goldweaver family legacy chapter 33
Post on 07-Apr-2018
221 Views
Preview:
TRANSCRIPT
-
8/4/2019 Goldweaver Family Legacy Chapter 33
1/50
-
8/4/2019 Goldweaver Family Legacy Chapter 33
2/50
Okay Aleron. I enjoy bouncing on the couch as much as the next guy, but if were going to get through the next family album you need to take
a seat. Now, thats better. So when you were here last time we talked about Kalana and the rest of generation seven while they were in
college and about the first few years of Kalanas reign as heiress.
Well, Kalana really did get a late start when it came to having a family. She was much more focused on rebuilding the Lorian economy and
way of life in general. She had a few individuals hired to go throughout Lorian to conduct surveys to see how people in the united Loros felt
about the changes that she and the council had enacted. If it wasnt effective Kalana worked to find a solution that would be. She was exactly
what Loros needed after the war with Gal.
-
8/4/2019 Goldweaver Family Legacy Chapter 33
3/50
-
8/4/2019 Goldweaver Family Legacy Chapter 33
4/50
She tried dating a few of the
young single men in town, but
just wasnt able to commit to a
relationship long term. Theyd
always do something that set
off her violent temper and
Kalana just didnt see a reasonto forgive them. If Kalana had
one fault that really hampered
her relationships it was her
unforgiving nature.
It wasnt her temper?
No. Nothe temper got her
into trouble, mostly becauseshe made the wrong
assumptions about people and
didnt think things throughbut
Kalana could have gotten out
of a lot of it if shed forgiven the
person who wronged her the
most in her life.herself.
-
8/4/2019 Goldweaver Family Legacy Chapter 33
5/50
Really that was the heart
of the problem when it
came to her relationship
with Rhiannon. Shed
forgiven Rhia for having
Orianna long before sheforgave herself for being
wrong. Kalana was a
stubborn ox and tried to
avoid being near Rhia as
much as possible. But age
and experience had taught
Rhia a few lessons too.
Since Kalana wouldntseek her out, Rhia just
went out of her way to
bridge the gap between
them. It took considerable
time and effort, but I can
say this Rhia and Kalana
worked out theirdifferences and became
the closest of friends.
-
8/4/2019 Goldweaver Family Legacy Chapter 33
6/50
Kalana never asked people
to do things she wasnt
willing to do herself. Okay
that and she often wasnt
happy with how some of
her volunteers carried outthe tasks. But really, she
was more than happy to be
about the business of
talking with the various
residents of Loros and
checking in to see that the
measures theyd passed
were working and that thevarious cultures were
happy. I dont know how
much Lady Gem enjoyed
being pestered about the
opinions of the Dark Elves
during dinner, but you
certainly can never saythat K wasnt dedicated to
the job of leading Loros.
-
8/4/2019 Goldweaver Family Legacy Chapter 33
7/50
Running her own
successful businesses on
top of leading council
meetings really did put a
lot on Kalanas plate. But
truth be told she often
killed two birds with onestone, using the
businesses to informally
check-in with various
people. She never gave
formal surveys to
citizensjust fellow
council members such as
Gem had to deal with
that.
Wouldnt she give the
councilors advice too?
Ha! Yeahshe could be
a little pushy. Kalana
always had an opinion for
everything and didnt
hesitate to share it. But
even with her bossy
nature, most people feel
Kalana was probably one
of the best rulers Loros
has ever had.
-
8/4/2019 Goldweaver Family Legacy Chapter 33
8/50
She was quite unhappy
with the condition of
the cemeteries and so
decided to take on
measures to see them
reformed. It wasKalana who first placed
Goldweaver graves in
a local cemetery. She
decided that the best
way to initiate reform
was to place her own
relatives there to set an
example. Glydwr and
Kalis graves andportraits were the first
two to be placed. Soon
the whole community
was following Kalanas
example and the
graves of Lorian,
Waterfall Springs,
Rainbow Valley, and
Rainbow City wereonce again being given
loving care and
attention.
-
8/4/2019 Goldweaver Family Legacy Chapter 33
9/50
The main family did
take in one of the
animals that arrived
with the Matak elves.
