A cliff at least six times her height -- that was the distance between the Arainthe Vardis and the river below. The cliff wasn’t unconquerable and he was behind her. His footsteps were growing...
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A cliff at least six times her height -- that was the distance between the Arainthe Vardis and the river below. The cliff wasn’t unconquerable and he was behind her. His footsteps were growing...
Meant to do this a while ago, but... here we go:
Story
Storytelling, Setting, and Pacing
Setting is good. You used lot of descriptions to set up the milieu. You had some excellent phrases,...
Arainthe Vardis spends her days poking into everyone’s business and caring about every other thing. It is completely unsettling for anyone who has just met her. But she has established a place for...
Hrunine left before dawn the next day. He was the first of the acolyte class to make a move.
Arianthe bribed the guards at the front gates to inform her immediately when that rich bastard was...
She was hiding in a secret alcove with her ear was plastered against a wall. Tessa Ree stood a feet away to keep an eye out for any passersby. The headmaster’s office was on the other side of the...
Arianthe Vardis entered the Temple of Praxeum as a slave. Selling herself was the quickest way to earn the twelve gold pieces needed for the Temple’s donation cum tuition, and she had no time back...
Arainthe met Darger Ssuap on her first day as an acolyte. He was brat from a well-off family. She was a skinny scrap who had to sell herself into the Temple. It took her an hour to find all the right...
The Stone Hall of the Praxeum was reserved for practical lessons and evening meals. While a great lover of evening meals, Arainthe had little love for the hall itself. The cavernous chamber was too...
Life as an acolyte at the Temple of Praxeum was a series of trials and tribulations, and if one were lucky, one left the Temple as an apprentice. The average acolyte spent two years at the Temple...
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The Ma’Talzin Order was a shadowy group that dealt in secrets and ancient magics. Few knew of its...
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My mother was sly and vicious -- qualities that I’ve inherited, but I am much more ambitious and have less pride.
Selling myself was strictly transactional -- the opportunity to join the Order...