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It contains the master gardener's life works of knowledge. The castle occupants rest and recover from the march from Rellekka, and continue to mourn for the loss of Firemakers. They are all unaware when Bomber and his squad slips out of the castle grounds and make a fast run to the place where revenge will be swift and brutal. On they run into the night, pausing for a hurried meal of rabbit that each man had caught. Axax struggles with the body of a larger beast that he killed. The Ironmen teased Axax about his proposed meal of a curious beast with a single large horn protruding from its forehead. Bomber scratched his head at the sight and wondered if that creature Axax was about to eat could be a suitable substitute for a horse. Within an hour, the march was on again. Apart from a few skirmishes and a few gains for some of the men in the way of equipment, the march was uneventful. As they reached Rellekka, the ship was waiting for them to travel to the Lunar Isles.
The boat docks at Luna Isle and Bomber's Boys boil off the boat running north towards the town then veering off to the east, leaving Bomber to talk to Captain Bently and explain the rush. Bomber sighs and says just one word to Captain Bently, "Ironmen". The Captain nodded sensing this is all he will get from Bomber.

Bomber's Boys are unarmed except Axax and Giff. Axax with the horn of his last meal the Unicorn, and Giff carrying a small knife he smacked a Highwayman for near the Sinclair Mansion. The Ironmen reap havoc and chaos among the unsuspecting Suqah,

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They gain weapons and armour as they kill the massive monsters that felled Firemakers a few days before. Numbers of foes of the battlefield dwindle till a cry rings out. Audrey yells out, "I got a full set!" The rest of the Ironmen groan as one, "Again!" Each man collects a full kit of gear not for further battle, but to dress a statue of a stone Suqah in the tribute to Firemakers, a suitable memorial to a fallen friend.

Bomber strides up to his "boys" and looks the last remaining Suqah sitting on the ground surrounded by the grim and deadly group of Ironmen. Bomber addresses the Suqah who appears to be the chief of the tribe, and says, "Submit to me and my men and work with us in peace or join your kin in death." The Suqah looks at Bomber and his formidable crew. After pausing for only a second to think, he looks up with a crooked smile and asks, "What kind of work?"

Bomber and his mighty Ironmen gather all the items that they are able to carry and then round up about 50 Suqah. They begin their march to the boat back to Rellekka. Captain Bently was shocked when the massive Suqah climbed onto the ship with heads bowed down in submission. Bomber talked with Captain Bently and offered him the use of the mighty Suqah for the voyage to tend the ropes of the ship thus giving the sailors a well deserved rest. The ship docked at Rellekka and a few gasps of surprise were heard from the townsfolk as the mighty group left the docks.

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The run back to Camelot begins as a fast paced race until Axax spots a gathering of his new favorite food and calls a halt to the return home. Bomber tells the Suqah to catch the unicorns. When each of them are holding firm to a squirming unicorn under each arm, and Axax with one in his arms, plus an additional two baby unicorns stuffed into a sack slung over his back, the march begins again. The men move quickly, seemingly unburdened by even the additional weight of their new load.

The Master Gardener and his men slip back into the grounds of the castle and let the unicorns roam the gardens freely. The Suqah find quarters in a few of the stables and barns scattered around the grounds. Unbeknownst to the residents of the castle of their adventure, the Ironmen melt back into the gardens, tending them as if they had never left. Bomber makes his way to report to the King of the lightning raid, the newly acquired Suqah workers, and the possible new land transport in the form of the Unicorns!

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The Round Table part 3

The castle and it's occupants go through the daily routine of upkeep and maintenance of the grounds, tending of the new herd of unicorns, and carefully watching the new workers that Bomber had doing all the heavy work. No one noticed a man walk into the gates and down the path to the courtyard of the castle. The man was dressed in fine jet black silk clothing that had a strange ever changing color pattern.

