Silvertree Chronicles Bk. 01 Ch. 35

Lord Regal laughed, "Your argument is compelling. I could ask you to wait but given your history, that is not your style. I am taking this message as a this is what I am going to do, consider yourself informed. Very well, General, you have our trust or you would not be in that position. You made the right call on that Academy Mage. I do not see much of a use for him but he might send some talent your way."

Eldar shook his head, "He will if the Queen directs him to. I will see to that!"

He laughed. "Thank you for letting me know."

He looked at Charlemagne, "Ready for the mass recruitment?"

She laughed and they walked out. They went back into the room. "All trainers, commanders, and remaining Captains stay. Lieutenants Walder and Silversong stay. All my wives stay. Everyone else needs to leave now."

Once the room was cleared of the others he locked and magically locked the door. Then slid a chair under the handle. "The house still has time on the silence spell I cast yesterday. From this point, the people will be called an 'advisory council'. When I ask everyone to leave except the advisory council you know who you are. I would like my new brides, Lieutenant Walder, and Silversong to come forward."

He got them in front of him, "You have been selected to join a special group that extends beyond what we are doing here. To cover not only the elven Kingdoms but all allied Kingdoms. Before I go any further please note, there is no backing out of this group. Once you are in you can even be called out of retirement for an assignment. Anyone of you not interested in this should let me know. I will send you out of the house."

He saw a bunch of smiling faces. "The Gray Blades were founded in an idea inspired by my two wives. After I had this epiphany of what we could do the visions started. We pitched this idea to Jarron. I told him I was so confident in what we were doing I made a wager with him.

All of the team I was working with would become lieutenants Charlemagne and I would become Commanders over this unit. Jarron laughed his ass off at the 'sucker bet' I made until the night of the wedding. When the goddess appeared. He asked me later why I did not mention a goddess being involved.

I told him if I had said that at that time you would have asked me to double my bet. As you can see the bet paid off. The group you know, if you read the Gray book that has been circulating. The Knights reformed 800 years ago. In recent years they have taken heavy losses. This facility is not only to train Gray Blades.

It is to find, train, and recruit Knights into the order. For most of you, the big change is while here or assigned out of here you will get paid twice. Once as a Blade and Once as a Knight. Of the six of you, one will be leaving in a few months. Lieutenant Walder, I want you up to Captain strength when you leave so I can promote you and pass you on to Jarron as a Captain.

This goes along with the Lieutenant and two squads who are transitioning out to Jarron's command. All information discussed in this assembly is classified and not to be discussed with anyone. Annette, don't you think that a bard and a Lieutenant from a royal family would know how to do a nice waltz?"

Annette smiled and soon the two of them were dancing around the room.

He nodded to Annette, "Now TELL them what happened." They both looked shocked and back at Eldar. "Annette is psionic and her children will introduce psionics into the elven population. They will also be evaluated for potential agents of the order. The Knights cannot approach her children or her children's children directly. They have to go through me. There are 4 people I know of who are General ranked or equivalent.

My father was one. My mother was also a Knight. Children of Knights are known as legacies. Rachel, Dorothy, and Gabriel are all legacies through their father. He was a sergeant in a unit that got wiped out. He will be reactivated as a Captain after the wedding. Jarron will be his boss. One of the other generals. The other three I know of are in this room. Myself over this region.

Charlemagne works all the logistics of Knights coming in for training and us sending new Knights out. You will see people come and go over the coming years. This is planned. We are going to work on bringing some of the lower-ranked Knights up to officers if possible. We will receive them in the next few weeks for the first group to replace the lieutenant and two squads I lost.

We will train their 'replacements' right beside them. The fourth has no rank, no people, but is a General equivalent in pay. She has helped to capture, interrogate, and disable so many threats that she is her own asset and has a trainer from another part of the world, who you should invite to the wedding. I want her to assess our three new human assets to see if they carry any talent in this area.

