by R N Skye
“Ok that’s enough bull-splat from the grandfather crowd,” Ari reprimanded. “My name is Ari, stop calling me Stafford.”
“I can’t get used to that name; you never did look like an Ari. I called you Stafford for over fifteen years now you expect me to change it over night?”
Roger nudged the older man, “I know how you feel monsieur, he looks like a Stafford to me too.”
“Pay attention, it looks like we have a small company moving into the south part of town. What do you know,” Ari smiled, “who do you think is leading them, our good pal Wendell.”
“I say we take em,” cackled Shew, “Wendell is going to wet his trousers when he see both of us still alive.”
“You both have those daggers I gave you?”
Roger and Shew nodded in the affirmative.
“Ok let’s make it quick and quiet there are only thirteen of them.” Shane opened a portal in an alleyway ahead of their direction of travel. The men stepped through and it closed behind them.
As the guards passed the Alley in less than five seconds six of the thirteen were down with cut throats. The surprise ended as Wendell turned suddenly as if he had suddenly known that there was danger.
Wendell crouched and yelled for his men to attack. Two of the soldiers went after Shew and two more went after Roger, leaving Ari to face Wendell and the two remaining soldiers. While Wendell held back, the two guards at his sides did not; they charged fiercely toward Ari. Ari ducked their attack and charge toward Wendell. Wendell reached to put a hand on Ari’s chest but Ari knocked him over and was reaching for him with a deadly thrust. Unexpectedly Wendell twisted and rolled with inhuman speed avoiding Ari’s long knife. Expecting the soldiers that he’d slipped to be coming back he turned; just in time to see the two soldiers collapse from no apparent wounds. He immediately knew that Wendell was using some sort of magic.
Wendell and Ari were a blur of knives, fists, elbows, and arms. Wendell was losing and as they locked weapons, Ari slowly inched his blade to Wendell’s throat, Wendell spoke in a low gravelly voice that was not familiar, “I don’t know how you have resisted my attempts at siphoning your lumen and your energy but when that artifact runs dry I’ll be back for you and your life will be mine. Suddenly the men that were fighting Shew and Roger dropped and folded like wet towels. Wendell leaped thirty feet over their heads and ran back the way they had come.
“We better get out of here before the whole Infin army shows up,” Commented Roger.
“Something’s different bout Wendell,” said Shew as he headed back to the alley.
“Do you think?” Ari replied sarcastically.
As the portal reopened Ari looked back in the direction that Wendell had escaped, dismayed that Wendell had fled but even more concerned as he realized that Wendell was more than he used to be; he was an Allyant.
Shane stopped by the Premiers office and told Jacques to pass the word that the boarder shield was now up and only unarmed people would be able to pass. Noticing that Jacques had one of his communicators he asked that he pass that information to Ari and Roger as well.
Leaving the Premiers office he used a portal to go to his parent’s home and met up with his father, “I’m ready, what are the glyphs and how do I teleport?”
Soaris drew a single glowing glyph into the air in front of him. I created this glyph using lumen magic; a lot like the way you created your welding glyph. To use it, if you have been to the location that you want to travel to, then think of it and put lumen into the glyph and away you’ll go. This can be done with Glyph Mastery I only drew the glyph out for illustration purposes only. If you don’t know the location then you will need to use the glyphs that you use for the global locator and to locate your destination and when you finally have it you picture it and then activate the teleport glyph.
Shane used his ever improving glyph mastery and visualized the locator glyphs and located the large platform that the Arc rested upon the he mentally copied the glyph his father had created and in a blink he found himself standing in front of the large pyramid from his dream. A moment later his father appeared at his side.
“I will wait for you here,” his father announced. You must enter the Arc and request the Laws of Wisdom be taught that you might fullfill you calling.
“Wish me luck,” Shane replied. Then he carefully reached out and touched the kero glyph that he had touched in his dream from months ago.
Shane found himself inside the edifice. It looked the same as it had in his dream. This time there was no goblet on the small table.
“Do you seek the Laws of Wisdom?” spoke a voice.
