Libratian Wildri shows you the book that records the history of DesCas.
"Be Careful Now! It's very old and frail...The book is only 30 years old,
but the desert climate has dried the pages severely. You are free to read
one of the Copies though."
You open one of the 4 copies and start reading:
"It was a cold and Dusky morning on Icarus...."
"No it wasn't! It was a hot and sunny afternoon in the desert..."
"True, but mine sounds more creepy!"
"You don't need creepy! You need the truth for this historical work."
"Maybe, I still vote for creepy!"
"Now look what you've done! You scared our reader!"
"How can you know? We've just begun writing this..."
"I know because I can see them in the future! Hi there!"
That's when you spot the boy and the girl sitting in the dark candle-lit
cavern with writing materials.
"Hi we are the two history writers of the Castle!" the boy says
"You can see us through a nifty book portal." the girl shouts.
That's when you notice their very young appearance and similarity.
"How can you be history writers when I'm older than you two?"
"It's no problem for us....we live outside of time, Breeze thought us!"
"Breeze?"
"Leniki's Rider? She's a Wind Elven you know...the girl with the white
hair?"
"Ah yes." you nod.
"We never get any older and are quite happy in our little realm."
"But don't you need to get out once in a while?"
"Well, we are in fact spirits, so no....it's this or dieing, we like this a
lot better."
"So wanna here about DesCas?" the boy asks.
"Sure!"
"k, so it was a sunny afternoon in the desert..." the two begin,
magically their voices blend and form images in the book.
Breeze had just warped in, Zander and Marysia didn't
know each other yet and times were very different then. The Nexii were a far
greater problem then they were now although the Icarians thought they had rid
the world from them. Zander, a lone wanderer from the gypsy kind,
had found out they were hiding in the desert. He couldn't do a thing to them for
there were hundreds of them. He ran off, and was nearly dead of thirst when
he found DesCas. In his delirium the mountains looked like a castle and he
thought the trees growing on them were a sign of human inhabitation, they
were not.
He soon found out he was all alone, but saved. There was a small river
flowing through the lower passes. He happily used it to still his thirst and
clean himself up. He filled his watercan and went back on his way to a human
population. DesCas was the first of 5 little oases where he could rest, but
none were as pretty as the first. He promised himself he would return. His
trip took 6 days to get out of the desert and find the nearest transport
dragon to transport him one of the few Castles that were already built.
Without knowing he crashed the unusual hatching right after Breeze mind
paired Leniki. The humans now got ready to fight the Nexii, Zander, a mere
17 years of age, led them right to the camp.
When the battle had finally ended he returned to the Castle and stayed there
for the next clutch Ore Moreni sired and mind paired Perini. It was in
between those two clutches 3 other close friends of Zander had mind paired
draks. Xantis and Desert Gelontis, Quin and Mud Evanderi, Flint and Water
Achaena. Zander knew these people were able and willing to start on their
own, but 4 knights and dragons couldn't start a Castle. He announced the new
castle and the need for draks, knights, farmers and builders. Those last 2
applied in great numbers, but the knights were wanted in so many places,
there just weren't enough to go around. That's when Zander noticed the
somewhat out of this world Breeze who never seemed to care about anything
important to him. He might as well ask...and she joined. There were 5 of
them now, one more and they would move permanently, with 4 temporary knights
to back them up until they had enough clutches and draks to fill an armada.
One of those, Twan on Ore Merilka would eventually stay there as the
Castle's Judge, learning from Breeze how to make time portals to visit the
other worlds and times.
But finding the 6th proved difficult. Another 3 months passed, before
Marysia was located. She came to the Castle as an aspirant, mindpairing the
first drak to be named. Zander at that time had already fallen in love with
her. Strong and beautiful as she was. Little did he know she had noticed him
too. She always stayed into his sight, hoping he would make a move. He did,
he asked her to join DesCas, as the High Princess and his wife.
DesCas now, only the portal marks the way in and can be easily blocked. The
castle is only the start of the changes, the knights extended their home
into the mountains as well, there are gardens and streams and an ingenious system of mirrors providing light for the plants.
