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The morning has come again, snuck up as a thiefand slit our pursestrings. It is always this way.The Heart of Darkness is pristinely ugly…Ever changing, shining bright,Goddess of the Silver Light,Hear my words, hear my prayers,With this poem I here do share,And mark my words forever sown,The… To My Cousins in the Serenwilde: You are already dead. I say this not because my husband has decided to personally end you. Truly, your death…By: Entrias PavokMy eyes snapped open, her eyes boring into mine as if she had been willing me awake. I couldn't help but smile…Disclaimer: No offense intended, have a chuckle!--Lavinya, a scion of the Taint,Was known to be less than a saint.She'd crucify and wrack,Stick pins in… Endless Nights===================== Beneath the slow, dark turn of stars and dust,stand I, hope shining like a candle flame,soul joined with flutes and lyres that rich…My Dearest Diluvia, I beg you, my daughter, come to your senses. I know not what charms the brigand Twistshank has laid upon you,… On the first day, Glabburn woke in confusion. He rose from the chair he found himself in, looking about uneasily. The mugwump stood at…Nestled deeply inside a cave within the northeastern parts of Avechna's Teeth rests a powerful brown bear. She sleeps softly on the ground of… The Bawdy Butterfly Cafe !!Menu!!**Soporific Soup**Can’t sleep? Try our range of soups! A combination of gentle spices and a secret ingredient will quickly have you…==Canto I==In those shining days long pastthere lived a king of kingsThe greatest of the merian raceHis name was Ladantine The seventh in a line…The End of an Age by Thul Deftpaw, of the Fog --+-- “This shouldn’t be a surprise,” Reeree Starleaf said glumly as she stood alongside her fellows.…The Age of Supremacy: Part 4A Novel of Vengeance, Betrayal and the WyrdBy Tacita Shee-Slaugh Chapter 10---------- Miara and Llain were thrust unceremoniously from sleep by…The Divergent Branches – Ellindale and Serenmarsh Foreword: I hold this to be true: the world we know is not the sole, defining timeline. As Xynthin…The Cleverest TrillOnce upon time, a time when our spires rose unchallenged by the savages of the desert and the forests, there was a…"Just one pixie?" No need I see "Please get her back, do hear my plea." I said, "The Flame is shining bright!" But she…A Prayer to Lady Terentia. by Steingrim I was wretched, pathetic, despairing, and soul-shattered, when I prayed to you from within Magnagora’s walls. I…Slender arms reaching down tugging at the roots of silvery motes shift in and out of phase. These motes of dreamstuff flicker with soft…I want it. I saw it, and I desired it. I cannot have it, they say. It is not mine, they say. It will…**In seeking ones True Will, one must be prepared to sacrifice. To change. To view the world through new eyes. To be open to…i'Xiia Declassified Experiment Log 54.21 Preface: Much is known about the proposed experimental fluid hereafter known as "The Draught of Power", though most of…Herein lies the work of Supreme Commander Thalkros n'Lochli as he spins the history of Marshal Ixion within the annals of ur'Guard History. ~~o------------------------------------------------------o~~…* .oO [ S A I N T | G A T H L Y N | A N D | T H E…MRI GUIDE Method Regarding the Institute's Gem Use In Dangerous Exigencies A guide to the Matrix Research Institute By Zyreil 324 CE For the…Remember, Shaddus, that life is not fair, no less for Gods than for mortality. - Fain, of the Red Masque. In my time in…Chaos, Anarchy and Hunger led me to Stagnation. Murder, death, and bloodshed, yet there was creation! It was an endless cycle rolling slow, and…The sun beat down on me, burning, hateful. Never before had it been such an enemy. My throat was parched, my skin burnt and…Faint whispers move slowly through the room. My world disappears, ever so softly hastening my heart. I whimper, tears filling my eyes, hoping you…======================== THE CLASHING OF THE COGS ======================== Penned by Earthen Scholar Qojin of the Geomancer's Guild of Magnagora, on the 9th of Tzarin, 320…-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Tempest of Fate by Lendren Starfall -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Cast (in order of appearance) General Leosin, Hidden Steel ........ insurrection leader and tactician General Asa…In 313 CE I was enrolled as a cadet in the Air Force of Hallifax's Centre for Aeromantic Engineering. I was studying the craft,…How shall I sing of sorrow, with such joy as has been sown? When city stands and world is saved, what sorrow can I…She didn't realize until about halfway through that it was a dream, and then, it was only because it was too beautiful to be…So here we are, gathered this day the last standing, to our dismay. Ten of us left, but who is who? Surely, my brothers,…'The shadows of Mother Night are an ever-shifting being. They evolve and reshape with the movement of Father Sun and Mother Night, adapting to…"Sometimes the wind dances, Mama." Orinora was five and head-strong, her will as hard as the marbled sapphire and amethyst that made up her…An ill, deluded heathen doll spoke once with the Harbingers: ‘How can you have the savage gall of claiming justice to be yours?’ ‘Blind…Hidden in shadows stands the Prince of Dark Fates Centered in his web, with its countless strands. Shrouded in darkness, patiently he waits Playing…When coping no longer soothes your soul I am here Surrounding the bare essence of waking dreams Choose to allow My tide to encourage…The following is a brief story-song that I feel is deeply reflective of a lot of the interplay and political standing I've heard of…The Judge bade her sat down, and she did with no small amount of shaking. Perhaps the thing most noticeable about her was her…============== |Form a Hypothesis| ============== "For every fact there is an infinity of hypotheses, and for every hypothesis an infinity of realities." 12th of…Introduction Likely the first thing any pilot will tell you about aetherspace is that it is large. The swirling aether which cradles the Basin…-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Cipher Part Zero: Substitution by Lendren Starfall -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Cast (in order of appearance) Commissar Emma Fairquillion ..................... spymaster of Hallifax Dr. Penn Taroch…----The Mighty Oak---- There once was an oak tree who was tall and strong, with sturdy limbs and healthy leaves, with a canopy so…Sai's eyes droop and he cannot stop himself from yawning--"rrrrrwwwwwaaaaaawwwwwwuuhhhhhh," the dracnari indulges, exhaling a whorl of steam which dances ghostily in the crisp…It is strange to live in a world that is not made for you. Everything here is so very big. When I sit at…“So, here we are.” The city of Endel stretches out before them. A towering keep of stone surrounded by large walls, and beyond that…