They originally took in
Aiia who developed afondness for Toren, but
eventually took in a
puppy named Hugo.
They didnt keep Hugo
did they?
No. After Alia, had herpuppy with him the
family gave him up
since he and Alia rarely
got along.
-
8/4/2019 Goldweaver Family Legacy Chapter 33
10/50
Tristen and Kalana
still spent any freetime
together in the family
game room. Kalana of
course did not have
many free hours tospend at home with
her mother and father,
often not coming
home from work until
well after dark. Her
parents both
encouraged her to
take a little more time
for herself, but neither
was very successful in
the attempt.
-
8/4/2019 Goldweaver Family Legacy Chapter 33
11/50
Toren enjoyed
taking early
morning strolls on
the beach dividing
Loros from the
home of his teenand adult years,
Loros. Toren never
really got over
leaving the land
hed called home
for so long. He was
grateful to be backin Loros, but it
didnt stop Toren
from missing all
the friends hed left
behind.
-
8/4/2019 Goldweaver Family Legacy Chapter 33
12/50
Kalana was rarely
home during the day,
but that didnt mean
the family home was
empty. Toren and
Tristens son,daughters, Z, Edi,
and the grandkids
were frequent
visitors.
-
8/4/2019 Goldweaver Family Legacy Chapter 33
13/50
Aiden Silica also became a
regular houseguest. Hed
joined the Order of
Supernatural Creatures after
returning from college. And
during his frequent visits tothe Haven, Toren met Aiden
for the first time. The two men
hit it off instantly. Before long
Aiden was dropping in
unannounced at the Vijayakar
home. A practice, which
Kalana found quite annoying
and rude.
But Toren and Tristen both
seemed to realize Aiden was
looking for a place to belong
and always welcomed him to
the home with open arms.
And Tristen absolutely
refused to let him leavewithout having a bite to eat.
-
8/4/2019 Goldweaver Family Legacy Chapter 33
14/50
Because he was such
a regular guest, Kalana
and Aiden couldnt
help but run into each
other. Over the course
of two years, the twoworked out their initial
differences and slowly
but surely a mutual
respect and tentative
friendship was built
between them.
-
8/4/2019 Goldweaver Family Legacy Chapter 33
15/50
What did Aiden do for the
Order?
Because Aiden was from
another world he understood
most of the cultures of nearby
planets. Therefore, Rhiannon
often asked him to accompany
her when she went to seek out
information and others like
herself on these nearby worlds.
Tristen and Toren of course
were always curious to learn
new information and so they
often asked Aiden to teach
them to speak the languages,
teach them local customs, or
tell them stories of these distant
lands. And even though Kalana
tried to hide it early on, she was
quite interested in learning newthings from Aiden.
-
8/4/2019 Goldweaver Family Legacy Chapter 33
16/50
Toren and Aiden were
close werent they Ryker?
Yes. Toren had a way of
treating Aiden like a
second son. Aiden deeply
respected Toren and the
two were almost
inseparable from the
moment they met.
-
8/4/2019 Goldweaver Family Legacy Chapter 33
17/50
Toren finally found someone
worthy enough to play chess
with him. Aiden was a very
intelligent if intense young man
who could give the old fellow a
real challenge. And I cant say I
wasnt happy that the task of
playing chess with Toren each
and every evening had finally
been delegated to someone
else. I didnt mind losing. It was
that bored expression on
Torens face that really got to
me. It was almost like he wasplaying me out of curtsey. Ive
never liked chess. I only played
with Toren because he was my
best friend and I enjoyed his
company. Toren played for
similar reasons. With Aiden
filling in to play chess, Toren
and I finally after 40 years found
a new hobby, Mahjong.
-
8/4/2019 Goldweaver Family Legacy Chapter 33
18/50
Aiden was a great kid,
and I love him to death.
But hes just a wee bit
competitive.
Poor Toren started to losehis edge as he got older.
If Aiden had tried to cheat
my friend at the game of
darts 15 years earlier hed
have been caught in a
heartbeat. Of course a 15
year younger version of
Toren was also a lot lesslaid back and would have
given Aiden a look that
would have killed him on
the spot for cheating too.
