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  1. Topher Lydon

    Chapter 3

    The Witches plan was probably either execute Ishan, or keep him as a hostage (more likely) They were not expecting the walls to fall so quickly. And certainly they weren't expecting Wylan to body them with a group of squires. Their plans collapsed half finished, and Erik stumbles out of the ash. As good as Erik is for Seb, Seb is giving Erik a purpose and a reason to survive.
  2. Topher Lydon

    Chapter 3

    Raymond and Peter Bartholomew twisted everything, every vow and oath to suit their fanaticism. We see the same thing happening across the world today. So many religious people I know Love and play this song, and never, ever, listen to the lyrics
  3. Topher Lydon

    Chapter 3

    The Tafurs, ranks of ghouls, driven mad by fervour and starvation. Whipped up into a frenzy by Seb's old master, Raymond of Toulouse. Seb has seen the true horrors of Antioch, al numen, and finally Jerusalem. No wonder he ran
  4. The dawn did not break; it bled. Before the sun crested the jagged teeth of the eastern ridges, the sky bruised a deep, violently purplish-red, the color of old blood drying on iron. Séb lay perfectly still beneath the heavy, foul-smelling wool blanket, his eyes wide open, watching the light slowly penetrate the gloom of the narrow ravine they had chosen for the night’s shelter. He was warm. For the first time in what felt like a lifetime, he was not shivering, not marching, not swin
  5. Topher Lydon

    Chapter 2

    They are currently heading east, weaving through the mountains, they turn North in the next chapter. The River Jordan plays a big role in the early stages.
  6. well earned my friend
  7. Gremlin's in Primary school... sex ed is a few years away... and his teachers are DEFINATELY not paid enough for that!
  8. We ALL know in a Glorb measuring contest, Isaiah wins. Hell even Lord Quar was intimidated...
  9. Isaiah's Meter rule is not going to survive the first date.
  10. Though to be fair, Kyle was honourable and up front with Mickey, taking the time to let him down gently, considering his feelings, and even brought lunch.
  11. Kyle has a type. They have a date where Dimitri is going to show Kyle radiators... they're so doomed. At least it is one way to raise the heat.
  12. Topher Lydon

    Chapter 2

    that too 🦊
  13. Topher Lydon

    Chapter 2

    Ishan's marital education is a subject in this book. He was trained by masters from across the Seljuk Empire, even as far as China Wusong. We saw glimpses of this in the past books, when he fought the Hassassin that killed his father, and when he fought the three squires while blind. He taught Ashot how to use a sword in the way that makes Ashot deadly with his sword, and later is taught to both Atreus and Rico. (The Path of Water) The only problem is, Ishan's fighting style is HIGHLY distinctive to those with a trained eye. Like a finger print, or a glowing neon sign.
  14. I know mine did at that age, did most of my thinking... boy did I end up in trouble.
  15. Topher Lydon

    Chapter 2

    This does have a very wasteland wanderer feel to it. And I suppose, to the people that lived through it, the Crusade must have seemed like the end times to both sides. Ruin, scavengers, death and carnage, and it would be like this for another 100-200 years, as wave after wave of invaders swept across the land all in the name of their chosen rite.
  16. Why are boys idiots? and what's a GLORB!!!?!!! I DEMAND answers and POPCORN! For watching... I will watch!
  17. The medical bay had finally quieted. Mickey was in decontamination, which was a polite way of saying the medics had stripped him, sprayed him with something that fizzed, and locked him in a glass tube to "ensure no residual Veth biological agents remained on his person." Isaiah had argued. The medics had won. Isaiah was now pacing the corridor outside, wearing a groove into the deck plates, waiting for the tube to open so he could finally—finally—hold his husband. Dimitri had been se
  18. Topher Lydon

    Chapter 2

    In a way this is true.
  19. Topher Lydon

    Chapter 2

    Darien and the Vanguard's journey (green) to Jaffa (Tel-Aviv) and Erik/Seb's journey (red)
  20. Topher Lydon

    Chapter 2

    Erik and Seb have a long road, I will create a map of their journey as opposed to Darien's route. To give a better idea of what is happening.
  21. Topher Lydon

    Chapter 2

    Magic, in this one, is slippery. Remember Wylan's is fueled by instinct and emotion. Ishan's was meticulously learned (think Wylan's as socery, and Ishan's as Wizardry) As Erik has been closed off from his memories by the Witches spell, he is locked away from his magic as well. This is probably a good thing in the short term, Ishan was burning himself out from overusing his magic. One of the unintended benefits of all of this, it is finally forcing Ishan to heal after Antioch.
  22. Topher Lydon

    Prologue

    I wrote the bridging prologue a two days ago. It wasn't a part of the original book. I wrote it more for people who read the whole series, as opposed to people picking up the book. I debated if I was going to include it for a while, and I will update the ebook with the prologue as it does work. I just haven't had a chance yet
  23. Topher Lydon

    Chapter 2

    Our boys are starting to find their rhythm
  24. Morning did not arrive with the gentle grace of a European dawn; it broke over the Judean hills like a drawn blade. The first indication Erik had that the freezing night had ended was a single, searing shaft of sunlight piercing a crack in the mud-caked roof of the hovel. It struck him directly in the eye, hot and brilliant, dragging him from the heavy, dreamless depths of his exhaustion. He groaned, his throat clicking dryly, and tried to shift. His body instantly protested. Every m
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