Battle Mage: Winds of Change (The High King: A Tale of Alus Book 11) by Donald Wigboldy
Authors: Donald Wigboldy
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apprentices fill it in for a training practice from what I gather, though I only visited after they had built up new perimeter defenses around the courtyard."
Giving a nod, Sebastian asked a question that he had a feeling he already knew the answer to, but asked it just the same. "Why should White Hall be the second priority after Hala? I would think securing the other guardian cities would be more important than the school."
Darius chuckled, "Well, that is true, but shouldn't you make sure that the new students are safe? They are just children and learning how to use their magic. You know, like your sister, Katya."
"Is she doing well?" the mage asked watching the dancers instead of looking at the high wizard, who he could tell was teasing him with the idea. His little sister had been on the verge of turning into a wilder, but unlike Ashleen, Katya's power was that of diplomacy. Unfortunately, unlike the polite name of the school of magic, a wilder with the power to coerce or break minds had little to do with diplomacy.
He had seen Katya's power go out of control twice. First, she had influenced their father after she threw a tantrum making him run out into the snow. It had frightened their father making him send Katya with Sebastian. She was destined for White Hall, but the second tantrum was worse. Her power had affected dozens of people over a much larger range. Sebastian had narrowly avoided being a victim of her power directly, but they had been attacked by a mob unable to stop themselves from crushing the two hidden behind one of his mage shields.
Darius had stepped in stifling her magic and containing it while releasing her victims. It was then that his sister realized the true danger she was becoming. It was also nearly the last time he had seen Katya before leaving for his voyage that had lasted months.
The high wizard along with a few members of his former team were to escort his sister to the school, but in reality it fell to Darius to control her power until she could get to the safety of a school equipped to deal with her burgeoning magic. Since he had returned, Sebastian had been too busy to go to White Hall. He also figured that she would have enough to deal with just learning to master her power.
"I have only seen her once since dropping Katya off at the school, but she seemed well. She still wears a charm to contain her magic, but that is to be expected of a wizard with the power your sister holds."
The high wizard's lips started to smirk and he added, "Have you heard of the dragon magic brought to the school from one of the other students yet?"
"What do you mean dragon magic? I have never heard of it before," he confessed.
"But you saw the che'ther in their human forms at the tournament, correct?"
"You were at the same match I was at when Collin dueled a girl whose amulet was knocked free making her into a dragon inside the ring," Sebastian replied. A girl with copper colored hair had been labeled a wizard of Mar'kal, the city of dragons and gargoyles. Like he had said, during her match with Collin, the amulet had been knocked from around her neck causing the girl's magic to release her che'ther form. Large enough to be outside the confines of a twenty foot battle circle, the dragon had been disqualified.
"The che'ther could only participate by becoming human size, so they adopted a human form using their magic. From what I have heard, dragon magic lets them fly like the gargoyles and uses magic that is outside the usual elemental magic," the high wizard said giving him the information he had heard about it.
"Your sister wasn't content with just learning diplomacy magic apparently. She told me that she had learned to fly by using the dragon magic."
The wizard glanced to the young man seeing if his interest had been peaked and added, "It might be a helpful bit of magic for battle mages fighting the emperor's forces as well, I would think."
Sebastian grunted at the wizard's trying to bait him
Giving a nod, Sebastian asked a question that he had a feeling he already knew the answer to, but asked it just the same. "Why should White Hall be the second priority after Hala? I would think securing the other guardian cities would be more important than the school."
Darius chuckled, "Well, that is true, but shouldn't you make sure that the new students are safe? They are just children and learning how to use their magic. You know, like your sister, Katya."
"Is she doing well?" the mage asked watching the dancers instead of looking at the high wizard, who he could tell was teasing him with the idea. His little sister had been on the verge of turning into a wilder, but unlike Ashleen, Katya's power was that of diplomacy. Unfortunately, unlike the polite name of the school of magic, a wilder with the power to coerce or break minds had little to do with diplomacy.
He had seen Katya's power go out of control twice. First, she had influenced their father after she threw a tantrum making him run out into the snow. It had frightened their father making him send Katya with Sebastian. She was destined for White Hall, but the second tantrum was worse. Her power had affected dozens of people over a much larger range. Sebastian had narrowly avoided being a victim of her power directly, but they had been attacked by a mob unable to stop themselves from crushing the two hidden behind one of his mage shields.
Darius had stepped in stifling her magic and containing it while releasing her victims. It was then that his sister realized the true danger she was becoming. It was also nearly the last time he had seen Katya before leaving for his voyage that had lasted months.
The high wizard along with a few members of his former team were to escort his sister to the school, but in reality it fell to Darius to control her power until she could get to the safety of a school equipped to deal with her burgeoning magic. Since he had returned, Sebastian had been too busy to go to White Hall. He also figured that she would have enough to deal with just learning to master her power.
"I have only seen her once since dropping Katya off at the school, but she seemed well. She still wears a charm to contain her magic, but that is to be expected of a wizard with the power your sister holds."
The high wizard's lips started to smirk and he added, "Have you heard of the dragon magic brought to the school from one of the other students yet?"
"What do you mean dragon magic? I have never heard of it before," he confessed.
"But you saw the che'ther in their human forms at the tournament, correct?"
"You were at the same match I was at when Collin dueled a girl whose amulet was knocked free making her into a dragon inside the ring," Sebastian replied. A girl with copper colored hair had been labeled a wizard of Mar'kal, the city of dragons and gargoyles. Like he had said, during her match with Collin, the amulet had been knocked from around her neck causing the girl's magic to release her che'ther form. Large enough to be outside the confines of a twenty foot battle circle, the dragon had been disqualified.
"The che'ther could only participate by becoming human size, so they adopted a human form using their magic. From what I have heard, dragon magic lets them fly like the gargoyles and uses magic that is outside the usual elemental magic," the high wizard said giving him the information he had heard about it.
"Your sister wasn't content with just learning diplomacy magic apparently. She told me that she had learned to fly by using the dragon magic."
The wizard glanced to the young man seeing if his interest had been peaked and added, "It might be a helpful bit of magic for battle mages fighting the emperor's forces as well, I would think."
Sebastian grunted at the wizard's trying to bait him
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