-
8/4/2019 Goldweaver Family Legacy Chapter 33
19/50
All was going well in Loros.
The economy was finally on
the mend for the first time
since the days when
Glyndwr had first overthrown
the mafia. This was duelargely to the reforms that
had been made to ensure
that local authorities had
what they needed to enforce
and uphold the laws. With
these reforms in place,
Kalana began to branch out.
She decided that Loros
should begin trading goods
with other worlds. She had
been on the verge of signing
the first trade agreement
with the nearby world of
Telos, when to her dismay
talks fell through. A newleader had come to power,
one who had no interest in
continuing negotiations to
reopen the ancient trade
routes.
-
8/4/2019 Goldweaver Family Legacy Chapter 33
20/50
Kalana went home quite
disgusted and was quite
honestly a very disagreeable
person to live or work with
for several weeks. Toren
finally however, could takeno more of his daughters
unpleasant demeanor and in
a rare show of emotion
finally put his foot down Im
sorry the talks fell through,
Kalana, honestly I am. But in
this life we rarely get
everything to go our own
way. Just because
something doesnt work out
the way we planned, does
not give us the right to act
like a two year old.
If you arent happy with the situation that is fine. If you want to sulk in your room for days at a time, fine.
But do not think you can simply take out your frustrations on those of us who have done nothing to
deserve your wrath. Finally, let me give you one last piece of advice. It has been my personal experience
over the years that complaining, sulking, and throwing temper tantrums solve absolutely nothing. If you
truly want to see the ancient trade routes reopened with Telos, I would suggest taking the next available
shuttle to speak with the new ruler in person.
-
8/4/2019 Goldweaver Family Legacy Chapter 33
21/50
Kalana took her
fathers advice.
-
8/4/2019 Goldweaver Family Legacy Chapter 33
22/50
But she did put up a
bit of a fuss when the
councilors insisted
that she have a
personal escort,
especially when sherealized that Ani-Mei
convinced the others
that Aiden should go
with her. She swears
to this day, and I
agree with her, that
Ani-Mei wasconspiring to set
those two up.
-
8/4/2019 Goldweaver Family Legacy Chapter 33
23/50
Kalanas meeting with the
new Grand Elder of Telos
proved successful. He
seemed a little taken aback
by Kalana and Aidens
forceful personalities, but heagreed that reopening the
trade routes would be
beneficial for both worlds. And
so for the first time since the
elder days Loros was once
again connected to the
outside.
-
8/4/2019 Goldweaver Family Legacy Chapter 33
24/50
With their task complete,
Kalana could have easily
left Telos behind and
returned to Loros.
However, somehow she
was convinced to enjoy thelocal scenery and take
some much needed R and
R.
-
8/4/2019 Goldweaver Family Legacy Chapter 33
25/50
The trip to Telos proved
to be exactly what the
doctor ordered. Kalana
came back to Loros a
completely changed
woman. She didntseem as harried or
worn down. And to Ani-
Meis delight, Aiden and
Kalana were spending a
lot more time together.
-
8/4/2019 Goldweaver Family Legacy Chapter 33
26/50
Kalana and Aiden. Once
they got past the surface
differences found they
shared a great deal.
They both shared a love
of the outdoors and
neither was afraid to take
risks in life. They were
both quite ambitious and
valued hard work. And
deep deep down theyre
both quite sweet. Just
dont ever tell them I said
that.
Cause theyd kill you?
Precisely.
-
8/4/2019 Goldweaver Family Legacy Chapter 33
27/50
Furthermore, they are
both fiercely loyal to those
they love. Aiden was
especially protective.
What did he do?That gentleman made the
mistake of saying
something derogatory
about Toren in Aidens
range of hearing, which
for the record is about
4,000 miles.Translation, if you cant
say something nice dont
say it at all?
More of less, Al. More or
less.
-
8/4/2019 Goldweaver Family Legacy Chapter 33
28/50
Toren appreciated the
loyalty from Aiden, but
he was ever sure to
remind Aiden that
violence was not
always the answer toevery problem. He
ever encouraged
Aiden and his
daughter to curb
those violent tempers.
The way I see it, you
have two ears, butonly one mouth. You
really ought to be
doing more listening
than speaking.
