8In darkness, Her gifts become manifest. 9In Her service, I shall wield them in greater acts of my service. 10In the silence, Her voice reigns supreme. In my waiting, my peace shall endure. – Vow of the Bloodsworn – First Passage, Line 8-10 Victra ran down the hill.She reached Mars and Iden sitting in theContinue reading “Chapter 6: Darkness”
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Chapter 5: Blooded Swords
1My oath, bound in the blood in my veins, shall never be broken, not even by my death. – Vow of the Bloodsworn – Fourth Passage, Line 1 “Three giants,” Cael said. “They’ll be on us in twenty minutes, maybe less. Unless they change their path, it’ll take them directly in sight of this ridge.”VictraContinue reading “Chapter 5: Blooded Swords”
Chapter 4: Arrival
13‘Neath dark skies, ne’er to have seen the light of day, on the ground which bore the vessel of first Death. 14Darkened blood, unseen o’er the throne of blackest stone. A whisper of a life, lost in the current. – Vow of the Bloodsworn – First Passage, Line 13 and 14 Kriv rode off at firstContinue reading “Chapter 4: Arrival”
Chapter 3: Warparty
7I shall bear no other oaths before this. I shall offer no allegiance before Her. – Vow of the Bloodsworn – Second Passage, Line 7 It was well past midday when the guild finally gathered in the courtyard. Preparations had taken time, but none had dallied, and they had all been thorough. The other group ofContinue reading “Chapter 3: Warparty”
Chapter 2: Summons
6Of my blood, the oaths of my forebears shall be fulfilled. By my actions, my oaths shall endure. – Vow of the Bloodsworn – Second Passage, Line 6 Kriv stood at the head of the table, head lowered and fists resting on the scarred surface. Victra was sure he had not slept at all either.Continue reading “Chapter 2: Summons”
Chapter 1: Resonance
1I shall serve Death in Her truest form, neither taking Her charge upon myself nor perverting the natural order of Her domain. – Vow of the Bloodsworn – Second Passage, Line 1 Victra Naidel, Bloodsworn of the Veiled MatronGuild City of Aleria, Valir29th of Enedron, Year 457 of the Fourth Age, Harvest Moon Voices. Familiar,Continue reading “Chapter 1: Resonance”
Prologue
From atop a seat of obsidian, dark as deepest desire, she watched. Around her silence stretched, the peace of her halls clinging to her. She raised a hand, a single finger holding taut a thread of silver light. It stretched out amid a thousand other threads of light. This thread was special. A thread ofContinue reading “Prologue”
Epilogue
Victra glared across the room at the woman in the cage. She was too confident, too unbothered. She had mocked them, goading the others, goading her. It had to be a front, a facade she put on. It had to be.The conversation in the room grew heated, emotions rising. Victra blocked out the words, Murmur’sContinue reading “Epilogue”
Chapter 30: Interwoven Threads
Freedom. It washed over Heath like a river. He ran, feet silently carrying him down the cobblestone streets as the shadows streaked past him. Streetlamps cast long shadows, but he felt as though he could outrun the light. Heavy footfalls echoed behind him, his pursuers following through the night. Heath ran on, wrenching on his ownContinue reading “Chapter 30: Interwoven Threads”
Chapter 29: The Heist
Guild City of Aleria, Valir 24th of Enedron, Year 457 of the Fourth Age, Harvest Moon Heath didn’t sleep. When dawn finally broke, he rose from his bed and looked around his small room. The chair overturned. Scattered equipment. Discarded clothes on the ground. His dagger embedded in the wall. He sighed, and carefully set aboutContinue reading “Chapter 29: The Heist”
The Writer in White 