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the link we will tear apart your soul the demons cried into jarl s mind and closed the doors to their own thoughts freeing him from their hooks will ain t killed jarl said and broke the corrosive gaze he had learned what he needed to know the vascanar had sold their souls to demons nothing more than that he almost pitied them even as he feared for his own people torquesten at the forefront of the vascanar with a longsword above his head charged towards jarl hold the bellow came from gorak jarl s hwlman and uncle the erisyans had come rushing to jarl s aid from the shattered stones of the broken town with his warbow held at full draw arrow nocked and pointed at torquesten gorak lifted his chin spill one drop of erisyan blood and the pact is broken the rest of the caedi stood by gorak s side bows drawn ready to loose upon his command the vascanar skidded to a halt jarl flinched at the crackling viciousness of the demon tongue a language that burned across the souls of those who heard it blazing between the hovering demons and the fools who worshipped them torquesten said the gods say he shall live to suffer they say you must take him from this place your accent s improved jarl commented quiet now jarl gorak said like all users of the erisyan warbow gorak was broad across shoulders and back but even his bull neck bulged at the mounting effort of keeping a powerful bow at full draw he smiled at torquesten and said we ll leave now then go torquesten snapped gorak lowered his bow come along jarl i think you ve seen enough excitement for one night as they made their way back to the erisyan tents gorak asked what possessed you to stand there like that to bear witness jarl said you ve no idea what you ve done leave a comment filed under spreading the word tagged as death demons erisyan gorak heat stones jarl karisae kinless kinless book one of two novel torquesten vascanar september 18 2013 10 07 pm http walkingtheduck wordpress com 2013 09 18 iou a story that works narrative debt i first came across the term narrative debt in the appendices to the extended edition on the two towers dvd and it struck a chord with me as a pantser i work with narrative debt all the time so i understood the concept i just didn t have a name for it to my mind it is a variation on chekov s gun anton chekov said remove everything that has no relevance to the story if you say in the first chapter that there is a rifle hanging on the wall in the second or third chapter it absolutely must go off if it is not going to be fired it should not be hanging there which is a tad prescriptive but it also has more than a grain of truth in it not surprising he was after all a great writer go to walking the duck to read more leave a comment filed under my other sites links tagged as craft jack reacher jason and the argonauts lee child lord of the rings lotr narrative debt philip pullman readers structure tolkien writing september 18 2013 9 40 pm the lamia and the dragon part eighteen ozandris dropped away from the cliff face his wounds completely healed by the combined effects of the scryer marks and the spell of creation he tucked his wings in tight gaining speed in the dive in the conjoined mind within the dragon s skull cinome and the inoxit were silent the silence of the hunt the dragon s wings snapped out catching the air it swooped low over the village spotted the shonri running towards the shattered houses and ignored them they were not felice they were not the shonri who could sense his mind the dragon knew this from the mind of cinome from the hunting senses of the inoxit ozandris and the others were beginning to merge to become a single mind in the heat of battle it spiralled upwards with tremendous speed its ascent almost vertical skimming over the cliff face it had clung to only a moment before it would burst over the top of the mountain high above the mountain and then it would drop down upon felice in the stoop of an eagle fast and vicious with its flame blazing a path before it the shonri had magic the dragon did not care it had magic of its own go to tales of the shonri if you want to read more of this story apologies i have neglected these postings for the last month or so it has been a very busy six weeks but the tales of the shonri site is now up to date leave a comment filed under my other sites links tagged as action adventure anria battle cai cilla cinome connection dragon fantasy fiction felice free fiction online gore haram hive inoxit jacob kara korm kuli lava lorak lucina magic magma ozandris pricilla quila tales of the shonri terin trant turmerix zaj zajni september 12 2013 2 29 pm marisa excerpt from kinless book one of two to be published on september the 30th 2013 in the light of the dawn mist rose from the river falas and curled over the meadows tendrils of moisture pillowed against the bases of the beehives until they looked like mountaintops above clouds marisa desainlegan calmed the bees with