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Domain - or it will before much longer. Ashad’s dream was a bit more complicated
than Yaltar’s was when he saw the invasion of Zelana’s Domain though, and some
things were cropping up that I didn’t quite understand. He told me about two separate
- and evidently unrelated -invasions and a very complex war near the Falls of Vash.
That’s another thing that kept cropping up as well. Ashad referred to Yaltar by his
real name - in much the same way that Yaltar kept referring to Eleria as “Balacenia”.
I almost choked the first time Ashad said “Vash” when he spoke of Yaltar.’

‘I told you that bringing in our alternates was a mistake, Dahlaine. If our Dreamers
wake up and come to their senses, the whole world might collapse in on itself.’

‘They do seem to be stepping around some of the barriers I put in place, Aracia,’ I
admitted, ‘but it’s too late to do anything about it now. The Vlagh’s evidently going
to keep trying to overrun us, and we don’t have time to raise a new group of
Dreamers. Has Lillabeth had any of those dreams yet?’

‘Not that she’s told me about,’ Aracia replied. ‘I’ve been a bit busy here lately,
though.’

‘Does being worshiped and adored really take that much time, Aracia?’

‘No, but running back and forth to the Isle of Akalla to negotiate with Trenicia
does. She’s not really interested in gold, so I’ve had to find something else to get her
interest.’

‘Who’s Trenicia?’ I asked curiously.

‘She’s the queen of the warrior women of Akalla.’

‘Do women really make very good warriors?’

‘If they’re big enough, they do. Trenicia’s almost as big as Sorgan Hook-Beak, and
she’s probably more skilled with a sword than he’ll ever be.’

‘Impressive,’ I conceded, ‘but if she doesn’t want gold, how are you paying her?’

‘With diamonds, rubies, emeralds, and sapphires,’ Aracia replied. ‘They’re
warriors, but they’re still women, so they love adornment. For a good diamond
necklace, a woman from Akalla will kill anybody - or anything - that gets in her way.’

‘If the women rule the Isle of Akalla, what are the men doing?’

‘They’re something on the order of house pets, Dahlaine. If I understood what
Trenicia told me correctly, the men of the Isle of Akalla have raised indolence to an
art form. On Akalla, everything is women’s work.’

‘Even war?’ That startled me.

‘Especially war. The men of Akalla are lazy and timid and generally useless -
except as breeding stock.’