The Heretic Knowledge Vault:Current events

From The Heretic Knowledge Vault

For older versions, see Current events/Archive. SPOILERIFIC! Read the comic first!

As of February 2008, the action is in the Ensigerum village, where Imperatrix Anita is in the middle of a mind-bogglingly risky sparring bout with Ian. This came about after he'd decided to cooperate with her in a crusade against the elves, and then interpreted her offer of a duel -- "you want to have a go at it?" -- in a slightly ... different ... way than Anita really intended. All was clarified, Anita landed some (pulled) punches on him, he flew off the magical handle and threw her into a wall, she's scolding him for losing control, and there the matter rests.

Meanwhile, back in the Elven Territories, Sarine has artfully talked her way out of serious trouble (for the Amraphels as well as herself) after being intercepted by a patrol under the command of the officious Rhee, a possible peregin. A very slight tweaking of the truth has gained her, Jon and Sara an (unwanted) armed escort to a safe house in Praenubilus Astu -- not her house, which she would have preferred, but you can't have everything. En route to this turn of events, Sara got to show off her time-ninja skillz by breaking the nose of one unsuspecting elf (Rhee) and the arm of another one, and also to pose an agrammatical but entirely comprehensible and menacing challenge in the elvish language. (This made something of an impression on the elves, who'd been treating her with dangerously ignorant contempt -- it's not a good idea to call someone a "cow" if they can vivisect you in milliseconds.) Of course, the puffed-up elves had it coming, but Sarine has shown what a sweetheart she is at heart by healing their injuries while a Viradior in the patrol was off getting orders from the elven high command. This band was last seen heading into the skyless city, to coin a phrase, while Sarine fusses about how this way of getting in was exactly what she was trying to avoid. Once again, that's just the way she is. At least she got the satisfaction of facing down the Viradior guy who went to get the orders from high command, which apparently doesn't happen every day -- the Viradior were apparently a lot tougher in the Good Old Days.

Of Meji and Ellis, no news, so they're presumably still singing the jailhouse blues -- off key, no doubt.