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Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 40

After the meeting, Lumi and Joulupukki walked slowly through the cottage talking,
     “I am sorry for bringing up sad memories of your parents,” Joulupukki expressed his condolences.
     “It is fine,” said Lumi.  “I was young when it happened and what few memories I have of them are beautiful ones.  I was told they died while holding a defensive field against a wall of ice that unexpectedly collapsed on them and their travel companions.  There were seventy eight elves in the caravan and they saved most of them.  I was there too, but I have no memory of it.  Anyway, I could not have asked for better parents than 
Ceridfen and DynDoeth.  They are truly remarkable.”
     “They think highly of you as well.”  Joulupukki commented.
Lumi smiled.
The day shortly turned to night and continued uneventfully save for a visit 
from the Council Guard who had escorted them to the Keep hours before.
In late evening Dyndoeth answered the door warily.  The guard did not
bother to come in.  He made a display of handing the Elder a stack of
papers while loudly exclaiming, 
     “These are from the council.  Read through them thoroughly,” and hastened away.  In the center of the stack Dyndoeth found a small hand written piece of paper that said, “As a friend, be forewarned Rian is furious and will stop at nothing to insure your demise and that of the King.”  Dyndoeth chuckled, thinking, I believe that to be quite obvious, then he read more as he flipped the sheet over,
“He has sent for a large number of Dark Elves from Erin.”
That, he did not know and thanked the Guard under his breath.

The next morning DynDoeth and several other elves set their minds to 
the task of deciphering the amulets magic.  Comparing Lumi's to the one from
Joulupukki, they found the latter's magic to be a bit unusual.  Whereas, Lumi's name, at the time Il, was cast as a single embossing spell by nine different magics from nine different elves, six Councilman, both parents and, in this case, the King's magic which was a special honor granted at the request of Dyndoeth, Joulupukki's, on the other hand, was cast with five separate magics with each letter being embossed by a different elf.  This was very unusual.  Erlenkönig's was obvious, forming the first letter, as well, Seileach's magic was strong creating the letter S at the end of the name.
It seemed as if the amulet's etching had taken place over a period of time 
with each letter being embossed by a different Councilman.  The fact that there were only five elves to create the name was not unusual.  Aisling had no elfin magic so could not participate in the amulet ritual.  Quite often there were disputes among the Councilman over a name and one or two of them would decline to participate.  With the events taking place at the time, Erlenkönig likely refused to allow the representatives from the Erin and Ibero Clans to attach any type of magic to his son's amulet, fearing it might be harmful dark magic.  The additional magic used on the amulet they found to be from the Southern, Northern and Village Clans' Councilman.  Because of the turnover of Councilman during this tumultuous time, it appeared to have taken several years to complete the 'Klaus' embossing.

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