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Fool Queen Aetherspace Adventures, Volume 3: The Kings of Lorfenada by Thul, Son of Tae .oO()Oo. It is the Age of Ascension, and those…Foreword This book is not a work of historical accuracy. It is, instead, a work of fiction. In the world in which this book…Chapter 1 It was a Magnagoran summer day and the smog of the tainted city hung low over the horizon, lazily curling and seeping…Silken strands like spider's threads, Whispering wind where none ought stir. Darkened veil across the sky, Shred the clouds and steal the lie. Silver…-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Quarter written by Lendren Starfall Being an account of an extraordinary day, seen from four viewpoints, none of them the whole truth. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-…One ---------------- Thoril remembered when his mother's wards came to Rockholm, amid much whispering and shaking of heads. He was too young still to…Once upon a time, there was a girl who wished to be a puppet, the prettiest puppet there ever was, and she was quite…Part One Our story starts in Shanthmark-town, Where deep inside a humble home, The loving husband’s desperate frown Is matched by his despairing moan.…Chapter 4 ========= I readied myself for the evening's festivities, dressing myself in the latest fashion provided by my own Lady Nifilhema who had…~Estar~ ...is the season of beginnings, but for the girl, it is an ending - golden motes of dust shining in the attic as…=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The Gauntlet of Life -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= authored and scribed by Hadrian Mother listened when I told her to stop. She didn't usually listen -…Sibling Rivalry - A Tale of the Beginning This is a recreation of the Cosmogenesis wherein I have taken a great many liberties and…+------------------------------------------------------------+ N i h i l i s m =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= T h e P a t h o f S c r e a….-----------------------. | | : A Twisted Skein : : by Linaeve d'Murani : | | ._______________________. CAST: ===== Hyssop Iris Viscount Eavan Nulyma Viscountess…Crumkindivia: A Bittersweet Tale As the Elders and Soulless clashed upon the First World, elsewhere deep in aetherspace a sparkling figure flew frantically against…Chapter 9: Last Best Chance 23rd of Gorgani, 542nd year of the Imperial Empire. Seven hours before the assault on Celest. Around the great…-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Winter's Gloom -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- written by Lendren Starfall -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Being the true story of the final desecration of Gloriana and descent into delusion of…Chapter XVII ---------------------- Moments ---------------------- Darkness slipped over the horizon, its hands grasping hungrily at the ground. The sky lay cloudless and barren, still…"Shattered Hands, Volume III" Chapter 6: Reunions 19th of Gorgani, in the 543rd year of the Imperial Empire. One day after the recovery of…-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Shards of Autumn -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- written by Lendren Starfall -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Being the true story of the terrible aftermath of Lord Raezon's betrayal and Lady…--+The Maskmaker's Dirge+-- Bleached feathers from a dead God's bird, Crimson tongues torn from Urlach's corpse. Jade-wrought gears in the Engine forged, Bronze bones…THE PROCESSION Four, four. Who are the four that go? In black, in red, in blue. Here they stand, alone in twilight. And four…-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- False Summer -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- written by Lendren Starfall -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Being the true tragedy of Gloriana's brief return and tumultuous desecration, and the stalwart but….-----------------------. | | : The Pariah's Mask : : by Linaeve d'Murani : | | ._______________________. A tale of legend and lore, beauty and…/>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\ \ / / The Art of Integrity \ \ by Zia Talnara / / \ \____________________________/ For Shadow and Light are one. =-=-=…An Errand of Peace ----------------------------------------------------- Being a tale of the Healer Caladwen, and of the influencing of the Fae ----------------------------------------------------- Dramatis Personae------------------------------------ Caladwen, a…Shattered Hands, by Ur'Marshal Karnagan De'Unnero Chapter 1: Keeping the Peace 3rd of Gorgani, in the 542th year of the Imperial Empire. One year…The only peak of light shone from two candles nestled into the right side of a ravenwood desk, shadows casting themselves in abundance about…Methril 1, 542 Dearest diary, Today is a most glorious day indeed! Marani's beau finally proposed to her late this afternoon upon the beautiful…It takes a particular sort of person to be a killer. A certain pattern of thought. A certain set to the eyes. A certain…A beautiful silence. The aether cocoons me in his light embrace, ready to release me at a moment's notice so I might soar free.…For each different and unique situation you enter, select the course of action that best suits you. Then, follow the given parenthetical number to…._______________. | Chapter one: | | | | Friendship | |______________ | It could have been done with less blood. In all honesty, it…+------------------+ | Nifilhema's Tear | +------------------+ a play in three acts as written by Lendren Starfall Being an account of the events of the…-==- I watched my brother die. My eyes were transfixed in shock on the slowly expanding pool of blood caused by his inexpertly slit…Deep within the unfathomable black there stirred another, a heart who's shade vexed even the imposing void in its darkness. This Other stretched its…Authors's Note: In Balach - part I, I mistakenly termed the setting as a "marsh". This term was inconsistent with the actual physical descriptions,…Waves washed onto the bleached shoreline like a lover's embrace, each encounter between land and sea sending a long, blissful sigh across the beach.…Author's Note ------------- After the Taint Wars, one Grutina Oakvine led a group of Hartstone Druids to great Glomdoring, in a misguided attempt to…----====#### History of Cipher ####====---- Cipher is a simple yet captivating four-player game invented by the dracnari of Gaudiguch. As far as can be…+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Prologue: Even fate had its beginnings +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ "Giving up on myself and on the ones I care for would be the only cruel…And so we come to the final installment in my character studies of Lady General Tasra Dawnbreaker and Archmage Kerinth, the Lightbringer. For this,…I looked, and in front of me I saw a magnificent tree. The tree towered above all other trees, and stretched even above the…Part I I start my history with an apology. Minor scholar that I am, I feel I will not do full justice to the…The following is not a tale of good or evil: it is not a tale that is necessarily true (though also not a tale…Chapter One The clarion sound of steel on steel rose above the blood-drenched field, audible signs of the battle that raged just over the…Ialie cautiously looked upon the odd dark brand that was bound to Bastions' shoulder. She had seen it many times since they'd met, even…"I still hear Her cries, They haunt my every dream. Even though She's gone, The pleas for help still sound." "My heart aches with…