Demoni Vankil - Epilogue

Eamon, we pray you will be strong and ever determined to aid us in ridding our land of the enemy.

Demoni Vankil is the historical and award-winning work of Höbin Luckyfeller, and the precursor to Chronicles of a Hero.

An ancient puzzle box.
Fourteen letters.
A Council of Whispers.
…and a clerk.
Discover the 700 year old secret millions died to protect.

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EPILOGUE

From Her Royal Highness,

Lady Älodiä, Queen of Andilain

My dearest Eamon,

It is with a heavy heart that I send this letter. For I gave you my solemn vow to keep your wife and daughters safe from the darkness plaguing this land, and I have failed you.

Guards escorted your wife and daughters from their home just days after you departed the Castle for Vankiläsä. They took them to our stronghold in Bailish, as I had promised. Ethany was accepted into Lord Brahms’ care and, at my request, given a home and position in his household. He committed to watch over her and the children personally.

We could not have foreseen what would shortly come.

They have not invaded the Eastern shores in the history this nation. Within a fortnight, Bailish was overrun by Mahan’s forces. We were betrayed by Ogriel among our own people. They immediately dispatched a rider for reinforcements from the capital, which were granted in haste, but our forces were too late.

The stronghold and village had been laid waste. They discovered Lord Brahms' armored caravan ten miles west of the stronghold.

We found the bodies of your wife and daughters among those soldiers trying to defend them. Lord Brahm perished at the base of the stronghold's gate, surrounded by the bodies of his faithful men, many wounds piercing his body.

High Lord Gastons’ army engaged the enemy in the forests of Whitewater the following morning. We destroyed them from the face of the land, their bodies denied burial and burned.

We mourn your loss, Eamon.

Words cannot express our sorrow for your family and for our failure. I have tended to the ceremonial needs of your loved ones, my friend. I have laid them to rest among the Kings and Queens of Andilain, their bodies prepared by my own hands.

There were two letters discovered, which your love kept close to her breast while you were apart. A testament of her devotion to you, I have no doubt.

These I return to you, along with her locket and two bracelets we found upon the wrists of your beloved children. May they rest in the sweet company of loved ones who have gone before them.

Eamon, we pray you will be strong and ever determined to aid us in ridding our land of the enemy. Let not the pain and sacrifice of your loved ones be in vain. Avenge them and every other family Mahan has taken.

The crown will ever be mindful of your sacrifice and your service, my friend. If you have need of anything, you have only to ask. Our love, support and blessings are forever with you until our journey’s end.

With deepest respect and admiration,

Lady Älodiä

Queen of Andilain

The End…?

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