“Yes. If I am to become the Dernier Chanson, I must know and live the Laws of Wisdom,” he replied.
“It has been recorded that you sought the Laws of Wisdom spiritually are you ready to make that commitment physically?”
“Yes,” accepted Shane.
Then it shall be so. You will receive the Laws in a series of dreams similar to the way you receive lessons from your instructor. When all of the laws are within you and you have completed your training as a Lumen Mage you will return here and cup of choosing will be placed before you and the mantle of ‘Last Song’ will be placed upon you.
In the meantime continue to lead those that can find their lumen and are of Elios or part Elios descent and if they will chose and accept their oaths then expand the ranks of the mages; glyph and lumen, both mage and master; that the day of the non-potent will soon be a sad memory of the past.
Shane found Soaris waiting patiently when the Arc returned him to the outside once again. He related the experience. Soaris nodded, “You will do a fine job you have a lot of your grandfather in you. You are a strong learner and a hard worker. Your mother and I are extremely proud of you.”
“I didn’t get a chance to mention to you earlier that I cleaned the new city at Valee. Ahhan told me to tell you.”
“That will make it easier to relocate the many new mages that will be coming soon, thank you.”
“Also,” Shane said as an afterthought, “I would like to offer dwellings for the mages that I am training, in either Yllyan or Valee, how I should take care of that?”
“Just get with your mother she will help you with the arrangements.”
“Thanks,” Shane paused not knowing what else to say. “I guess I’ll see you some time later back at the house.”
Both men smiled and they winked out of sight.
Samedi evening arrived and Ava, Shane, Ari, Louisa, and Gerard all sat at a large dining room table enjoying a fabulous meal prepared by the Desmond’s chef.
Shane and Ari reported that they knew where the movements of the Infin army were and were going and that with the portal devices that they had been able to extricate all refugees and Luion citizens that had wanted to leave, to get back to Luion before the Crowns troops could capture them. The border was protected but the army hadn’t moved near it yet.
They discussed for a while Ari’s encounter with Wendell and the signs that he was either now an Allyant or Allyant possessed.
The topic eventually changed to Ava and Shane.
“Tell my Shane,” grinned Gerard. “When are you going to make an honest woman out of my daughter?”
“Gerard… Dad,” exclaimed Louisa and her mother at the same time.
Ari just grinned and said, “All that lovey dovey stuff you said when we were sailing all over creation looking for her, I thought you would have proposed by now.”
Shane blushing profusely held Ava’s hand giving it an assuring squeeze. “When I propose to Ava it is going to be somewhere special and romantic and appropriate for the most intelligent, beautiful, and amazing lady that I have ever known and who I love more than I ever imagined possible. And if she says yes, Ari, Just maybe we’ll invite you to the wedding.”
Everyone laughed as the strains of the pending war melted temporarily away.
“What do you say to changing the topic to warball,” said Ari
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bsp; “Now you’re talking,” agreed his brother.
Ari was about to relate his first hand thoughts regarding the warball championship when one of the Desmond’s staff appeared and handed a note to Ava’s father. He looked up all laughter removed from his face.
“It’s Leslie; she’s been captured and imprisoned by the king.”
Ari was on his feet in an instant, his countenance an unveiled display of the assassin that his family had never seen. He bowed to his hosts. “Gerard, Louisa, the meal and the company were excellent as always. I’m afraid I need to excuse myself, I have urgent business in Jehhet.” He took two steps and turned and looked at Shane, “You coming?”