-
8/4/2019 Goldweaver Family Legacy Chapter 33
29/50
Aiden finally obtained the
needed equipment to teach
Kalana how to play some of
his native worlds games.
-
8/4/2019 Goldweaver Family Legacy Chapter 33
30/50
-
8/4/2019 Goldweaver Family Legacy Chapter 33
31/50
K proved to be a quick
study. She was able to
beat him soundly each
and every single time they
played. Hed often protest
that he was, letting herwin. After all Ryker, shes
a girl.
But that scowl on his face
and the surprise in his
voice each time he said
these things said hed had
his bubble burst. Hewasnt accustomed to
losing back home from
what Ive been told by
Miss Starr. Though she
added it was good for him
to lose at something from
time to time.
-
8/4/2019 Goldweaver Family Legacy Chapter 33
32/50
Miss Kalana taught me
how to be goalie on
Saturday so I could try out
for the school team. Shes
amazing! How can an old
lady block so good? Icouldnt get anything past
her.
Beats me kid. Just make
sure you dont ever call K
an old lady to her face
again please. I dont want
to listen to THAT lectureabout my great-great
grandchildren being
heathens again.
Funny thats exactly what
mom said.
-
8/4/2019 Goldweaver Family Legacy Chapter 33
33/50
Yes, well. Some part of
Aiden must have gotten
used to the idea of losing
to a girl because less than
a month after returning
from Telos, Aiden and
Kalana were a couple.
-
8/4/2019 Goldweaver Family Legacy Chapter 33
34/50
But dont think there wasnt a
sport that Kalana never gained
any skill in. She was just awful
when it came to golf. Aiden
was good, but would
occasionally have the balldisobey the basic laws of
physics. Combine that with
their natural tempers and well.
They were VERY scary on the
green. I only made the mistake
of playing with them once.
Never again.
Somehow though, Aiden and
Kalana seemed to enjoy
playing together. They made
weekly visits to the local golf
course. Though how they
could enjoy it with one of them
throwing a tantrum every few
holes is beyond me. To eachhis own I guess.
-
8/4/2019 Goldweaver Family Legacy Chapter 33
35/50
And then FINALLY! as Miss
Starr tells it Aiden proposed.
Kalana accepted and then
plans were made for the
wedding. The engagement
came as a bit of a shock foralmost everyone. No one quite
expected Kalana to ever get
married. Theyd resigned
themselves to choosing an heir
from one of the spare lines.
Needless to say, the impeding
wedding of Kalana and Aiden
was the talk of the land for
months.
-
8/4/2019 Goldweaver Family Legacy Chapter 33
36/50
The two got married in the
middle of June in a quiet
private ceremony only
surrounded by the closest
family and friends. K was
insistent that only family andfriends who had been invited
were allowed to be witness
to the occasion. Absolutely
no paparazzi!
Did any try to show up?
Well I heard tales that onecameraman showed up, but
it took only one death glare
from Kalana to send him
running for the hills.
-
8/4/2019 Goldweaver Family Legacy Chapter 33
37/50
Aiden settled into life with
his new family taking on a
job with the local
authorities. He wasnt quite
the workaholic like his
wife. He actually hadhobbies. Sports was his
true passion of course, but
he was willing to try
anything once especially
for his family. So though I
dont think he enjoyed
pulling weeds or
gardening, he could befound outside in the
greenhouse with Tristen on
his days off.
-
8/4/2019 Goldweaver Family Legacy Chapter 33
38/50
With the heiress finally
married, the new topic on
everyones mind became
babies. Everyone wanted
to know when Kalana and
Aiden would be having achild.
Kalana did her best to
keep her mouth shut in
regards to the talk. You
could clearly see she was
becoming annoyed with
the constant gossip. Soreally it came as no
surprise that one or two
poor souls came to be on
the receiving end of her
wrath. I remember one
poor old lady from the
garden club.
Listen you old hag. Ill have you know that Aiden and I havent even decided
if we want kids. If we decide to have a child and I become pregnant, believe
me when I say that you will be the last person on Loros to know anything
about it.
