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Chapter 2

Fhuyt paced around his office.  His light hair was tied back to keep out of his face while he thought.  His pointed ears twitched occasionally in concentration.  Alaesia, Shigyu, and Bujit stood in the room with him.  Alaesia leaned up against a wall by his desk while Shigyu and Bujit sat in a pair of leather chairs along another wall.  On the other side of the room from the two was a long bookshelf and on the back wall was a giant map of the known regions of their world.  Shigyu miraculously managed to repeat his prediction word for word and also added a line about one thousand diamonds bringing the ruby lord.

"Well it's obvious that the gems represent certain people..." Fhuyt said more to himself than the rest of them.  "Who they are I can't say.  But what interests me the most is the 'bone of a thousand men' and the prediction of Tempistus' return."

"THe diamonds have collided with us..." Alaesia repeated.  "Maybe someone broke through to the spirit world."

"That doesn't make much sense either, for ghosts and other spirits can travel from the spirit world to any world they choose and back." Fhyut said.  "However, if someone managed to raise the dead that might be interesting."

"So what is this 'ruby lord'?" Alaesia asked.

"Well if the diamonds represent people being brought back from the dead and a thousand of them bring him, I'm afraid it has to be some powerful spirit lord.  And since the prophesy obviously wants us to defeat him he can't be good." Bujit suggested.  "But why one thousand diamonds?  If this person wishes to raise the ruby lord wouldn't he just raise him first and be done with it?"

"Maybe he has no control over the spell and is merely waiting for him to appear somewhere among the diamonds." Fhuyt said.

"Either way, it sounds like we have to defeat him so lets figure out what this bone thing is." Alaesia said.

Fhuyt nodded.  "Any ideas, anyone?"

"I'm kind of interested in how one thousand men share the same bone." Alaesia said in a slightly joking tone.

"Inheritance?" Bujit suggested.

"A family passing down a bone through the generations?" Alaesia winced.  "Isn't that a little gross?"

Fhuyt looked up suddenly and started walking toward a bookshelf across the room from Shigyu and Bujit.  "Unless it's a weapon.  And weapons made for defeating the undead are usually made of bone." He took a book from the shelf and opened it, flipping through the pages.

After a moment he began to read speak.  "Legend of the Starbone.  It says that the ancient Ianishians created a throwing star boomerang out of the skull of their first deceased leader, Aopheir.  It was fused with five gems, each one representing the magical elements fire, water, air, earth, and spirit.  With the power of the first four gems the fifth would be activated and used to seal up portals to the spirit world.  It was passed down through the clan for generations, always going to the heir to the throne.  At one point there were four who wished to claim the throne and each tried to take the Starbone, causing it to break into five pieces.  It was decided that the center piece would remain in their temple and whoever could put all five pieces back together would gain the throne.  Unfortunately, none were willing to give up their pieces and loose their change to rule and so the Starbone was never fixed.  But this is the only thing that even resembles a bone of a thousand men."

"So we find the pieces and this portal to the spirit world that dead people are supposedly popping out of and throw it in?" Alaesia asked.

"Along with a sacrifice." Fhuyt said.  "Both the book and the prophesy say that a 'diamond' has to be returned to the portal with the Starbone."

"So when we do that do all the people who came out die again?" Alaesia asked.

"I'm not sure.  I doubt it.  It closes the portal, not undoes the spell.  But we must find them quickly before this 'ruby lord' comes out.  And Lord knows when Tempistus will come out and join them like Shigyu said."

"So where are the pieces?" Bujit asked.

"I'd assume in the land of the Ianishians." Fhuyt said, pointing at a spot on the map.  "Ianishua.  Very large place.  I recommend we split up once we get there to save time."  He turned around to face the three again.  "Get the others ready.  We leave tomorrow."

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Chapter 2

Fhuyt paced around his office.  His light hair was tied back to keep out of his face while he thought.  His pointed ears twitched occasionally in concentration.  Alaesia, Shigyu, and Bujit stood in the room with him.  Alaesia leaned up against a wall by his desk while Shigyu and Bujit sat in a pair of leather chairs along another wall.  On the other side of the room from the two was a long bookshelf and on the back wall was a giant map of the known regions of their world.  Shigyu miraculously managed to repeat his prediction word for word and also added a line about one thousand diamonds bringing the ruby lord.

"Well it's obvious that the gems represent certain people..." Fhuyt said more to himself than the rest of them.  "Who they are I can't say.  But what interests me the most is the 'bone of a thousand men' and the prediction of Tempistus' return."

"THe diamonds have collided with us..." Alaesia repeated.  "Maybe someone broke through to the spirit world."

"That doesn't make much sense either, for ghosts and other spirits can travel from the spirit world to any world they choose and back." Fhyut said.  "However, if someone managed to raise the dead that might be interesting."

"So what is this 'ruby lord'?" Alaesia asked.

"Well if the diamonds represent people being brought back from the dead and a thousand of them bring him, I'm afraid it has to be some powerful spirit lord.  And since the prophesy obviously wants us to defeat him he can't be good." Bujit suggested.  "But why one thousand diamonds?  If this person wishes to raise the ruby lord wouldn't he just raise him first and be done with it?"

"Maybe he has no control over the spell and is merely waiting for him to appear somewhere among the diamonds." Fhuyt said.

"Either way, it sounds like we have to defeat him so lets figure out what this bone thing is." Alaesia said.

Fhuyt nodded.  "Any ideas, anyone?"

"I'm kind of interested in how one thousand men share the same bone." Alaesia said in a slightly joking tone.

"Inheritance?" Bujit suggested.

"A family passing down a bone through the generations?" Alaesia winced.  "Isn't that a little gross?"

Fhuyt looked up suddenly and started walking toward a bookshelf across the room from Shigyu and Bujit.  "Unless it's a weapon.  And weapons made for defeating the undead are usually made of bone." He took a book from the shelf and opened it, flipping through the pages.

After a moment he began to read speak.  "Legend of the Starbone.  It says that the ancient Ianishians created a throwing star boomerang out of the skull of their first deceased leader, Aopheir.  It was fused with five gems, each one representing the magical elements fire, water, air, earth, and spirit.  With the power of the first four gems the fifth would be activated and used to seal up portals to the spirit world.  It was passed down through the clan for generations, always going to the heir to the throne.  At one point there were four who wished to claim the throne and each tried to take the Starbone, causing it to break into five pieces.  It was decided that the center piece would remain in their temple and whoever could put all five pieces back together would gain the throne.  Unfortunately, none were willing to give up their pieces and loose their change to rule and so the Starbone was never fixed.  But this is the only thing that even resembles a bone of a thousand men."

"So we find the pieces and this portal to the spirit world that dead people are supposedly popping out of and throw it in?" Alaesia asked.

"Along with a sacrifice." Fhuyt said.  "Both the book and the prophesy say that a 'diamond' has to be returned to the portal with the Starbone."

"So when we do that do all the people who came out die again?" Alaesia asked.

"I'm not sure.  I doubt it.  It closes the portal, not undoes the spell.  But we must find them quickly before this 'ruby lord' comes out.  And Lord knows when Tempistus will come out and join them like Shigyu said."

"So where are the pieces?" Bujit asked.

"I'd assume in the land of the Ianishians." Fhuyt said, pointing at a spot on the map.  "Ianishua.  Very large place.  I recommend we split up once we get there to save time."  He turned around to face the three again.  "Get the others ready.  We leave tomorrow."