_at_Enthronement of Highking
It was ironic that the last Vingkotling clan which had mistaken their great hope dead was Winter Deers of Koroltes, Heort's own clan, but it is the characteristic of humanity, rather to delve into the bitter world entanglement than to see the plain beauty and joy of fact, anyway, Heort's trickster, Hastur the Liemaker then took control the all Koroltes during Heort's journey as a chieftain.
For Heort's clanmates and even himself didn't notice him as a trickster whose ancestor was touched with Eurmal, and Winter Deers loved Heort so great, and didn't want to disappoint themselves two times by hollow hope, and Heort and Ivarne moved his kingdom in the form of air which he conquered during his journey.
No Wind
Though most of Gods already gathered in the Hall of Silence before
Cataclysm, Heort also achieved greet deed worth to gain Immortality just
before Cosmic Compromise. In the Hidden Temple of Ancient Wind, Ivarne led
Heort to Inner Chamber and saw Six beautiful Jewelry Orbs glittered there.
Blue, Green, Purple, Yellow, Grey and White.
Heort noticed these were Six Virtues of Orlanth which was left by him when he last visited there, he asked to Ivarne how he could use them and brought them to the Great God. Heort embraced Ivarne and made the ring whole again, Hidden Wind encircled the couple and transformed into Wind. And the secret tornado slipped into Land of Death. Jewels surrounded Heort in the formation of Orlanth's Ring.
Lower Wind
Horrible Wind found Heort and blew him again, but Heort resisted it for
already he knew its secret, and Zoran Zubar was calmed under the will of
Heort and guided him to the Court of Silence.
After Orlanth passed the trial of the Bath of Hatred, the Bath of Truth still waited Orlanth, Heort managed to slip into the Court again just before the Trial started. Six Stars glowed on the side of Heort, but Chalana Arroy stopped him movement and asked him to guard the side of Orlanth where gods could not see. Six Jewels led him to the Base of the magical bathes.
As Chalana expected, Evil Trolls secretly tried to cheat and alter the Bath of Truth into Bath of Lie by mingling some water of Styx to that poisonous water, but Heort immediately noticed it and killed them by Lower Wind, so Orlanth could succeed Last Testament. Orlanth rose up from the Bath and showed his recovered body to the Gods. Even his Worst Enemies could not help cheering his success.
Humakt tried to keep the couple to Underworld as Gods of Storm Tribe, but Chalana Arroy persuaded Humakt against his Will for Heort proved to have still his works in the Middle World by showing his Courage. Humakt made Heort promise to come later and shut the Door behind him before Orlanth would triumph. Chalana threw the couple from the Well of Wisdom to Upper World.
When the trickster saw the spark of Divinity at the Obsidian Palace, Hastur lied to his Clanmates and Friends that Orlanth raped Angdartha in the Underworld again, and his people still trusted him. Only most wise people in Stravuli obscurely understood what had occurred. And Andrin and Bevara went to the Foot of Kero Fin.
(Courage=Defense)
Upper Wind
From South, Heort and Ivarne invisibly came to the Mother of Orlanth, when
they began to climb, Star Sprinkler showered blessing over Ivarne, and Upper
Wind carried them like feathers to the Top where Two Gods waited.
Heort showed Elmal how Six Orlanth's Virtues then guarded him, and told about the secret of chained Umath, at the end of the World. Heort pointed out where was Stormgate, and Orlanth's Virtues and Trophies would appear and would triumph their victory each of Yelm's death. Elmal smiled and then stood up, though he was still wounded. Elmal saw whole of the World with his far-seeing eyes over Kero Fin and easily found the Armband. though he could not leave there, Vinga spoke she would go with Heort.
The Queen of Night smiled to him, admitted his honor and gave him a message to her grandson, Ezkankekko. Heort smiled to her and admitted. Xentha gave him a black onyx, as a proof of their communication.
Vinga caught the Valarastans Armband only by her three steps and picked up it by the head of her spear, because she didn't want impurity. But Heort accept it and Vinga went back to the Foot of Kero Fin, Bevara and Andrin waited the couple. Vinga went to the Edge of World where still another good orlanthi waited her help.
