A COMPENDIUM OF CURIOSITIES "The Resting Place of Dreams"

"...After Ashdana spoke, the fountain, the walls and catacombs all vanished and he realized that he was drinking from a spring of pure water inside the desert. He immediately felt the dark corners of his mind clear out and quickly climbed at his four legged companion to return to the city, knowing what he had to do. He rode towards his estate with an intent of facing his elders for the injustices that have been carried out by them, from which he had once turned away, but is stopped by the sound of clashing steel. Screaming trumpets announce the return of the King and at his side march the greatest warriors from the Houses in their full glistening armors, among which he notices the banner of his family. The people, barely armored with tools of the trade and cheap swords in their hands, are...  more