Silvertree Chronicles Bk. 11

Nova heard back, "I was told to get you moving on it to make you feel better."

Nova smiled, "Thanks for telling me that. Until I get Overwatch down, I cannot consider it because our movement is tracked."

They made it to the dining area, "We are needed in the Command Center Blade wielders."

Nova headed up and the others followed, "What is going on?"

She looked at Nova, "He is dissolving our houses and stripping our accounts."

Nova nodded, "He does not have the power to disown anymore. I already thought of that. The blades are still functioning. As to the accounts, we can fix those. Anything else?"

She nodded, "Anyone entering or leaving the city by teleportation will get their house disowned. No exceptions."

Nova smiled, "Good. We cannot kill the King but there is nothing that says we cannot have him in our little cell. I shut off his secure shelters. Let us see what he has set up for scrying blockers. Also, there is nothing that says we cannot Teleport Gold Elf house leaders and members. Teleport them outside the Capital' say toward the Snow elves, halfway anyway."

The guys chuckled. She smiled, "They teleport back, we send another team to get them again. They go to the Palace to complain and we grab the King."

Monnius looked at Nova, "Provided they do not flood the place with blockers."

Nova nodded, "True, but if they had them then someone fucked up by not getting them on."

He nodded, "Let us look?"

Nova looked at the Palace, "No aura on the throne room but it is also empty."

They did a search of the Palace and she smiled, "They evacuated the Palace or cast up secure shelters. One way to find out. "Secure portal room."

She started sending the portal around the throne room. She had one pad that monitored the fourth floor. She stopped it in front of the throne in the throne room. She pulled it back, "Four blade wielders and some casters. We are going to pull his thrones."

They went down. "Unsecure portal room."

They went in and they put it in front of the throne again. They watched them move the thrones in the shelter. Nova took it back just as one group teleported in.

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King Goldeagle sat there with his advisors. A crystal activated, "King Goldeagle, this is Overwatch. They bounced that teleport all over your throne room. They took the thrones. We deployed but they disappeared before they could cast anything. We were at half strength as we moved these terminals per your request."

The King growled out, "Be faster. Pull those mages back for now! I want teleport blockers installed throughout the throne room and scrying blockers. That and the 4th floor War Room! I want one station monitoring my secure quarters. I want to know the second it opens again!"

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Nova called down, "Put those in the great hall."

Nova looked over, "Need a team assembled to do some quick shopping. Chamber pots, blankets, and dry rations. We got prisoners."

Aunt Orea looked at Nova, "Where do you want to get supplies?"

Nova looked at them, "Check the market for activity and Quatarsia. Get everyone we have with a blade together."

She looked, "Quatarsia looks best. Especially with the teleport rules on the Capital."

She nodded, "I will bounce this around in the market and Palace District.

You take a circle. Here is a crystal to Nova Base. When you are ready to go back to that same spot. You see a portal in the store, take it. Leave the portable display with me."

She nodded and set it down. She went and grabbed a group. Nova started bouncing around the throne room again. She called and sent it to Quatarsia. They came out. She sent it around Quatarsia where nobody was at then went back to the throne room and held it there.

After five minutes she saw groups, four groups, teleport into the throne room. Someone threw a fireball at the doorway.

Nova chuckled, "Someone is getting a new throne."

She left it there. She looked over, "Monnius, you want to make a statement. You being a Goldeagle."

He smiled, "Can I?"

She pointed, "That will let you talk through the shelter. Remember Novella is alive; reclaimed the blade with the guidance of an assassin called Viper."

He chuckled and activated the Crystal, "This is Monnius Goldeagle. One of the 12 Moon Blade wielders. The King's authority to disown and strip a house through the Gods ended long ago. He is corrupt. He sent 11 Moon Blade wielders to their death in order to sell them to a collector. That collector had already killed Dusk Moon.

That was the bait for the Goldeagle blade. Then every wielder was sent to reclaim this blade. The King's Blade. The champion Novella Silvertree did not die in the army. She killed a champion and went in pursuit of the blades. With help from an assassin Known as Viper, they infiltrated this fortress and killed the half Black-Dragon who had bound himself to a Protean in order not to get critically struck.

