2022 Q : Quest #MFRWHooks

 

By definition, a quest is a journey that someone takes in order to achieve a goal or complete an important task. Readers journey with the hero or heroine and as they face their trials, the reader feels that they know the hero well. It is also a way for authors to introduce the reader to foreign settings writer and his readers can explore exotic places with the hero. In the case of fantasy, worlds from the author's imagination.

For generations, the dragon slayers of Darceth used their talents to explore their world, expand their knowledge, and share it with their village and others. That all changed when Head Slayer Caldar became the interpreter for the Goddess.

Below is an excerpt of Deneas' summons before the village elders and Caldar.

Caldar pinned Deneas with a stern gaze and stroked his gray beard. A sigh and, despite his short stature, he stretched himself to his full height. “Slayer Deneas, approach the council.” His voice held not sorrow, but another emotion with darker overtones. “A dream came to the Seer. He saw a dragon, and it took human form.” His finger stabbed toward Deneas’ chest. “Yours!”

Before she could protest the implied charge of witchery, he raised a hand to silence her. Fanaticism glittered in his eyes. “Slayer Candidate Deneas, you have been chosen.” The words boomed off the stone walls. “You leave in three days. Do not return until you destroy the evil creature devouring our land.”

Although she did not expect help from that quarter, Deneas searched the faces of her former teachers. Their stoic expressions offered no reprieve. Fire burned up her spine. She had done nothing to deserve this punishment. Not a single lamb or calf had been lost to a dragon in the two decades since her birth. Yet these men were sending her to a certain death.

End of excerpt

 

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~till next time, Helen 

 

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It's Wednesday, and the post is doing double duty. The list of #MFRWAuthors with excerpts is at MFRWHooks April 20th.