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that
stood in each corner of the hall. He began stroking their resonance
and within a few moments, she could hear their soft tones
reverberate throughout the room. By tradition, this indicated that
the meeting was to begin. The Elders and Teachers around the hall
broke off their conversations and sat at their assigned seats. Once
everyone was seated and quiet, Elder Chendan sat down too, sighing
as he did so. Selindria knew that he did not have much time left
before he would join his predecessor in the Tombs of the
Dead.
    "I hope that you will
forgive me if we keep this meeting short,” Elder Chendan said in a
quavering voice. He had enhanced his voice with his yar so that everyone
could hear him. "My bones just can't handle these council chairs
anymore.” There was a scattering of nervous laughter.
    "Most of you know why we
are here," he continued in his feeble voice, "but for those of you
who do not, I shall expound. Last night a man breached the barrier,
rendering one of our Guardian’s unconscious. We received a message
describing the event from the Guardian via pigeon about an hour
ago. The Guardian described the stranger as a black-cloaked man
that kept his face shrouded. The Guardian informed us in his
message that the man had not raised a hand against him, nor did he
use his yar in any
way. Yet, even so, moments after making eye contact with the
stranger, the Guardian lost consciousness.”
    The ancient looking Elder
paused to take a drink of water from a glass in front of him,
allowing his words to sink in.
    "The second event is the one
of which most of you are aware. This morning, the Avenry Bond awoke
for the first time since this city was established. When we came to
this mountain, the Avenry made an oath to protect the Chasel. We
were to raise our children with the skills necessary to defend
against any enemy that would try to take the Chasel. He who we made
the oath to has returned. For many ages, his coming has heralded a
dark time to come. I would caution all of you to prepare yourselves
for that which we have been trained from birth to do. The time will
soon be upon us when we must protect the Chasel from a threat more
dire than words can describe."
    Elder Chendan paused again
to take a drink from his glass, looking tired from the exertion of
talking so long. "The last thing that I have gathered you together
for is to announce that we have chosen a successor for the
Presidency. Elder Rinchav will replace me when I move on. We would
like him to join our Presidency now, so that we can teach him his
new responsibilities.” Elder Chendan finished to a shocked silence.
There were never more than five Elders in the Presidency and the
expiring Elder in the Presidency certainly never participated in
choosing his successor. Elder Rinchav, seated several seats to
Selindria's right, looked flabbergasted. Selindria realized that he
had not been told about his change in status in advance, another
unheard of breach in protocol.
    Not being raised in the
mountain city, Selindria had no idea what the Avenry Bond was. It
sounded to her like the man who had breached the barrier was the
same man they thought they had made an oath to. Considering that
Chasel Ri’ Aven was almost two thousand years old, Selindria was
fairly certain the man they were looking for was long
dead.
    The familiar resonances of four of her students
brought Selindria out of her musings. She could feel them outside
the building. Cursing to herself silently, she vowed to wring
Cha'le and Lendel's neck when the meeting ended. Selindria had
little doubt about who came up with the plan to eavesdrop on the
meeting. As she thought of different ways to show Cha'le and Lendel
what a bad idea it was to eavesdrop on the Council, she suddenly
felt the same flaring energy that she had during class from Celdic.
This time, however, it rushed in like a thunderclap. The whole
building shook like a leaf, causing Elders and teachers to cry out
as they jumped to their