That was his edge. That and running the Blade Wielders through a gauntlet. Dark Nova is a movement. It is the beginning of bringing down this corrupted King. We are working through what the future will look like.

As the King vacated his throne and we will be accused of having me trying to steal the throne from him, I figured I would save him the trouble. The Patrons of house Golden Ear and Golden Lute were taken into custody.

They sold 2 parts of an elven relic called Bisionus's flute, which we have recovered. We also recover an elven relic known as Heart Piercer. The Champion completed this part of the task virtually alone, except for Viper training her in some of her skills. She recovered 14 elven relics.

They are all still active. Because the Gods have abandoned the pretender on the throne. He sold our heritage and got some of our best warriors killed. All for gold. 16 billion in gold. He wanted the blades as far from him as possible. Now they are coming for him."

Nova moved the portal so it faced one of the groups, "Security blade on in the portal room."

She nodded to him, "Running into this portal is fatal. Pass the word. You have been warned and this portal is not sent manned on many occasions. We have Alliance Overwatch. We can see better than your Overwatch can. That is how we are able to stay ahead of you."

He let it go.

She called out, "Security blade off in the portal room."

She gave it a second and then brought it back. They watched the monitor in the throne room and it looked like some arguing going on. They split off into two spread-out groups.

Nova activated the crystal as she sent the portal back, "This is Novella Silvertree. If you are fighting over our announcement and wondering if it is true all you have to do is listen."

She pointed and Goldeagle held it down while she played The Flight of the Pegasus, followed by The Savage Coast with the new ending.

She called out, "I do not mention Viper because she does not want to be remembered in that Song. I have others about her. She wants to be remembered for always being in the shadows. She kills, but she kills off corruption. In that area all the Blade wielders are alike. Look inside the shelter. You will see a displayed image from our secret base. We are making plans."

She watched as they looked into the shelter with the representative, "Moon blades up." They put all the Moon Blades on display for them to see. "Those that do not believe us, that is your right to make a wrong decision. If you do believe us then enter the shelter or head home and give up working for the wrong side."

She left communications open. "If you have questions, come to the doorway and talk into the room."

They gave it a few minutes while they talked with each other. They grouped up and teleported out. She brought it back. She put her blade away.

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The crystal went active again, "Your Majesty. The symbol reappeared. It looked like a small room inside. All of the furniture inside of it was smashed and it had blades running through it. Monnius Goldeagle and Novella Silvertree talked through this room to the guards.

They had an image up of all 12 Moon blades active in wielders' hands. They have claimed that you are corrupted and they are coming for you. Monnius stated you would claim he was coming to steal the throne so he took them anyway. Half the guards resigned. The other half is waiting to hear what you have to say."

The King growled and finally put together his response, "I want those guards who quit arrested. They sent you an illusion. Novella Silvertree, if she still lives, wants you to believe she has the backing of the gods and these rebels. It is all lies.

Those that follow her directions are to be arrested and brought to the dungeon once the scrying blockers are in place. If they fight, kill them. Send me a list of family names and I will disown them for being part of the resistance."

He ended the communication. He thought to his Demon Lord, "She will use that thing to spread her word and turn the people against me. That base floated and could likely fly. She will come with it, and I will put the army onto it when it does. Let her fight the battle-hardened Army."

Abraxus did not reply to his champion's plan. He knew he would need the Moon Blade of House Silvertree eventually to get the Draconic books. The fact it was coming to him made him start working his own plans.

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Nova looked at them, "Word will spread."

They nodded. They handed her back the new laws with a few minor changes and she looked at them "Everyone in favor of this?"

They all nodded. She zoomed out and looked at the city. "Contact Moon Blade and New Moon and find out when they want to start on those blades. The forge area is secure. It will have food and even a few bunks designed for dwarves but off the ground.

