THE STORY OF ORLANDO

FROM WINDERMEER TO POT OLNI

Part 4 Lady BB was happy with the new adopted children, now alone and advanced in years, she and Mith finally had little ones to take care of and educate, Sir Mith would have liked the boys to continue his work as a builder, but Lady BB was adamant, they would study at the campus to become Scribes, and Magistrates, because they were born from a noble family of the desert.

PORT OLNI

Time passed and now young boys, strong and beautiful, they had nothing else to teach them, so they decided that the eldest Orlando after learning to read, write, do sums and learned the art of fighting, it was time to leave for the Campus.

GOREAN CAMPUS

Lady BB decided that she would send Orlando to the city of Port Olni where Lady Lucy and Lady Janette taught at the Campus, she knew them well they had been friends in the early days of studying for Scriba, and sometimes they sent each other greetings, she had already announced Orlando's arrival in the city via a message begging the two sisters of studies to take care of him for now, then she would send her brother Darian as soon as he grew up.

Lady BB entrusted Orlando to the Captain of a departing ship, he would stop first in Cos and then go up the Wosk river to the Onli river then to the city, Orlando was happy to leave but sad to have to separate from his brother Darian, they had grown up together since birth, but he was aware of his destiny and to become an important man of High caste, then work for the population, the slave Alika always told him the night before going to sleep the story of their family, of her mother queen of the desert and of her father pasha, of how their oasis was flourishing where the Merchants' tracks crossed. he told him that their destiny would be to return to the desert, because whoever is born in the south always returns, and they would take back their territories and their title of Pasha Orlando and Emir Darian.

They left one sunny morning, a light breeze from the north made the ship slide on that sea slightly rippled by the wind, the Captain wanted Orlando with him on the Bridge, he explained everything to him about navigation, about winds and sails. The days passed quickly, after the stop in Cos to load the Wine, they entered the large gulf to go up the river, keeping away from the pirate routes, Orlando was happy to help that captain who knew everything about navigation but little about accounts and writing, he helped him learn, a friendship had been established between them, like between a father and a son. but the separation was now near, and finally they took that tributary of the river Wosk, which would take them to the great port and to that beautiful city with its five towers and its large residential area near the lighthouse, on the nearby island a community of Vagons lived ruled by a queen and her young daughter.

The Commander personally accompanied Orlando from the Ubara of olni lady Lucy Bronet (rip), he left him advising him to study and become someone, one day he would be happy to meet him as a great of Gor. Lady Lucy welcomed that young man in her city assigning him a room on the upper floor of the bakery, on the avenue of traders, soon winter would arrive and with it the first snow, she knew well that the young man would suffer their cold, him with his dark complexion typical of the desert, but she did not worry about this, the important thing is that he easily adapts to the life of the Campus and study.

a few days, Lady Janette (rip) also arrived with her faithful slave-helper Christa, who would have contributed a lot to the young Orlando's studies, they arrived at the large campus, it was not easy to orient himself, he had to memorize the various study classes, which he attended assiduously, he spent his free time in the library located in front of the classroom for the Magistrates, from where the road to the area where the combat lessons took place started, Orlando sometimes approached that area keeping himself apart, but he was focused on his studies.

 

After a few months, finally the day of the exam from Sribe arrived, which Orlando passed with ease, with the compliments of Lady Janette, despite his not fluent language accustomed to his language of the southern desert. now he could wear the Blue Suit, but he would have to practice, in some office with the Scribes, but on the advice of Lady Janette and Lady Lucy, he decided to stay on campus and continue his studies to become a Magistrate, but during the breaks from his studies he returned to the city of Olni helping the head of the scribes with the archive and other practices, but he studied a lot, in the study trials he stood out for his skill and readiness in judging the case, then in the end he passed the exam with equal ease becoming a Magistrate, he loved the campus and its lessons too much, he had discovered the Zoo and often went there to study the animals present, one day a professor asked him if he wanted to take a free place in his class, to study to be a Lawyer, he accepted willingly, he became a Lawyer passing the exam with excellent grades, what he was missing now was the diploma as Officer Companion, for Orlando it was child's play to get that diploma.

By now he had nothing more to learn, he returned to Olni, after some time in the offices of the scribes Lady Lucy appointed him Magistrate, even if in the city someone did not look favorably on him especially some women, jealous of his rapid rise in the high caste, but he did not worry, he made friends with the Head of the Caste of the healers (pysichian), and with him he spent a lot of time in the garden of the great avenue where the gates of the towers overlooked, one day Lady Lucy called him saying that it was time for him to know the location of the secret passages under the towers, which came out in the great hall of the public baths and outside the walls for a sudden escape, he was proud of the trust, he worked with commitment and dedication. After a few years he learned that Darian had also graduated Scribe, Magistrate, and Lawyer, and had moved to the city of Falswort with Sir Ming, he decided to go and see him again after years of absence and who knows return to the desert with him. But Orlando never arrived in that city to meet his brother, no one had any news of him, sometimes someone said they had seen him in Port Kar, others in Baku, others still on the island of Svago, no one knew for sure, Darian left Falsworth to look for his brother, starting from what had been the first city where they had seen him, that is Port Kar. darianeditor