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The morning air in the Lower Bailey was crisp, smelling sharply of woodsmoke, damp earth, and the distinct, metallic tang of the armorers' anvils ringing in the distance. For Prince Casimir, however, the air tasted entirely of miracles. He was sitting on a sturdy wooden crate at the edge of the secondary training ring, a massive, leather-bound volume of Roman history resting open on his lap. He was not reading a single word of it. His dark brown eyes were fixed with absolute, unblink
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It's funny, because Wylan is far from a Hedge mage. He's had years of studying the Byzantine Grimoire, of using magic with Ishan, and held his own against more powerful mages than Morwenna. And Morwenna's missed one key thing, Wylan is far from alone.
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I notice this as well. It's always a bit odd. I can track a steady trail off over time, that's natural. But that first chapter is always an oddity.
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Chapter Five: The Memorial
Topher Lydon commented on Topher Lydon's story chapter in Chapter Five: The Memorial
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FRIDAY The gymnasium had been transformed. Caleb stood in the hallway, pressed against the lockers, watching through the small window in the door. Rows of folding chairs filled the basketball court. A stage had been erected at the far end, draped in white fabric. Flowers everywhere. Carnations, mostly. White and pink and a shade of red that looked almost brown under the fluorescent lights. A photograph of Vickie sat on an easel—her junior year portrait, the one where she was laughing
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Little Prince Cas is fun, he's stubborn, filled with Teenage feelings, and so wonderfully awkward. Radoslav's sheer joy at seeing his son bee a teenage boy for the first time is worth it.
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Wylan is the next logical target. Neutralize the mage that is protecting the others.
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That servenat looked at you, once, last week. I saw him... OFF WITH HIS HEAD Cas, buddy, can we not execute half of the Boar's Rest in a jealous rage? Just the boy half. Cas... has anyone suggested you might have a problem? So unfair, I'm a prince, I should be able to execute people in a tantrum. Cas... come along, I found a new book on military tactics and a quiet spot in the shade. Tomas still sucks... Yes Cas, now come along, no purging every mildly cute boy from here to Paris... let's read. Just Ser Tomas... please, he really annoys me.
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It when he organizes the Royal Guard and goes all order 66 on Ser Tomas.
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I think this has been Radoslav's plan all along. He's watching Casimir bind himself to Atreus, he's obviously thought about the betrothal for a while (the Messer gift) And it's really a brilliant move on his part. Darien's weakness has always been his son. Radoslav has always been a prick, but always shrewd
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Blinding the Vanguard allows Morwenna to work. However there is one person who knows what happened.
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The women in this book are... astoundingly good at what they do. This is their campaign. I added the Wylan and Atreus moment late last night, I wanted to show their bond. We have a lot of Atreus and Darien clashing, but not nearly enough Wylan and Atreus.
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Father's and sons Good morning
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King Radoslav of Frankia was a man who had spent the last five years watching his legacy slowly, agonizingly drown in its own fluids. He had surrendered his best years to the burning sands of the Holy Crusade, returned to a crown that felt heavier than a millstone, and spent his nights listening to the horrific, wet rattling of his only son's lungs through the thick stone walls of the royal palace. He was tired. Profoundly, deeply tired. Currently, the King was sitting in the tempora
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Billy's mother is probably the only one who REALLY knows what kind of creature Diana Holloway is.
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The golden boy Tyler
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THURSDAY The blue light of the laptop screen cast a sickly, jaundiced glow over Tyler Archer’s pale face, illuminating the stark terror wide in his eyes. He sat on the edge of his perfectly made bed, the mattress pristine and unyielding beneath him, his fingers hovering over the slick plastic of the keyboard. His hands were shaking. It wasn’t a minor, nervous tremble; it was a deep, systemic vibration that started in his shoulders and radiated down to his fingertips, making it n
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Casimir is playing chess against a determined, and insidious opponent in Ser Tomas. But he has the home team advantage and he has Cecily in his corner. (And you think Granny Adela is going to let that golden haired, pompous fop seduce her Grandson, hah!)
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Pirate kidnappers is the next book.
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This book was written before Lost in the Sand. As such Seb et al didn't exist, and Ishan was dead. So they aren't in this one I fear.
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Enrique "Rico" ibn Stephen, ibn Ashot. He just hasn't met his Baba's yet. Darien's favourite little pickpocket but shhh
