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Guild Mage 169
Chapter 169: The Lady of ThornsWhen Caspian Loredan had called Liv into his office after she returned from Lendh ka Dakruim, she’d been terrified that he would press her about the Lucanian royal family’s word of power. When she’d been questioned by Genevieve Arundell, it had been even worse - because Liv had know...
Guild Mage 168
Chapter 168: Aira Tär KeriaThe rooms they were given were warm with the glow of carved and polished wood. Not only the furniture, but the panelling of the walls and the boards of the floors, had been smoothed by hours of labour and years of guests. To Liv’s surprise, the hallway of the guest wing squeaked with every...
Faerie Knight 176
176 - A Meeting in the WoodEven Sir Maddoc of the Wood made his ill-considered bargain out of love, and his desire to protect the princess. Of course, the price he paid in the end was more than he could have ever imagined.François du Lutetia, A History of Narvonne☀26th Day of Deep Summer’s Moon, AC 297Cazador’s ...
Guild Mage 167
Chapter 167: Al’FenthiaAl’Fenthia bloomed at the northern end of the high pass between Lucania and Elden lands, surrounded by mountains to either side. To the east was a great green valley, and Liv could tell even from a distance that it contained a rift. The mana boiling out over the mountain slopes was wild, surg...
Guild Mage 166
Chapter 166: The Flowers of HomeWhen Liv went back inside the Vædic ruins, she found Sidonie once again standing before the curved glass panes in the control room. The journeyman’s book was spread out next to her, along with her small pot of ink and quill pen, and Liv noticed that she had managed to get smudges of d...
Faerie Knight 175
175 - BaronWithout the logistical support of the empire, the structure of the legions is simply beyond our means to maintain. I must reorganize the men, and find a different solution.The Campaign Journals of General Aurelius, volume V☀4th Day of Deep Summer’s Moon, AC 297“I cannot say I understand the king’s re...
Guild Mage 165
Chapter 165: The Sins of the Mother“Good evening, Liv,” Kazimir Grenfell said.Liv saw, at a glance, that they were seated in her old teacher’s study at Whitehill: she at her old desk, with a slate in front of her, and Grenfell at the front of the room. The walls were still lined with bookshelves and cabinets, whi...
Guild Mage 164
Chapter 164: The HeightsThe enormous eagle brooding over her eggs was clearly disturbed.Liv, crouched on a plane of blue mana fixed just close enough to the crest of the summit to allow her and her friends to get a glimpse of the nest, could imagine the bird’s point of view. Her mate had gone out to hunt, and never r...
Faerie Knight 174
174 - HonorsBack home, the old men used to give a general a laurel wreath, when they won. Always seemed stupid to me. I’d rather have gold, wine, and women.The Life and Times of Legionary Titus Nasica☀4th Day of Deep Summer’s Moon, AC 297Henry was halfway through a sip of wine when the king said his name, and at ...
Guild Mage 163
Chapter 163: The Eagle’s NestWhen Liv opened her eyes again, at first she wasn’t certain how much time had passed. The sun hadn’t descended yet - it was still day. There were more clouds in the sky, she thought, and a few isolated flakes of snow were falling down, tossed on gusts of wind that made them dance. The...
Guild Mage 162
Chapter 162: Among the PeaksIt was not the cool light of dawn in the mountains that woke Liv, but the smell of bacon cooking over a campfire. She had been dimly aware, in the night, of being pressed between Rosamund and Sidonie for warmth, and now it took a moment of bleary eyed rearrangement of limbs to extract hersel...
Guild Mage 161
Chapter 161: Into the Wild“The nerve of that bastard,” Matthew exclaimed. “Sending his men into a duchy without so much courtesy as a warning!”Triss promptly elbowed him in the side.“What– oh. My apologies, Liv,” Matthew said, somewhat crestfallen. “I know that’s not a comfortable word for you.”“I...
Faerie Knight 173
173 - Deep SummerLet all common men who have fought for the late usurper come forward and swear their loyalty, and they shall be forgiven.King Lionel Aurelianus☀4th Day of Deep Summer’s Moon, AC 297It took weeks for the mud to finally dry; by that time, King Lionel’s army had been moved into the city itself, and ...
Guild Mage 160
Chapter 160: The Second DawnCrossing the Airaduinë to the southern bank had been easy enough, and the Eld had remained downriver from the edge of the shoal by a considerable margin so as to avoid the sharp-toothed fish which had grown into mana beasts.The day before their assault on the waystone had been spent in fort...
