Silvertree Chronicles Bk. 03 Pt. 01

She smiled, "I can do that. They would be honored by that gesture. I need to find out which dragons are virgins if any. I assume there are some, else the Lady would not have leveled that requirement. I am hoping you will take her up on that option."

Travious smiled, "If I find love with one, I will strongly consider it."

She nodded, "I need to contact a few others. Get the Duchess to Tranosa's office and I will be there shortly."

He nodded. Lady Amy Tryst and her left. Travious looked at the Queen Mother, "Interesting turn of events."

She nodded and handed a tube to his wife, "Your papers identifying you as Lady Silvertree, First wife of the Knight Paladin Champion. We are not allowed to give your husband a title above that. We did call out his parents' discount in your documents as well as his. You both should attend to your business. The Lady of Dreams sent me a silent message. One I have to contemplate. She helped to put my mind at ease with those that have passed on."

She smiled at them as they got up and left the King and his mother to talk.

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The Queen Mother looked at her son and held his hand to stop his departure, "You will be challenged and tested as much as the champion in the days and years to come. She said I took the good of the Kingdom to heart when I stepped down in favor of you but I am here for you if and when you need advice.

She sent me a message from your Father. He misses me but there are things for me to still take care of, even though I no longer rule. I am setting up an account for Cerissa as a part of my will. She will never have to work once I pass unless she wishes to.

She has been my lover since before you were born. She was pointed out to me by Eldar and she kept your father on the straight and narrow. He had strayed often before that. This was nothing the gods directed of him.

Champions, you will likely encounter a couple during your rule as they tend to die young. Listen to them but remember you are the ruler. To ignore them or their concerns is detrimental. They are not always acting under direct guidance from the gods. They have their own ideas, like what you witnessed here today.

They can surprise the gods and they will surprise you but they are never out to replace you unless you turn from the gods. Like Eldar did by pointing me at Cerissa that was not a part of the gods' plan but it made for your father and me to have a happier life together. It was an act of kindness that the gods appreciated about Eldar."

He smiled and nodded, "Yes, mother."

He kissed her cheek and went back to the court.

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Travious and Melia walked out front in relative silence. Finally, Melia looked at him, "I would not mind having one who is always with me. That can stay behind if I choose to go with you on a mission here and there."

He smiled, "I know. I will consider it as it was encouraged. Another way to expand some change into the elven empire and introduce more draconic blood into the Silvertree line and the elven population as a whole."

She looked at Travious, "Lady Amy Tryst said she would like to train my mother and me. She would love to see your uncle again. She said if she is to be involved in this mating aspect your uncle would be her choice."

Travious smiled, "Something I am sure he would find flattering."

They got out front and Bree looked at him, "How many wives are you going to have?"

Travious smiled, "Three wives are the potential plan but we set no hard-high number at the moment. Based on the discussion with the Lady of Dreams and Lady Melia Silvertree."

Melia smiled at that and they mounted up. He looked at them, "Our visit to the Palace is cut short. We need to go back to the Keep now."

Bree looked at him, "I would have to know how you were in bed before I could do anything like that."

Travious smiled at her, "I cannot with you. There is nothing in the code that says you could not watch Melia and me if that was something you wish to consider."

Melia smiled, "It would have to be a hands-off as our vows keep sexual relations to only those in the marriage."

She nodded, "I will think about it."

Travious smiled, "The Keep."

She nodded and cast the spell and they were back. Travious walked up to Tranosa's office with Melia. Tranosa yelled at two captains in front of him. He turns to look over at Travious.

Travious looked at the two captains, "You just got a short reprieve. Find the Duchess and tell her, and I do mean TELL her. She needs to get her ass to Tranosa's office. If she has the plans for the Inn then we need to see them."

Tranosa looked to talk and he held up a hand, "Wait for my Aunt."

Moments later and the door went busting open. Dutchess Zaria started to scream, "Where do YOU..."

She stopped mid-sentence as the Countess showed up with ten other dragons. She closed the door quickly.

Travious looked at Tranosa, "Secure the room."

