Hello folks, it's me again after my such-and-such-amount-of-days absence. It was probably less than a week, though...
Anyway, I have no idea what I last told you about in "LB:RR", so let me give you a basic update:
After meeting his brother and training in the way of the sword, Lirin eventually left six years later and returned to Evagren, having a couple of unsettling incidents with Harthun, before he meets Anastasia, and eventually, his mother's spirit.
She tells him how to break Lord Shadowfang's barrier; to gather the Lost Rocks of cursed elemental powers, hidden among specific areas that do not belong in Evagren. She tells him he must gather them in correct order, then return to the barrier that blocks Lirin from entering Lord Shadowfang's realm.
He soon sets off to find the first rock, and is persuaded into bringing Anastasia along, who is only eight and he doesn't think bringing her is a very good idea, but both she and his mother insist, so she end up coming along anyway. The main reason, aside from Anastasia wanting to see the world and learn from experiences, as well as witness what Lirin has to go through, will become clearer in later time.
Bain soon warns Lirin, like Terra had said, that the Lost Rocks are imbued with the horrible energy known as Rage, which Lord Shadowfang is the embodiment of.
Rage is also what powers the Mask, and this energy is known to taint the light and empower the evil, and have no side effects for those between light and darkness, like Bain himself.
Not only will carrying these rocks around eventually make people in general of a very dark and sinister-mind before long, but the fact that Lirin's Mask is closely connected to Lord Shadowfang and the power of Rage itself will make the effects swifter and fer more powerful, so he must hurry.
After retrieving the Rock of Lost Fire from the Raging Mountain of Flames (or whatever its called; everyone in the book keeps messing up its name), he's soon blown right out of the volcano (he was protected by a large rock when he was blown out) and whacks his head on a rock during the fall, passing out.
He's rescued by Takuna and comes to, and Takuna gives him another prophesy before he leaves:
"I see it! 'An imprisoned, swift-footed beauty who will take you far and wide, and in order to gain her trust, you must see, feel and hear her, and she must... smell you'. That was fairly obvious to me yet strange-sounding to you, Lirin, but the obvious is not always obvious to obvious people like you. See if you can figure all of that out. Until next time, young lupine hero!"
Takuna may seem like a noble, 100% serious deity, but he's not. He's about 75% serious most of the time, and sure, he's noble, but he's an Ancient; not a deity. There's a difference. XP
When Takuna tells Lirin that his friends are in the hands of captivity as well, he leaves. Lirin sets off back to Greenwood, delivers the latest news to his mother, before he tracks down Harthun and returns to human form, since Harthun has only seen him in wolf form.
After a series of ridiculous events among the drunken men, all of the men decide to try and wrangle the horse that Harthun captured, which doesn't go well, until Lirin does another method of taming; with caution, care, a gentle touch, food, and of course, Lukamakari's scent.
This is relating to Takuna's prophesy.
The following day, when Harthun decides he's going to display Anastasia and Kikki before he kills them and sells their hair and skin and the like, Lirin has to step in, since he was invited to the event, after all.
He frees the horse and tells the hunters that she escaped, so they all fall for it and flood outside, and that's when Lirin saves Anastasia and Kikki and flees.
The hunters notice and shoot at him, but he eventually escapes when the horse comes to aid him.
Currently, after another encounter with Bain, who tells him that Lenora wishes to speak to him, Lirin sends Kikki, Anastasia and Leaf to go look for the second Lost Rock while he heeds Lenora's request... with disdain.
That's about where I left off. I don't even know why I'm telling you about the novel when you just have to read it yourself, but whatever. XD
I've been busy improving my writing skills, as well as handwriting, and brainstorming with a friend who needs help with her novel so that she can finish it up and send it out into the world.
We talked for hours the other day and overcame many writer's blocks... but it was all her, really. I was only partial!
So... let me know if you need help, too. Even if you're an official, already-publishing writer, I might be able to help SOMEHOW... without a fee, of course!
So, that's that!
Wolf
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