The guard of the night.. From my Sevaril story. Night is here, everywhere..unseen and hidden, the creatures of the darkness are on the move.. But amidst the contourless fears which surrounds the sleeping is The guard of the Night..Always here to protect.. Rest my child, no one gets near you.. Nightshade Woodborn here, is one of the main protagonists in my Sevaril story. The Royal Ranger of the North, with his few extraordinaire skilled people, protects from an infant child to young woman throughout the years. The child, Iphis Bliss is the daughter of the crownprince Ardanchecht and the sea spirit Merriawan, given in care to a peasant pair just loosing their own child. The old king has lost two of his sons under suspicious conditions. This is the reasson why he hide his last son, the crownprince far away from the capital Koor in the mighty kingdom of the same name. But Nightshades task becomes even more important when the crownprince vanished seven year ago and the old king ended his days of living three years ago. Rivalry and chaos in struggle for power slowly tears the former so powerful kingdom apart and opens up doors for its enemies. Now the last heir to the throne - just twenty years old, the farmer girl Iphis Bliss - is the most important person in all the lands. The wise magician Pentwahir was her teacher from her sixth year and this very bright girl start training with weapons from nine by own wish. After her fosterfather, who she loved, told her she was not his blood but given to him in the middle of the night twenty years ago, she don't know who she is . Iphis prepares to leave the village and her good friends there, and then soon finding out that her journey seems planned. By who? Nightshade... While Iphis start the travel to find her roots, Nightshade and his rangers follows her, first in secret, to bring her to power as queen of Korr, later as escorte. How can she and he prove that Iphis is the true heir to the throne? But the beauty golden haired tall young woman has a very sharp mind, and between the tasks and fights, she tries to figure out what she is not told and what really happened eight hundred years ago, which play an important rolle for what is happening now. But she will not be alone, and besides the wizard Pentwahir and Nightshade also Nightshades half-sister Darkhawk, demonborn, human's friend and besides that, an extreme powerful sorceress - all stay at Iphis' side in the battles. At weeks passing by it becomes an increasing race to save the kingdom. All for now. Rhanagaz-JohnnyC