Warlord
Book 2.5 of Essalieyan / Annagar / Breodani Universe
Publisher: DAW Books
Published: Oct 2, 1998
Magazine:
Battle Magic
Description:
Novelet of 12k words.
Avandar Gallais is a domicis, and he has served Jewel ATerafin since she was sixteen. Long before he was a servant, he was known as The Warlord. He built and ruled empires--but there are reasons he chose a life of service.
Those reasons are the core of this story, which takes place before and around the events of the novel House Name.