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Unsung Chapter 14
A Hero may not fight against members of the Royal Family, nor take on any hire that is likely to lead them into conflict with the Crown. -Hero’s Guild Book of Rules Rule # 65 The view outside didn’t look good. Soldiers were busily removing rubble from around the castle entrance and it didn’t seem…
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Perspective From A Cat
I am concerned. I got a new pet last week and, well, my pet clearly does not know how to care for itself. It practically lacks all survival instincts. Honestly, if I left it alone for more than just a few days without making sure it was at least eating, I swear it would starve.…
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Memory of Meals
Hazel set out the dishes on her long table. It would be hours still before the food was ready but she liked to keep busy and there wasn’t much that needed her attention in the kitchen at the moment. She smiled as she laid down the fine china beside the silk napkins. The silver knives,…
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Unsung Chapter 13
A Hero must increase their fee proportional to any injuries sustained in the course of their services -Hero’s Guild Book of Rules Rule #9 Feral sat with his back against one of the dungeon walls, the cold stone refusing to ever warm, while Will paced nervously. They’d opened the door to their cell, allowing in…
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Korbak and the Magic Sword
Korbak sat in the mouth of his cave and thought. Thinking was not something totally foreign to him, but neither was it the easiest thing for him to do. Ideas formed slowly and if he didn’t concentrate on them they were just as likely to fade away as was the morning dew before the Sun.…
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Unsung Chapter 12
Every Hero must report in person to the Hero’s Guild once each year -Hero’s Guild Book of Rules Rule #17 General Jernagin hated feeling weak. As each season passed he felt more of his strength leave him and he knew it was only a matter of time until he was no better a fighter than…
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Walking Through Autumn
Such magnificent mountains, the stranger thought as she walked along the path. Above her loomed the varied faces of millennia old mountains. Some of their slopes were covered in pines and oaks while others were scraped clean to the bare rock by time. Something in her distant memory tried to surface and she stopped walking…
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Unsung Chapter 11
A Hero may retire from the Guild in good standing after no fewer than ten years of service. -Hero’s Guild Book of Rules Rule #52 Lord Fesser’s castle was not overly large, Feral mused as the soldiers marched him towards it. The outer wall was perhaps twice his height and the courtyard beyond seemed cramped…
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Unsung Chapter 10
It is every Heroes duty to hunt and kill any Hero who has abandoned the Guild. -Hero’s Guild Book of Rules Rule #80 Red hot embers glowed in the small fire ring at the mouth of the cave. Feral had a medium sized slab of stone propped up above the embers as a makeshift frying…
Bridge of Broken Glass
Stories from my mind that won't be quiet
Bridge of Broken Glass 