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Only as the manacles were forced over his skinny wrists did the severity of his circumstances become clear. His father was nearby and engaged in furious discussion with one of ...

Scene 2 Scene “I’m tired can we stop?” “You don’t have time to be tired,” Arvid scowled. He looked at the sky and gauged the angle of the unrelenting sun. ...

As the weeks passed, the endless sand gave way to more hospitable plains of grass, and the grass to woodlands of great arching trees that draped merciful shadows over the ...

Scene 3 Scene 2 is here: Scene 4 is here: Fartheil turned out to be one of the hundreds of minor waypoints that dotted the Ulusami plain. Arvad’s father had ...

Twenty nine children did not survive the march from Fartheil to the slave market at Dyre. Most died of exhaustion and exposure, and twice children tried to run. The first ...

Sometimes we make choices and live with them. Sometimes we don't.

“No,” shouted a voice from the crowd, a voice Arvad did not recognise. He half expected the knight, but it was another, an older trader in a simple red shirt ...

Enslaved to Duty Chapter Two: Enscribed “The three traits required to make use of an education are humility, self-discipline, and ambition. Without humility a man thinks he knows what ...

Davani clansmen do not kneel, it is not our way. Nor do we own men or claim their allegiance. A clansman may owe a debt, or be owed one. He ...

Fantasy with a splash of PTSD.

Fantasy with a bit of GrimDark flavoring.

Can justice come from one man’s injustice to another?

The board is set, the pieces are moving.

The new and the old become one. Necessity and Justice take different paths.