Maeric and Adina's Epic Adventure

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Poem by Jeffan Caliarthan for Project Gaidin's Death Match week 3.

In the Land of Caemlyn, where the Shadow rules
One ter'angreal to rule them all, one ter'angreal to find them
One ter'angreal to bring them all, and in the darkness-
Oh, wait, wrong story.

Our story, however, does begin in Caemlyn, the land of arrogance.
The Seanchan knew little of our land when they robbed the Tower,
But they did know that the Lions of Andor held an intricate palace,
And in it is where they hid the ter'angreal of Power they had stolen.

Maeric was a man of great renown in the Tower for his healing abilities.
He had healed many a wound when a Yellow wasn't available.
And the Amyrlin appreciated him and his Aes Sedai,
So she chose them for the mission of reclaiming the ter'angreal.

The Warder Maeric and Aes Sedai Adina entered the Inner City,
Where those of the Tower were not an uncommon occurance.
They requested an audience with the queen of the city,
And were granted it within the hour, a little late.

They entered the Royal Palace and Adina went to visit with the Queen,
While Maeric went off in search of the artifact, searching with just a description.
He only had a few hours while Adina held the Queen's attention,
So he searched in the likeliest of places to hide a single bird figurine.

He spent nearly two hours searching for this little stone bird,
And found nothing, to his greatest disappointment and shame.
A thought occurred to him, and he dashed off to the middle of the Palace,
And towards the bedrooms of the little child the Queen had just birthed.

There were two guards outside of the child's room,
But Maeric quickly dispensed of them with two ninja-acupuncture pinches.
They fell without a word as he entered the room,
Seeing the child laying in his crib, cradling a bird figurine.

Maeric smiled to himself, striding up to the child and picking him up.
He cradled the boy in his arms and slipped the bird figurine into his pocket.
He set the boy, now asleep, back down into his crib.
And slipped past the guards again, towards the Waiting Room.

Adina emerged soon after, a smile on her face, all Aes Sedai serenity.
Maeric stood and walked over to her, they strode out of the Palace.
The Gaidin quietly handed Adina the figurine through a caged hand,
And smiled to himself, since the mission was now accomplished.