Silvertree Chronicles Bk. 11

She pointed. "That is what they would have seen with Alliance Overwatch if it was operational. They would have seen us coming. Right now, they have no clue we are coming. It might be a better idea to keep it away until the blades are repaired."

Nova looked at her and set a crystal down and handed her one, "If you need Nova Base you can call directly."

She kissed Jan's cheek, "You got Blade wielders to locate. Any place I have been or the sword?"

She nodded, "Broken Glacier."

She nodded. "Go to the room and I will put you there."

She smiled. "Thank you. This thing will save me a small fortune in scrolls."

Nova chuckled, "We have a small fortune here to spare."

She nodded, "True. What are you going to do with it all?"

Nova shrugged. "Manage it. Leaving this base and access to those vaults to the Blade wielder in the future. Too early for this, but it is good to have you here."

Jan went off as Nova sent her to Broken Glacier. She looked over things and sighed. She looked at Trika, "Let us search out this keep."

She heard from Spell Catcher, "There are a few captured elven warhorses below."

She followed his instructions and Trika followed. She saw the disgusting kitchen, what his mind showed of his activities. She found all of the heads of the dead wielders and a few others.

There was a large room that had twenty expanded stalls in it. She opened all of the doors.

She thought over to them, "Call me Nova. The champion of Corellon Larethian. If you follow me, I can get you back to the herd. Let them know that chaos is coming. The King has gone against the Gods and they should choose the right side. You are elven warhorses and the Elven Gods are with us on this mission."

She heard one respond, "How do you know you are a champion?"

Nova smiled and Trika talked with them, "The gods sent me to her. I am the new head of the heard."

Nova chuckled when he mounted the first mare.She thought out to them, "They talked with me and it led me to liberate this floating rock. Do you want to see my painful birth? I am a collector and I am THE psion. I can teach any ability and it took a week to learn them all as I pulled it all into my mind and then tried them all over 7 days. I am a generalist. I am also a bard and a duelist. You are free to return to the herd if you wish."

A mare came over, "I want to see this birth."

Nova looked at her, "My birth killed 3 to make me come into being the way that I am."

She sent her the birth information while holding her head. That mare looked away for the longest time. "They sent you in alone to take down our captor?"

Nova smiled and spoke, "I had to express a willingness to mate with him for 'fun'. I am infertile after giving birth once. I got him in a compromising position in bed. I altered my body and became an aberration and killed him slowly. He bound a creature of chaos to ensure he would never get critically injured in battle.

No way to kill him quickly. Gave me time to extract everything from his head that I needed about running this flying Keep." Nova released her hands. "I was very specific in what I searched for in his head. He was methodical and a sick fuck and I did not want all of that in my head. Leave this portal open.

Please, all of you, come and follow me so you may run with the herd again. I do ask that you only refer to me as Nova. You can tell the herd that in a month's time they reveal to their riders that Nova is coming.

Except for Monnius Goldeagle, no mount should reveal this information to a Gold-elf rider. Not until the King is dead. He sent...No, he sold the Elven Moon Blades. He sent their wielders to their death. The last one was my father just over 83 years ago. The King has held that throne for 99 years. He won't make it to 100."

Trika responded, "Give me 2 hours to finish with the other 7 mares."

Nova walked out to the portal room and waited for them. They came in one-by-one as he finished with them and the stallions came up when Nova went up. Nova thought of the location and the portal opened. She changed her appearance enough. She took them back and they ran into the main herd. She returned with Trika.

She looked at him, "Enjoy your fuck session?"

He chuckled, "Yes, thank you for returning them to the herd."

She sighed, "All of the open areas are yours to stretch your legs. There is a stable area below deck but it has no room to run. We should look around."

They walked down to the room where the magic suppression field was set when battles occurred. She asked, "This has a separate portal to get inside the field and bring them up?"

Nova heard, "No, just the one portal room. They would come here. There is a teleport blocker in the main room and force walls right against the suppression field. To keep them from teleporting out during that window inside of this room. I would portal them in, different rooms.

