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The Nameless Accounts: The Fall of Sun-On-The-Lake - by A. Broadhead
Title: The Nameless Accounts: The Fall of Sun-On-The-Lake (14)
Author: A. Broadhead
"...like cockroaches fleeing from the light, we crept behind trees, up against cliffs, and dove under knots of shrubbery to get out of line of fire. There was lots of screaming and shouting; my ears were one long ring. Color sprang back up in my surroundings as my eyes adjusted to the flashing light of the spell blasts, then went dark again, blinding me in between..."
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The Nameless Accounts: The March through Nah'Ke'tzin - by A. Broadhead
Title: The Nameless Accounts: The March through Nah'Ke'tzin (13)
Author: A. Broadhead
"The most innocuous incidents involved large fruit or pinecones snapping off their branches to hit us in the head or roots suddenly rising up out of nowhere to trip us as we marched. Less innocuous were the rumors that the trees moved, and whole units would get lost when a grove of trees decided to all get up and move a few miles in a random direction when no one was looking."
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The Nameless Accounts: The Siege of Steinheim - by A. Broadhead
Title: The Nameless Accounts: The Siege of Steinheim (12)
Author: A. Broadhead
"When I first saw the seashells, I thought at first they were only strange crystal formations, until one of them got up and started walking away. "
The Nameless Accounts: Preparation for the Invasion - by A. Broadhead
Title: The Nameless Accounts: Preparation for the Invasion (10)
Author: A. Broadhead
"Tymalt’aste stood on the little raised platform reserved for speakers, his voice echoing above our heads, watching us as carefully as a cave fisher might watch a school of palid trout for weakness. He must have looked at me for only a second or two, but it felt like hours as his narrow, red eyes stared into mine. I remember thinking to myself, that was power."
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The Nameless Accounts: The Ships of Vuzsdin - by A. Broadhead
Title: The Nameless Accounts: The Ships of Vuzsdin (11)
Author: A. Broadhead
"I don’t get claustrophobic, nor have I known any akor'mar who does, but up there on the Surface, I finally understood a little of how you must feel. Instead of not having enough air to breathe, there was suddenly too much. I would feel light-headed, and I was scared the wind would blow all the air away before I could breathe any of it in."
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The Nameless Accounts: The Start of the War
Title: The Nameless Accounts: The Start of the War (9)
Author: A. Broadhead
"He was shot down a few miles from Vuzsdin by someone who supported the Althra’aste. It was covered up with the not-even-false story that he had been careless, though we all knew what was really going on."
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The Nameless Accounts: Sus'syri - by A. Broadhead
Title: The Nameless Accounts: Sus'syri (8)
Author: A. Broadhead
"She was more interested in the politics. What was Tymalt’aste doing? How many followers did each god claim? Were either of our rulers set up to start making moves? And what did I think of it all? It never passed through my mind at the time, but it should’ve occurred to me that this was odd. Shouldn’t she know these things herself, if she had been part of a Seeker patrol?"
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The Nameless Accounts: The Seeker's Life - by A. Broadhead
Title: The Nameless Accounts: The Seeker's Life (7)
Author: A. Broadhead
"I was barely into adolescence when I was recruited for the Seekers, and by the time I was officially out of training, I was a young adult. Akor’mari and ‘mari in general don’t count seasons like humans do, so I’m not exactly certain how many years passed. I believe I spent my first century in those woods."
The Nameless Accounts: Bataklik Forest - by A. Broadhead
Title: The Nameless Accounts: Bataklik Forest (6)
Author: A. Broadhead
"[There were] no echoes up there, and it was both awe-inspiring and terrifying knowing we could hear for miles instead of just down the next passageway. The whispering of leaves reminded you of the footsteps of the beggar-assassin of Althrasia, trailing you, waiting for a misstep or a heresy before making Her move."
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The Nameless Accounts: Basic Training - by A. Broadhead
Title: The Nameless Accounts: Basic Training (5)
Author: A. Broadhead
"Here were all these untrained youth, some of them never having touched a weapon in their life, sheltered by the priestesses who had borne them, while others were criminals like me, with no knowledge outside of the tunnel intersections we lurked in. All of us would have to be trained to fight, and not only fight, but to follow orders, march like a real army, and to survive in the wild outside the underground Reaches."
