The Man Before The Homage Chapter 1 Summary
“Few records of the legendary Archmage Zionol Zecronior’s early life still persist to this day. The records of a servant who served his parents faithfully for decades is the source of much of the knowledge we have. This transcript was passed down and copied with perfect precision using magic hundreds of times at the direct command of the servant himself, who must of somehow foresaw the great future his young master had.”
-A Biography of Zion Zecronior, the Man Before the Archmage Chapter 1 Lines 1-5
“Dear. Help,” whispered Henrietta as she lay still in bed.
“What is it? Is something wrong? Did the baby kick again?”, responded her husband, Deother of Renmir, clearly flustered by his wife’s predicament.
“I think my water just broke…” …show more content…
He should be the first one in the last 57 years I believe.”
“I never thought our family would have a mage ever again,” remarked Deother, looking at his son like a divine treasure who fell from the heavens, “Our bloodline seems as if it has just caught a second wind!”
“I hope we can keep him for at least ten years before the empire forces us to send him to their academy for his safety,” she said making exaggerated air quotes as she said safety.
“You know as well as I do how dangerous untamed magic can be. Mages with no guidance are like ticking time bombs so don’t even joke about this, we will send him when he is seven, just as it says in the law.” Deother sternly reprimanded.
Henri grumbled but gave a tacit approval of her husband’s words. The clamor died down and after the baby got his fill the family slept once more as the sun rose.
***
Henri awoke that evening to find that her husband had gotten up without her, and taken her child with him. She then decided that although she should probably lie in bed and recuperate she would instead get up and look for her precious Zionial.
She found him as soon as she opened the door, sitting in a cradle whilst his father taught his older
-A Biography of Zion Zecronior, the Man Before the Archmage Chapter 1 Lines 1-5
“Dear. Help,” whispered Henrietta as she lay still in bed.
“What is it? Is something wrong? Did the baby kick again?”, responded her husband, Deother of Renmir, clearly flustered by his wife’s predicament.
“I think my water just broke…” …show more content…
He should be the first one in the last 57 years I believe.”
“I never thought our family would have a mage ever again,” remarked Deother, looking at his son like a divine treasure who fell from the heavens, “Our bloodline seems as if it has just caught a second wind!”
“I hope we can keep him for at least ten years before the empire forces us to send him to their academy for his safety,” she said making exaggerated air quotes as she said safety.
“You know as well as I do how dangerous untamed magic can be. Mages with no guidance are like ticking time bombs so don’t even joke about this, we will send him when he is seven, just as it says in the law.” Deother sternly reprimanded.
Henri grumbled but gave a tacit approval of her husband’s words. The clamor died down and after the baby got his fill the family slept once more as the sun rose.
***
Henri awoke that evening to find that her husband had gotten up without her, and taken her child with him. She then decided that although she should probably lie in bed and recuperate she would instead get up and look for her precious Zionial.
She found him as soon as she opened the door, sitting in a cradle whilst his father taught his older