The Chronicles of Redtail (111 to 137)

Day 14:

...just glad speak to someone, young people don't like speaking to the old it reminds them of their own mortality. Better to...

...look young on the outside and be ancient on the inside. Although my memories tend to conflict, some appear as my past and some...

...as a possible future but most of the time my memory exists in the present only. Otherwise I am distracted from my destiny...

...,it is a tricky thing destiny especially when chaos is involved. Trust me! I don't know what I am doing!...spin... strength...

...will be valuable to us."
"Your talking about the Blue Spider Fights!" They are evil those creatures, master Drom expects me...

...to fight one of those things.
"If there is no other way master Drom?"
"It's the only reason the Irons travel to the Blue...

..,Mountains for the fights and the barter. Remember the champion's clan gets first choice of the swords and one of that old...

...one eyed master Yunk's daughters, that will give us first amongst the trading."  Champion, "But why are we going so early that...

...fight does not start for several weeks."
"Cause young lad, of Redtail and his mad ideas that chaos is coming."
"But it is...

Day 15:

... coming I've seen it master Drom."
"Really what have you seen exactly?"
"What I thought were dragons in the sky breathing...

...fire but after what happened in your tent the day Redtail came out of that stone. I realised they must be man made." Drom...

...looked troubled. "Did you see any landmarks lad?"
"Yes, I was standing here looking up and three of the Sunken Men were...

... lying on their backs."
"Were the flying machines attacking something?"
"They were facing towards the north, fire raining...

...down upon darkness master Drom."
"Darkness on the ground?'
"I think so, it was coming from the north. It's the rising...

... isn't it master Drom?"
"Keep this to yourself for time being, no need to panic just yet. If we don't build Redtail's flying...

...machines then your vision cannot come to pass, at least not by us."
"Why are we going early again?"
"Your job Kron is to...

...keep Redtail occupied and away from Yank before you have to fight, after that Grum and Bull...

...can take over. Yank and Redtail can never meet."
"That's going to difficult master Drom, isn't the reason we are going is...

Day 16:

...to barter with the Irons for that green rock?"
"That riverbed is a day's walk from the Blue Mountains, should keep them...

...spin...Jank's information on the Rising was useful but other members of Drom's clan has provided some interesting...

...aspects of clan life and the big bartering event at the Blue Mountains. It seems the concept of secrets is unknown, lying...

...is taboo.  This event includes a fighting competition the winner's clan becomes first trading partners with the Irons and...

...married to Yunk's daughter.  No one can lie to me, I would say master Drom has a knack for omissions then. Seems like Drom...

...is playing both sides against the middle. Oddly enough the clan wouldn't tell me what the fights entailed exactly, said it...

...was going to be a surprise for me. I do not like surprises.  Master Yunk appears to be the man to meet perhaps I can charm...

...his daughter. Its a nine day journey to the Blue Mountains and its only day three what will I do with my time.  Tomorrow we...

...are passing through a village, most clans are nomadic however according to my distorted memories there are some villages...

The Chronicles of Redtail (83 to 110) - The Sunken Men

Day 11:

...in the tent Redtail put it on his hand and then took his hand away, it just floated there. Everyone stared it then it...

...spurted fire and everyone jumped."
"Fire!" Bull went on but I had stopped listening, I must speak to Drom alone. The move...

...will take up most my time, maybe when we stop.  He does walk the line hopefully Redtail won't be with him. "Can Grum get...

...I mean can you get Grum, I want to see Drom alone without Redtail"
"I will ask for you...spin...
I am not sure about this...

...plan of Redtail's. "Grum where is greybeard Jank?"
"He's is riding with the giants master Drom."
"Walking slow as usual...

...then, you would think they would walk faster than us."
"Yes master Drom."
Best wait til we stop then less Redtail thinks...

...I am not serious about his plan to invade the south. The Irons wont be interested and without them, there will not be any...

...airships.  Must speak to Kron without Redtail knowing.
"Grum this is important, do not tell anyone you hear?"
"Yes master...

