Chapter 107

“The act, as intended, was incendiary. There was no stopping them after that. Like your General Custer the Clans fought to the last man. When they realized the battle would be to the death, Water and Air went for the women and in an act unparalleled in Sarran history began the wholesale slaughter of fem, fempring, and offspring.” Tears rolled down Zaron’s face.

“Fire and Light were prepared for battle but the sheer madness of what happened before them convinced them to keep the peace. The princes Darjet and Rojay met in the cottage of the last surviving member of Castle Air, a wizened fem, Zorna, who was an acolyte of the Goddess Ulna in her youth.”

Bron, who alternately paced and raged throughout the story began to speak again.

“The next bit of history comes directly from the Codex, the laws by which all Sarrans are bound.”