Torin’s approach to Farengar’s quarters was a masterclass in misdirection. He didn’t simply slink into the shadows; he weaponized his own perceived innocence.
Before even glancing at th...
2025-10-24 16:28:01 +0000 UTC
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Three days later, the great hall of Dragonsreach was alive with the low hum of conversation and the flicker of torchlight. The banquet in honor of Harbinger Askar was a somber yet grand affair.
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2025-10-23 15:03:14 +0000 UTC
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Watching the pyre burn over the Skyforge, I honestly didn't know what to feel. It’s not like Askar and I were close. I’d fetched him mead, sure, and he’d give me that slow, silent nod in the ...
2025-10-22 14:16:22 +0000 UTC
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The familiar, rhythmic clank of Farkas’s armor echoed through the stone corridors of Jorvaskr as they made their way toward the training yard. Torin followed, the weight of his hammer and shield ...
2025-10-21 13:52:28 +0000 UTC
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One week later, Torin sat in his room, yet again surrounded by a sea of paper rolls he’d “borrowed” from the Temple of Kynareth.
At this point, he had to wonder if the priests even care...
2025-10-20 14:06:28 +0000 UTC
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Having finished forging and tempering all the pieces for the strange drill, Eorlund took his time assembling them, his thick fingers handling the small gears and pins with a surprising delicacy.
2025-10-20 14:05:25 +0000 UTC
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Sitting cross-legged on the cold stone floor of my room, surrounded by a chaotic nest of paper rolls I’d “borrowed” from the temple of Kyne, I stared wide-eyed at the Dwarven spider laid out ...
2025-10-20 14:04:25 +0000 UTC
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Ulf sat by the central hearth of Jorvaskr, the rhythmic shhhk-shhhk of his whetstone against the small bone in his hand a familiar comfort. The firelight danced across his weathe...
2025-10-20 14:03:54 +0000 UTC
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Standing at the shore with Blamenco, Gale’s eyes still held that ridiculous, stunned gleam—the kind a man gets when he realises he’s accidentally inherited a small country.
His ship bob...
2025-10-17 11:16:47 +0000 UTC
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The walk back to the road was a short, grim procession. Around them, the warrior’s comrades—a dozen men and women draped in similar dark metallic armor or thick, practical furs—moved with qui...
2025-10-16 10:15:16 +0000 UTC
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The world became a blur of green and brown, a punishing gauntlet of slapping branches and treacherous ground. Camilla’s lungs burned, each breath a ragged sob as she crashed through the undergrow...
2025-10-15 13:57:55 +0000 UTC
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As the three of them treaded deeper into the dark passage, the flicker of torchlight danced across slick stone walls, warping their shadows into long, twisting shapes. Water dripped rhythmically fr...
2025-10-15 10:07:21 +0000 UTC
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As the endless, snowy jagged terrain finally gave way to patches of mud and then to stubborn, lush greenery, I couldn't help but sigh. Or at least, I wanted to. I'm not sure my infantile lungs and ...
2025-10-14 09:06:05 +0000 UTC
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Author's note: this one's been living rent free in mind for some time now to the point that I can't even write proberly without my mind wandering to it, so I went ahead and got it started to get it...
2025-10-14 09:05:05 +0000 UTC
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The tunnels beneath the mountain stretched endlessly, winding through damp stone and mossy walls like the inside of some enormous beast. The air was heavy and cool, smelling faintly of salt and ear...
2025-10-13 06:17:08 +0000 UTC
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The man squirmed and wobbled like a trapped seal, his hands flailing as he tried to peel off Gale’s expanded cloak. Every tug made his cheeks jiggle, and his grunts echoed through the glowing mus...
2025-10-11 01:08:44 +0000 UTC
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After what felt like an eternity of damp walls, dripping water, and Gale’s torch sizzling every time a stray droplet smacked it, the tunnel finally opened up.
And not just opened up—a who...
2025-10-08 23:33:07 +0000 UTC
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As Gale hopped off the sloop and landed on the sand with a soft thud, he turned back to see Ebri and Risa on deck, waving at him like doting relatives sending a kid off to school.
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2025-10-06 21:36:41 +0000 UTC
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Two weeks later, the sea had finally decided to stop trying to murder them.
The weather was mild, the sun was lazily draped across the horizon, and the wind pushed against the sloop’s ragge...
2025-10-04 15:20:30 +0000 UTC
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Gale stood before a thick, towering tree, rapier in hand, his expression far too smug for someone about to commit deforestation. With a single flourish, the steel whispered through the air, and the...
2025-10-02 13:38:10 +0000 UTC
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Gale jabbed an accusing finger so close to Ebri’s nose the old man went cross-eyed.
“Never mind all that flower nonsense! What’s next, huh? You’re gonna tell me you found Risa too? An...
2025-09-30 13:41:58 +0000 UTC
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Gale trudged forward with the look of a man who’d seen too much and cared too little. His boots dragged through the damp soil, shoulders slouched, cloak hanging heavy.
Two goblins clung stu...
2025-09-29 11:56:26 +0000 UTC
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After what felt like an hour of wandering aimlessly, Gale decided he must’ve been walking toward the “center” of the island. At least, that’s what he told himself, since with all this fog h...
2025-09-27 10:44:42 +0000 UTC
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The first thing Gale felt was sand. Cold, wet, gritty sand clinging to his face like an unwanted lover.
He groaned, cracked one eye open, and was greeted with… white. Just endless ...
2025-09-25 10:44:21 +0000 UTC
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Risa leaned against the railing, arms folded, eyes drifting between the eternal pose in her hand and the man wrangling ropes like he was trying to wrestle a very stubborn snake.
Gale stood by...
2025-09-24 10:20:23 +0000 UTC
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In the quiet of Marineford, with only the muffled bustle of paperwork and distant shouting from the training yards below, Sengoku sat hunched behind a fortress of documents, fingers steepled beneat...
2025-09-22 13:42:41 +0000 UTC
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The pirate captain sat cross-legged on the floor, still tied at the wrists, a map of Risky Red Island stretched out in front of him. Gale crouched opposite, jabbing at the parchment with the blunt ...
2025-09-21 07:15:29 +0000 UTC
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Gale stared down at the tied-up pirate captain, and his eye twitched so hard it felt like it might pop out of his skull.
The man was looking at him with puppy eyes. Not figuratively. Literall...
2025-09-20 05:15:08 +0000 UTC
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Fists met flesh. Over and over.
Each time the elder’s son swung, it was like getting hit by a battering ram wrapped in steel. The first punch cracked against Gale’s ribs and made his visi...
2025-09-18 04:02:14 +0000 UTC
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Gale watched as two broad-shouldered villagers hauled the limp body of the second grandson out of the ring, one dragging him by the arms, the other by the legs. The man’s head lolled around like ...
2025-09-16 03:28:31 +0000 UTC
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