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“Andabar Slute?” the baron thundered, as his guards dragged the chained miscreant to the foot of his high seat and hurled him to the rushes. “How plead you, miscreant?”
“Nowhere near as guilty as you think I am,” said the prisoner. “So if you’ll let me go free…”#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 14, 2018
2)
The laughter rolled around the baron’s hall.
“Well, at least this one’s entertaining,” the baroness commented. “Don’t slit his throat QUITE yet, dear.”
“No more killing,” the baron told her. “New royal policy. We’re supposed to enslave them all, instead.”#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 14, 2018
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He nudged the prisoner with his boot. “So, Slute, what’re you good at?”
“I’m a master cook. Free me, and I’ll feed your entire castle the best meal they’ll ever taste.”
Baron and baroness exchanged astonished—and pleased—glances.#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 14, 2018
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Half that long night later, the baron belched contentedly and cuddled with the baroness. “He was telling truth, too! Best I’ve ever tasted!”
“Mmmhmmm,” the baroness agreed. “Wonderful. Why don’t we keep him? Chained to the kitchens?”#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 14, 2018
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“That would be a mistake,” a cold and all too familiar voice told them, erupting from the baroness’s crystal ball.
“Your Majesty!” the baron and baroness exclaimed in embarrassed unison, hurriedly clutching whatever clothes they could find over their bared selves.#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 14, 2018
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“Well, of COURSE we’ll send him to you if you’d prefer—”
“Prefer to dine on what Slute The Poisoner fed me? I think not!”
Baron and baroness exchanged astonished—and horrified—glances.
As they started to turn green. And their mouths filled with froth.#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 14, 2018
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“Slute?” the crystal ball barked. “Are you there?”
“I am, Majesty. Everyone in the castle. A complete success.”
“Well, you’ll have to be the baron of a few rats and the horses until my armsmen get there. Try to leave them a FEW local wenches, will you?”#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 14, 2018