9 Works by TheOracleHasSpoken
Listing Works
-
Tags
Summary
After years of penance and self-imposed restraint, Erandur has grown accustomed to keeping certain things hidden.
The growing closeness between him and the Dragonborn forces Erandur to confront the parts of himself he would rather punish than accept. Slowly, he begins to discover that some things are not debts to be repaid.
-
Tags
Summary
Milten isn't naïve about what he's getting. He's simply sufficiently starved for being chosen that Pyrokar's desire feels like an answer to a need that has been waiting for years.
-
Tags
Summary
It had accumulated so gradually that Xardas had stopped seeing it.
One forgotten object after another. A cloak abandoned over a chair. The smell of smoke and rain. Someone else's breathing beneath the roof.
Another presence becoming part of the tower's silence.
-
Tags
Summary
Lester has been sleeping poorly lately, and the swampweed does little to help him keep his thoughts in order. When the Nameless One approaches him with something weighing heavily on his mind, Lester has to make sense of it through a haze of exhaustion and smoke.
-
Tags
Summary
The camp is loud with drinking, laughter, and smoke when Bloodwyn’s attention settles on the Nameless One.
There has always been something dangerous about the guard. Tonight, however, that danger takes on a different shape. The Nameless One has never been particularly skilled at discerning what other men might want of him.
Bloodwyn, however, leaves little room for uncertainty.
-
Tags
Summary
Xardas's bedroom smelled of old books and freshly washed linen. The sheets were neatly arranged, the fabric smooth beneath the Nameless One's knees as he knelt on the bed. Xardas spoke to him in a low voice, close enough that every word seemed meant only for him.
-
Tags
Summary
The Nameless One has never given much thought to what men do in a colony without women. When he admits he can't even picture two men kissing, Diego decides there's no point leaving it to his imagination.
"Borrow you for a moment, Milten."
-
Tags
Summary
The Nameless One comes to Milten seeking lessons in magic. Instead, he discovers the burns that mark a Fire Mage's craft and finds himself far more interested in the hands that wield it.
-
Tags
Summary
Diego has trained countless men to survive the Colony.
Teaching Nameless to use a bow should have been no different.
Somewhere between measured instruction and the assurance of Diego’s steady hands, the edges of discipline begin to blur, until it’s no longer entirely clear what the lesson is meant to teach.