If they want to pull their families as well. I also have access to over 80 secure shelters. Blade wielders, grab the supplies and get the Patrons back their pants. Let them know they will be undergoing psionic interrogation in the morning."

They headed off. She sent them in and put manacles on them and gave them supplies. She got them out as Janella looked at Nova, "Moon Blade is going to try and ride out the North gate with his family. New Moon is going south with his family. Once out they will both teleport to Quatarsia crossroad."

They monitored them exiting the city along with many others in the Capital that expected it to be under siege soon. She went down with the portal and picked them all up. She bounced them around there and the northern part of the Kingdom. She stopped.

She looked at them, "I want to keep them guessing."

She opened the door, "I need mages with disintegration. We will be outside of their area of observation."

She had four come in. She took the portal into the old dwarven homeland. They came out and She marked the area. She pointed. "Straight down. It was on the fourth level down."

They went with four disintegrations. She called the portal and held up a hand. She took the portal down and checked we needed one more." The top edge of the portal was visible. She took the portal back. "You can see the edge of the portal. Try not to hit the portal."

He chuckled, "You serious?"

Nova moved over and dimension doored down. She shut down the portal. She teleported back up. "Remember the height is eight feet."

They fired one down. Nova called the Portal, "We will take you down in the portal. We can get your horses down that way. Or I can take your families to other secure shelters after getting you started. The choice is yours."

New Moon looked at Nova, "Secure shelter outside of Overwatch's view?"

She nodded, "Yes I got a few that fall outside those areas."

They both nodded and Moon Blade asked, "Where?"

Nova smiled, "I have four in original dragon lands from the return They moved away from there long ago. A few over by the old human lands near the land bridge."

He looked at Nova, "Human lands in case any dragons are left behind."

She nodded and opened the portal "Everyone wait here except for New Moon and Moon Blade. Including your tools and supplies. Moon Blade pointed at a bag of holding.

Nova laughed, "They will not open in there. Open it in here, take it out and pass it through."

He nodded and they passed supplies in. He stepped in after kissing his wife. New Moon did the same for all three of his wives. Moon Blade's Daughter stayed behind as the wielder of her blade when it was finished. Nova walked in behind them and opened each portal, "Shut down gas, and blades. Drop force wall and security walls."

She looked at the shelters, "Set portal access controls to those inside here."

Nova walked out and repeated it in each of the sections. She looked at them, "All yours. Do not open this portal until you are ready to go and contact us via Janella."

They shook her hand and she walked out, "Close portal."

She took them to one near the coast and opened it up "Security blades and walls down."

She walked them in and showed them around.

Nova stopped at the table, "Order anything to eat or drink. The place is self-cleaning. Set security access to all adults in here. Set portal access to all of the adults in here." She looked at them. "I will secure it and you should not need anything. I will seal the portal for 2 weeks. We will be back before then if they finish before then. The teleport blocker, keep it on just in case. However, you should never have an issue."

They nodded to her as Nova walked out, "Security walls up, security blades activate and seal portal 2 weeks." She returned to the base.

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The psions spent the next day going through their minds; Nova did not want to remember all of their crimes. The King would be another matter. Brocken looked at her, "Nothing redeemable until you get below a hundred years old."

Nova nodded, "Let our true King know." They smiled at her. She watched over the displays and checked Gods' Eyes security which looked fine. She kept a screen on Overwatch.

Her Cousin Senna came in, "You were right. It had more to do with concern over things you might have to do again in the future."

Nova nodded, "Also 5 years and hiding being a champion"

She sighed, "Probably, but he did not admit it."

Nova smiled, "Tell him to give you the whole truth or I will pull it from him. He does not have to tell me but open and honest with his wife is another matter."

She kissed Nova's cheek, "I will let him know and remind him."

She looked over the data on Overwatch.

She looked at Nova, "How do we get through the door?"

She thought, "You know anything about the door Varus'Nor?"

He chuckled, "It was never enchanted because of the shield. Just normal locks. That may have changed."

She looked at her, "Never enchanted originally but if it is disintegrating it would work.