The End
The Glyph Mage Book I
Index
Ahhan
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Elios Lumen Master
Alicia
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Magetech and former classmate of Shane and Ava
Allion III
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Current King of Infin - is trying to destroy the work of his father and grand father
Allion the First
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First king of the Allion line - Was a proponent of increasing the artifact trade
Allion the Second
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Second king of the Allion line - Was a proponent of increasing the artifact trade
Allyant
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Arch enemies of the Elios
Allyant Seed
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A poisonous lumen device that allows an Allyant to take over someone’s mind body and lumen
Arc of Wisdom
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An Artifact that protects Eliom and helps teach glyph magic to those that will live the laws of wisdom
Ari Desmond
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Gerard’s Brother, See Ava
Artifact
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A magical device or machine
Ava Desmond
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Daughter of Louisa and Gerard Desmond, Ari Desmond’s Niece, Shane’s girlfriend
Brenner
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An Allyant Lured to Eliom by Pechor
Coholo
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The major continent in the eastern hemisphere where Soaris has preserved the some of the ancient Elios cities and the Arc
Day of Thanksgiving
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The annual holiday day that the rescue of the Luion is celebrated
Dernier Chanson
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The Luionese name for Last Song or Last Guardian of Eliom
Desirae
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Magetech from Luion
Edward Montfer
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Magetech refugee rescued by Soaris
Eliom
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A world created by the Elios
Elios
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A race of powerful mages
Gerard Desmond
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Married to Louisa, See Ava, See Ari
Glyph Mage
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A basic mage that can activate glyphs
Glyph Master
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A mage that can use, control, and activate glyphs mentally
Great Western Continent
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The major continent in the western hemisphere where the countries of Luion and Infin are
Infin Language
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The language originally spoken by the Elios at the time of the 'Great Magic'
Instructor
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A device used in the training of mages
Jacques
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Aide to the Luion Premier
Jahnon
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Elios Lumen Master
John
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Magetech and former classmate of Shane and Ava
Kaysee
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Refugee rescued by Soaris
Lance
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Magetech and former classmate of Shane and Ava
Laura Chason
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Shane’s Mother, Married to Soaris
Laws of Wisdom
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The rules and Ideals set forth by the Elios to ensure peace productivity and harmony on Eliom
Leopold 'Leo' Wetz
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Magetech and former professor of Shane and Ava
Louisa Desmond
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Married to Gerard, See Ava, see Ari
Luion
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A race of people rescued by the Elios and relocated to Eliom
Luionese
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The language originally spoken by the Luion at the time of the 'Great Magic'
Lumen
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Magic
Lumen Mage
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A mage that can use lumen without the use of glyphs
Lumen Master
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A mage that can make lumen into powerful objects, also lumen masters created glyph magic
Non-Potent
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a non-magical person
Overland
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What the modern world calls the Elios monorail in Coholo
Pechor
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An Allyant who happened across Eliom and is fanatically trying to destroy it
Pierre G'gond
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Premier of Luion
Roger Oiseau
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Owner and barkeeper at the Ox Horn, Luion Spy
Shane Chason
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Son of Laura, the Last song or Dernier Chanson
Soaris Chason
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Guardian of the Arc and Eliom, Shane’s father, Married to Laura Chason
Stafford
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Ari's assassin and spy alias
The Great Magic
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The event referred to when the inhabitants of Luion were rescued and transported to Eliom
Valee
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Old Elios city located in Coholo
Warball
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A rough contact sport that has elements of rugby, soccer, basketball and football.
Wendell Sapp
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Crown intelligence agent
Wonstrowd Wizards
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The name of the Wonstrowd collegiums warball team that Shane plays on
Yllyan
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City where Soaris lives
About the Author
R. N. Skye is fifty years young and has worked at many things in his life, D.J., Dock Worker, Roofer, Concrete Finisher, Electrician, Sergeant in the US Army Special Forces, Technical Writer, Network Engineer, Systems Analyst, and Project Manager to name just a few things that he has done – He decided that Author was about the only item not on his resume.
His favorite authors are too many to mention but his favorite genre is an equal split between Space Opera ‘Sci-Fi’ and any ‘Fantasy’ involving magic.
The idea to begin writing was always lurking in the back of his brain; one day while impatiently waiting for a few of his favorite authors to write a few sequels he decided to write a book of his own where he only had himself to blame if there wasn’t a timely sequel.
He has lived in California, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, New York, North Carolina and the current state where he anonymously enjoys his life somewhere in the Rocky Mountains with his wife, four sons, a daughter and their border collie Freckles.
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Table of Contents
Preface
Prologue
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
X
XI
XII
XIII
XIV
XV
Index
About the Author