He secured the room. Travious looked at Zaria, "Do you have the plans?"

She shook her head, "I think they are on the wall of the master bedroom."

He looked at Tranosa, "The floor is yours first, we came into your office."

Tranosa looked over, "Lady Silver Hair?"

She laughed, "The champion gave me a new name. Countess of the Moon. Yes, it is good to see you, my old friend."

The Duchess laughed, "Why Countess of the Moon?"

Travious smiled, "Silver reminded me of my mother and Lady was an inappropriate title for a Queen in hiding if you will. They will likely be living, hiding, and breeding here with the local males. Silvertree males are desired because of the multiple births and my grandfather's genetics. Lady Amy Tryst is here as well."

The Countess looked over, "She would be a Countess as well. She sat on the council and was a Queen for her people." Travious nodded to her. "Then Countess Amy Tryst or CAT for short."

The ladies laughed. "I requested she apply titles to any dragon royalty to reflect where they sit in the order of things."

Zaria looked at him, "You are breeding with them?"

He shrugged, "The code as listed would not allow it. However, the Gods did not predict the turn of events in the conversation we had. I surprised them. The Lady of Dreams saw a better future for our people with a spirit of cooperation. She also told me I could marry one that would not go into the field with me. There are a lot of promises on the table."

Zaria looked at him, "What was promised?"

Travious looked at her, "All children will be born to the elven house of the male mate. All children will be accepted as offspring of the father's elven house even if they are not married. They would be elf-blooded. Educated and brought up to believe in elven gods. More dragon blood into the elven people. The Countess believes they will all be infertile. How many infertile Silvertree heirs have there been in Grandfathers line that you know of?"

She shook her head, "None."

Travious looked at her, "That is not even the biggest item on the list. Retrieval of the Eternal Forge and bringing it to the dwarves for all three races to use. It can only be powered by a volcano. The dwarves did not suffer much from the last explosion. The dragons will return in 75 years or shortly thereafter. Land and all! Reshaping the landscape of the world. Full out dragon war in progress."

She sat down. "With what that orc assassin told us that means war with them at the same time." She nodded her understanding of the potential problem.

He looked at them, "Let us continue this over in my new home in the inn. I have crystals to secure it."

Travious looked at his Aunt, "I would not have to 'tell you' if I had a crystal to just let you know in advance."

She looked at Tranosa. He pulled a set out of his desk and set them down. He smiled, "These will get a lot of use."

He held the white crystals, "Did these belong to my father?"

She nodded. "How did you know?"

He shrugged, "I didn't know I read a reference to a white crystal to keep in contact with you in my father's journal. About leaving it behind at one point. He was pissed. He scratched a lot of that entry out."

She chuckled as she took hers, "Yeah he was pissed and he had a right to be, but it did drive us to the forge and his destiny. I had the enchantment increased to have his three-tier encryption."

He touched everyone before they left the office and one of them looked at him, "I am Lady Annette. What was that about?"

Travious looked at her, "The assassins I told the Countess of the Moon about. I placed a delay poison on you. If they hit you with a poisoned bolt it could kill you. I can delay poison by touch. When placed beforehand it will neutralize it. Just a precaution."

She smiled, "Thank you."

Travious looked at his Aunt, "How goes the hunt?"

She looked at Travious, "We got four out of five. It looks like the last one ditched his poison or has it in a bag of holding."

Travious stepped outside with his bow, "Tranosa was yelling at two captains about something. Maybe they should clean up the mess in the stable."

She smiled, "Go!"

They headed to the inn and up to the fourth floor. They looked over the plans. He closed the door and locked it. He pulled out the crystals and locked it down. He looked at the ladies, "What do you think?"

She nodded, "We can make this work. No need to change the configuration. All the rooms we can put a portal on either wall. That will house two-hundred and forty each technically. We could put five in this room alone. That takes us to three thousand quite easily. Not that we would reach that."

He nodded, "You could also set up a couple of these at the Keep and the Academy for safety and homes for the younger trainees?"

She looked at him, "We could do that."

