The Witch War Cycle

Chapter thirteen

Chapter thirteen

We fly to Turko’s FalinurMy decision to fly north to Falinur aboard a vorlca, one of Vallia’s sailing ships of the clouds, caused a deal of quiddities, I know, and must have seemed odd. Also, I suspect, there were a few folk who felt quite put out by that decision.

To fly aboard a voller, one of the airboats that had the ability not only to lift themselves into the air but to speed along at a good clip, was a much sought after treat. Vollers were still scarce. The two silver boxes, one containing a mix of minerals, the other cayferm, which lifted airboats, remained difficult to manufacture after the depredations in Hamal where most of them still originated. We in Vallia could make silver boxes that would lift a ship into the air and cling onto the lines of ethero-magneti