. She and Davrion have nine children.
Davrion VII Entaro
Profession Bard
Age 78
The rightful king but removed from the throne by his brother. He is severely crippled after combat with Azbezil's demons and starting to get old. Still the magic that healed him from the brink of death has kept him in good health.
Azbezil Entaro
Age 78
The twin brother of Davrion. He claims to be king Davrion and have managed to convince the people that he changed his name due to sorrow over the dead queen. The ancient prophecy marks him as the witch king that will bring ruin and death to the kingdom.
Ezame III Entaro
Age 43
Davrion's oldest daughter that was captured by Azbezil. She is the unwilling lover of Azbezil and mother to Zelak and Madel.
Fenlyw Entaro
Profession Illusionist
Magic realm Essence
Age 30
Davrion's oldest son, skilled in the art of illusions. In his first adventure he encountered some dwarfs.
Enbon Entaro
Profession Fighter
Age 27
Could beat his elven instructors in the art of combat by the age of 12. Only lack of worthy opponents has slowed down his development since then. His only real interests are combat and athletic skills and he is thus not very talented in other areas. In his first adventure he saved the noble lady Trioni Arlin from a rape by Zelak Entaro.
Duwlon Entaro
Profession Sage
Age 24
Extremely intelligent and with large ambitions. The one of Davrion's children that been most irritated by being forced to stay hidden in the cottage. In his first adventure he met the merchantman Tarben Agril.
Cymari Entaro
Profession Ranger
Magic realm Channeling
Weapon Longbow and shortsword
Age 21
A talented ranger with a strong sense of duty. Her skill with the longbow is without comparison in the family.
Talinda Entaro
Age 18
A girl who knew her line of profession from the moment that she started to crawl. Lots of practice made her a master pick pocketer even before she left home. She is also skilled in most kind of small weapons and unarmed combat. She is in love with Awril the sharpsighted. Awril is one of elven rangers that protects the family.
Larion Entaro
Profession Cleric
Magic realm Channeling
Age 15
A girl filled with much compassion and a strong belief in her goddess. She has never visited a real temple but still got a strong grip on the art of cleric magic. The goddess she follows is the ancient elven goddess of the night. The goddess used to be worshipped by most humans and elves but very humans follow her way except by lip services.
Junia Entaro
Special Soprano
Age 11
A girl that very much resembles Pymaria. She is interested in singing and spends most of her time either practicing or begging for lessons from Pymaria or Davrion.
Helian Entaro
Age 5
The youngest daughter of Davrion and Pymaria.
Awril Fandyllion
Profession Ranger
Magic realm Channeling
Weapon Longbow and sword
Age 464
A legendary ranger that has been working in the group that protects the cottage of the family. He and Talinda are in love but got a secret relationship. He is often called the sharp-sighted.
Tarben Agril
Profession Layman
Age 52
A very talented trader.
General Lombadiel Iglack
True name unknown
Magic realm Evil mentalism
Age unknown
General in Azbezil's army and married to princess Ezame. In truth one of Azbezil's demons in disguise.
Zelak Entaro
Weapon Two-handed sword
Age 24
The younger son of Ezame. War hero from the war at the border and recently given the title general. Publicly general Lombadiel Iglack is his father but in truth it is Azbezil.
Madel Entaro
Age 29
The older son of Ezame. War hero from the war at the border and recently given the title general. Publicly general Lombadiel Iglack is his father but in truth it is Azbezil.
Glarin son of Karmin
Age 182
Weapon Warhammer
One of the few remaining dwarfs. He has been hired by Azbezil to act as a bodyguard for princess Ezame.
Retalia Harper and lord Harper
Nobles at the court of Azbezil. Azbezil employs both directly even while rumors tell that lord Harper doesn't like the line of work that his wife does. After Azbezil's party in the beginning of the tale they returned to their own castle since Retalia is pregnant. The father of the child is an enemy to lord Harper.