Elthem: A Short Story
When a door opened nearly an hour later, the paneled door curved inward to allow in a clergyman. The shuffling clergyman, who looked closer to his last breath than his first, wore the red and white liturgical vestments of the Emperor's Church. A sun symbol dangling from a rosary around his neck swayed as his voice rasped, "The emperor sent me here to extend a welcome."
A series of faint popping noises emitted from the man's joints each time he moved and his fingers were broken many times over. Shiny, mangled scars disfigured his face and bald head, an evidence of excruciating and extended torture. Once the man stopped in front of Ramses, one side of his lips quirked up and he said, "It's said that my nephew saw you once and became tempted beyond sense." …show more content…
Emperor Leroy's brother took his own life when he failed to steal the throne, but Queen Araminta had a brother. Ramses took in the man in front of him, noting the classic Elthem traits of dark hair, broad nose and wide-set eyes. His facial structure was comparable to Prince Cyrillus, but he had nothing in common with Aloysius. "You must be the Disgrace of Elthem."
The crown prince of Elthem who became a treasonist when he unlocked the doors to the impregnable City of Walls and allowed Tyné to conquer Elthem thirty years ago. Currently, he was the cardinal of the Emperor's Church. Lightly, the cardinal said, "Emperor Leroy would have slaughtered the million he held hostage."
Still unable to move his limbs, Ramses settled for a dismissive slant of his head and said, "What information were you sent here to
A series of faint popping noises emitted from the man's joints each time he moved and his fingers were broken many times over. Shiny, mangled scars disfigured his face and bald head, an evidence of excruciating and extended torture. Once the man stopped in front of Ramses, one side of his lips quirked up and he said, "It's said that my nephew saw you once and became tempted beyond sense." …show more content…
Emperor Leroy's brother took his own life when he failed to steal the throne, but Queen Araminta had a brother. Ramses took in the man in front of him, noting the classic Elthem traits of dark hair, broad nose and wide-set eyes. His facial structure was comparable to Prince Cyrillus, but he had nothing in common with Aloysius. "You must be the Disgrace of Elthem."
The crown prince of Elthem who became a treasonist when he unlocked the doors to the impregnable City of Walls and allowed Tyné to conquer Elthem thirty years ago. Currently, he was the cardinal of the Emperor's Church. Lightly, the cardinal said, "Emperor Leroy would have slaughtered the million he held hostage."
Still unable to move his limbs, Ramses settled for a dismissive slant of his head and said, "What information were you sent here to