Silvertree Chronicles Bk. 11

The King has banished all psionics from the capital with this last decree. Psions scare him. You will not register and not leave this home. We can use the training ground as your new home.

There is more. Starista, this will kill you when you give birth. Part of you will fuse into the child as well. You have to name your daughter now. This is the only way, is what I was told."

Starista sat there shaking, "Will this child be a champion?"

She nodded, "A hidden one from birth, as her amulet will hide under her skin. She will not even see or feel it. She will learn every song and tale in the library; she will be a collector like Charlus. Both for good and bad.

There are abilities on the Baron's sword he uses. Abilities that could be added over two or three lifetimes. They would give power to a Moon Blade, NEVER seen before powers. Her life will not be easy and her power will be unparalleled.

She will be a seductress assassin. Her first sexual encounter will produce children that will be raised by Villana and Brena separately in your new houses. Two male gestalts. Raise them as your own until it is time for them to be revealed.

She will have a hard time loving them because of who the father will likely be. She will likely never be a caring mother. Not with how her first sexual experience is likely to come about, that is all I am willing to say on that. She will have a hard time finding love at all, trained not to seek love because of what she must do.

Villana, you just came of age, but you will need to pursue Shanus Moon Blade. Yes, he is older but he is also a master craftsman and widowed a year. His youngest daughter is destined to wield her repaired family Moon Blade by then, your daughter.

His skills will be needed to do this. They are crucial to eventually repair both broken blades. Roanu, you will go after Crearian New Moon. A bit awkward when talking to the ladies but you will find love with him. He is destined to wield his repaired family blade. The problem is not just who repairs it, but where. The level of damage to the blades can only be repaired on the Eternal Forge.

They got hit by a draconic sundering weapon. Do not think I am just relaying this information. I have to create these 2 amulets. To bind them together will kill me. A new family Master Enchanter will be selected."

The ladies looked at her in shock. Brena spoke first, "This thing will kill you, Starista, and one of the unborn children."

The enchanter nodded, "One amulet will be larger, that one goes to Stairsta, the other is smaller and goes to the child. Once you put it on there is no going back. You must wait for at least 10 minutes for the magic of the amulets to finish their work before separating the mother and child, cutting the cord. You need to tell us her name."

Stairsta, looked at her and spoke with a quivering voice, "The accusations are true?"

She nodded, "Yes. She will have 2 major advisories and who knows how many champions in her way. That is why she will need all of those skills. Your skills as well that will get added into your daughter, at least in part, if not in totality."

She looked down, "Novella'Silver Silvertree. She can use Novella Silver when traveling. With a Nickname of Nova, because she sounds like she will be a terror on two feet to the enemy. A light to shine on this corruption."

The ladies all hugged as the Silvertree resistance was born.

Auga 37th 10246

Left Eye called, "I need to speak to the Patron alone."

The guard responded, "Vexeron's widow is the one who wished to talk with you today."

The guard contacted inside. Starista looked over, "Clear the area."

He nodded. She answered, "This is Stairsta Silvertree. You heard the announcement today?"

He sighed, "Yes. I was wondering what I should do?"

She asked, "You know the entrance to House Silvertree. To teleport inside?"

He responded, "Yes I was shown it long ago by your husband."

She reached over, "Access is open for you. Bring those pages with you." He arrived and handed her the pages.

She looked at him, "We need to know how far you are willing to go to correct this?"

He looked at her, "As far as needed."

She nodded, "You have full access to the facility to add others?"

He nodded. "Yes."

She sighed, "Go back and clear all of the personnel. Confiscate all communication crystals. Tell them it is an emergency lockdown. If you have a wife and children, take them to Left Eye."

He shook his head, "Asexual."

She nodded, "Then use this teleport blocker it has 3 crystals but we only need 2. I have my husband's crystal. One for you and one for Nova in case you need something. You call in, do not give a name and just ask for Nova. The crystal will get into the hands of the right living person. Remove all access except to you to both shelters.

