Mystic Empire
Book Three of the Bronze Canticles
Chapter One
The Bards
The 591st year of the Dragonkings was to mark the centennial of the
Election Fields Rebellion-a celebration of the moment that put the
spark of life into the embryonic ambitions of the mystics. The
hundred-year anniversary was to be a cause of tremendous celebration
everywhere the mystics called home. All prepared to commemorate the
Election Centenary with whatever revelry they could manage. Most of
those who claimed allegiance to the mystic guilds could boastfully
trace at least one of their own ancestral lines back to the founding
mystic clans and thereby laid their special claim to the festival as
well. The tales of their ancestors who made the arduous journey to
the heart of the lost and fallen Rhamasian Empire and claimed its
ancient capital as their own had moved beyond pride to political
necessity; power and social status had become a question of
heritage.
The mystics had expanded their influence from the security of their
mountain citadels high in the Forsaken Mountains to the distant
settlements in the Easte ... read full excerpt from: Mystic Empire: Book Three of the Bronze Canticles ebook
