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The Prize in the Game
Jo Walton
Copyright Jo Walton 2002
Creative Commons License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0
TABLE of CONTENTS
I - Taking Up Arms
1. (Conal), 2. (Elenn), 3. (Emer), 4. (Ferdia)
II - The Feast of Bel 5. (Conal), 6. (Elenn), 7. (Emer), 8. (Ferdia)
III - Atha ap Gren
9. (Conal), 10. (Elenn), 11. (Emer), 12. (Ferdia)
IV - Amagien's Feast
13. (Conal), 14. (Elenn), 15. (Emer), 16. (Ferdia)
V - Connat
17. (Conal), 18. (Elenn), 19. (Emer), 20. (Ferdia)
VI - The Suitors
21. (Conal), 22. (Elenn), 23. (Emer), 24. (Ferdia)
VII - The Battle at the Ford
25. (Conal), 26. (Elenn), 27. (Emer), 28. (Ferdia)
VIII - Taking Responsibility
29. (Conal), 30. (Elenn), 31. (Emer), 32. (Ferdia)
I have been a prize in a game
I have been a queen on a hill
From far and far they flocked to see me.
White am I, among the shadows,
My shoulder is noted for its fairness
The two best men in all the world have loved me.
My crown is of apple, bough and blossom.
They wear my favour but my arms are empty.
The boat drifts heedless down the dark stream.
I - Taking Up Arms
1. (Conal)
"My parents are always fighting," Elenn said.
Conal looked at her. She really was a distractingly beautiful girl. He had thought so even when she had first arrived in the king's hall, wet and bedraggled, with her huge-eyed little sister standing beside her. Here in the sunny orchard with the blossoms around her she was the loveliest thing he had ever seen. His father,