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The Nameless Accounts: The Seekers of Tymalt - by A. Broadhead
Title: The Nameless Accounts: The Seekers of Tymalt (4)
Author: A. Broadhead
"The strongest of the Seekers was the Tymalt’aste. It was he who would take on Tymalt’s mantle, his identity swallowed whole by our god of war, and he would act on Tymalt’s behalf from that day on. His previous name and title would be forgotten, and he would not be known by any other until his inevitable fall to next victor; after which he’d simply be known as a Nameless, countless among other fallen."
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The Nameless Accounts: Childhood - by A. Broadhead
Title: The Nameless Accounts: Childhood (3)
Author: A. Broadhead
"Some of your games are like to ours; every race learns how to hunt, how to obey, how to fight, and how to lie, though it never ceases to amuse me how you Surfacers innocuously dress it up as playing tag or throwing dice instead."
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The Nameless Accounts: Kin - by A. Broadhead
Title: The Nameless Accounts: Kin(2)
Author: A. Broadhead
"As rats among the beggars, my family was different. ... If it was sheer practicality or something deeper that kept my parents together, I couldn’t say."
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The Nameless Accounts: Homeland - by A. Broadhead
Title: The Nameless Accounts: Homeland (1)
Author: A. Broadhead
"I don’t remember much about those first years in the underground city. Or rather, I remember some things..."
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Axes and Lightning - by Greg Rowson
Title: Axes and Lightning: A Leader's Path (Full)
Author: Greg Rowson
Genre: Fantasy, Short Story
A hogher shaman tries to control his people's natural aggression by implementing bans on weapons. A human king is manipulated by his advisors to hate and distrust the new hogher arrivals to his lands. Can peace ultimately be maintained in the kingdom of Tarith?
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The Nameless Accounts: Teaser
Who are the akor'mari?
Join with us next week and each week after for a new installment of "The Nameless Accounts", a novella that answers just that question!
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Axes and Lightning: Finale - by Greg Rowson
Title: Axes and Lightning: A Leader's Path (Finale)
Author: Greg Rowson
Genre: Fantasy, Short Story
“Grimtar shall die a coward’s death!” yelled the red-robed shaman as he struck the hut repeatedly with lightning bolts. Other hoghers began lobbing lit torches onto the roof and through the windows. Soon the whole building was ablaze.
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Axes and Lightning: Part Four - by Greg Rowson
Title: Axes and Lightning: A Leader's Path (Part Four)
Author: Greg Rowson
Genre: Fantasy, Short Story
“Peace alone is not enough. I need to ensure that this won’t happen again in the future. I need you and your people to remember this agreement, and I will need continuous proof that you have not forgotten... Should you fail to deliver, we shall attack you with the might of the combined armies of our vast kingdom."
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Axes and Lightning: Part Three - by Greg Rowson
Title: Axes and Lightning: A Leader's Path (Part Three)
Author: Greg Rowson
Genre: Fantasy, Short Story
“Well, what are they doing? Are they preparing for war? Are they busy killing each other? What of it, Seer?” Illius asked demandingly.
“Uh… no… they’re just sitting…” the Seer responded.
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Axes and Lightning: Part One - by Greg Rowson
Title: Axes and Lightning: A Leader's Path (Part One)
Author: Greg Rowson
Genre: Fantasy, Short Story
"The humans are coming, and there are too many of them. We need to negotiate peace with them. We need them to see that we are more than just beasts.” The shaman paused. “This is why, from this day forward, you will not carry axes when there is no enemy present. Blood duels are banned!”
(Apologies for the double-post. Our videos keep duplicating for some reason.)
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The First Bastion - by Alelsa
Title: The First Bastion
Author: Alelsa
Genre: Short Story, Fantasy, Humor
"...it’s not just the new tax, is it? It’s all the other new taxes over the past year. Taxes on windows, on doors, on the number of people living under one roof, the tax for actually having a roof.”
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