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"That does not appear likely. She can have no children and has,
in effect, adopted the boy."

"And Lord Jecks has not objected?"

"He publicly supports the sorceress. As do the lords Birfels,
Nelmor, Hryding, Geansor, Clethner, and the lady Gatrune,
and the Rider of Heinene. There are doubtless others, and none
of the thirty-three have raised voice or hand against her."

"With her powers, I doubt any of sound mind would do so,"
suggests the Council leader. "Are there any whispers of
discontent?"

"Almost none that we have been able to track. She holds but
one hostage, and that is Wendella, the consort of Lord Dencer
of Stromwer. Dencer is rumored to be less than happy."

"No others?"

"None that we know or can scry."

"What of Ebra?"

"The land has been flattened, mostly by the floods she
unleashed down the river Elha, and Vult lies buried under the
fire peak the Ebrans are calling Zauberinfeuer. Hadrenn has
claimed the ruins of Synek. He is the one of the sons of an
ancient lord, and several pretenders are struggling over
Elawha. A lord named Bertmynn is raising armsmen in Dolov.
He wishes to be lord of all Ebra." Ashtaar waits.

"We have received a scroll from the Liedfuhr. He protests our
interference in Defalk. He also informs us that young Rabyn is
the Lord of Neserea and under his protection and regency.
What beyond that do you know?" The dark-haired Council
leader smiles faintly.

"He has dispatched fiftyscore lancers to Neserea. They were
delayed by the snows in the Mittpass, but travel the south road
through the Great Western Forest."

"Spymistress of Nordwei... is it fair to say that a year ago we
faced possible threats from the Prophet of Music and the Dark
Ones, and both have been destroyed?"

"Yes, Leader Tybra."

"Is it also fair to say that you chose not to remove the soprano