Oct 10
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Chapter 3 Leaving For Pelegarn
Aaron crawled out of bed wondering when they were going to Pelegarn. Half asleep he walked down the stairs.
“Just on time” Jacor said.
“Huh”
“Were going to Pelegarn in an hour or two, better go get ready” he said.
“What happened to the deer?”
Jacor grinned. “You’ll see” Aaron went and picked up his boots and put on leather vest. He ran down the stairs and out the door over to the target, grabbed his unstrung bow and strapped his quiver to his back. Aaron walked over to the wheat field and there was some jerky hanging over a stick. Aaron went back into his house grabbed his leather bag and ran over to Jacor. “Time to go” Jacor said and walked out side and he grabbed the jerky and put it in his pack. Aaron followed Jacor out into the wheat field and to the path that lead to the trade route and he started walking. Vernast was built close to the main trade route and was on the opposite side of the road then Shem and Hemlist. As the city Vernast grew bigger in popularity the people built a road that went for about one hundred miles. The road went up and connected to the main trade route going up into Pelegarn. Aaron grew tired unwilling to tell Jacor. He wanted to show his older brother that he was a real man. Finely he could stand it no longer, and was about to tell Jacor that they should take a rest when Jacor himself requested a stop. Aaron sat down on the rocky ground he could see the small streets and houses off in the distance. “Catch” a piece of jerky collided with his face and in a hurry slid right into his lap. He popped it into his mouth enjoying the flavor.
“Want to stay here for the night”
“Hm…oh…ok” Aaron said looking around at the trees on either side of the path it didn’t look too comfy. Aaron and Jacor finding a small clearing unpacked the leather tent and crawled onto the dirt floor. Not long after he heard the soft snores of Jacor. Unable to fall asleep he thought about the next day hearing a twig snap outside of the clearing about twenty meters from the tent along with a harsh string of language. Aaron grabbed his bow and notched an arrow into place. Pushing aside the flap he crawled out and saw a group of three armored warriors. He crawled back inside hoping they would go away. Aaron heard a metal gear pulling pack a string and an arrow flying through the air followed by several others creating holes in the tent. Another arrow landed near Jacor awakening him from his deep slumber. Startled he looked up at Aaron who had a arrow placed on the left side of his bow followed by a twang and two screams from out side the tent. Aaron winced, if he didn’t shoot these men he and Jacor would surly die. He crawled out of the tent and into the bushes unnoticed by the warrior who crawled towards the tent turning his back to Aaron. Letting go of the bow an arrow struck the man in the back and he fell. Slowly he crawled over to have a look at the device in the man’s hand it was a small hand-held crossbow. Down at Vernast cross bows were not a common weapon for they were rare and expensive and rarely came with the traders. Only the rich people had crossbows but never used them hiding the crossbows in their trophy rooms.
They only people that had crossbows were the ones in the king’s army who rarely traveled to the small city of Vernast, unless there was a real problem. Aaron wondering what they might be looking for grabbed the crossbow and threw it into the tent taking of the armor and throwing it into the tent. Aaron didn’t like Armor much or gears, strings and wires it was all just to confusing and it just didn’t feel right. An arrow and a bow were both simpler then a crossbow, doing the same thing as the crossbow and in his opinion doing it a lot better too. Leather chaps a leather vest some gloves and boots was all he needed not some big hunk of metal. Aaron had, had some bad experiences with heavy armor and two handed swords, last year Jacor had been teaching him the ways of the sword. He had taken a swing at Jacor who in return, swung his sword in a long ark and in one fluid moment, disabled his shield and sword. Aarons sword flung back and smacked him flat in the face, leaving a dark bruise, scarlet blood trickled down the side of his face. Aaron winced at the thought.
“Can I have that” Jacor said completely awake this time. Jacor did not care if he killed something, or maybe he was just good at masking his emotions.
“You can have it all” Aaron replied. Jacor dragged it all into the tent and went back into his deep sleep. Aaron circled the tent and listened for sounds of any unfortunate solders. He walked over to the brick paved road and back to the tent, crawled into the tent and fell asleep.
“Aaron, wake up…‘Aaron’!”
“Ok” Aaron replied. It was early in the morning and the sun peeked over the hills and sand dunes. The only trees were around were the ones around the village witch was almost big enough to be referred to as a forest,. Aaron packed all his things. As Aaron crawled out of the tent and saw a shinning figure blocking the light.
“Hi Aaron” said the shinning figure.
“Aren’t you going to sell those” I replied.
“Yah… I guess they ‘are’ worth a lot,” Jacor said. He was eating some of the jerky and tossed some to Aaron. Jacor packed everything into his huge bag and the rest into Aarons.
“Isn’t all that armor heavy” I asked.
“Not really” he said. I knew he just wanted to wear the armor. We walked up the brick path. Aaron and Jacor could not see Vernast any longer.
“Lets go” Jacor said. Aaron and Jacor walked up the path looking for Sand Fountains witch was a desert with metal hollow chunks in the ground that was filled with water and sand, building up pressure and either spewing out sand like a fountain or the sand would slowly flow out of the metal. But sometimes they exploded throwing metal shards and steaming water threw the air. It is said that the metal was thrown here by flying men who crashed into the ground thousands of years ago. There are also legends of large hairy with metal helmets and swords coming in from the coast and long ships. The large men traded the knowledge of the sword for some priceless riches. There have been multiple sites of long ships in the sea just out of the eyesight of the witnesses.
“Aaron! Pay attention” Aaron had started to wander off of the path. Then out of the corner of his eye he saw it. There were fountains of sand and moving layers of sand and shining jewels. Aaron quickened his pace and looked back, there was few trees and lots of cactus. Jacor pointed far past sands “There it is”