When the trickster saw the Nightwomen whispered to whole air of Kerofinela, Hastur lied to his Clanmates and Friends that Xentha fought Elmal over the Kero Fin and Elmal managed to drive back her, and his people still trusted him. Only Stravuli gradually understood what had occurred when Heort and Ivarne appeared before them, many of them wanted to go with the couple, but Heort didn't accept them except Andrin and Bevara.
(Honor=Honor)
West Wind
When they came to South as a whirlwind, Logic Wind welcomed them and asked
some questions about Lawsuit, Andrin answered all of them correctly and West
Wind submitted to Heort's authority.
Though they had the Armband and then knew Valarastans treachery, Heort wanted to certain proof which could be revealed to Valarastans Vingkotling followers, Only Andrin knew how to use the Valarastans' Armband, its one face formed corrupted sigil of nomad cuneiform while another side had Valarastans' own tattoo shape, and Valarastans used it for sign of treaty to his unholy bond to horsespawn. Andrin and Heort plotted to use it against himself.
Andrin made some clay tablets as Horsespawns frequently used for recording at his contemporary, he carved it as the invitation to the Chieftain of horsespawn to the clan boundary, and to King Valarastans, Andrin convinced Bevara to pretend her favor to the King, though she firstly disgusted such trick, but eventually she used Liornvuli Tribemates to invite Valarastans, for the wedding match.
Where was those Horsenomads come from? Nobody knows. Some say Bereneth and Ulanin were their lineage, but others denied it because those two later became noblest Kings of Vingkotling, the horsespawns shamelessly and ignorantly believed their blood of horse and never accepted our way. And Western Winter Tribes always suffered their treacherous and vicious constant raids.
The brutal King of Jenarong Horsespawn, Angidathela didn't have any friends, except his thralls. Valarastans swore fealty to that savage King and offered him the Two Vingkotling tribes, Liornvuli and Vestantes as a proof of his wretched loyalty. Though his clanmen died outside of his gorgeous Stead, he wanted more thralls who he could exploit. And the Two tribes ignorantly trusted the King's promise of his effort to stopping constant raids of Jenarongi, though in fact, he wanted to keep them slaves of his own by exploiting Horsespawns.
While Bevara, Liornvuli, and Vestantes held a great feast and treated warmly Talastar ambassadors and housecarls as Orlanth did for foreign guests in Kaurionaran. While Ivarne went to meet her friend, Speaking Wheel the chieftain of Golden Wheel Dancer, whose race nearly perished at that time. She befriended him while she dreamed the long spiritual journey, And he was an enthusiastic admirer of Ivarne's Song and music for his race was very fond of music, and very knowledgeable to the way of the all Fire tribe. Speaking Wheel traveled to the Horse King Angidathela's stead, and the tablet which indicated the feast where the Kings of two Vingkotling tribe would present.
Angidathela mustered fyrd and went to the land for he thought he could raid them defenselessly and if he had a chance, he could took hostages the two and took many tribute from them. But Heort plotted to counter him and gathered warriors of his enthusiastic supporters and hid his elite warriors just outside of the feasting. Heort surprised the horsespawns as they usually had done to two tribes by that turn. Heort called on all of warriors who also participated in the feast.
the Nomad King was astonished by the presence of the Talastari King Valarastans in the battle field for he didn't admit him to appear in the same air, but they firstly pretended they didn't know each other and sensed the trick of someone..but as the warriors of Heort tried to lead Talastari between the hammer and the anvil, the two realized what occurred them, and though he could still abandon his false way and reform himself at that time, Valarastans attacked Liornvuli, so finally they realized they were deceived.
After long and hard combat, Vingkotling managed to drive all talastari and horsespawns off to their filthy homeland, Andrin shoutly asked to Valarastans,
"Why can you let yourself keep that position? Begone."
and he showed the armband to King Valarastans, so Talastari retreated from there with Horse Nomads and Heort took the leading role.
