TALES OF BLADES AND MAGIC

TALES OF BLADES AND MAGIC   OZWALD OZBORN

Ozwald wanted to stay, but he must leave. He stood in the throne room of Ascencia, dumbfounded and tied in glowing chains.His parents—the King and the Queen—slumped on their thrones with purple skin. Poison took their life. Someone betrayed them and sold the kingdom to its invaders.Outside the chamber's gilded doors, a chorus of fireballs roared. Arcania's army had breached the castle."My Lord, forgive me, but I must send you away!" said a bearded man in a gray robe. His golden staff glowed, maintaining Ozwald's bind and the swirl of energy behind him."No, Ranswald!" Ozwald protested. "I must stay. Let me join the fight! Release me!"Ranswald shook his head. "You'd only get yourself killed, my lord. Ascencia has fallen. You must leave and seek the Last Witch of the West.""I will not leave my people!"A group of men in black cloaks blasted the chamber's doors apart. It was the last scene that Ozwald saw before the swir