*Princess Belasarius*

I stared at the stone and plaster wall just behind Advisor Price as he went about the lecture. The wall was more interesting.

“--And in the 17th age, of the Era of Cornelius,” said Price. “The first Prince of Wat, Lord Taramat Tediore, won the battle of shattered shields and established for himself his own nation of Wat. On it he declared that no more shall Ged and Zor do battle on open plains. “Fight in the shadows, skirmish in hidden canyons, if ...