Drop the field in the room off long enough and portal in the Baron and turn the field back on. Before he stepped out facing away from them. He would turn and the Portal would disappear to reveal him on the other side. All very dramatic in the presentation."

Nova walked over and opened the doors to the Keep. She smiled, "You can fly around inside the sphere if you like. I am going back to the control room to sleep for now."

Trika chuckled, "I will see how well that works. Might not be a great idea with this thing flying."

He took off and could, in fact, fly inside of the sphere. Nova thought, "The force walls do something."

Nova heard from Spell Catcher, "Yes, the force wall is like an outer wall to the structure. You turn that off and he would have issues to work through. He is much faster so he could keep pace easily."

She walked back to the control room and laid out her bedroll and slept. She was at the falls this time. She took a knee as 2 figures approached.

She had both Corellon Larethian and the Lady of Dreams here. He called out, "Rise champion. I wanted to say that I am sorry that you had to lure him in with sex. That you were required to learn those skills. I would like to say those skills would never be used again. You know we cannot say that as things evolve.

The dragons' mass withdrawal from the world has had some rippling effects still going. I have tied control of the fortress to your blade. I attuned it for you. Like the secure shelter with no rune. The other two abilities I will put on as dead runes; the ranged one would be absorbed by me. One I will activate at the cleansing and one for when you pass.

When you cleanse and activate the blades any weapons or gear that is cursed, malevolent intelligence, or just evil will be a purge and the magic absorbed. To make us stronger again. Including that rapier.

Removing the relics makes the fortress less of a target. Any relic that is not from a deity will be broken down. Those belonging to a deity will be removed from your fortress; what happens to them is not your concern.

I will turn your relic vault into a master bedroom like the one in your secure shelter; not the waterfall, but I will give you elements of that along with the washtub to fit 3 in the room along with a separate shower. You will have options.

I will add a control crystal that will function only if control is lost. If the fortress is flying and not stopped at the time it will continue to fly. It will allow someone within the fortress to lower the teleportation blocker and it will teleport them just outside the Fort on the southern border. Those shields do not have dragon's bane in them.

Because they have been 'Soul Sealed' they cannot be modified. It will take more time before the draconic mythic magic is strong enough to enable a second master caster. This infusion of magic will help with that. You have helped with that. It will happen, but that would likely be a future blade wielder if capable.

Any enemy would be able to work to destroy the Fortress if onboard and not dispatched. That is why it is not a rune. Unless they use the teleporter escape to follow. When the base is destroyed, it will happen at some point in history, it will come crashing down over the area. The time may come to destroy it in the future.

Try to keep it away from populated elven areas after this. The Deep Sea is a good option while over the volcano is an interesting choice. Both have risks and the choice belongs to the wielder of your family Blade. Keep all vaults locked when you are not in the base. You might wish to adjust the height so it does not go slamming into any mountains."

Nova nodded, "I am honored to finally meet you both and wanted your thoughts on my ideas."

He smiled, "I like your thoughts on how to deal with the ruling of the Kingdom. Present them and see if the other blade wielders like them. I am not directing action on which way to go with this; lesson from Helnar. I also like your ideas in getting sages involved in examining the secure shelter rooms.

That will help in the future. Good call in getting the location of his spell books to get all of that research and be able to disable the wards on them will help our sages to learn it faster, House Silvertree especially. The master enchanter as some of it is in her area of expertise. That was a good catch and work that needs to be finished.

Your thoughts on merging Overwatch I also liked, but that should be the call of the new King or ruling body. Releasing Alliance Overwatch to the kingdom is worth considering. Restricting access to Gods' Eyes, as you call it, is also still necessary at this time. We are honored by the name but it was the Dragons who gave us the magic to make that happen.

I would recommend securing two of those consoles once the King is dead if not sooner. Recommend not leaving them all there if used in the next war. Provided the wielder is alive they could get to Gods' Eyes and disconnect the portable from the base if needed. I will, in fact, merge one onto the control console of the Base.

