It is told that in the time following the war of the Dragons, the great drakes were greatly weakened. Seeing this, the elves shepherded them into places of hiding, where they would be tended. The dragons, though great bastions of magical power, could not tend their wounds on their own, for their power was in brute force. Thus, they needed the guidance of the elves, who used their more subtle magic to heal the battle-scars of the dragons. This most often occurred in secret groves, hidden within elven cities. However, the elves were much bereaved to find that the taint that the dragons had suffered were beyond even their arts, for t
The Doll of Matherly Place by austinblan, literature
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The Doll of Matherly Place
A harvest moon floated down to rest amidst dark, ebullient mists. The moors slept, their slow gurgle having naught for company, excepting a single solitary manor. In that manor, the drawing room was illuminated by a single, solitary candle. A figure sat, hunched at a table. His beard grew ragged, bespecked with grey from age and grief. He muttered wordless babbles to match the mad scribbling of his quill upon parchment paper. Like many such nights, he wrote a letter to his sweet deceased Justine, begging for her forgiveness, but deep down, he knew. She was still out there, waiting in the moors. By each unceasing march of that accursed horned
NaNoWriMo Novel - Chapter One by austinblan, literature
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NaNoWriMo Novel - Chapter One
The sun rose, rising from the sea like some great Neptunian sphere. It cast a warm glow upon the waves, and danced among the hilltops. The hills blazed like crystal with hints of dew and trickling streams. When the sea breeze came, it was warm, and told of the coming spring. Winter had held on for as long as it could, but Summer seemed to hold much stronger a grip this season. People said that the stars were changing, and that things were destined to be remade. They knew not how true these prophecies were, for while they spoke merely of harvests, rains, and livestock, the words held a much greater truth. Unknowable to them, invisible, the wo
The woods of Gelder grew over a land of rolling hills. In most places, the wood was a motley mix of ash, oak, and beech. This is where the elves of old first recognized Hansar’s treachery. Distressed by this folly, many fled. However, a great host of elven weirya, or priestesses, decided to stay. They called to the trees, and became one with them. The trees opened up their bosom to them, whereupon the elves entered, falling into an endless sleep. It was after this that the enemy created his first outpost in the wood. Hansar’s sin had allowed for the enemy to reach into the elven lands. The black tower of Gol Argn
The air smelled sweet, carrying the telltale scents of spring. A young boy leaped down among the thickets, and hills of the forest. He stopped momentarily, feeling the mist rising off of the waterfall that marked that his destination was close at hand. Down below, there lay the ruins of a forgotten city, has swallowed by a rising hill, as if the earth were hungry. It seemed eager to devour the creation of mortal hands, although the creatures that made this were no mortals. With a few careful leaps, and some skillful shimmying down a vine, the boy arrived at the entrance to the city. Not just any part of the city, though - it had once bee
On the Beginning of Days, part two by austinblan, literature
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On the Beginning of Days, part two
Long then walked they, through meadows green and fair. The somber sun hung overhead, casting a soft light about the newly made Earth. At length, they came upon a series of hills taller than those they had encountered before. Telembor motioned to Aldrea, for her to approach quietly. For, somewhere beyond the other side of the hills, a great sound could be heard. It brought to mind the sighing of the branches of past woods, except this had a rhythm to it. Three beats of his heart he counted, and another sigh was heard. Together, they crested the hill, the sun illuminating what lie beyond. It was unlike anythin
Telembor lay on his back, the wind ruffling the grass around him. His hands groped at the earth, getting a feel for his surroundings. Above, the stars made their slow march across the sky's dome. Telembor sat up, peering around him. He was in a small glade, surrounded on every side by a wood of medium thickness, fair, and without brambles or weeds. As Telembor, or so he thought he might be, watched, a glow began to line the sky. Somewhere beyond the wood, he could make out