: Journeyman Flavor Texts
: Told of the rearguard at Bagrada in 1158: 3Not a palm1s
: breadth free of wounds on his body, Five Moon Heron
: knelt to kiss the earth, and drawing strength from her
: rose to charge the thickest gathering of the enemy.
: 3Returning to the ruin Llancarfan had become in their
: absence, the emperor1s deathless Heron Guards each
: tore nine gold tiles from the palace wall, every one
: the weight of a grown man ... 2
: 3 ... and hanging these heavy plates about their neck in
: penance for being absent when most needed, the Guard
: disbanded, each of the hundred choosing a different
: path into the waste.2
: Hundred?
Considering that "less than six" were chosen to the Heron Guard every seven years, they can't be too numerous. Dunno if they're only one hundred, though.
: Llancarfan is there instead of Muirthemne
That's what Alric called it in "Redemption". No?
Peter Isotalo
