A fortress of azure glass CHAPTER II
Hashàndrucil (Celestial Gemstone)
The castle of Foladar, God of the air, was located on the mountains near the small kingdom of On-Ifar. It was a fortress of azure glass, left to decay, but its primal splendour was still easy to guess. As soon as Osondel came in sight of the fortress, after a few days riding, he saw that it still towered over the mountain range, but the high and proud spires had been broken, some walls had crumbled, and almost the whole of the roofs were missing. The fortress was called Hashàndrucil (Celestial Gemstone). My father, followed by some men from his escort, had a hard time reaching it, and only after climbing a steep slope, but as soon as he came before the high walls and the strong gate, only the hinges of which were l