...Drom"
"Good boy, find Kron tell him to meet me on the second day by the Sunken Men and to come alone. "
"Yes master Drom."...

Day 12:

...spin...You know when it is all coming apart when everybody tells you exactly what you want hear. Drom was saying all the...

...right words but his heart was not in it. A nine day march to the Blue mountains where the Irons are, they make swords and...

...according to one of Drom's greybeards a dried riverbed of Helliumite. A deposit so large that it would carve out several...

...empires. Yet I feel like I am being led up the garden to path to my doom. A greybeard comes up beside me being carried by a...

...giantspawn a girl think, hard to tell much like dwarves all beard.
"Lord Redtail I believe."
"Just Redtail sir, not a lord"...

"What is your name sir?"
"I am Jank, care for some company?"
"Why not, perhaps you can tell me what those stones are?"
"The...

...Sunken Men you mean."
"Yes, do you know who built them?"
"They were here before the first ones, some say they stopped...

...the last rising with their lives and there they stand."
"The rising?"
"You do not know of the rising, I thought everyone...

...knew about the rising, where did you grow up?"
"A long way from this lands master Jank, tell me of the rising?"
Perhaps...

Day 13:

...this is the Chaos to get Drom to believe...spin...Kron had never been so close to the Sunken Men before. People say...

... getting too close could disturb their vigil and the rising will come again. The last rays of the sun hit the men at just the...

...right angle to make their eyes shine deep red. An awesome inspiring sight.
"I can tell you've never been this close." Kron jumped...

... almost out of his skin. Master Drom appeared out of the shadows. "Is this a good place,"
"Masters have been coming here...

...for thousands of years, I think we are safe.  Besides I would be more annoyed with the ravens shitting on me than us." He...

...laughed although not too loudly.
"Master Drom I think Redtail is..."
"Not telling us everything, yes lad. I don't trust him...

...either but he has offered us something very useful."
"Things that flies?"
"You heard about that, but no the Irons keep their..

...secrets about making swords. Redtail's tricks will put us in a better bargaining position with the Irons.  Also I am going to...

...have to ask a favour from you, your...spin...Greybeard Jank had happily filled me on the story of the Rising. I think he was..

The Chronicles of Redtail (55 to 82)

Day 7: 

I had a hiatus.

Day 8:

...however smoke likes chaos and chaos likes me so we sat in a smoke filled tent. Not for the first time or the last.
"You...

...heard what Kron said?"
"Yes but what does that mean?"
"It means you head south before you all die."
"Impossible, there is a...

...solid wall of ice which has never been climbed."
"Then how did you get to this land?"
"The first ones arrived in ships west...

...of here and then thru a maze of mountains. It is guarded also."
"Well then perhaps we should just fly over."
"Is your horse...

...going fly us over one by one or can it split apart?"
"She does not carry anyone when she flies, no I was thinking of build...

...ing airships. They fly on the air instead of on water."
"Impossible, you are mad."
"With chaos all things are possible, only..

...order limits your options."
"Explain to me how you would do this."
"I will do better than explain I will show you but first...

...I need my pack from my horse. No don't bother getting up." I whistled briefly and moments later my horse walked thru...

...the tent almost see through, when I touched my heavy pack it became solid.  Removing it I set it upon the ground in front of..

Day 9:

...me. I pulled out a couple of leather bags and ornate wooden box. From one of the leather bags I took out a green rock and...

...passed it to Drom Drubane the camp's leader. "What is this?"
"Its called Heliumite its very common in all the lands I have...

...traveled. Has many uses, have you seen it anywhere in your lands?"
"Perhaps, do you mind if we show it around?"
"Fine, I...

...have a whole bag full." I took a nearby wooden three legged stool and placed my box upon it. Opening it carefully since its...

...contents can be deadly. I removed a thin glass cylinder and two small bottles. Open one bottle and place one end of the...

...cylinder into the open bottle. Then poured the contents of the second bottle carefully into the cylinder. "What are you...

...doing?"
"Not too close, this stuff is deadly. Its called Mercury a liquid metal, it will tell us how much Heliumite we need."