Ask, 'How do I know I can trust you?' The answer is. 'The King sold the Moon Blades.' That is your challenge question before you open teleport and they have to be secure. If you are not actively using the displays stay offline and close the portal. Monitor if they are working to tunnel toward you. They get close, contact this crystal and tell them 'Nova I am taking a vacation.'

Only contact us if you have something to report or you require something. We contact you we will say 'This is Nova. Having an interesting day?' We will avoid doing that. They still have Overwatch so the odds of them tunneling are small for the chance they COULD get in. Send one final message to Overwatch. 'The Kingdom needs to have the sleep of the dead. The eyes of the world are closed in death. The Lady of Dreams is calling.'"

He smiled and then looked at her, "She involved?"

She nodded. He left.

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King Goldeagle was contacted by Overwatch. "King Goldeagle, We got a cryptic message from Alliance Overwatch. The message was 'The Kingdom needs to have the sleep of the dead. The eyes of the world are closed in death. The Lady of Dreams is calling.'

All attempts to enter the area are blocked by a teleport blocker, several people that worked there were contacted and they informed us that Hisoran Bramble Bush, a Wood Elf called an emergency evacuation and cleared the facilities. He has no living family members. We cannot scry into the area either. For all effective purposes, Alliance Overwatch is gone."

The King tried directly for over an hour before destroying the crystal, "The Lady of Dreams. His statement is blasphemous and he is an enemy of the Kingdom. I want him found!"

Secretly he heard, "Watch for a champion. The elven Gods will likely make a move soon. You have nearly 84 years to go before you can make your final payment to me and I can unleash my armies onto your world to give you the power you desire. 82 years before you can rape children into your uncooperative bitch of a new wife. You will have others and sacrifice them and the children when they are born.

Keep raping your brother's future wife anally to work to break her will. You will have many before then from beautiful and talented elven women who you will also sacrifice to me. A champion is likely sooner than later.

Send word to Baron Brocktell, to watch all elves who come through his gauntlet for any signs of a potential champion, they will try for the sword most likely. You will come and observe those fights and warn him if a problem seems likely. You should be able to see a champion."

The following day Hisoran Bramble Bush, a house of one, was declared an enemy of the Kingdom and wanted for questioning.

Feba 36th 10247

Stairsta, Villana, and Brena took to checking on Brixana the Master Enchanter a few times a day. This day they found her dead. It was early and the ladies walked over and saw the two glowing amulets. A short cryptic note to the uninitiated was left on the table.

"Today is the day that a Nova is born."

Stairsta took the amulets and went back to her room with the two clerics. She stripped down and handed the smaller amulet to Brena, the cleric of the Lady of Dreams, the cleric that venerated dreams and death.

She laid back, "Janella and Brocken. Those are the two to raise and see to her training. To keep praising her but to keep affection to a minimum for the work she must do. They may find other trainers when needed."

The ladies nodded. She put the amulet on and screamed to the heavens. Her body convulsed. 10 minutes later she gave birth to a single daughter. They put the amulet on her and cut the cord as instructed,

After another 10 minutes of listening to the mother wail as they had to wait for the child to be wearing it for 10 minutes. Starista died instantly. The two clerics were traumatized by witnessing the event. They shook nervously as they cleaned up the child.

Villana checked, "There is no other body within the womb."

They looked at the child and shook their heads.

Brena sighed, "Have faith this will work."

Janella and Brocken were both Silvertree and married from distant and different branches. Both infertile with Janella being a Master Bard who announced she would be traveling the world with her husband. Her husband was a registered Psion and barred from the capital. He used a suppression device to block any psionic detectors from going off, but it also blocked his abilities.

The Elven War Horses set them off for fun. If they were not so useful to his military, he would have barred them from the city as well. As it was they were barred from the Palace district completely. Janella and Brocken arrived via teleportation.

The entire training wing had been cleared ages ago due to losses in the family from the war. There were others in other homes. The Patron had set Janella as having full control and she set it so only the two clerics and her husband Brocken could come in, for now, she locked out the Patron even.