Guild Mage 159
Chapter 159: LandslideLiv walked over to where Arjun knelt next to Rosamund, examining her shoulder with not only his eyes, but his fingers, as well. The dark haired girl winced whenever he probed her body, but managed not to make any noise other than a few hissed intakes of breath.“Is she going to be alright?” Liv...
Guild Mage 158
Chapter 158: Calevis kæn IravataSteam hissed from the joints of Calevis’ rebuilt legs, and the clicking of gears came to Liv’s ears from his movements. The half-mechanical Eld took two steps away from the cradle in which he had been hanging when Liv, Wren, Rose and Arjun entered the dim chamber. Without even waiti...
Faerie Knight 172
172 - The Surgeon’s TentsWe pray the Angelus grant us healing, mercy, and a release from the suffering of this world.Narvonnian Prayer☀17th Day of High Summer’s Moon, AC 297“How,” Bors panted, settling down to the ground with a heavy thump, “in the name of the Angelus did you do that?” The older knight fu...
Guild Mage 157
Chapter 157: Night RaidLiv accepted a cup of watered wine from Thora; once she’d been served, the lady’s maid stepped back to take her place along the stone wall of Baron Arnold’s war room. It was not nearly so grand as the one Liv had seen at Akela Kila, but the Crosbies had the requisite large table in the cent...
Guild Mage 156
Chapter 156: ReconnaissanceAfter an entire evening on the wall, Wren’s fingers were numb. She’d emptied two quivers of arrows into successive waves of Antrian war-machines, though the normal arrowheads she used for hunting were completely ineffective against the mechanisms of the enemy.Instead, she and the other ar...
Faerie Knight 171
171 - The HordeI have ordered the priests to seal what remains of the city away, so that no one can ever get to that damned gate again. Nothing good can come of that place – it is a festering sore on the flesh of the world.The Campaign Journals of General Aurelius, volume V☀17th Day of High Summer’s Moon, AC 297...
Guild Mage 155
Chapter 155: ValegardWhen Liv woke up, her left leg was throbbing painfully.She thought, at first glance, that she was most likely still in the same bedroom that she’d been brought to upon arrival at Valegard. The walls were of gray stone, and two narrow windows set into the right-hand wall admitted beams of morning ...
Guild Mage 154
Chapter 154: Fall“Journeyman Brodbeck is still a student at this college,” Caspian Loredan began. “She is our responsibility.”Liv didn’t look away from Genevieve Arundell – Guild Mistress Arundell, it now seemed – even when the old archmage spoke.“We have credible testimony that Journeyman Brodbeck is i...
Guild Mage 153
Chapter 153: To SpeakTriss frowned. “Come after Julianne? What do you mean?”“Not here, Liv,” Wren said. “Come on. Let’s walk down to the beach or something, where we have a bit of privacy.”Liv nodded, and rose from her seat. Together, the three women walked down the road and into town, with Triss commenti...
Faerie Knight 170
170 - The Battle of Maʿīn III: The Living and the DeadReturn swiftly, my beloved sister. I’ve a gift for you.Letter from Avitus to Cecilia☀17th Day of High Summer’s Moon, AC 297As the plague ravaged every man within her sight, Ismet rolled across the broken earth and scooped her sword up by the hilt. She only j...
Guild Mage 152
Chapter 152: A Year Come and Gone“I was half afraid you wouldn’t be there by the time I got back,” Wren said, as the two women burst out of Blackstone Hall into the courtyard.“I’m just glad you understood what I meant, and that they came,” Liv said. Her hands were trembling: she paused in the middle of the ...
Ismet ibnah Salah, Exarch of Epinoia
For Faerie Knight readers, Sarah did a new piece of Ismet ibnah Salah, Exarch of Epinoia!
Guild Mage 151
Chapter 151: Put to the QuestionIn Liv’s opinion, nothing productive happened after Archmagus Loredan’s comment. A number of mages stood up to speak, but the professors and Genevieve mostly just watched and listened, which told her that nothing was going to be decided that evening.A culling mage who introduced hims...
Faerie Knight 169
169 - CamielI will open the way with a sacrifice. Like all things most precious, the price must be paid in blood.The Journal of Decimus Avitus☀17th Day of High Summer’s Moon, AC 297It was Bors that struck first, as the monster moved forward, and Trist caught the shimmer of crackling strands just beneath the surface...
Guild Mage 150
Chapter 150: The Watchful Guild of MagimWithin only a few days of the king’s proclamation, the campus was flooded with people.The professors, journeymen and staff of the college had already been preparing for the arrival of a new year’s crop of students, but when the carriages began to roll out of the waystone down...
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