Gollaon skidded to a halt as they arrived at the beach. A flotilla of canoes waited beyond the waves.
Voddick shielded his eyes and looked out. “Allies by their symbols and colors.”
“Allies indeed!” said the Prince. “They have gathered as I have asked them to. Now we will row to the palace and cast down that usurper and the foreign devils who allowed him to killed my parents.”
“Ha! This will come as a shock as they had just been hunting us, we will turn the tables on them,” said Gollaon.
“Are then sending a boat for us?” asked Voddick.
“No need,” said the Prince as he cast his spear into the waves and it unfolded in the brightly painted war canoe. “We will join them on this!”
“I like the Prince’s style,” said Gollaon, wading out to the canoe.
“I cannot fault it,” agreed Voddick. “His strategy is not bad either.”
Island King’s Spear
It is thought that there is only one of these items, its precise origin is unknown but it was given to a local ruler in an island chain, supposedly by one of the deities of that chain, as a gift to aid him in his task of fighting monsters, rescuing people and unifying the islands under his rule. Which was ultimately achieved, the spear has passed down through the lineage, though it occasionally vanishes when there is no candidate for the throne who champions the people as well as the kingdom, in those cases, it tends to be found by a distant relative who might be able to make a difference . . .
The spear itself is a work of art with a carved and decorated shaft of polished teak and a spearhead of beautiful watered steel that glints like the sunlight off the ocean. It is light and easy to wield.
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