Chapter 9
The City of Swords was more welcoming within the Central District, where the government buildings, divine temples, and the most expensive residential housing were located, but even the nobility and bureaucrats maintained a melancholy air that made Koragi’s heart ache for the people of Raitom. Captain Kyr Rondera explained the poignant atmosphere. Several skirmishes with the elves had taken place over the past month—many more than usual.
A number of their militia forces had died in battle, and a few guard patrols had found several of their fellows assassinated in the night. One year ago the worst attack yet had taken place: a pair of elves had snuck past the walls and murdered the wife and son of the leader of the city, Viscount Mayik Etio. The boy had been eight years old. Unde
