
Thursday, January 2, 2003
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Transcription
[[Inside Ki's fantasy novel. An elven Ki is riding through the ruins of a caravan.]]
Narrator: The caravan lay in ruin, the refugees and their escorts slain. The evidence was clear. Orcs had ambushed them.
Narrator: Only the men remained. Women and children were taken as slaves. Even the horses were ravaged: the foul beasts had been thorough.
Narrator: Worse yet, the Captain's signet was taken as well. Was it removed merely as another trinket to hoard, or did the Orcs bear enough intelligence to foresee its true political value?
Narrator: The answer would have to wait. A rustling beyond the clearing signaled the arrival of more visitors...

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