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  1. Public Bookmark 22

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    As I waited for sleep, my thought strayed to the methods used by the Nazhmorhathveras to hunt the sheleian that ranged on the steppes. No barbarian would have been foolish enough to try to take on a flock; though a sheleis resembled little more than a large stack of poorly cared-for carpets, the adults of a pack would vigorously defend their young. Thick of hide, dense of fur, tusked, and ferocious—the Nazhmorhathveras stalked the steppes in search of a sheleis that had gotten itself separated from the pack. A lone sheleis would flee, in the face of a hunter’s spear, and the hunter would pursue. Not at the desperate pace set by the sheleis; the beast could leave his sight, and still he would track it, at a steady and persistent pace. It might take hours, even a day or more, but eventually the sheleis would collapse from exhaustion, and the hunter would be ready when it did.

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    A caravan driver stricken with sessiva, bodies missing from Ezho's ulimeires, a deceased doctor--and the endless task of keeping Thara Celehar alive to deal with all these things in their turn.

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    19 Sep 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 13

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    5 more times the members of Bells Hells carried Orym.
    Plus another time he carried all of them.

    Companion fic to "Held and Holding (aka How to Train Your Party to be a Mount)" but it is not necessary to read that before this one.

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    25 Aug 2025

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    "No doubt thou didst melt the seal open on the steam vents to read the business of thy betters, planned how thou wouldst ingratiate thyself with the Archduke— oh yes, we know thy tricks…”
    Not the steam vents, thinks Csevet. It would wet the paper. The hot pipes, yes— but not the vents. He would only use a steam vent if he wanted to bleed the ink onto the external sheet and claim inclement weather, and that almost never can be gotten away with inside the court.
    Captain Orthema is saying Lord Chavar, leave Mer Aisava, but Csevet knows Chavar will not move for love or money now, not until he has said his piece.
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    Two attempts on the throne; and Csevet Aisava, in the shadows.

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    22 Mar 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 16

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    Brontë Secondsun Wyvernwind has always loved the annual Festival of Stars, if for no other reason than because it’s when the genasi from the diaspora return to the Silken Squall bringing their local culture with them. This year is especially exciting as the Air Ashari from Zephrah have been invited to share their culture and among their ranks are humans, half-elves, and a single halfling. In the interest of learning more about people he’s never met, he drags his brother to the inn they’re staying at.

    Orym of the Air Ashari joined his cohort in the Silken Squall to perform some traditional dances and sell flowers, and the handsome genasi flirting with him at the inn is nothing more than a pleasant and drunken surprise. When Dorian Storm wants to see him again the next day, there’s no good reason to say no. When it turns out Dorian Storm is actually the alias of the second in line for the Silken Squall, he finds out there was probably a very, very good reason to say no. But knowing he accidentally made out with a prince doesn’t really make it a lot easier not to want to kiss him again.

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    10 Mar 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 20

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    His body abruptly freezes, like all of the air had been suddenly and violently ripped out of his chest. His hands release his weapons voluntarily and his eyes roll back. Orym hits the ground on his knees as nausea floods his system and makes his insides twist violently. He can’t breathe and there's a feeling of a hand wrapping around the pounding heart in his chest and squeezing, tightly, painfully. Pulling.  

     

    Someone had caught Blue. 

     

    Someone had caught Blue and was touching her with their bare hands.

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    01 Mar 2025