Portable, but will be a part of the base during the cleansing. Having the base over Silent Falls for the cleansing is what I will require this time. The shield will be lit up during the cleansing. Protecting the eyesight of those in the area who cannot be informed beforehand. I will silence it at the edge of the shield to ensure it remains private. The base is large. I will ensure that the area is cleared."

The Lady of Dreams looked at her, "You can find an understanding mate or mates if you wish. That knows and understands what your work might require. The pain and heartache you have suffered in doing this work."

Nova nodded, "Let my horse know. If they have a spouse who is understanding because of my work that is fine as well. I admit I find I enjoy the touch of a woman more than men because of this work but I make no promises on the matter. I still have a lot of baggage I can never get rid of in my mind. I doubt I will ever marry. It serves no purpose to an infertile champion."

She smiled, "Done. I know about your concern over my selections; this list was one we could agree upon. All of the Gods and not just the two of us. You should start your day, Champion. This is still a lot of work ahead of you but the killing, with sex anyway, should be done for a while. We hope forever, but we cannot say that it will remain true."

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She looked at Corellon, "She is hurting worse than I could have imagined. She says she will consider it, but she is not dreaming of life going forward. She is relieving every piece of training she has undergone. She sees herself as a weapon for a job, nothing more.

She has to find a way forward, but it has to be her choice. I know I cannot push this one down a given road. It will take time. For now, the mission is her goal and until it comes to a resolution we should leave her to her own decisions on the matter.

She might find what she is looking for. Yes, I am more protective of this one, we sent her through the hells to become what she is now. The road I was forced to guide her down. She will never forget that or the fact we forced it upon her. In a way, she will never forgive us for making her the weapon we needed."

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Overwatch contacted the King, "Your Majesty. You asked to be kept informed of any unusual activity of these 14 elven houses. We picked up a gate or teleport-like activity. The signature is unusual. A lot of ordinary teleport traffic has also been occurring at House Silvertree.

This signature, the unusual signature appears to be coming from outside of our scanning area. Something we might find if we had access to Alliance Overwatch, but we don't. No activity there."

The King sighed, "Send guards to inquire at each house about the increases. Ensure the Patron and his son are still there. Keep true seeing running."

He heard from Abraxus, "I have a follower reporting that Barron Brocktell has moved his base. Headed to the Deep Sea, open waters when last spotted. The Barron called for a new tournament. Apparently tired of that location. It was immediately canceled by his agent on the ground. He has built up or hired protection since then from others. Others who will likely kill this agent."

The King tried to reach the Baron but got nothing on the crystal he had to him. He smashed it on the ground.

King Goldeagle thought to Abraxus, "This Baron has failed us I am betting. Whoever took his home over might be a champion. We have activities in multiple locations. Silvertree is still my leading candidate, not that I can prove it.

My interrogators found nothing in those 2. They knew nothing of a champion. I will get guards to check for the broken swords at Moon Blade's shop. See that is still on display when they talk with him.

House Silvertree had 2 champions once before. They could have it again. But it is all speculation right now, fighting an enemy I cannot see. That hides from me. I will look to accelerate my plans. I know the final payment cannot be made yet, but I can submit some of it early.

See what they all say and do when I take action. I need to be cautious as we approach the completion date, but I will not sit idle in getting the power I deserve."

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Nova awoke to a buzzing crystal, "Nova base, you there?"

She walked over and picked up the crystal. "I am here."

She heard her sigh, "I have four at my home. Ready to join us."

She thought, "Send portal to her home."

She watched her walk in with four others.

Varus'Nor commented, "I now have control of the base and the knowledge the other blade had of this base is now mine. His mind is gone or suppressed."

She thought, "Else it is just upset that he got that transferred away from him. What the gods have planned for it."

She walked down the hall and met them.

