Rag-Wing

Tash rose up out of Jadis' bed and pulled on a robe. In his human form he looked like a handsome tarkaan of Calormen, with dark skin and a fine black beard. In Calormen itself, he had always appeared as a monstrous bird-like creature, like a vulture, but with a glorious plumage like a peacock. It was a necessary guise to terrify the superstitious Calormenes. The human appearance he had taken on was actually closer to his glorious celestial form, created in the image of the Emperor. Jadis remained in the bed. The evil queen looked unusually calm and still. It was as though she was intoxicated by the pleasure he had given her. Over the last t