(Of course Talastaring transmits different tales about that incident. They still believe Heort was the man who betrayed them to Pelorian Warlords.) Both Liornvuli and Vestantes pleaded their fealty to Heort and promised to participate in his Kingdom if you could gather enough Vingkotling survivors, for Heort showed Piety to the Storm Lord by showing the true way of Stormchildren to Talastari.
When the trickster heard about the successful counter by Heort and his companions, Hastur lied to his Clanmates and Friends that horsespawns and Valarastans were estranged while they contested the favor of Bevara, and his people still trusted him. But even in Koroltes some didn't believe it and gradually understood what had occured while invisible air passed through from west to east, many of them wanted to go with the couple, but Heort didn't accept them because he still wanted to keep their working secret.
(Piety=Obedience)
East Wind
Spirit Wind didn't bother the secret journeyers for it could see Heort and
Bevara in their party. It followed them for a while and drove Bad Spirits
and Insects on their way.
Inhumanking, Heart of Weakness was an extraordinary dragonewt as his successor, Sibilant Tongue of Ouroboros, though we do never know why. The Dragonet helped the survived other race by breaking his restriction not to fight against Chaos, even it would destroy them, Heart of Weakness had watched his essence while all Great Darkness passed, and he understood what he needed for his spiritual transcendence by admitting his nature, Heart of Weakness, so he forced Entanglement to his people for him, and his subjects obeyed to his command for his weakness.
Anyway, while Heort's Wind crossed the Dragonewts Way, Drolgard saw what will occur to her if he might succeed in his Quest, and she regretted what she did to Heortling Highkings and Hidden Kings, so she pleaded before the Inhuman King.
The Race of ? greatly bothered both Trolls and Eastern Heortling, as they refused both the offer of Waha and Lineage through Vingkot and Tada, they were hunted down by the Nomads who ate their cousins before they won the contest. But they didn't stopped abusing their strange magic to annoy the other race by Nightmare while they were hunted down.
As Bevara taught the route, Heort offered the race to the way to Fertile and Non-occupied, many doubted their intention, but finally Heort convinced them to go with him if he and his companions would accompany with them as hostages. They went through the secret Pass of Gonn Orta to Elder Wild, People of ? Wasteland eventually realized what Heort offered to them, and they were so pleased that they would plead to Heort eternal friendship, and promised him to talk good for him to their friends in the new land. But Heort asked them only to please after they would accustom themselves in the new environment, and he departed.
(But later, the Council of New Races founded in Elder World and joined to
the World Council of Friends, they talked well about the memory of Heort the
Pathfinder.)
Heort taught Cragspider what he did for her domain, and asked her help in return, but Cragspider firstly denied the importance of his Deed though she could not find the Pass, and tried to drive him. But Dragonewts knocked the Gate of Cliffhome at the same time and intervened, Inhumanking, Heart of Weakness taught Cragspider his Dream-Prophecy. "I saw Great War, and you and your subjects need his hands, for bringing Kortagison from Womb of Kyger Litor."
Cragspider meditated for a while and said, "If he promise to be with our side, I'll go with him and I 'll do whatever he wants." Though Heort didn't understand all what they talked, he pleaded to his friendship to both of them if they try to help him then. "This is done." Cragspider horribly grinned and transformed to Dark Wind and Screaming Fire to join the party.
Three Vingkotling tribe, Forosilvuli and Infithtelli, and even Orgovaltes (one of their King was died for Heort) pleaded fealty to King Heort and promised him to join his Kingdom if he could bring Orlanth's Blessing to their people for he showed great wisdom by removing excess and adding shortage. Heort accepted them.
When the trickster heard about the successful negotiation by Heort and his companions, Hastur lied to his Clanmates and Friends that Cragspider cursed and drove the Nightmare Tribe by her Fire and Magic to the Pit of Demons, and his people White Deers still trusted him. But even half of Koroltes didn't believe it and gradually understood what had occurred while invisible air passed through from east to north, many of three tribes wanted to go with the party, but Heort didn't accept all of them except a few because he still wanted to keep their working secret.
(Wisdom=Provision)
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