Nobody in the house knew he was in the home. He would remain there during Nova's training. He wore an alter self ring and was told he was Janella's second husband who had been a disenfranchised elf who had returned to the area, named Freemar.

Septa 2nd 10257

Janella woke in a scream and her husband 'heard' it and went and found Novella thrashing in the bed. He slid the suppression ring onto her finger and she calmed and woke up.

Nova looked at him, "I remembered my mothers' death. I felt what she felt from it. Like she was being torn asunder. Parts of her ripped away, parts sucked into me. I know she did something to me. I know something is missing but it is not missing. That does not make sense."

Brocken nodded, "She sacrificed her life; giving birth to you, that is a loss but she is always with you."

The girl sensed and knew there was more. She knew he was the wrong one to ask; she knew he was in hiding and her birth was hidden. His answer was enough to get her to lay back down.

He went back to his wife Janella, "I know what you saw. She was broadcasting it. She is 15 years younger than me when I started manifesting. She is a very young child; too young. I might need help with her. She remembers that much detail from birth."

Jan looked over, "Not him?"

He sighed, "Yes, He is still around. Lives in a cave out in the plains. Secured like a fortress but it is easy enough to talk to him from the entrance."

She sighed, "I can take us but you are talking about bringing him into this. You cut off contact when you came here. He is a non-interference dragon."

He nodded, "He stayed nearby to help train others that he picked up in the area. To learn to control their powers. To understand their minds. He touched the mind of Charlus. He trained several of his psionic children but this might be the one he has been looking for. He may consider it."

He got up again and went to leave and realized he only had the one ring.

He walked back, "Contact Brena to watch her. I need the enchanters working to create another ring to block her ability to read every mind she is exposed to. She gets powerful as quickly as I fear, Brena will need to tell her the rest of the details surrounding her birth."

Janella shook her head, "Brena needs to do it and no waiting; NOW."

She got up and dressed. She left the home and pulled a crystal. "Brena we really need you at the house. How soon can you get here?"

Brena sighed, "I am up and just got dressed. I am pulling him out of bed. I wore his ass down last night, figuratively and actually." The guard chuckled. "Jan, you have the guard still there?"

Janella sighed, "I just need you to get here. Contact the house when you are ready."

Just over an hour later and she arrived and entered alone.

Brena looked at her, "What is going on."

Janella glared back at her, "Get your husband it is time for him to know the rest. She is manifesting and remembers being born and what her mother felt. She broadcasted it in vivid detail."

Nova opened the portal and came from the acrobatics area and walked over to Brena, "I remember being born. What did you put around my neck? Why did you wait so long before cutting the cord? Why did that cause my mother to die?"

She held up a finger and grabbed her husband of 5 years. She brought him in. "I need to get Villana."

Nova called out, "Good, I want to know why she was looking for a body in my mother's womb."

Brena ran for the door and Brocken took her back to the gymnastics area.

Janella looked at a very confused gold-elf and smiled, "Monnius, we are about to shock your world so you might want to take a seat or you might fall over."

He walked over and sat down. They were soon joined by Shanus Moon Blade, Villana, Roanu, and her husband of less than a week, Crearian New Moon. Brena had the pages from Left Eye in hand. Brena got the 3 husbands circled together, "Read."

They read through the entries. Monnius looked at her, "He sold and conspired to kill off all of the Moon Blade holders? What are the Gods doing about this?"

She motioned for Villana to get Nova. She came in and they laid out the framework of the resistance and the fact that Alliance Overwatch was dead to the King. They could still contact the renegade enemy of the Elven Kingdom who manned Left Eye. They then told Nova everything.

Monnius looked at her, "That is a lot to put on an infant."

Janella looked at him, "Technically she was not born yet when this started. Last night she broadcasted her entire birth including you saying, 'Have faith this will work.' That was my gentle nudge to start my morning! Keeping secrets with her mental abilities is not possible. Better to be honest with her."

Monnius looked at her, "You remember everything you hear?"

She nodded, "See, touch, and feel. I remember it all. I have elven and common with all of its sub-dialects down so far."

He looked at the ladies, "What does she mean by sub-dialects?"

