Chapter 21
The Festival of the Moving StarsWith Deva safely home, Kyra and Khu-ren felt it all right to leave Haylken for a while and journey to the north, where there was to be a huge festive gathering of clans and tribes and priests, of dancers and singers and musicians, of farmers and traders and miners. Karne and Fern were to go as well, accompanied by a good many of the priests of the Temple, the local Spear-lords and the most prosperous of the farmers.
At this time of year every year it seemed as though the stars grew restless and jostled for different positions in the sky. The night sky was brilliant with meteors and meteorites, and the custom had grown up over the centuries to hold annual ceremonies in each individual community, and then, every third year, a major celebration hos
