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'Take a look at that' Toantic catapults 'There you see some of the finest artillery pieces the Enificent machines no sooner arrived from the south than these fine lads took theht them over to our side'

Thunder cast his eyes over the stony-facedloyalty for firewater They had the appearance of an elite force of highly an a slow tour of inspection, walking fro the insignia on the soldiers' unifor to their accents as they shouted na the end of the line, he turned to Toh for all to hear 'Her Majesty will be pleased when she hears of this, Sky Warrior'

'I deeply regret that the noble lady is indisposed and unable to express her appreciation to our friends fronal from one of their officers, the soldiers chanted a hymn of praise to the queen Thunder wasn't impressed He walked out of earshot and turned to Touns on us?'

'My fellows outnumber them'

'You mean the Gor you've brought in the Empire's best troops, armed with their most deadly weapons, and you've picked a pack of drunken Goruard them?'

'There's no need to worry about the loyalty of uard,' Thunder barked

'I'uard take their orders froe of command 'Until the delicate probleal authority as I have always done That was Her Majesty's last wish and it was made in the presence of her clan chieftains'

The announcee To suspected that the little man was more than a humble servant to the queen What horrified him was that he had been excluded from the old woman's last hours The queen had died and the clan chieftains were ignoring him

The royal apartments at Dunavon were above the Water Gate and could be entered on both the landward and seaward sides Thunder passed through the gate in a suard He hurried up the stairs to the War Chamber and was admitted to the presence of Adrina and tworobes of a rich southern merchant The other wore the sealskins of a common boatman They rose when he entered