Category: Raydorn: The War in the Black

Raydorn: The War in the Black (Chapter 52)

“It is not a god that ails the mind, the mind is well enough to poison itself.” Chief Keona of the Icee Tribe, 448 A.C.A. You can only betray your friends. You cannot lose trust in your enemies. The villains in your life may be crass, vile, cruel, and willing to do demented things to […]

Christopher Knighton

November 19, 2023

Raydorn: The War in the Black (Chapter 51)

“It’s easy to die when the one you love abandons you, and all you have left to give is the meat on your bones.” Astrid, 448 A.C.A. The wine in Amidala’s hand whipped around the rim with the slump in her walk, if it could even be called that. She stumbled to her room as […]

Christopher Knighton

October 22, 2023

Raydorn: The War in the Black (Chapter 50)

“What we lose to men who follow orders.” Andelyn Stella, 448 A.C.A. Boing! “Ow!”  Bong! “Please!” Bamp! “Not the face!” Bamph! “My lute!” If you couldn’t guess, Henry Lockely was being beaten — mercilessly one might add — with his own lute.  Oh, and by Andelyn Stella.Yes, she was beating him with his own lute […]

Christopher Knighton

October 8, 2023

Raydorn: The War in the Black (Chapter 49)

“The Light comes in response to your need, it does not bend to your desire.” Unknown, 448 A.C.A. “Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck!” Andy ducked under Jack’s sword only to have to bob and weave to avoid Malum’s. She took out the sword that Henry had given her only for […]

Christopher Knighton

September 24, 2023

Raydorn: The War in the Black (Chapter 48)

“Distractions can only do so much before they get you killed.” Daffodan Stalwart, the Drunken Knight, 135 A.C.A. Creeeekkk… The sound of her axe against the marble floor was almost as sickening as the death left behind in her wake. Bodies of Amidala’s acolytes littered the floor behind her as she made her way.  Then […]

Christopher Knighton

August 27, 2023

Raydorn: The War in the Black (Chapter 47)

“The difference between confidence and desperation is often self-awareness.” Henry Lockley, the Bard of the Song, 439 A.C.A. She saw it happen, months ago when they first came to the Icy Pearl Isles. Quintus was under the water, swarmed by shark mermaids trying to get to their Queen. The memory cracked like glass as Lucy […]

Christopher Knighton

August 6, 2023

Raydorn: The War in the Black (Chapter 46)

“All things deserve to be free, even if it is just to die.” Astrid, 448 A.C.A. ‘You’re going in the wrong direction,’ Lapis tried to warn her. Am not, Astrid said as she climbed over the fence. ‘Are too.’ Am not. ‘How much you wanna bet?’ Three days of uninterrupted me time, no talking. ‘You […]

Christopher Knighton

June 25, 2023

Raydorn: The War in the Black (Chapter 45)

“There are some people who you don’t hide the truth around. They’re your people, but they don’t always know that.” Henry Lockley, the Bard of the Song, 437 A.C.A. There was safety in the shallow waters around the Icy Pearl Isles. Even if you were dead, you should feel the rush of an incoming shark […]

Christopher Knighton

June 4, 2023

Raydorn: The War in the Black (Chapter 44)

“Oh, to be bred and domesticated, just to die.” Astrid, 448 A.C.A Gronin was the God of the Earth. Zenos could claim to be the God of Sky, and Thassia the Goddess of the Sea, but they knew they were the surface of all that was Him. And so, across the world, people across different […]

Christopher Knighton

May 7, 2023

Raydorn: The War in the Black (Chapter 43)

“For now, we’ll be the only two people in the world.” Quintus Lato Equitus, 448 A.C.A. The walk from the ship to the road wasn’t long. The walk from the road to Shadetown, on the other hand, redefined the word.  At least three separate times, Astrid cursed Solicki, not for murdering Lapis, but in her […]

Christopher Knighton

April 23, 2023

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