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Subject: An unpleasent and unwanted meeting

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Vomyr

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Date Posted: 10:48:27 05/11/02 Sat

A river of spectators jostled him down to the training grounds. Fighting to stay upright, Vomyr pushed his way through them as best he could but it was no use. It seemed that everyone and his cousin had turned up to try and get a glimsp of the famous warrior king in action. They would be in for a big surprise the manservant thought gleefully. If Elessar was still able to walk by the end of the fight he would be much surprised and 2 pieces of gold shorter.

The betting had started shortly after the duel had been announced and while most bets were placed on the king, there were some few, like Vomyr, who had actually seen his Elessar in the week after his attack and had put their money against him.

Knowing he looked a fool Vomyr jumped above the heads of the crowd, trying to see if anything was actually happening. Nothing was. The arena was set out but there was no one inside it. Moving through the press of bodies he made his way towards and alley way that would lead him closer to the action.

It was deserted as he had suspected. The sounds of the jeering onlookers penetrated through the flimsy houses of the working classes but it was subdued and now only minorly irritating.

A man stepped out of a doorway surprising him momentarily. He started to speak, "If you don't mind..."
"Oh, but I do Vomyr. I do mind." The cold hiss escaped from the dark hood and the valet cursed himself for allowing this meeting to take place.
"Look I have to hurry. The fight will've started by now and i need a good view."
"Then why not return to the palace," the watcher suggested. "I hear from the tallest towers there is a spectaular view. Especially," he lent on the word, "from the east wing."

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