the Story of Arberis Moonslayer and Audriel Sertrey

 Yay, I don't have to write much for this one, I wrote it all earlier. Anyways, as promised this is the story of Aberis and his curse which he was given by the great dragon, Kelsin. I wrote this last night for the first draft of the Elven Wars. Ralen, Aveir's older brother, has just meet Aurora Seeker, direct descendant of Audriel Sertrey.

    "King Audriel Sertrey had been the last true king of the Eastern World. When he and his closest friend Aberis Moonslayer had the fool hearty idea of going to the great dragon Kelsin to conqueror him and claim his foretold fortune for their own greed. In the attempt Kelsin managed to capture the king and his friend and cursed them. Audriel would forever have only female descendants, making it so he would have to relinquish his throne to another, for it was custom in the Eastern World for the throne to only be passed down from father to son. Aberis, on the other hand was cursed to have only male descendants, but the soul ransom the dragon asked for was that Audriel would hand the throne over to Aberis, and Aberis’s soul fear was leadership and power.

    Desperate, the two elves finally agreed, vowing to never disturb the great dragon and before they even were able to leave Kelsin’s domain Audriel handed the crown over to his friend. Once they’d been released though, Aberis and Audriel made a pact that if Kelsin’s curse proved false the throne would be returned to Audriel’s descendants, Aberis and his line merely filling in while Audriel’s line could not take the throne.

    So far, three thousand years later, Kelsin’s curse held true, Audriel’s pedigree pure female, and Aberis’s pure male, thousands of years after both of their deaths.

    The story of the two kings was taught, not only to young children as a bedtime story, but in schools as well. Every one knew the pact, and every time some one of either line married, every one would anticipating wait for the first child to be born, to see if the curse would still hold true. It always did, and Ralen had grown up always believing he’d only have sons, not even bothering to fantasize of a daughter."

It goes on to where he gives Aurora the proper respect that she deserves and blah, blah, blah, blah-blah. But there you go, that's the story of Aberis Moonslayer and how the Moonslayer line became inheritors of the throne of the Eastern World.

-Dancy M. Grant  © 2010