Meanwhile in her chambers, Queen Lorry struggled with the keen loss of one of her guards as she thought about the monument Bomber and his Suquhs were building. Her thoughts then turned to her chief guard, Nexitum. Nexitum had taken a month of rest and relaxation in the wilderness of all places! Queen Lorry looked to a cage holding a hawk. Haukka, the familiar of Nexitum, preened it's jet black feathers before stopping to peer at the queen. She opened the door of it's cage and commanded, "Find your master and bring him home." Haukka flew straight for the open window and out of sight in an instance. Unknown to the queen, the hawk's destination was merely just around the corner of the castle. As Haukka flew past Ecentrah's window on swift and mighty wings, Ecentrah glanced up. Stirred from her musings, she crossed to her window, curious about the destination of the hawk. Peering out, she noticed the man dressed in the strange black outfit, and watched as Haukka flew straight to the man dressed in black, landing on his left shoulder and nuzzling the man's ear.

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A bird of prey showing such affection didn't go unnoticed by Ecentrah. "That could be only one man," she screamed and quickly grabbed her bow and three arrows, "Nexitum has returned to the castle!" The hawk startled by the scream flew straight back to the castle.

Ecentrah scribbled two notes and tied them to two of her arrows. Taking careful aim with her bow, she fired the two noted arrows, as well as the third, at the man dressed in black. Silent, straight, and swift, the arrows flew towards his unprotected back. Just before they found their mark, the man spun catching one arrow in each of his hands and the third in his teeth. He chuckled while spitting out the arrow he caught with his teeth while taking notice of the notes attached to the arrows in his hands. Carefully he removed the notes and read them. The first read, "Welcome home, Nexi" while the other stated, "I missed you, and, as always, so did my arrows."

Nexitum wandered over to Bomber, who had been an audience to the display. Grinning and shaking his head, Bomber said, "Well met, Nexitum." Raising an eyebrow, Nexitum replied with a question, "Suqah?" Bomber nodded, "Aye. Are they not fine and strong workers?" Laughing, the two men shook hands and gave each other a hearty slap on the back before Nexitum spun on his heels and ran towards the castle.

Meanwhile, Ecentrah had ran from her room towards Queen Lorry's chambers and banged so loudly on her doors that they shook, dislodging a cloud of dust that slowly fell to the ground.

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Queen Lorry jerked open the door, ready to scold the person beyond it for the noise and dust. Almost simultaneously, she took notice of an excited, Ecentrah and saw a flash in the corner of her eye as Haukka reentered his cage and rang a bell furiously. Queen Lorry praised the bird for being so fast and knew the ringing of the bell was a sign that Nexitum had returned to Camelot. Ecentrah confirmed this, and they both ran for the stairs and the entry hall of the castle. It was a very undignified run indeed, as both were pushing each other in the rush to be first to greet the Chief Guard home.

With all the noise Ecentrah and Queen Lorry were making, excitement spread like wildfire throughout the castle as the occupants all made their way to the entry hall. Cheers erupted when Nexitum walked through the door and everyone spoke at once calling out greetings to the Chief Guard. Queen Lorry had the right of the first true words to her beloved Guard so with a raise of her hand the crowd fell silent. She solemnly told him of the loss of Firemakers, and the work Bomber and his Suqah were doing to construct a mighty monument. Following a moment of silence for their fallen comrade, Queen Lorry called for an early lunch to be made ready. She knew Nexitum's tales from his holiday in the wilderness were going to be entertaining, and would be just what her people needed to lift the melancholy cloud that had been hanging over the castle.

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The following day, Nexitum's mind struggled to deal with his conflicting emotions, the happiness he felt upon his return home and yet his heart was heavy from the loss of one of his men. How was he to inspire both sets of guards? How could he return both the King's Dames and Queen's Knights into the fighting force they were before the great loss? With a plan forming in his mind, he knew that he needed to first see the weapon master.

Nexitum walked to Tonkad's workshop, that also served as his quarters. Tonkad had retired from the day to day military duties to perfect his craft of weapon making. A master of all things metal, and otherwise, he also fixed everything within the castle. Leaning against the doorway, Nexitum admired what he saw. Rows and rows of weapons of every description filled shelves and hung on racks. All were polished and deadly. Nexitum wandered further through the area, following the sound of the steady ringing of a hammer on metal. The heat of this room made him wish he had changed clothes for the visit.

