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  • The Wood King: Part Four

      Contains ugly language   Dawn found the young slave damp with dew beside Mallariel’s tent, staring blankly at the pale-faced sky. The night had been punishing. Mallariel had cut his ropes and gave him a skirt to wear and a cloak for blanketing himself, but it was not the cold ...
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  • The Wood King: Part Three

      Contains unpleasant language   Flooding his ears through the rumble of the storm, the applause continued to rise. It was terrifying. There was nobody there! Though he spun round and round, Tancredo could see no figures in the trees. No contours behind the curtain of rain. He backed ...
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  • The Wood King: Part Two

      Contains violence and vulgar language   Getting beyond the city wall was easy once Tancredo realised he could fit through the sewage grates. Then it was just a matter of finding a main road and following it. Soon he was upon the Orange Road, heading south-east.   It was as he...
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  • The Wood King: Part One

      In the Thieves Guild, the penance for betrayal is betrayal. When Tancredo confronted Yaruzhi in the Oaken Tankard Tavern and rammed an unsubtle knife into her bosom, the consequences were thrown at him by the handful before he had time to blink. He was alone as the guards dragged him to ga...
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  • Dragon War Encore: Chapter Three

    Warning! Proceed with caution, for this chapter contains the following:   coarse language In a hypnopompic state, Ruunen’s eyes followed the gentle streams of blood trickling down the back-cloth of his eyelids, stark. He was not certain how he ended up in that dark, dark plac...
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  • Dragon War Encore: Chapter Two

    Warning! Proceed with caution, for this chapter contains the following:   coarse language Cludder-clack cludder-clack went wheel and hoof over cobblestone. Polyxena sauntered along the droll road, shivering and glum. Felanyl and Ethdal were singing old working songs about...
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  • Dragon War Encore: Chapter One

    Warning! Proceed with caution, for this chapter contains the following: slightly coarse language ‘Who is that?’   A father, a son and a daughter stood with their heads tilted back, watching thin clouds drift past the tip of an upraised blade. This blade was made of sto...
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  • Dragon War Encore: Prelude

      Warning! Proceed with caution, for this prelude contains the following: gore   Ruunen’s life was a frantic dance of gauze, blood pools and rainbows painted beneath his feet. From the waking of day to low noon, he was surrounded by mortality in a hundred forms – si...
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