He looked at her, "Do the same at Fort Ash. That way any that are gaining experience with the blades will have a haven if the shit hits the fan. Same for the towers, that would be a great place to save caravan drivers. Any traveling dignitaries."

She nodded, "If our children are riding with the blades it would be a haven in the worst case. Not, they will run at the first sign of trouble."

Travious smiled, "What can you put in there, and how many will it support?"

She looked at it, "With our casters 240 per shelter. It is a mansion that exists in an extra-dimensional space."

Travious looked around, "Does anyone have the spell? I would like to see what you come up with."

One lady looked at him, "I am Lady Staria. I have not studied spells today, give me an hour. You want it like the Dragon Palace?"

He nodded, "But elven sized if we are using this room then I will need one for my family. One large master bedroom with two large beds. I am not as worried about food with us being in the inn that we own. A dining room for twenty-four. My grandfather's journal mentioned something about inside waterfalls you could stand under and adjust the temperature to be comfortable. I want one big enough for eight in the big bedroom. There will only be four. I like the idea of having room for sex while getting cleaned up. Then one for every bedroom. The entryway I want the ceiling to look like the open sky.

But it reflects what lunar cycle it is in at night. I want this to be a get away from it all room to relax."

She smiled at him, "Let me see what I can do."

He looked at her, "Could you set up an area to look like a specific outside area?"

She nodded, "Possibly if it's not too big."

He looked at her, "We could ride out and look at it. I am talking about Silent Falls. It is a holy site."

They looked around and she asked, "It is not far?"

He smiled, "An hour or two each way. We should keep the group small. It is the place that Corellon Larethian reactivated and cleansed the Moon Blades. He appeared at both ceremonies. His wife has shown up and performed weddings that I know of including mine. Wait, one of those was a mass wedding where people came to be married by her personally. Hundreds of couples. Amy Tryst was at that one she could show it to you."

Amy Tryst nodded, "Could, but they really should see the place it is beautiful."

He nodded, "Those that are candidates for marriage should be in the group. I will leave the book here so they can see the paladin code."

The Countess nodded, "Give us an hour to review this."

He nodded and unsecured the room, "Feel free to secure it while you deliberate if you choose." She nodded and they went downstairs to the dining room.

Karti'Ros, "Danger."

He thought. "I see it."

He saw a polymorphed orc in the far corner. Too many people and he took Melia to the stairs near the entrance, "Melia go back upstairs." He went into the dining area and saw a waitress and whispered, "Clear out in three. Count, then get them moving. A fight will happen."

She nodded. "He took a couple more steps parallel to him. The girl Pinna hollered, "Clear out!"

Travious flipped a table and took cover as the bolt came flying in. He fired his shot as the orc flipped his table and it now has a hole in it. They trade shots and the Orc had not noticed that Travious had been shooting the center of the table. He heard him get up and fire another shot into his table as his cover fell apart. Travious put an arrow into the side of his head and just for good measure one in his chest.

Security forces came in and saw the human with a hole in the side of his face and another in the chest. He went over and removed his gloves and then his rings. He put them back on one at a time until the orc appeared. He looked at the guards, "Get my Aunt and let the patrons know it is now safe to come back. Mid-day meal is on me."

He walked over to the stairs, "We need to order a couple of new tables and maybe some more chairs."

Melia looked at him, "Better that than you." The countess came down as they had heard the noise. He handed the ring to the Countess, "Is it one of them?"

She nodded. "Keep it, just do not use it around here. I am sure you have someone like Lady Amy Tryst who could use it."

The Countess nodded, "Very generous of you. However, we discovered that the body of the slain is captured so now it is an orcs image in the ring."

He nodded, "I noticed. This is what trust is all about. I am trusting you to do what you need with it."

Travious looked at the Countess, "How many are riding with us?"

She looked at him, "Six will go including myself and CAT as you call her." They chuckled.

Travious smiled, "Cat, I would like for you to meet with my mother-in-law. While turning her brain into mush would be lovely for being such a pain in my ass. I think you might be able to help her and Melia."

She chuckled and nodded, "She doesn't like you?"