Especially my two wives." She nodded. "This next part is not classified but sensitive. We have a woman who is not a Knight but her husband is a Knight. She is expecting quadruplets. All battle mages each one of them has a shot at being an arcane Mimic. When our academy starts putting them in tournaments then word will spread.

One of the things we look for in bringing in new skills to the elven population. Unarmed combat that took down a seventh-tier mage in under 30 seconds and she never got a spell off. Trick shooting and Zen Archery. Keyno became an elf friend by destroying the elven targeting range with one arrow after demonstrating what she could do on a horse.

I told her I wanted her to hit the ropes supporting the two moving targets as they crossed. They were laughing when she missed the target on the log then they saw them fall and destroy the range. She earned the right to the second Silverwood bow designed to her style of bow. I got the first bow. Psionics, Arcane Mimics. I have been pushing reward and other money back at the Queen.

For testing of all the population and not just those entitled. The Arcane Mimic is just learning how to control her powers. She was never trained or tested. She was a half-elf working in an inn. Charlemagne, make sure Rachel and Dorothy have accounts set up at the elven back to get paid. Also, that is where your dowry will go. I will not take money for marrying you.

That money is yours and your father agreed to double it if I pulled it off. Your dowry will have a million gold pieces in it. Each. To my battle bard, I have an assignment for you. I need you to incorporate the values from that book into the actions that we do into bard songs. We want to get that spread across the realm to attract the right kind of talent.

It will have to be customized for the audience. All without calling out the Knights directly. We keep conflicts small when they occur and to run for a shorter duration. We also ensure the terms of the Dragon War treaties and address them through private channels.

In this case, you would bring it to me here or Jarron when outside of my region. I am the first regional general and they are looking to make others. All of the heads of our three allies are aware of who and what I am, in regards to the Knights. In addition to what I am doing to protect this region.

All allied heads are aware of the Knights and our current allies are all actively supporting members. Work I have done that is classified is what moved me from impure bastard son, to head of House Silvertree, to Knight Protector of the Elven Kingdom, and then Duke. Not just a Duke, one who will be the Field Marshal over this region.

In short, I have saved our and our allied Kingdoms collective asses on several occasions. All with the support of the others in this room. You are being brought into a very exclusive group that we hope to grow. Now, any questions?"

Lieutenant Gabriel Walder looked at him, "Why inform us of the four generals?"

Eldar looked at him, "There are three Generals, Annette holds no rank, she is the equivalent of a general. The answer lies in your father. He had no way to let anyone know he survived the attack that destroyed his unit. Now he will have a location that a lot of his incoming people will be trained. I want to ensure the troops know that others are out there to contact. And in my case right where to find me. Hiding in plain sight."

Lieutenant Walder chuckled, "You used that line on my father. After he saw the book, he wanted me to realize the opportunity this could afford me."

Eldar nodded, "We were talking in public neither confirming or denying what we each suspected by being a missing member. I suspected by his reaction to the book he had been a member. I confirmed that fact which is why I can do all of this now. To Astria and Staria, you will both get rated at battle mages.

When Staria moves to enchanting she will still be on the Knight pay as we will funnel enchanting projects to you. To complete specifically for the Knights. If it is work you cannot do you will push it through our master enchanter."

She nodded and smiled. "You will retain half-pay with the Gray Blades as a Reserve Battle Mage that can be called into service." He looked at Charlemagne and she nodded her understanding. "I have a high degree of autonomy in this area. Which is why I bring my wood elf heritage to bear. To reduce the effect of this town to the size of a village.

Then two villages into the resource drain of one village. While reclaiming 200 square miles of former elven forests back to the Elven Kingdom. That was negotiated into the Cross-border protection forces deal. We get the land planted with trees and grown then it is returned to the elven people. Next question?'

The room was silent. "In that case, Knights dismissed."

He tried to step outside but he got mugged by four brides who hugged him and 2 Lieutenant who wanted to shake his hand. They finished there hugging when he called out. "I have a Centaur captain to talk with."

