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The Sky is the Limit by Xyantha ~BHM, FFA, Fantasy

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Xyantha Reborn

- Actually Very Tame!
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~BHM, FFA, Fantasy - A deal between nations begins spiralling into a romance that neither of them sees coming

Well, this is Xyantha. Apparently not logging in for two years is a great way to forget your password...that linked to an email you didn't remember the password for....Doh.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy this. It's a longer fantasy type tale. I'll also be updating my older stories I left in the lurch...

The Sky is the Limit
by Xyantha

Preface

A warm spring breeze blew through her hair, playfully tugging the thick black locks and twisting them about each other. The sun heated her cheeks, and her palms were warmed by that same heat, radiating through the stone under her hands. The grass was not just green, but verdant with the recent rains.

It would have been the perfect day, except for the knowledge that only a few hundred miles away, her enemies were massing to make war on them.

And it was for those verdant hills and valleys that they fought for. The natural resources of Valam were extensive…rich mines, fertile fields, blooming forests – and natural magical deposits. Untapped since the last war, these deposits were the reason for the sudden acts of aggression. Involvement with war elsewhere had caused a neighbouring kingdom, Talos, to deplete its own resources. And in order to win on its other fronts, it needed that magic.

Strict export laws forbade the use of magic in Valam, as well as every act relating to the procurement or selling of magical items. Of course, all attempts to buy the deposits were rebuffed. Several months of antagonism followed, and this was the result.

Kila inhaled deeply, then exhaled slowly. A relatively small kingdom, unarmed in magic themselves, would have been unable to withstand the advances of a larger kingdom with magic, even depleted as they were. Some days she questioned her choice, but it was too late. Grasping the smooth stone tightly, she willed herself to be strong. Her father used to say that making a good choice seldom meant having a good feeling. Sometimes you had to play your foes against each other, and pray they killed themselves in the contest. And that is what she had been forced to do.

Refusing to submit to magic in one quarter, she had reached out to magic in another. An alliance was struck with another kingdom. Although undisposed to provide any aid under normal circumstances, the idea of large magical deposits falling into the hands of any nation was intolerable. Even Vertas could not have it themselves, they could ill afford Talos to take advantage of resources so close to their own home. Thus a bargain was struck.

Her eyes blindly roamed the blue sky, the wind picking up, tossing her hair so violently she was forced to hurriedly braid the length. The exigent circumstances warranted the deal, but it cost her dearly. For the protection of her kingdom, she would allow Vertas to mine a single deposit for the space of half a year. Of which refined volume was not to exceed 200,000lbs.

It was wretched, to bargain while not knowing the true value of the item she was trading with. She only truly realized her error in underestimating the value of the magic when she was informed that an entire contingent of Dragonriders and their Dragons would be in the capital in a week, and ten thousand foot soldiers would land in the front within that same week – more to follow if needed.

She had been well and truly taken in. She had traded gold, when she should have traded silver. But, circumstances what they were…it had been unavoidable. And tomorrow, her guests were to arrive. Magic would once again invade her kingdom.

(Continued in post 6 of this thread)
 

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