Part Eight Part Nine We came back down, and Walpole and Percival prepared a special midday meal for me. They served a haggis and other Scottish delights. After we had eaten, they pulled out a deck of cards and small bottle of whisky. They magicked up some tumblers and ice, and we had a very […]

Part Seven Part Eight The morning dawned with Mr. Terzi the tailor coming in to dress me properly as a grand vizier facing battle. I quickly broke my fast and then went up to the walls of the city where le Dauphin was in command. Preview Open

Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five Part Six Part Seven “What sort of ridiculous spells are these?!” Hans II of Denmark, Norway, etc. thundered out. Preview Open

Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five Part Six I stood there for a minute not believing what I had heard, “I beg your pardon?” Preview Open

Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five When we got back to the embassy and were in a secured room, I asked, “Alright, what is going on in their council meeting?” Preview Open

Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four I tried to see the fabled city through the sheets of rain below the coach. There were a few spires and blobs of buildings visible, but with the current weather, I wouldn’t have been able to tell a new building from one that was fifteen hundred years […]

Part One Part Two Part Three About six in the evening, le Dauphin arrived at the chateau. He stayed until the current day’s Sanctification Spells were completed and then through dinner before he and Aunt Name-Still-Unkown-to-Me teleported to Denmark together. Preview Open

The Case of the Mad Dog, Part One Part Two The door opened to reveal a stunningly beautiful woman who had to be at least a quarter-elven and might even be half-elven. As with others who had just finished the Sanctification Spell, she positively glowed. She looked around and her eyes fixed on me. “Sir […]

Part One “Do you think it is even possible to avoid war?” I asked, perhaps a bit tartly. “I know that le Dauphin did not spend much time as a gnome, but he Sanctified in war magic. Le chevalier de Oualpaul spent thirty years as a gnome. He not only Sanctified in war magic, but […]