As Nexitum entered the room, he took note of Jura Mist watching Tonkad repair a shield with great care and skill. It was Jura's damaged shield from the chaotic battle with the Suqah on Lunar Island. The shield was one of the largest he had ever seen and very few would have been able to use it two handed, let alone in a single hand. Jura was one of he strongest men Nexitum had ever met. As Jura admired Tonkad's repairs, he held his sword in his other hand.

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Nexitum blinked, if he was seeing correctly, it was a sword meant to be wielded with two hands. Jura took up his repaired shield, moving like both sword and shield were made of paper. Graceful and deadly, the sword moved through the air. Jura's muscles bulged and rippled as he almost appeared to dance. Jura turned to Tonkad and said, "Fine work as always my old friend." Tonkad replied, "Was an easy mend. Next time you bring it in for repairs, make it a bit more of a challenge." Both men laughed, and as one, noticed Nexitum standing there watching them.

Both big men shout a greeting to Nexitum and move to shake his hand at the same time, Jura grabbing Nexitum's left hand and Tonkad taking his right. Both delivered a crushing handshake. When they released him, Nexitum looked down at his hands. His left hand red and sore, and his right hand as black as his outfit, Tonkad clearly not having washed or wiped his hand clean of soot before the greeting. "Ha!" Tonkad laughed at the sight, "Need me to shake the other hand to even them up?"

"No thanks," Nexitum said, hands still throbbing.

"So young man, what brings you down to my workshop?" Tonkad asks.

Nexitum explains that he had killed a few strange creatures in the wilderness while on holidays, and gathered a few items from each of them. He had thought they would make fine enhancements to some of the weapons that Tonkad created. He unpacked two dark bows, two wyrm scalps, an abyssal whip, and some wyrm spikes and laid them on the workbench.

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The master smith looked at the gear and wyrm parts, and then looked at Nexitum, "You want Strykebows and a lava whip made?"

Nexitum was dumbfounded as he had never even heard of these two weapons before he had just thought the Master smith could work his skill and create something new. "Yes please, Tonkad!" Nexitum said excitedly, his mind racing as to how these new bows and whip would work. If Tonkad could assemble the weapons straight away, the bows would be used by himself and Ecentrah for a competition that he had planned for later in the day. The lava whip was for Spelsa, the cheeky apprentice of Merlin. It would make a fine weapon for the aspiring mage if she ever ran out of spells and needed to defend herself, or if she just wanted to smack someone in battle.

Tonkad starts work on the weapons straightaway while Nexitum and Jura swap tales of recent events and discuss an archery competition. They wander through Tonkad's storage room looking for suitable arrows for the new bows being made and find two quivers of arrows that will do the job very well. By the time they leave the storeroom, Tonkad has finished the strykebows and is testing the pull on them. Nexitum thanks the master smith for his work, grabs the two bows and the lava whip, and leaves the two older men to continue chatting with each other.

On his way through the castle to Ecentrah's room he spots Spelsa juggling with Manny the Jester; Manny using his normal 6 clubs while Spelsa tossed balls of magical energy. Nexitum waits for Spelsa to notice him, and then hands her the lava whip,

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Spelsa's eyes bulge as she takes hold of the newly created whip. Letting the tail fall to the ground, she hugs him and kisses him on the cheek while excitedly thanking him many, many times. Spelsa then takes a step back, a wide grin spreading across her face, as she pulls back her arm for a test of the whip. A mighty crack echo's through the castle, and she giggles with delight at the gift. She turns quickly and runs off in the direction of Merlin's room, shouting, "Thank you!" again as she disappears.

News of a competition moves swiftly through the castle, and everyone starts to assemble on the castle grounds. Nexitum knocks on Ecentrah's chamber door. She answers the door and smiles at Nexitum's cheesy grin. Spotting the bows in his hands, she wonders what the occasion was, as Nexitum starts to speak, "Okay Ecentrah, you ready for a friendly competition?" Ecentrah was already reaching for one of the strykebows as the door closed behind her with a noisy thud.

Jura and Tonkad had already setup the competition in the open area near the rapidly forming monument to Firemakers. Targets of all kinds line the area. Both static and moving targets were to be used in this test of skill. Just about the whole castle is gathered around the area by the time the competitors arrive. All are picking at food Psycotropy and his helpers have laid out, and enjoying the ale provided by Unbreakable from his brewery recently built in the back corner of the keep.

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