Nova answered, "You see them as the languages of the Far East and Far West. Spoken by humans but not common. I know them all as one. All 9 sub-dialects for common."

He asked, "Anything physical you can do?"

She nodded and ran for the portal and went to the acrobatics area. She worked through backflip, forward flips, and no-handed cartwheels. She moved to the beams going to just shy of the ceiling and jumped down. She spun around on her head like a top and then flipping into a backflip in the air. Landing on her feet. Monnius walked out shaking his head at what he had just seen.

He looked at them, "Who is doing weapons training?"

Janella raised a hand, "She is 10 and she is close to kicking my ass when she uses two blades."

Crearian grabbed a practice sword and waved her forward. She backed away from the wall. She ran toward and up the wall. She pulled two practice blades from their slots. She spun around and landed on her feet in a battle stance. He waved her on while the two Blade Singers watched her performance as she landed blows far more often they would have expected for one so young.

New Moon looked over, "I know who she needs to train with for melee skills. He hates the King and he is a spinning dynamo with two blades. Xandius Silver. He is elf-blooded, a great-grandchild several generations removed from one of the Silverbar children who survived the purge.

He is approaching 70. Seen a lot of combat. Worked for the previous King in some capacity but not this new one. He was fired for being a 'half-elf' not elf-blooded that the King did want near his court."

The ladies all nodded and New Moon left. He returned back 20 minutes later.

Xandius looked over, "She is barely out of diapers."

She did not like that. She did three no-handed cartwheels and came up with her practice swords within an inch of his groin. The old man nodded, "A natural talent." He went and grabbed two practice swords. They spared for 30 minutes. She connected only once to a knee.

He smacked her on the ass several times with the flat of the blade. He called it and she backflipped away and ran up the wall and put the swords back and came back over without even breathing hard.

The old man looked over while breathing hard, "Not a natural talent. She mimicked my moves and began to anticipate what I would do next. That was when I switched it up and went through a few different fighting styles."

Nova looked at him, "I would be better if they let me read the fighting styles section in the library. They have had me focused on languages and stories. There are only 178,064 books in there and I have read 13,401."

He looked up at the group and Janella nodded, "I would not call what she does reading. It is more like a copy spell every few seconds."

The man looked concerned and walked back over. "Can you tell me anything about this?"

She looked at it, "Looks to be encrypted. I should get into those books in the next couple of weeks unless they relent on the weapons books."

He nodded, "She should read those and the encryption books. You got a room here for an old duelist who worked as a spy and more for the last King?"

Janella nodded, "I would appreciate the help. Are you into our little resistance movement?"

He looked at her perplexed, "What movement?"

She looked at Brocken, "I want you to 'Tell' him." He grabbed a seat as Brocken had a mental conversation with him explaining the situation.

He looked furious, "Yes, I am fucking in!"

Brocken walked over and pulled the ring off and she emanated a lot of noise. He gave her two swords and sent her into the dummy room.

He looked over, "Covering your ears will do no good. Through a portal into a different area will block it. I have got to go catch a dragon by the tail."

They chuckled not knowing he was serious. He put it on and they teleport all the way out to the plains. He took his ring off and sent a message he was looking for him. He called him 'Sanity.' But knew his dragon name from their constant meeting of the minds.

He told Sanity, 'There is a Silvertree Psion you cannot detect. Living in a secure shelter. A descendant of Charlus with a mind like his.' Sanity got to the cave entrance and an 'elf' walked out using a standard ring of polymorph he had.

Sanity looked at them, "A Silvertree psion I had not detected. How do you intend to smuggle me into a city?"

Janella contacted the house and teleported him into House Silvertree. With the loss of draconic power across the world, there were not enough enchanters to rebuild the shields talented enough to bring them back after enchanters died.

He walked in and they pointed him to the acrobatics room. She sat there when they walked in. He started talking with her and went through her mind. He was at that for several minutes and then looked over, "Like Charlus but psionic. Let me run her through a standard battery of tests."

He came out an hour later and grabbed the ring from Brocken and went and put it on the girl.