a touch of her spirit the fragment of a haraf stone about her neck pulsed connecting her soul to her body through the bridge of her mind black and red and white spiralled through the haraf stone smooth and silky to the touch it came from the shrine of redain upon the shores of lake kalon the sacred lake and was different from the stones of this house of falas all the shrines upon the shrine road between falas and redain had different stones different mixes of colours and textures nobody knew where they came from but they gave power to those that wore them sliding the combs out of the hive with her gloved hands marisa handed them to branwen the anthanic servant in her simple smock like dress scraped the honey from the combs into a large basin honey needed for wound dressings and poultices when the wounded returned from the battle branwen s crow black hair was arranged in a simple plait that hung to her waist and contrasted sharply with the shimmering blonde of marisa s complicated hairstyle which required constant delicate maintenance by skilled servants such as branwen neither woman spoke while they worked marisa the haraf stone warm between her breasts kept her mind focused on the task of calming the bees their tiny souls pushed against hers as their honey was stolen and branwen maintained the vow of silence that all the anthanic held to in the houses of the doves the anthanic were a strange people with many strange customs but this one irritated marisa the most she felt besmirched by their piety their obeisance to gods not their own she wondered if she could hold to such a vow if the gods demanded it of her the white walls of the house followed the triple spiral footprint of an ancient anthanic shrine tall walls punctuated by large windows with dark slate roofs above curving around a central garden where the spring of the shrine bubbled constantly with pure water containing healing energy powerful healers had travelled from all over the isles to give aid to the soldiers fighting against the vascanar as was their duty but marisa had another reason to come here to the house of falas drustan she had stood and watched as a priest broke drustan s sword against the edge of an anvil drustan s gaze never lifted from the shattered shards of his blade the blade her father gave him when he reached manhood his back straight his shoulders tensed his face a mask his eyes he never looked at her he did not acknowledge her existence turned his back on her on the life they once shared and walked away into the world beyond the salt would he have returned to fight for this land that cast him aside would she see him again the buzzing of the bees grew louder marisa cast drustan from her mind to focus on the task at hand her powers with the creatures were limited she was a healer not a witch and bees were difficult to control branwen clucked her tongue and looked across the meadow towards the grey stones of the bridge spanning the river falas in seven graceful arches men s voices reached marisa s ears despite the distance despite the buzzing of the bees and the thickness of the forest anger and fear resonated in those cries marisa lifted her gaze from the hive was he here was he dead was he the spell broke and the bees began to swarm marisa backed away from the hive and dropped the veil across her face but branwen simply clucked her tongue again a surge of power skated across marisa s mind this anthanic servant did not calm the bees she commanded them the buzzing quieted the bees ignored the interlopers in their midst and the swarm disbanded into foraging workers flying out across the meadow to begin the task of replenishing the stolen honey marisa opened her mouth to speak to ask the question who was this servant who had such witchly power over the creatures of the fields but branwen shook her head and pointed at the forest road the thudding beat of horses galloping kicking up clods of earth a bubble of sound that should not have reached marisa s ears at this distance powerful magic branwen spoke i must leave the battle is lost the shrine will stand but no blood should be spilled within it you should leave too marisa gentlehand gentlehand a name given to marisa by the anthanic of the stormmarch awtyni in their tongue she of the gentle hand translated into karisae by branwen who had never spoken in marisa s presence but now spoke karisae in a soft husky voice without a mistake in syntax or pronunciation who are you marisa asked branwen smiled i am in your tongue high priestess of this shrine in my tongue i am amthisraf protector of the shrine but you re a servant how else could i remain close to the shrine when you karisae claim it for your own you break your oath of silence i am no longer bound by it the smile left branwen s face we flee from this vinraf this shrine spring no battle should be fought here no blood should be spilled at this shrine lifting her chin she whistled a long low note which was picked up and repeated by others inside and outside