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THE KELt HOUNDS

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It was not fhe first' or last time that the fate of the Kelts wwld become intrkately bound up with House Steiner. Mocgan Kell helped fo save Katrlna's Ilfe during an Us$asdn~t lon pbf even before she became Archon. Then It was an Inheritance from Ka- trina's husband Arthur, a cousin ol the Kslls, that permmed the brothers to finance their dream of loundfng a mere unit. Much Ictter, Fatrkk K e l l gave Ms 1We to rescua Metlsscr Steiner, heir to the Lyran throne and Hanse Davton's floncee, when she was kidnap- ped by agents of the Draconls Comblns.

there when ~orinuga Kurfta killed Ian Davion on Mullory's Worfd. They held oft lhe Second Sword of Light long enough for Pavlan forces to mover the Prlnce's body, but Kurk escaped,

FromtRclt day, Ywlnagp KurRa and the Kel Hounds were destined to face one mother in a seri&s of cflmactlc bames. When Morgan and YorInaga dueled in oneof these, a legend wasborn. The mys- ticcll nature of thut battle lefi Morgon so shaken that he disbanded most of his regiment and jdned a monastery.

- 1 leadership of Pat- Ke1. After ,

Yorlnugu kllled Pdrlck on Styx, Morgan Kelt came out Of eldie to rebuild his unit. He knew # -only a mutter of time before he and --- Yorlnaga would m d again on a day of final r s c k h g . . .. - $,.. .

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