Chapter 17: Rosalind - The Great King Ahmenebar

Chapter 17 Deep Dive

Outline:

Rosalind thinks theres no one in Ludo or the world who doesn't know of King Ahmenebar
In the Shadow Woodlands of the north, Ahmenebar was a peasant who found the first ever golden apple in a bramble of thorns
It was no bigger than his palm
The magic turned Ahmenebar into a giant that united the ancient clans and tribes to fight off the old kings
He united Ludo
Rosalind looks up at the painting of her great, great, ?, grandfather
She feels a tingle in her scalp - if he can find the apple, so can she
Rosalind starts w/ what she knows
The Shadow Woodlands is a real place (but it gives her the willlies no man ever comes back alive & it is filled with wicked creatures)
Rosalind will need her bow
King Ahmenebar was a real person
Many books written about him
He lived in the north and found the apple while searching for food
Others followed him and found other apples
So the place must be written a book
Rosalind will need books
Only place she could find her bow and books - Roland's library
Mistress Lander has fresh baked bread cooling and Rosalind's mouth waters
She brushes a fresh coat of butter on it & now it is ready
Rosalind places the bread on a tray with a jar of honey, and carafe of wine
Mistress Lander offers her help but Rosalind declines it
Mistress Lander says ok and says she will see her later for something or other
Rosalind says no since she has a lot of embroidery to do
Mistress Lander is shocked
The library is empty as Rosalind knew it would be
Roland called for a meeting of his advisors
If anyone came into the library, Rosalind could lie and say she brought her father a snack
Rosalind looks for the oldests books she can find since Ahmenebar lived over a 1,000 years ago
So any book that mentions him directly would have to be equally as old
Luckily, she remembers Ahmenebar lived to be about 700 years old so she doesn't need ancient books
She pulls a book with a cracked brown, leather spine with faded golden lettering - The Poetry of the World Volume 3 as Copied By Helge of Dorholm 1132
Rosalind puts the book back
She pulls a book with a blue cloth spine - The Lettres of Sir Festus Reidun D’Arr-Whitter
Rosalind puts the book back
She pulls a fat book that creased and crumbled when she opened it
She pulls a short, thin book no longer than her hand
She pulls a book with a pale green colored fabric that had a flower pressed in the center of it
She pulls a black leather book with writing in a language she did not know
She placed her fingers on the spine of a yellow book with the word “Memories of Mme Albon”
Someone/Something calls her name
Rosalind drops the book but no one is there
Goosebumps crawl up and down her body
She reaches for the book and bright colored ribbon sticking out of plain, thick book catches her eye
The book doesn't dislodge then she tugs at it and dislodges onto her lap
The pages and ink are old
She skims through the book and catches words like: tribe, Othscad, stag, Arvendon, Ahmenebar
Rosalind takes the book out with her father's tray of bread
Rosalind collapses in her bed with bread and book
She flips through the book
She wishes Mathild could help her
She realizes that she can't trust anyone with her plan
She flips to the front of the book and begins to read