Chapter 26The stronghold at Flotine is nothing Sapphyre could have imagined. There are twenty-foot-high walls of limestone surrounding the entire island fortress and both humans and barbarians in full battle garb guard the only pier. There are ballistas on each of the four docks and sentries every one hundred meters perched atop the wall. When the Sweeping Swallow berth, two humans and two dwarves who are obviously in charge meet them.
“Hail, Katrivus, and welcome back to Flotine,” greets the taller of the two humans.
“Well met, Tilton.” Katrivus gestures toward his companions and introduces them one at a time. “Please see to it that my friends are put up in the main house. We are here briefly before departing northbound. How long until the crew for Starkk arrives?”
“There was a storm a
