Escore

It was one of those who broke our first plan into bits when he reported that the direct route to the pass over which we had first come into Escore was now closed.

Sorceress of the Witch World Norton, Andre 1968

Escore is rent, has long been rent by warring sorcery.

Sorceress of the Witch World Norton, Andre 1968

How much more stunned would he be when he discovered just how many years had passed in Escore if or when we returned?

Sorceress of the Witch World Norton, Andre 1968

Also all I knew of Escore, which I was ready to admit was very little (even the Green People did not stray far from their Valley stronghold), mostly came from rumor and legend.

Sorceress of the Witch World Norton, Andre 1968

That they existed was well known, but that they were created by adepts, that we had learned only after we had come into Escore.

Sorceress of the Witch World Norton, Andre 1968

It was what I had feared and fled in Escore, and to succumb to it here would mean I was wholly lost for all time.

Sorceress of the Witch World Norton, Andre 1968

Since we had fled into Escore, fleeing the wrath of the Wise Women, struggle had been ever sitting on our left hand, sword striking in our right.

Sorceress of the Witch World Norton, Andre 1968

There had never been any way of reckoning the ages since Escore fell into chaos and the remnant of the Old Race had fled west to Estcarp, sealing the mountains behind them.

Sorceress of the Witch World Norton, Andre 1968

In fact, there were no traces of the Escore I had known.

Sorceress of the Witch World Norton, Andre 1968

But above each door was a spot of mute color my eyes delighted in'the blue sheen of those stones which, throughout Escore, stood for protection against all which abode in the darkness we feared most.

Sorceress of the Witch World Norton, Andre 1968