She smiled, "Moon Bow, Silver Moon, Dusk Moon, and Storm Blade. I have 3others who will be ready in a few days as soon as they secure their families. They are headed to one of the unused shelters at House Silvertree. The increase in traffic from House Silvertree has been noticed.

There was an inquiry about your 'Portal' travel to my home but others use a portal like spells. It was easily dealt with. I have a few people around the Kingdom who would say they used a portal to get to the estate if needed.

Those that reside outside of Overwatch's view. Forbidding the use of a scrying blocking crystal was a condition of their release within the Capital. In fact, they blocked it from being used in any Moon-elf home or business.

The 2 of them have to remain on the estate for at least another 5 years; all travel is forbidden to them and they check at random times. They use true seeing as well in those glasses. Moon Blade was harder to explain. He just told them he was in the market at the time and would have to look to turn on a blocker in the forge area.

He did not find anything missing. They seemed to buy it. The broken pieces of his family blade are in a display case up on the wall and they looked for that. The Estate is still barred from hiring guards.

Only one family member guard is on duty at each of the 6 physical homes in use. That is all they are allowed. Other estates have been allowed to have five guards outside of the family name. Gold-elves could have a thousand guards on the estate. Hiring in Moon-elves has been a problem getting them through the gates or living on the grounds. They have to have authorized passes and be locked in when not on-duty."

Nova shook her head, "Why are they monitoring your home?"

She sighed, "My husband. No Psions home can have scrying blockers in the Kingdom."

She nodded, "How goes things with the resistance leaders?"

She laughed, "He got 6 to agree to meet together to talk about changes. They will talk with others. As soon as you are done here you should head to the fourth floor."

She walked into the relic room, "Be careful to not touch anything. Everything in this room is a relic. Open your mind and do not fight the sword. Let it search." She watched as each took their family blades one at a time.

She nodded, "This is Nova Base. Sleeping accommodations suck at the moment. The one master bedroom has a creature we need to send to the land of chaos. It also has the corpse of the black-half-dragon I encountered. I do need to show you something very disturbing. Close relic vault."

Nova took them downstairs to the 'Kitchen' and the attached cold room and they saw all of the heads. Janella moved off to the sides and puked her guts up.

Nova asked her, "You expecting?"

She shook her head, "Infertile since birth. That room is just wrong."

Nova nodded, "I would like to do a mass funeral for the fallen Blade wielders. Luckily this area is self-cleaning. They found a way of combining a secure shelter into the walls but that made the space finite to the room. Sages need to look at this but I know where his books are and that will help. Some of it might be draconic in nature."

They nodded. Nova looked at them all, "We have a meeting to get to."

Jan looked at Nova, "They are expecting only you."

Nova nodded, "They get 5 Moon Blade wielders in front of them they might listen better."

She sighed, "Let me call and warn him."

Nova shook her head, "You are going too."

She sighed and gathered. She altered her appearance to have blue-eyes and a different face.

She thought to Varus'Nor, "Teleport us to the fourth floor of the inn secure shelter."

They appeared in the middle of this group. Nova called out, "Stay calm." She opened the shelter.

One of them looked at Nova, "We came to meet one."

Nova looked at him, "You came and I have answers."

She walked inside with the other and changed into herself and pulled her Moon Blade out, "Come and talk with five of us."

Nova slid it back into its sheath as the others displayed their sheathed Moon Blades. They walked in and looked around the shelter.

One asked, "When did you make this?"

Nova smiled, "I did not. Jazzia Silvertree built it. My blade gives me control over it."

He nodded, "You can get in."

Nova called out "Set portal access to all in this room. Now you all can get in. This is a secure shelter, the first with security built into it. I took down the beast that had our Moon Blades. He was using them with another relic to prolong his life. He was over 1,000 years old. He was a black half-dragon using a ring to alter his appearance."

Nova took one ring off and put another on and became the Baron. Nova used his voice. "He worked out of a flying Keep with two permeant dragon shields on it. He allowed anyone to challenge him. If they lived through the tournament. No rest. No healing magic allowed. By the time you got to him, you are broken.