Egelric, Part Four: The Old Devil

In the course of the next five years, Egelric comes almost accidentally into some of the greatest happiness he has ever known. In addition to his own happy family life, he sees his daughter provided for and meets his first grandchild. At the very end of this period his life’s greatest gift—stolen from him fourteen years before—is returned to him as well.

But Egelric has always feared letting the gods see him too happy, and just when he thinks he has everything he ever wanted, what he loves the most is taken away.

This storyline ends with Leofric bringing bad news to the Duchess of Nothelm.

Theme: Egelric and Lili

Rating: PG (nudity)

Chapters: 92
Written between August 25, 2006, and September 8, 2007.

Alred remembers a girl	December 24	1080
Malcolm begins his observations	April 4	1081
Egelric and Malcolm cross the field	April 24	1081
Malcolm meets an elf	April 24	1081
Egelric asks for a nurse	August 5	1081
Alred invites Egelric	November 25	1081
Lili invites herself	January 11	1082
Egelric finds a spider with butterfly wings	January 12	1082
Bertie brings gossip	January 12	1082
Lili says she doesn't know	January 21	1082
Alred comes with good news	February 12	1082
Malcolm gives his advice	March 5	1082
Alred brings a harp	March 18	1082
Lili is confronted	April 10	1082
Egelric offers Lili's explanation	April 10	1082
Lili passes an interesting night	April 20	1082
Egelric wakes	May 24	1082
Lili's eyes cry	June 4	1082
Alred announces the news	August 5	1082
Lili is awoken early	August 14	1082
Alred makes matters worse	September 19	1082
Wulf asks a pertinent question	October 8	1082
Iylaine acts her age	October 14	1082
Ears saves Egelric a trip up the stairs	October 14	1082
Brede and Eirik have good news	October 16	1082
Lili comes closer	October 21	1082
August tells Egelric four things	October 21	1082
Egelric gives Malcolm something to think about	October 30	1082
Alred comes on the fourth day	November 14	1082
Iylaine and Lili have something in common	November 15	1082
Alred invites everybody	December 15	1082
Egelric lets go	February 21	1083
Lili hears a new language	February 24	1083
Iylaine meets her father's fear	February 25	1083
Egelric does not see something interesting	March 20	1083
Lady Gwynn drinks up romance to the dregs	April 16	1083
Alred’s groomsmen get into the bubbly	June 29	1083
Wynflaed jeopardizes Alred’s wedding	June 29	1083
Alred makes a mess of the wedding dinner	June 29	1083
Egelric and Malcolm have the same idea	July 3	1083
Egelric looks down upon a queen	August 3	1083
Egelric learns how much he owes	September 4	1083
Lili has a few thoughts	November 27	1083
Egelric attempts to do his part	December 5	1083
Ethelwyn escapes	December 14	1083
Egelric calls in a few favors	December 16	1083
Ethelwyn is reassured	December 16	1083
Hetty asks Egelric's opinion	December 16	1083
Ethelwyn gives his word	December 16	1083
Ethelwyn awaits his fate	December 16	1083
Egelric gets what's coming to him	December 16	1083
Egelric has his fun	December 16	1083
Ethelwyn lets fly the dart	December 16	1083
Hetty does something bold	December 16	1083
Ethelwyn gets a lesson	December 16	1083
Mouse gets a lesson	December 16	1083
Mother Curran finds certain proceedings scandalous	December 25	1083
Egelric meets a little turtle	December 25	1083
Lili asks for ladies	December 28	1083
Egelric considers his hands	January 18	1084
Egelric meets a real elf	January 18	1084
Ethelwyn gets permission	February 2	1084
Aengus tells the rest	April 10	1084
Egelric asks for help	April 11	1084
Egelric is poorly treated	June 28	1084
Egelric puts the bat out	July 1	1084
Leofric and Alred see a ghost	October 31	1084
A flame is passed and a leaf falls	November 20	1084
Egelric keeps his grudges to himself	November 21	1084
The elf meets his ally and his enemy	November 25	1084
Egelric says what he has been dying to say	November 25	1084
Gwynn is dispensed from kissing beards	December 12	1084
Egelric gets a different reception	December 13	1084
The elf puts his prejudice aside	January 3	1085
Lili asks too much	May 4	1085
Vash is reminded why not	June 1	1085
Gwynn is promised a kiss	August 15	1085
Gwynn's veracity is challenged	September 3	1085
Egelric is an old devil	September 4	1085
Belsar returns from the Unknown	September 18	1085
Vin is not prepared	September 21	1085
Vin does not go	September 21	1085
Alred sees the molten man	September 23	1085
Cat lets Egelric in	September 26	1085
Finn has a seat	September 26	1085
Finn finds a friend	October 5	1085
Malcolm is outnumbered	October 11	1085
Malcolm goes out into the rain	October 13	1085
Malcolm breaks a thousand mirrors	October 15	1085
Eithne is guarded	November 3	1085
Gunnilda sees the son	November 6	1085
Leofric sees the daughter	November 8	1085