Molonym Indor'leh - The Chronicles of Molonym

[Ibn Khaldun 7728]

 

𝅘𝅥𝅮𝅗𝅥𝅘𝅥𝅯𝅘𝅥𝅮

 

Molonym Puerithsanan traced his fingers along the page of the book he had open in his hand and read the following lines:

 

"Ullral iyl'fin narneyae. Indor vull kae wyl sanan reweiler. Kae annyer ilu'aeloran ehya kae adonter medier"

 

He heard stirring in the library and his intuition mentioned suspicion. Molonym closed the book with a quiet fold of the hand and looked over his shoulder. He paced between the aisles and leaned over to peer past corners and down the maze-like rows. The early morning hour which he chose to visit the library during may have provoked a fellow Elf to come inside and investigate the candlelit at the entrance. Molonym shrugged to himself and turned back to the book cradled in his arms. He thumbed through pages, trying to find where he had stopped his cursory reading.

 

A bookcase came crashing down atop Molonym with a sudden force. The book fell from his grip and slid along the floor feet from his outstretched hand as a cloaked Elf launched from where Molonym laid and snatched the book by its hardcover. Molonym cried out for help and drew his legs against his torso to kick the bookcase off his body. The other Elf threw himself against the wall adjacent to the entrance of the library, peering out across the city street. The Elf's cloak fell away from his head and revealed the Mali'ker's tribal tattoos. Molonym picked himself up and found the Mali'ker darting out of the library.

 

Molonym felt conflicted, knowing he didn't have a fighting bone in his body. He threw himself halfheartedly after the Mali'ker and ran out of the library. The town began to stir, Elvellyn men and women peering out windows and ducking their heads out of their doors to find a Mali'ame pursuing a Mali'ker in the early morning. Molonym's courage only grew with each sight of the stolen book tucked in the cloak of the Mali'ker he chased.