He got outside. "Captain Silver Moon, your presence is requested." She walked back. Eldar looked at the Captain Broxan decked out with a few new magical items.

He saw a stack of items to the one side and a pile of rings and such in the corner of the blanket, He looked at the Captain, "Have you started outfitting your men with stuff that is suitable?"

He shook his head, "Just myself."

Eldar looked at him, "Then you are charged with the care of these items for now that are suitable. Get your troops outfitted and return anything not used so we can distribute it to the other units. Captain Dorothy, would you gather the non-suitable items and go through them. For your city guard what items would be suitable and what would not be."

She smiled. He looked at her, "I did this with the Centaurs because they cover a larger portion of ground, they have fewer options for armor and no real footwear that they could use."

Eldar nodded to the Captain, "Once the blanket is cleared you can use it to carry everything to your men."

He nodded. Eldar looked at him, "Next time I am at the enchanter's shop I will have to look at getting all my active field captains a bag of holding. I already got my wives one. I do not count the two village elders as 'Active' because they direct from a home.

Dorothy, when you are done, you need to let the Captains know they have to generate five patrol schedules and routes that are all different and implement a new one immediately. Same goes for you, Captain."

He looked back at Captain Broxan, "Part of the information we gathered from the men who did not exist. They had your patrol patterns down and times."

He sighed and nodded. Eldar walked back in and saw the two Lieutenant still waiting around. He closed and locked the door for the moment. "You needed something?"

They looked at me and Silversong spoke, "We were wondering why us?"

Eldar smiled, "He was easy, he is skilled, a legacy, the desire was made known, and is going to be my brother in less than 2 days. You were a harder choice. You inspire the troops but you also build stories and write history from your vantage point. So that made you high risk. Then I thought of what you could do for us in getting the word out about our fight on this front.

The honor and code we follow are inspired by the knights of old. The same kind of code a Blade singer and a Moon Blade wielder has to live by. You will write two sets of history. A set that you will have for the general population, another that will be given to the Knight leadership to document the things we do that are classified. You can only write those here and they will be sent off almost immediately. Know your work will be stored for the ages and it will have another audience who will view it.

You now have a base to write your songs from the code in that book and how we use it on the field. The tales of our battles, to inspire the troops. Calling out all of the different races involved and their heroic efforts in this fight. You have your work cut out for you. You now know why you are a lieutenant without having viewed your combat skills."

She nodded, "They are secondary to my ability to inspire the troops and capture history."

He smiled. "They are important and our trainers will work with you on improving them. Also, spend time on the unarmed combat techniques and Keyno's work. They are new skills we are bringing into the field. I want those for history because they are human, I do not want their contributions ignored or lost. After the wedding go to the Academy with Master Trainer Yetto.

Have him talk about the sword skills his mother and father taught him. He merged them. I am taking what he taught me and incorporating actual field experience and skills needed to survive a battle. Like riding, tumbling, and acrobatic dismounts. Here I teach acrobatics, wielding in either hand, strength training, swimming, tactics, and other things the academy does not cover as a general part of its training."

She looked at Eldar, "Why strength training for a Blade Singer? It is mostly finessed."

Eldar nodded, "That is great when a battle is over in minutes. But what if it goes on for hours? We are talking about the coming horde. You cannot simply walk over and take in some water and ask them to wait until you are no longer winded. You heard of my last tournament match going on for 30 minutes?

That was also to try and prove a point. My opponent never had a match go longer than 2 minutes. I train with the sword in an hour block with each hand for 8 hours a day. I had instructors who taught and restricted what magic I could access. I did pick-up a spell here and there that was not on the Academy approved list. I practiced those on my own time. I was alone a lot."

She nodded, "I heard that about you. I checked up on you after the Academy presentation and announcement. I had to know more, being a bard. I spoke with some of your classmates who went straight into the army. They were envious of your skills and shocked about what the Academy did to keep you from being a Grand Master at graduation. You have shaken the foundation of the Elven Kingdom."