..."Not much as I thought, the air is thin here." I removed the Mercury from the cylinder and put it all back in the pack. At the...

...bottom of the pack I pulled out a larger heavier box and placed it on the stool.
"This Drom Drubane is but a model of what we...

Day 10:

...spin...I am strong, I just punched a Giantspawn she fell right over no man can match me. I am scared of nothing except..

...what I saw in those three days when Redtail's blood swirled in me. I have never seen a dragon but that must be what they...

...were. Fire from the sky.
"Kron we are moving and you are strong enough carry everything now." My friend Bull said smiling...

...Bull is small for his age but it did not stop him from knocking out a bull with a single blow from his fist.
"Where are we...

...heading?"
"North West, the Blue Mountains."
"But this time of year the Irons are there, they don't like us much."
"Aye...

...something to do with that green rock they showed us. I heard something flew in Drom's tent. Your friend Redtail,"
"He's not...

...my friend he killed my brother."
"The brother you hated so much that you shot him with an arrow?"
"I barely grazed him."...

"Only because you are a lousy shot."
That is true, why didn't Redtail take his blow against me?
"What flew in Drom's tent then?

"A model ship."
"You mean a boat on water?"
"No, it was long like a sausage with metal bits."
"How do know this?"
"Grum told me, he was...

The Chronicles of Redtail (28 to 54)

The story continues...twenty seven tweets split by day:

Day 4:

...my horse and didn't even hesitate by plunging his sword directly into my chest slicing through my lungs, he twisted it...

...and pull his blade slowly out twisting it all the time. "Not exactly one..." Blood started to fill my mouth no point in...

...wasting it, I spat straight into my attacker's face where it burnt it's way into the skin leaving behind swirled marks.

I felt the healing stone encompassing my body before I was completely enclosed I said "See you in three days lad."...spin...

...I turned to Kron but before I could speak Redtail's horse landed down between us, its wings vanished. It turned towards...

...the red standing stone that was Redtail and walked into it, before it vanished completely it kicked out with its back legs...

...hitting young Kron in the chest sending him flying back a good thirty feet through the tents and cooking fires...spin...

I saw the horse's hooves an instant too late I felt the light tap of them, felt myself fly backwards more taps to my back but no pain.

I landed hard against one of the posts the giants knock in, still no pain. The wood had split at the bottom but I was fine. How?

Day 5:

A greybeard gave me a hand up "You should be dead, there's not a scratch on you." I looked back through the path of...

...destruction at the end stood a ten foot red stone. "You have been marked by a demon lad, here look at yourself." He passed...

...me a shiny pot. My face is covered in red swirling patterns. Gods! They are moving, I can feel them crawling across my skin..

..spin..."How is young Kron?"
"His body is fine except for the demon's mark is spreading across his body, its the nightmares that's

...driving him mad. For two days..."
"What does he dream of?"
"Wars, terrible wars, bodies piled high.  Destroy the stone I say"

..."We have tried that, it is not always solid.  It moves as well, it must be connected to Kron."
"Kron thinks what he sees are..

...spin...a red misty realm a voice echoes out 'your blood is not meant for him.'
"Perhaps not but you keep telling me..."

...everything happens for a reason."
'it is the WRONG link.'
"Wrong maybe but strong if he survives, some memories create...

...wisdom"
'the blood is chaos.'
"Rather it be in the lad than on the land I think."
'this game is reckless'
"Your one to talk...

Day 6:

...spin...Upon my horse again waiting for the stone to release me. Kron is outside glaring at the stone no hint of madness in...

...his eyes. My blood centered upon his forehead in spinning swirls. Ah ha! Time has come. Fresh air again, "What have you...

...learned lad?"
"That Chaos is coming and vengeance holds no meaning."
"Ready for my blow?"
"Yes"
Holding out my hand palm up...

...the blood upon Kron's forehead swirled out of him in a double-helix and landed upon my palm in a tight twisting ball which...

...slowly sank into my palm. Welcome back missed you. Speaking to Kron I said
"Because you survived my blood your body will...

