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beast soldiers. In this modest library Guardon consented to let me keep records. Lower your weapons, please.” The huddled halfling knelt in supplication before the Gaeans. “Long ago I forgot my name. Call me Watcher, if you will. For the many years I’ve patrolled these Spires that is what I’ve done.” “So be it, Watcher,” Lord Taliesin answered. “Lead us to Guardon’s chamber, if you recall its location. You are a Gaean, like us. We welcome you to return with us to our home re...
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between her fingers. Sponge’s girlfriend held her hands close to the goblin’s legs. The light focused on the wounds and gradually brought the tissue together over them. Nighthawk’s lamentations halted. He looked at the merwoman with clear eyes. “Thank you, sea woman. I can walk again. Your healing magic is powerful. I regret the years that our races have warred with one another.” The goblin soldier helped his sergeant to his feet. “He’ll bear scars, but he will no longer slow us do...
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serve you some of his renowned stew.” “As you wish, Lord Taliesin,” the burgomeister grumbled. The band of travelers retired for the evening and rested without harassment from the denizens of the untamed woods. When the dawn arrived the massive tree silhouetted the lingering moons. “This tree has seen the passage of many ages,” Leif marveled. “If it could speak it would tell us of numerous engagements fought by our forefathers. I perceive magic that remains here. It lies in the earth...
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ORDER & CHAOS Matt Darrow Character List Alex: A young, subordinate mage of Coermantyr. He has red hair. Alex practices traditional magic but is appreciative and studious of the experimental incantations of his half ghoul friend, Leif. Athros and Zalkos: A pair of specters from the Plane of Chaos. Anemone: A merfolk captain. She is Sponge’s girlfriend. The merwoman found the Orb of Paryphax in a salmon and bears it in a necklace. Ankharet, the Dire Queen of Arkadia: She is a w...
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WIND RIDER by Matt Darrow CHAPTER ONE: BATTLING RIDERS Tarex’s wind rider howled over the bazaar in the mid-day heat. He was thankful to be airborne, with the wind blowing through his hair. He sympathized with the merchants and their beasts of burden that struggled to barter and make a modest profit on the outskirts of Kul-gora. He remembered many days when he’d helped Patalon sell his forged-iron wares in the tumultuous marketplace. The bazaar was the nucleus of the community of worki...
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