-
8/4/2019 Goldweaver Family Legacy Chapter 33
39/50
-
8/4/2019 Goldweaver Family Legacy Chapter 33
40/50
The real problem was
that Kalana had
decided that she did
want children, and had
recently learned from
the doctors after hersecond miscarriage
that she would likely
never be able to have
children of her own.
Couple this with the
fact that both her
sisters, her brothers
wife, and my daughter
were all expecting
babies and you can
understand why K
might have had a short
fuse.
-
8/4/2019 Goldweaver Family Legacy Chapter 33
41/50
She tried her best to tell
everyone around her that
she was fine. So I cant
have kids. So what? Ive
never been a big family
kind of girl anyway.But anyone with two eyes
could clearly see that the
news she couldnt have
children was bothering
her. For the first time in
her life, Kalana had failed
at something and she waspowerless to do anything
about it.
-
8/4/2019 Goldweaver Family Legacy Chapter 33
42/50
Kalana wasnt the only one
affected by the news. Aiden
actually set one of the trees
on fire with his powers after
returning from the doctors
office. Luckily it was raining
and the downpour quickly
doused the flames.
-
8/4/2019 Goldweaver Family Legacy Chapter 33
43/50
Toren could see that his
daughter and son were
hurting and after some
hesitation finally revealed to
Aiden that he and Kalana
would eventually havechildren.
Aiden was overjoyed with the
news. He seemed completely
unaware that Toren had been
reluctant to give his son the
information. I however, could
tell right away something wasoff.
-
8/4/2019 Goldweaver Family Legacy Chapter 33
44/50
The haunted look had
come back to his face.
The one Id seen it
take on during the war
with Gal. The one that
had been there whenRhiannon died. It took
some persuasion, but
finally he admitted the
truth. In one of the
dreams, Kalana had
died giving birth to the
children. In another
shed died soon aftertheir birth. And in a
third shed never
recovered from the
trauma dying when the
boys were six.
-
8/4/2019 Goldweaver Family Legacy Chapter 33
45/50
Toren really didnt
want to tell them, but
he had no choice. He
broke the news to
Kalana and Aiden that
there was a very real
possibility that Kalana
might die if the couple
chose to have children.
He also added that if
the couple chose not
to have children that
there was no way forhim to know what the
consequences would
be.
-
8/4/2019 Goldweaver Family Legacy Chapter 33
46/50
Kalana and Aiden then
had a very long talk and
in the end they decided to
keep trying. If Kalana died
young, then so be it. She
and Aiden would justhave to make the best of
what time they had left.
They not deny the world
the blessing their children
could provide simply
because Kalana might
die.
-
8/4/2019 Goldweaver Family Legacy Chapter 33
47/50
But I dont think the
choice was easy for
either of them to make. I
think she wondered at
times if shed done the
right thing. I think shehad her doubts. After all,
those children could be a
curse on the world too
couldnt they? Was she
wrong for wanting to
have children? Should
the fact that she might
never know them be
reason enough for her
not to want them?
-
8/4/2019 Goldweaver Family Legacy Chapter 33
48/50
Kalana spent many hours
with her siblings. She did not
tell her twin sister why she
was spending so much time
with her siblings and their
children. She did confide herfears in Rhiannon, finding for
the first time in her life that
she appreciated her sisters
gift of being so directly
connected to death.
-
8/4/2019 Goldweaver Family Legacy Chapter 33
49/50
Kalana eventually
found she was
pregnant with twins.
We decided not to
tell the council as a
whole about Torensdreams. We didnt
want panic to set in
around Loros at the
revelation that
Kalana might die.
We also didnt want
K and the family to
be swamped with
questions we were
unable to answer. In
secret, Toren and I
began to plan for
what we would do
should Kalana in
fact die giving birthto her sons.
-
8/4/2019 Goldweaver Family Legacy Chapter 33
50/50
All to quickly, one
month turned to
seven and Kalana
went into labor pains.
Aiden, Toren, and
Tristen rushed her tothe hospital. Even
though it was the
middle of the day,
Rhiannon woke me
from my sleep when
shed received the
call. I joined Eli,
Rhiannon and Zeric
in the basement
where we waited for
news on Kalana and
the babies.
top related