Black-and-red flames slowly spread over the broken spear, but at first, they made no progress.
Gendry proceeded cautiously, for water magic and fire magic were opposing disciplines.
Handsome Man watched, but he was not particularly surprised. He knew about Gendry, the pyromancer who commanded Dragon Kings.
"Dawn!" A bright blue rune appeared within Gendry's flames, in the shape of Lady Justice.
Dawn also carried a hint of the sea, a taste of daybreak, a gentle yet supremely brilliant sword wave.
At last, there was a flicker of movement in the Water Spear's gem.
Chapter 470: Water Magic Reawakens, Northward
Gendry took up the remaining half of the Water Spear. Its tip was shaped somewhat like an ash leaf, with silver light shimmering over it.
"This is the course of the entire Rhoyne." Gendry studied the water patterns on the spear's shaft and tip. It was quite easy to tell.
The Rhoyne began at the confluence of its two tributaries, the Upper Rhoyne and the Little Rhoyne, in northwestern Essos, southeast of the ruins of Gorosh, east of Pentos.
At Ny Sar, Mother Rhoyne welcomed her wildest daughter, the Noyne.
At Dagger Lake, the Qhoyne came surging in. As the Rhoyne's black daughter, she brought abundant timber and pinecones, bright golden leaves and amber from the forest of Qohor.
Farther south, the Rhoyne welcomed the Lhorulu, the laughing daughter who rushed down from the Golden Fields.
At the confluence of the Lhorulu and the mother river stood the ruins of Chroyane, once the city of festivals.
After that, the Rhoyne flowed south, then east for a long stretch, until she welcomed her youngest daughter, the shy Sar Mell, who always hid her course among reeds and turbulent currents.
As the silver light grew brighter, images of other divine animals appeared along