Nova ran through the magical auras and pointed. "Wards. Get the mages to look it over."

She took off. The resistance leaders showed up, "We are heading back out."

She nodded. "Get mages to take you all to different locations. Tell them to teleport themselves back to the crossroads in Quatarsia. How many groups do you have going out?"

He looked at her, "Four."

Nova nodded, "Then I will know to watch for 4 mages teleporting into the crossroads to send the portal." They were well over the ocean now.

Nova thought, "Change the direction of flight, take us straight north."

Nova monitored the crossroads and dropped the portal in for them. She saw a patrol teleport in and she brought the portal back. They cleared the portal, "Secure portal room."

She sent it back down near the patrol. She used her human Viper voice, "You are speaking with Viper. You have questions?" One of them got down and looked around inside. "We can hear any questions you might have if you talk into the room."

One of them asked, "Are you Silvertree's lover?"

Nova replied, "I am her mentor, her teacher in the art of seduction and assassination. Sex, sure. Love, no. That is all part of the training, you find it hard to kill someone you love. Your Gods chose me to train her because I target the scum of the earth. This whole revolution thing is not really my style, but it is something different.

I had to teach her to understand humans of all walks of life, then the disenfranchised elves, and half-elves out there. Wait, you call them elf-blooded. Their manners you would find peculiar as they are a mix of you with human, or in some cases almost human-like. She then emerged as Nova Silver Master Bard.

She traveled the Savage Coast for over a year to build up her reputation as an entertainer and seductress. Goldeagle misspoke on one item. I did not help to kill the one who had your relics. I trained the one who did it. He would only bring people up one at a time. We talked about this since then.

She had to find out enough but kept turning the conversation about finding out more about him. She entertained him, bedded him, and killed him slowly. The creature that gave him the ability to avoid critical damage also made it so he could not be killed quickly. She trapped that creature and brought in mages to help destroy it.

They tried to dismiss it; a dozen casters and it resisted them all. It came down to those casters and at that point 5 Moon Blade wielders. They killed it but it was a shapeshifting lifeform of pure chaos called a Protean. You might be asking how she knew about that. The answer is her father. He left on an open communication crystal to let Alliance Overwatch, Left Eye, listen in.

They learned of the creature and the fact that the King had been paid to deliver them. That got passed back to his widows. That was when the Master Enchanter prayed for a solution. That solution cost lives.

The Master Enchanter can only access a small select group of spells by the direction of your Gods. The 2 amulets she made killed her to make them. It brought about the destruction of her sibling in the womb and her mother in childbirth.

It made her a very unique talent. She has Charlus's memory; which must have been impressive. Her memory is nothing like I have ever seen. Her combat skills are on par with mine but I do not use songs to get into the hearts of men or women."

The guy asked, "You are asking us to believe that our Gods created an assassin champion?"

Nova laughed at him, "The Knight Paladin struck down a champion and killed 80,000 drow without even laying eyes on her. That is a massive assassination and extermination. Your relics are a promise to protect your people like one of your codes of conduct. Blade Dancer, wait no...Blade Singers is what she called them. They go for honorable and defense of your people.

Then you got your Knight Paladin that invaded, expanded, and conquered. Your Gods add the makings of what they need into each champion for the task at hand. When the skills are not available locally, they went to a human. To me. They did not talk to me but they guided her to me. She wanted to do what I did and she had different assets and skills with a blade.

I just had to fill in the gaps to take her one step further, and then another. Then she became a formidable assassin. Your Gods made her and I trained her. It boiled down to getting it done for the greater good of the elven people. Wood-elves, Snow-elves, and Moon-elves. Purebloods, mixed-bloods, or half-elves...I mean elf-blooded.

I left gold-elves out of that mix because at the moment they are helping to enable a murder, thief, extortionist, and corrupted to the core King. What he could not get from the family trust he got from everyone else.

Hell, he might have even emptied his family trust with no dwarves or dragons around, and the Blades were gone for so long. Do you want to fight back? Tell everyone to remove everything from their accounts but a single gold piece.