So, after all the events of that night had been settled, the Scholar was spirited away safe and the Brotherhood was deprived of its funds. A second meeting was held by some of the Guardians of the Cave at the farm kitchen where, some days before, they had made their plans. The day was notContinueContinue reading “The Flaming Scholar part 7 The Aftermath”
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The Flaming Scholar part 6 – The Rescue
Whilst the first tendrils of smoke from the kitchen were tentatively fingering the various routes into the main thoroughfares of the chateau, the first alarm went up and the sounds of doors opening, and the clatter of shod feet began to wake the silence. The two guards at the gate who had been told toContinueContinue reading “The Flaming Scholar part 6 – The Rescue”
The Flaming Scholar part 2 – The Meeting
The meeting room was the kitchen of an old rambling farmhouse belonging to the cousin of the Innkeeper. The house was situated in an extremely out of the way corner of the countryside surrounded by flat open fields, which gave a good view of the only approach. It was also not far from the coast,ContinueContinue reading “The Flaming Scholar part 2 – The Meeting”
The Flaming Scholar part 1
In a small town, not far from here, lived a young woman who was keen to learn all there is to know about the world. She read every book that she could find and asked long complicated questions of anyone who she deemed to have knowledge that she could soak up. Her parents had triedContinueContinue reading “The Flaming Scholar part 1”
The Guardians of the Cave 