He smiled, "She tried to use mind control on me over the last 30 years. My sword makes me immune. Trying to push me away from my wife. For the last year, it was daily to try and get me to break our engagement."

Amy Tryst laughed and nodded. "Also, my Uncle should be here tomorrow. The one you are interested in mating with."

She turned red. Melia smiled, "They are all so beautiful."

He nodded, "Like my wife who is also a true beauty."

She smiled and slid up next to him. The knock at the door alerted them to the arrival of the two casters. "We need six riding horses for our guests."

They nodded and headed to the keep. They walked over to the stable and got their horses. The ladies all got mounted up. He delayed poison on everyone and the horses just in case. They rode into Porzcosa and stopped at his mother-in-law's house. He looked at Melia, "I will let you and Amy Tryst talk with her. Better for me not to be around."

They laughed and stopped at the house while the rest of them continued on to Silent Falls.

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Gladia Silver Wind opened the door and stared at her daughter who pushed her mother back into her home which shocked her. She hit her up mentally, 'You tried for 30 years to drive him away from ME! Every day for the last year to get him to break his engagement with ME!'

She looked at her daughter, "He is not right for you."

Amy responded mentally, 'I can tell you she is a lucky woman to be married to a champion. Especially a Silvertree Champion. Their grandfather gave them a journal entry for when the right way to handle a virgin and bring pleasure to a woman or women. The man was a collector and had a perfect mind as he stored everything that went on around him. His children have it but not at that same level.

At least that I am aware of, I have not seen any of them in 90 years. I read the champion Eldar's mind and he was an extremely gifted champion and lover. The amulet his wives gave him forced him to move to 6 wives and his prowess in bed left them all happy.'

Gladia turned in fear at the new mind in the conversation, "Who in the nine hells are you?" She sent her an image of her true form and she slid back and found a seat. She looked up. "A Dragon?"

She smiled and thought to her, "Queen of the Amethethis dragons before the war and capital being ripped from time and space. Your issue with the champion is unfounded."

She grabbed both ladies' hands and sent every sex act and feeling Melia had experienced with Travious the night before into her mother's mind. She sat there and kept climaxing left and right as she sprayed off in her dress at least six times and she sat there sweating.

Gladia sat there when it was over and asked angrily, "What right did you have to do that?!"

Amy smiled and spoke to both of them, "The same right you had to try and use compulsions on the Champion for 30 years. I proved to you she only had him in her bed and he is more than she could handle alone.

He sent me here to see about working to train you both while I am in the area. Which is looking likely for a long while. My power is far stronger than yours as I am from a line of psionic dragons, the most powerful of my kind. I have trained many including Eldar's son John Silvertree, who should be in the area soon.

He is a very gifted psion, ten times more powerful than either of you last I saw him. You felt all of that and it was one night. When I did Eldar and his collector's mind it almost knocked me on my ass and that was his entire life for 85 years at that point, I got it all. He grabbed me and got me into a chair and it still took time for me to recover.

It would put you out for months if I shared that with you. You want to be stronger and able to unlock abilities you have not found? Then the champion has presented you with the most skilled teacher you will find. I would thank him or turn your back on your abilities."

Gladia looked at her dress which stuck to her legs and shook her head, "I have never come that hard in my life and he did that to you in one night." She sighed. "Alright. I'm sorry. I still do not believe in the elven gods."

Amy sent her the two encounters with the Lady of Dreams she had over the years and Gladia went stiff until she stopped.

She looked over and spoke, "Alright! they exist, but I do not follow them. I did not want my daughter following them but that was her choice. I see it now. You are teaching me that I do not, in fact, know it all. I need to back off on my disapproval of him and her decision to marry him."

Amy nodded but kept it mental, "She is the only god or goddess I have seen but I have heard Bahamut through the Silver Queen. The Silver Queen is also here and is probably the second strongest psion in the area, at least tied for it. John would give her a run for her money in that area. He is very gifted and I have not seen him in 90 years and his skills may have grown to even challenge her for that spot."

Gladia sighed, "I will consent to the training as I have learned a lot already. I will back off trying to do compulsions on him."