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Dragonlance Preludes 2 Vol 2 - Flint The King
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. The only room with windows, its two round open-
ings were now double-shuttered against the autumn chill. A
large, spotless hearth was the room's focal point, and the
furniture was a dozen or so chairs and a large rectangular ta-
ble, for meals were taken here.
The rest of the house spread out behind the front room.
Five other chambers had been carved into the hillside and
shored up with perfectly matched and cut stone, so that not
a speck of earth could be seen between cracks. Two rooms
had been added to the east side nearest the barn for Ruberik,
who made his living as a farmer.
Glynnis was a housefrawl; Fidelia worked at the grain
mill; the next oldest brothers, Tybalt and Bernhard, consta-
ble and carpenter respectively. They and the remaining
seven siblings all lived nearby, having grown up and moved
out. To tonight's party they had brought a tumbling mass of
nieces and nephews, many of whom had been born since
Flint's departure, and brothers- and sisters-in-law who
seemed to outnumber his siblings.
Yet Flint wondered about his favorite nephew, Aylmar's
eldest son, Basalt, who was conspicuous by his absence
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