Exile's End: Day 18

Word Count: 108,005

Summary of Events:
Chapter 35:
Æliyäu was on his way to visit Thårijn, but found some Iøsenräl who didn't intend to journey to Kænjiøs robbing from a family who was going and helped get the robbers to stop. King Ågöst of the Förstenräl was brought the bodies and wagons of a party of nearly 9,000 Iøsenräl who had departed earlier and been slaughtered and began to fear rebellion. Æliyäu then made it to visit Thårijn to talk of the route with him, but Thårijn didn't really enjoy the conversation.
Chapter 36:
Æliyäu had a nightmare the Förstenräl army came and destroyed the people and the mountain Nätthulegråttä, terrified by the dream, Æliyäu decided it was time to leave promptly. Thårijn helped rouse the people and get them organized for departure, and he — and most everyone else except Jägen most notably — left Møkbæsted behind, most of it going up in flames as they'd torched their homes. They rode throughout all of the night and stopped for a quick, cold breakfast at sunrise and then continued on, starting to move into forested area a little bit, as they were heading out of the mountains.

Excerpt of the Day:
"Fire glowed in the distance, the sound of feet and hooves was like a thunder, Æliyäu looked with terror at the force. He watched, helpless, as the force swept down into Møkbæsted.
The whole city burned, the people were overwhelmed, the whole of the mountain Nätthulegråttä was destroyed. Panic seized Æliyäu. His eyes shot open and he leapt out of the bed, going over to his window.
Nothing. Nothing other than the thunder of his heartbeat in his ears, the terror still fresh. A force was coming. The Förstenräl were on their way. They had to leave. They had to leave now.
Æliyäu dressed and rolled his bedclothes into a role. Without a second thought he strode out of his room and shut the door. Striding down to his father's door, he pounded on it. He'd not announced a day, but he'd not thought quite yet — until now.
"What is it?" his father asked.
"Make ready, we must leave," Æliyäu said.
"Why?" Pætter asked, opening the door.
"I've dreamt of a great destruction that is coming to Møkbæsted," Æliyäu replied. "We need to leave now or we shall all be slaughtered and the whole of Nätthulegråttä will be destroyed. Wake the others, I must go wake others."
Æliyäu strode out to the stables and put Cælebrin's tack on, tying the bedroll behind the saddle. Swinging up, he rode to the house next door and pounded on the front door until he got an answer.
"Make ready, we must leave now, the Förstenräl are coming, once you are ready go tell all who've not been told," Æliyäu said.
The man nodded and Æliyäu rode on, skipping several houses before knocking on another door, giving the men people to tell. Slowly as he progressed he began to hear a commotion building up behind him, doors pounding, people talking, and horses hooves clattering.
"Where do we meet?" one man asked when Æliyäu told him.
"We shall meet at the pasture and rally, lead the way there," Æliyäu replied.
The man nodded and Æliyäu began to tell people to meet at the pasture as he told them to flee.
"Shall we burn all we wish them not to have now?" a woman asked.
"Yes," Æliyäu replied.
Æliyäu rode throughout Møkbæsted, knocking on doors, soon he spied other men doing the same thing, crossing paths with him, riding around. All of Møkbæsted was being roused. Then a man hired up to him.
"Is Thårijn making this journey?" Jägen asked.
"I should hope he is," Æliyäu replied.
At that thought Æliyäu whirled Cælebrin around and made his way towards the houses of Øbjen. He ought to have gone and woken Thårijn first — he was the Eikenenshåldjgråvenwød after all."