Bodekar. The Dark Castle in the mountainous north..(Zoom please) A big tall man enters near the throne. Zaith: My lord..I bring news.. Bodekar (slow deep voice): Commander Zaith..speak.. Zaith: Pentwahir the Wizard, Nightshade and the presumed heir to the throne, Iphis Bliss, now moving Southeast..aparently to The Lake Merriawan and its river.. Bodekar: They are going to the land of the Elves, Ventrauill..clever..Alarik can't reach them there..Pentwahir knows what he's doing ..looks like him (smiles) Zaith: What are your orders, my lord?.. Bodekar: Let them be for now ..follow them unseen to the border.. only if the demoness Darkhawk leaves them, inform me immediately..she's the only to really worry about right now.. Zaith: As you wish, my lord.. Bodekar: But contact the Rugian king, Menethir in the East again and give him my offfer..The Kingdom of Kirigath, South of Korr, is weak - if he takes it, I promise to help him in conquering the much more powerful Kingdome of Korr,..with or without this Iphis Bliss on the throne.. Zaith: My lord, His armies are huge, isn't he a dangerous ally, this Menethir?.. Bodekar: ..Yes..and no. He is a more dangerous player left alone. If he uses his forces to weaken Korr and the last ones will weaken him..then we launch our final massive attack..Tell Menethir he can keep all the gold and what else he gets..Both Kirigath and Korr are very rich kingdomes, it's the bait .. Zaith: I'll do as you wish...My Lord!.. The fast steps of the commander's feet echoing around in the giant hall. A door gives a slam, and then, silence.. For a while Bodekar stayed seated in the giant but poor lit hall. Suddenly, he raised, looked around, then stared and started talking and arguing. The soldiers nearby felt uncomfortable, though they experienced something like this before. It was like invisible ghosts or spirits visited Bodekar and tormented him, almost every night. Bodekar turned around with a dark face, left and disappered into his private rooms in the opposite end of the hall.. Bodekar, is a kind of dark shadowy character in my story, long time waiting, thinking..He hates the Kingdome of Korr and want to destroy it..why? Iphis is sure that Pentwahir and Bodekar knew each other 800 years ago.Penwahir warns against Bodekar but tells nothing about him..Does Pentwahir feels sad?..Iphis decide to find out because it could be important.. A hard one this chapter? Maybe. This Bodekar seems to be something of a big riddle?.. Have a pleasant week! :o) JohnnyC aka Rhanagaz