He smiled, "I am still an elf."

She smiled, "But not only one."

He looked at her, "Dismissed, I have wives to tend too."

She laughed and walked out. He locked the door and put the chair under the handle as he saw all 6 of them walk upstairs. He got to the room and they were sitting and talking naked.

He walked in and they tried to rush him and he held up a hand, "Stop! What are you trying to do?"

Charlemagne spoke up, "Get rid of your aggression before you go to sleep."

He looked at them, "Annette told me what you were doing at night. I do not object to a point. For running another experiment this time without my permission, I have something planned tonight.

This is not about punishment or payback. I am simply leveling the playing field. You can ride me or suck me all you want while I sleep. Just try not to wake me or I will fuck you silly. Then keep going."

They laughed except for Annette and Charlemagne who knew what that was like. "Tonight, we are going to play a little game. One Annette and Charlemagne have played before." He went over to the bag of tricks.

"Charlemagne and Annette, I want your manacles." They looked worried. He pulled out the double-ended fake cocks from the bag and three bottles of lube. He called them over, "I intermix all the manacles with all the sets I have and threw them into the bag. I then pulled them out one set at a time. Staria and Annette far side of the bed floor, Rachel and Dorothy at the end of the bed.

Charlemagne and Astra at this side of the bed. He pulled out the three gnomish devices and He heard two groans from the two sides of the room. He sighed and looked at Annette, "Move to the end of the bed, and Dorothy moved to the other side. You should not have groaned out Annette. You now have your groups." he set the gnomish devices on the bed and removed the top of his armor and shirt.

He walked over to Charlemagne, "Assume the position, my little minx."

He lubed up the toy. He slid it in until she let him know it was too deep and he backed it up. He pulled back and marked it with a manacle. He then walked over and grabbed the red double end fake cock and slid that in too far.

She moaned out, "That was not the one you gave us."

He smiled, "I know. You groaned out too."

He slid it in until she told him it was too deep and he backed it up. He marked it with the other end of the manacle.

He looked at Staria, "You are going to enjoy this but you are not going to enjoy it at the same time."

He lubed up the toy. He slid it in both heads until she let me know it was too deep. He had her pull forward and locked. Until she waved him off and he backed it off. He looked at her, "You are a three most will be, Charlemagne is a five."

He opened the top and used the levers to pull her back while sliding the red one into her cunt. He looked at Staria, "Now I want you to slide back and then pull forward as far as you can. She did and stopped, "Alright, I know what the device in my ass is for."

He nodded. "Now let me adjust the bottom than one a bit." He lucked out and they were both his sets. "I am making the bottom one even. You both get the same amount in your cunts."

He went around and set the other two pairs of ladies, "I still have settings to do on each of those. For this contest, you do not want to move until I say to go."

He got all three sets of toys positioned. He adjusted the rotation lever and looked around, "Alright, this is not about coming or getting the other one to cum. This is about getting the other to submit BY passing out. The first winner will go third, the next winner will go second and the last winner will go first. Then it is reversed, fourth goes to the first one to submit, and so on. Now I set the anal toys to different settings for each group. Now begin!"

He walked to the end of the bed, "We are going to make this more interesting."

He flipped on the low vibrate setting. On Annette and Charlemagne."

Charlemagne moaned out. She looked up at him, "This is pure evil."

He smiled, "No, this is!"

He put it on the second and fastest vibrate setting just for her. He heard a lot of moaning and groaning but Charlemagne was definitely the loudest. They lasted about 15 minutes before Charlemagne passed out. Next was Dorothy. Finally, it was close as they sat and watched the two of them for 20 more minutes, and finally, the Banshee wailed out for a good two minutes.

Getting her breath and screaming even higher until she made no sound and she passed out. He turned that set-off and disconnected that set. He looked at Rachel, "You are first."

He finished getting undressed at this point. "Charlemagne as the first one to drop, bring up some snacks and fluids for everyone."

She glared at him, "Not payback my ass!"