...retain the increased strength and be almost impervious to attack. I must warn you however not all attacks use a sword."
I...

...turned towards the camp's leader and said "Where were we?"
"Who the Hell are you?"
"Tricky question, perhaps it would be...

...better if we spoke in a more private setting?"
I dismounted and followed the leader to one of the larger tents in the camp...

...I noticed that Kron did not follow but stayed behind. The tent was open in the middle in an attempt to let the smoke out...

TriChunking Writing Experiment

In an attempt to get my creative juices flowing again I starting writing on a story using Twitter by doing nine tweets a day made up of three tweets with two replies.  Three in the morning, lunchtime and evening.

I am using someone else's universe or maybe its a clone of theirs but have created my own unique character for the story.  Perhaps you can figure out whose universe I'm using as a base.

Obviously with a hundred forty character limit which includes the hashtag #amwriting it is cliff hanger city. I think of them as mini chapters, I started on Wednesday 13th September so only three days so far.  I have decided to call it:

The Chronicles of Redtail

Note: I shall remove the #amwriting from the original tweets but leave the formatting in and some minor editing.  It is a bit disjointed at first as I am exploring this style of writing.

Day 1

The air was cold, you could see the air as I and the horse breathed out. A man running towards me thru snow with sword in hand...

...the horse sidestepped, my hand swept of its own accord. The blade dripped with blood, I saw my face reflected in deep red...

... snowing harder now the body is turning white, dropped a fire brand upon it. Best to let it burn. Moving on towards...

The violent death had brought my memories into sharp focus I knew my destiny but not the destination...

...the huts spread out across a snow covered plain made of sticks and cloth, nothing permanent they would be moving soon...

..their scouts had tried to intercept me but a simple jump forward kept them away.  They had signaled ahead I could see...

At the edge of the encampment were 5 men with swords drawn, I chose to ignore them and adjusted my solidity to suit. No need to..

antagonize them further. They thought I was going to stop, it did not matter they suffered minor cuts as I passed through them..

..my passage through created a stir and several futile attempts to attack me resulted in almost laughable results. One man ahead..

Day 2

The man was covered in white and grey furs perfect camouflage for this land. His face deeply lined with a...

... permanent frown yet there was humour in his eyes. Jet black hair upon his head, a wise man but driven. 

No awe yet.  My colours are dark blue and deep dirty red and the horse a pale dirty white. The horse and I are separate but...

We are one. I twisted as if to dismount but we both merged together in an eye bending...spin...

...spin...what is it this man-horse before me? I see but colours of blue,red and white.  Just makes me dizzy to watch...spin...

I see awe now, I am taller than the man but adjusting will waste further energy. I lean forward and offer my hand...

Up close I could see his aura, a pale blue. A good colour for the first link in the chain. He stared at my hand for a bit then...

clasped my hand, his touch was light as if he was not sure that I was real but once merged we are as solid as diamond. Swords...

will bend, break, bounce or all three. "I am called Redtail." A question passed across his face, I smiled and shook my head.

Day 3

He opened his mouth to speak but I raised my hand "I know who you are and what drives you." Before he could reply an upset man ran up..

He spat his words "I saw you kill my brother!" "The man on the plain?"
"Yes, damn you yes!"
"Then you saw he attacked without...

... provocation"
"You barstard you killed him with a single blow!"
"Quick deaths are best, you want vengeance?"
"Damn you..."

...Yes"
"I will trade you a single blow, undefended, deal?"
The man's anger seem to drain out of him at my offer. 
"You...

...won't defend against my sword?"
"One blow, if you do not kill me then I will have single blow against you, deal?"

His leader did not intercede, "Yes it is a deal!" I held up my hand "One moment." Coming apart is always more difficult...

...spin...a single to blow to his lungs a slow death is true vengeance...what the... Oh! My Gods!  What have I agreed to... 

...spin....the dead man's brother face just went pale at the sight of us dismerging.  I admit it is not a pretty.  My horse...

...leapt into the air sprouted wings and spiraled upwards. I stood open armed "Your blow sir."  The man tore his gaze away from..