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Ch. 1
Arc 1: Execution || Chapter 1: Headsman
Arc 1: Execution || Chapter 1: HeadsmanArc 1: Execution || Chapter 1: HeadsmanAngels are good at wielding guilt. Devils are sometimes better, but you’d need a priest to explain the difference between ...
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Ch. 2
1.2: Red Rain
1.2: Red Rain1.2: Red RainI cannot say how long that moment lasted, as the novice and I stared at one another. It can’t have been longer than seconds, but it felt like time froze. The acolyte was youn...
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Ch. 3
1.3: Glorysworn
1.3: Glorysworn1.3: GloryswornThey were knights. I could tell at a glance, from the visible enchantments on their gear to the artistry apparent in the fashion of their weapons and armor. Two held swor...
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Ch. 4
1.4: Memory Of A Dream’S End
1.4: Memory Of A Dream’S End1.4: Memory of a Dream’s EndIn my dream, I see fire raining from the sky.Not a dream. A memory. But, in the manner of dreams, visions flash before my eyes without order or ...
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Ch. 5
1.5: The Fallen
1.5: The Fallen1.5: The FallenI stumbled through the woods, every step an agony. I knew, subconsciously, that I wasn’t going to last. My wound — wounds — were bad.The bolt was lodged in bone, which I ...
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Ch. 6
Arc 1: Chapter 2: Red Rain
Arc 1: Chapter 2: Red RainArc 1: Chapter 2: Red RainI cannot say how long that moment lasted, as the novice and I stared at one another. It can’t have been longer than seconds, but it felt like time f...
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Ch. 7
Arc 1: Chapter 3: Glorysworn
Arc 1: Chapter 3: GloryswornArc 1: Chapter 3: GloryswornThey were knights. I could tell at a glance, from the visible enchantments on their gear to the artistry apparent in the fashion of their weapon...
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Ch. 8
Arc 1: Chapter 4: Memory Of A Dream’S End
Arc 1: Chapter 4: Memory Of A Dream’S EndArc 1: Chapter 4: Memory of a Dream’s EndIn my dream, I see fire raining from the sky.Not a dream. A memory. But, in the manner of dreams, visions flash before...
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Ch. 9
Arc 1: Chapter 5: The Fallen
Arc 1: Chapter 5: The FallenArc 1: Chapter 5: The FallenI stumbled through the woods, every step an agony. I knew, subconsciously, that I wasn’t going to last. My wound — wounds — were bad.The bolt wa...
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Ch. 10
Arc 1: Chapter 6: Kindness Of Strangers
Arc 1: Chapter 6: Kindness Of StrangersArc 1: Chapter 6: Kindness of StrangersThe first thought I had, when I had any again, was that Hell wasn’t quite as warm as I’d thought it would be.Hearing came ...
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Ch. 11
Arc 1: Chapter 7: Ill-Omened Road
Arc 1: Chapter 7: Ill-Omened RoadArc 1: Chapter 7: Ill-omened RoadWe went northward, and though I had wanted to be left behind in my half-delirious state, I kept my mouth shut once I’d come to. I wasn...
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Ch. 12
Arc 1: Chapter 8: Curse-Burdened Wanderers
Arc 1: Chapter 8: Curse-Burdened WanderersArc 1: Chapter 8: Curse-burdened WanderersThe clouds had cleared by the time we finished burying the troll, and red had bled across the sky. A thin gray silt ...
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Ch. 13
Arc 1: Chapter 9: Onsolain
Arc 1: Chapter 9: OnsolainArc 1: Chapter 9: OnsolainWhen I woke, I wasn’t feeling any pain. That was my first clue that something was off.The scent of flowers drew me from a dream whose details scatte...
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Ch. 14
Arc 1: Chapter 10: Shadows Over Caelfall
Arc 1: Chapter 10: Shadows Over CaelfallArc 1: Chapter 10: Shadows Over CaelfallI woke just before dawn. We cleared the Irkwood not long after, and moved into the domain known as Caelfall.My first imp...
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Ch. 15
Arc 1: Chapter 11: Amid The Mists
Arc 1: Chapter 11: Amid The MistsArc 1: Chapter 11: Amid the MistsI ate the food that was brought to me, and left the mead less than half empty. I avoid impaired judgment at the most peaceful times, a...
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Ch. 16
Arc 1: Chapter 12: The Hungry Dead
Arc 1: Chapter 12: The Hungry DeadArc 1: Chapter 12: The Hungry DeadWe faced each other in silence, me and those three killers, as the night grew older and the nearly lambent mist coiled around our le...
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Ch. 17
Arc 1: Chapter 13: Castle Cael
Arc 1: Chapter 13: Castle CaelArc 1: Chapter 13: Castle CaelThe mist lingered — I imagined it would so long as whatever will was behind it wanted it to. It writhed and curled around the edges of the b...
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Ch. 18
Arc 1: Chapter 14: Dark Things
Arc 1: Chapter 14: Dark ThingsArc 1: Chapter 14: Dark ThingsI left Catrin in the foyer and followed Quinn up several flights of stairs and through a winding series of corridors. The castle was dimly l...
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Ch. 19
Arc 1: Chapter 15: Shadow Council
Arc 1: Chapter 15: Shadow CouncilArc 1: Chapter 15: Shadow CouncilI’ve been in danger many times in my life. I have escaped death by the narrowest of margins, danced with it, even gone beyond its thre...
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Ch. 20
Arc 1: Chapter 16: The Lord Of House Falconer
Arc 1: Chapter 16: The Lord Of House FalconerArc 1: Chapter 16: The Lord of House FalconerI followed the Baron, accompanied by his green-cloaked servant, deeper into Castle Cael. Braziers clutched in ...
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