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Ch. 21
Arc 1: Chapter 17: Night Visitor
Arc 1: Chapter 17: Night VisitorArc 1: Chapter 17: Night VisitorLiving on the road for weeks at a time, it is easy to forget how divine simple pleasures can be.Even as I was given new clothes, allowed...
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Ch. 22
Arc 1: Chapter 18: The Dhampir
Arc 1: Chapter 18: The DhampirArc 1: Chapter 18: The DhampirCatrin stared at me, bloody eyes wide with shock. She lifted the fingers of her left hand and studied them. They were blackened and blistere...
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Ch. 23
Arc 1: Chapter 19: Baron'S Order, Headsman'S Path
Arc 1: Chapter 19: Baron'S Order, Headsman'S PathArc 1: Chapter 19: Baron's Order, Headsman's Path“I have a task for you.”The Baron turned to me as the doors of the same dining hall where the council ...
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Ch. 24
Arc 1: Chapter 20: The Hunters
Arc 1: Chapter 20: The HuntersArc 1: Chapter 20: The HuntersI have an old memory that’s never left me. It’s from when I was a boy, back home in the Dales.I wasn’t born a lord. I earned my knighthood t...
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Ch. 25
Arc 1: Chapter 21: Bane
Arc 1: Chapter 21: BaneArc 1: Chapter 21: BaneWhen I woke again, the light in the woods had changed. Must be near dusk , I thought. Fell asleep again. Brassard’s going to give me a lecture.As the fog ...
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Ch. 26
Arc 1: Chapter 22: The Oradyn
Arc 1: Chapter 22: The OradynArc 1: Chapter 22: The OradynThe elves brought us deep into the Irkwood. So deep, in fact, that I suspected we drew very close to the border of one world and the precipice...
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Ch. 27
Arc 1: Chapter 23: Clash In The Elf Lord'S Hall
Arc 1: Chapter 23: Clash In The Elf Lord'S HallArc 1: Chapter 23: Clash in the Elf Lord's Hall“Care to catch me up?” Catrin asked.Her voice was strained, but still had some strength. I knelt at the dh...
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Ch. 28
Arc 1: Chapter 24: Irn Bale
Arc 1: Chapter 24: Irn BaleArc 1: Chapter 24: Irn BaleAn hour later, I was clean and in a fresh set of clothes. They were plainer than what I’d borrowed from Castle Cael, but sturdier and more comfort...
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Ch. 29
Arc 1: Chapter 25: Executioners
Arc 1: Chapter 25: ExecutionersArc 1: Chapter 25: ExecutionersWhen Catrin and I were alone in a room within the elven manor, she whirled on me.“What the fuck was all that?”I met her glare, bemused. “W...
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Ch. 30
Arc 1: Chapter 26: Unhallowed
Arc 1: Chapter 26: UnhallowedArc 1: Chapter 26: Unhallowed“Something’s wrong,” Catrin said, as we approached the village in the hour preceding dawn.I had noticed the same. There were no guards at the ...
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Ch. 31
Arc 1: Chapter 27: Smite
Arc 1: Chapter 27: SmiteArc 1: Chapter 27: SmiteWhen I stepped outside of the church, I no longer stood alone in Caelfall’s streets. The restless dead gathered in the bell tower’s shadow. Mistwalkers ...
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Ch. 32
Arc 1: Chapter 28: Return To Castle Cael
Arc 1: Chapter 28: Return To Castle CaelArc 1: Chapter 28: Return to Castle Cael“I thought you’d betrayed me,” I said as Catrin cleaned ghoul blood from her dagger.She lifted one shoulder in a shrug. ...
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Ch. 33
Arc 1: Chapter 29: Catrin
Arc 1: Chapter 29: CatrinArc 1: Chapter 29: Catrin“You’re wounded.”Normally, those words would have held a note of concern or panic. Catrin said them like it was something erotic. She stepped forward ...
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Ch. 34
Arc 1: Chapter 30: Recusant
Arc 1: Chapter 30: RecusantArc 1: Chapter 30: RecusantThere were other Mistwalkers in the castle. None of them were as dangerous as Vaughn had been, and I slew every half-dead in my path. By the time ...
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Ch. 35
Arc 1: Chapter 31: Departure, Duty, Dream
Arc 1: Chapter 31: Departure, Duty, DreamArc 1: Chapter 31: Departure, Duty, Dream“Ready?” Brother Edgar asked. The young priest breathed hard, his pudgy features covered in dirt and sweat, but his ex...
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Ch. 36
Arc 1 Retrospective
Arc 1 RetrospectiveArc 1 RetrospectiveHi! SovWrites here. So, this project has been a long time in the making. And I don’t just mean that in the sense of actually writing it. What do I mean by that?We...
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Ch. 37
The Accursed Ones
The Accursed OnesThe Accursed OnesI shall tell you a story.A tale of elder days, when all the world was cast in blessed shadow.When light hid in the depths of forests, in the roots of mountains.When t...
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Ch. 38
Arc 2: Crow | Chapter 1: The Owl Of Strekke
Arc 2: Crow | Chapter 1: The Owl Of StrekkeArc 2: Crow | Chapter 1: The Owl of StrekkeThe halberd slashed through the air, its barbed hook seeking my neck. I batted it aside, lunged forward, and then ...
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Ch. 39
Arc 2: Chapter 2: The Drowning Dead
Arc 2: Chapter 2: The Drowning DeadArc 2: Chapter 2: The Drowning DeadI burst through the castle window, dead hands clinging to me.That moment then might have lasted forever, and it did last in my mem...
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Ch. 40
Arc 2: Chapter 3: Oathbound
Arc 2: Chapter 3: OathboundArc 2: Chapter 3: OathboundThe hunting horns sounded before I’d drawn within three miles of Strekke’s border. Wounded, limping my way through the scattered woods, I knew I c...
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