the white walls of the house a note that echoed through the air and raised goose bumps upon marisa s flesh branwen placed the bowl of honey upon the ground and ripped the grey servant robes from her body revealing tight anthanic undergarments and blue tattoos that swirled across her arms and torso may the weaver grant that we meet again marisa lady of the isle of storms she reached out and touched the haraf stone dangling from marisa s neck this stone does not come from this shrine and therefore you are not bound to this shrine she held marisa s gaze with calm strong eyes you are not bound here marisa gentlehand this stone brawen pointed at the walls of the house of falas is not your stone she touched marisa s haraf stone again her gaze held marisa s for a moment longer then she turned and sprinted away into the woods marisa stared after her outraged karisae voices cried out as other anthanic men and women both followed branwen into the forest in a swirl of blue tattoos and discarded grey clothes the mournful whistle died away slow sire a bellow from the bridge slow marisa turned in time to see the king s horse slip upon the stones of the bridge other horses plunged trying to stop rearing falling men leaping clear at least one man thrown into the river with a splash picking up her skirts marisa ran towards the accident leave a comment filed under spreading the word tagged as branwen brominii death excerpt fantasy fiction haraf haraf stone healing house of falas house of healing karisae kinless kinless book one of two marisa novel september 5 2013 9 50 pm drustan excerpt from kinless book one of two to be published on september the 30th 2013 drustan desaincoid wiped another man s blood from his eyes gods it was hot not yet noon and still the sun beat down upon the ragged shieldwall holding the ridge the grass in front of the karisae line was churned up muddy lubricated by blood and other bodily fluids despite the baking heat of summer he gazed at the broken stub of his sword which had snapped close to the hilt against the edge of a vascanar shield he should have stayed away from this land another summer day marisa s body against his he snarled and threw the useless hilt over the edge of the ridge it tumbled in the air twisting falling towards the vascanar infantry disengaging from the battle line they would be back he lowered his shield to the ground released his arm from the straps and shook out the ache in his shoulder one more vascanar attack repelled so the karisae defenders would live a little while longer he should have stayed away away from no no more of that he had chosen this fight the slope of the ridge fell away sharply here but still the vascanar had driven their infantry assault up into the line thereby they pinned the bulk of the karisae army in place while other units attacked the shieldmen in the valley on the left flank dust caked drustan s lips sweat trickled through the blood and dirt plastered across his face his breathing calmed and his heartbeat slowed as he recovered his composure after the ferocious fighting her eyes on his in the sunlight her body arched her water a wounded vascanar begged from the pile of dead and dying enemy in front of him prayer scars ripped across the wounded man s face cut with his own hand in a brutal act of religious devotion the long healed scar on drustan s face slashing from above his right eye and across the bridge of his nose and on into his left cheekbone was an injury received on the field of honour when he still believed in such things not a self inflicted wound to worship rapacious gods marisa weaving her magic with the others healing his face and weeping as she did so drustan s jaw tightened until his teeth ached water the vascanar begged again his bloody hands cradled his stomach holding his bowels inside a gaping wound here cullain said drustan took the offered spear hefted it nodded satisfaction at its balance and drove it down through the vascanar s throat he should ve stayed home cullain looked down at the twitching corpse vascanar don t have a home drustan jerked the spear free and the corpse slackened into death the vascanar never settled never took a homeland like locusts they simply arrived devastated a land and left drustan stretched his neck damn it s hot rain d be nice best keep hold of that spear cullain rolled his massive shoulders and gestured down the slope it ll take em a while to regroup but they ll be back lifting a hand to shade his eyes drustan studied the vascanar formations on the coastal plain below the ridge their red and black tower shields lay upon the ground in front of the shattered remnants of barstow town while the vascanar infantry knelt and drank from bowls the priests held up to their lips praying to their foul gods barstow was destroyed all of its people fled or tortured to death when the vascanar landed on the island of the lake the shield hall temple to vulcas god of war caster of the 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