As Chamberlain of the land of Layounna, my duties are many and varied.
I was raised in Thane Oliva’s thanehold, a companion of her youngest son, Landry, from the time I was a boy.
“Companion” is an imprecise word for my actual status. “Whipping boy” might come closer, although I was more than that. We played together — he, I knew instinctively, must always win, until he reached an age to relish competition, at which point he must usually win. We were educated together, and his marks were always higher than mine, no matter who had a better grasp of the material. We got into boyish mischief together — and, yes, if any punishment fell, it fell on me. To do him credit, this led him to devise better plans, to spare me pains.
Can I bear life without him? Oh, yes.
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Rhu, Oliva, Landry, and many, many more appear in my fantasy trilogy, SAGE, available through Indiebound and at Amazon in print and electronic versions.
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A WRITING PROMPT FOR YOU: Write about a character who was forced to take a punishment for somebody else.
MA
betty
April 21, 2015 at 11:55amVisiting from A/Z; I enjoyed reading this little snippet from your book; I can see why he would indeed always have to let Landry win; shame; doesn’t teach Landry too much does it?
betty
Marian Allen
April 21, 2015 at 2:47pmIt taught Landry that Rhu is very good at self-control. That’s why he made Rhu his Chamberlain and chief diplomat. It didn’t teach him that he can’t always have things his own way.