And There Were Three: Chapter Twenty
A figure stood alone on the top of the dwarves' mountain-fortress. He was watching the sun sink into the west, a globe of fire among cushions of purple. Around him -- north, south, east -- all was dark. A crescent moon rose in the dusk of the east, the same sliver that had shone down upon a far away fairy wood -- almost 14 years ago now. The same boy looked up at it, marveling at its mystery. He heard the trees rustling in a cold wind far below, whispering secrets to each other. This was Eltar's favorite place to be, and he often came up on an evening, to rest and think. Tonight he w