Thanks, Parker, i am glad these small details work for you .. they are needed, in my opinion, to make a world real. It's a long journey, full of the unknown, fearsome things, truth and more. I hope you'll enjoy it.
it doesn't happen and when i say things need to feel real, this is what i am talking about. The world doesn't have feel real to me .. it needs to feel real to the characters that live in it.
Thanks AC for everything...xo
Wayne is a good writer and i enjoy spending time with him. We have fun exchanging ideas about writing and our work. His story Guarded is good and yes.. silverwolf is terrific.
Stravor (maybe you are thinking Strider from LOTR when you wrote his name) I tease you xo .. Stravor is not shocked...surprised a little maybe. You left me a lovely comment on this story mentioning the 'magic' tag. These people know of witches and magic ... so no, it was a real surprise. There are other Searchers in the world in my head, but we don't meet them here in this story. But people know who they are what they do .. and what the swords do, so avoid them like the plague.
Oh, so much more coming about Keter, Dayson, Galeth ... lots more... Thanks for reading and you wonderful comments.
Yes, we will all go on this trip with Stravor, Keter and Shade. There and back again (but this is no hobbits tale).
I'm glad you are enjoying this.. thanks very much for reading and your comments.
Think about why Stravor would pay for the boy. And why he tells him things to keep him sweet. And what kind of man Stravor really is ... the souls in the Hall of the Dead didn't get there by accident. There was no trial.. Hemothracene wanted them and the Searcher was sent. He was the executioner.
Yeah, there will be more as you know with Stravor and Day. I seem to keep writing about horses ... they sort of fascinate me. i think there is more going on in there than we give them credit for.
Thanks molly .. i'm glad this chapter worked.... there's a bit of excitement with the bar fight, but really it's just a 'get to know you' type of chapter.. .a little ground work
Stravor isn't a man to question much normally. He knows his job and what he is to do. If you had to travel knowing at the end of your trip you had to kill your companion ... would you reassure him along the way or tell him the truth?
There is much more to the whole story ... i hope you enjoy all of it.
Doing okay ... fighting with the editor trying to publish my chapter .. it knocked out all the italics so i had to put them all back in...amongst other things.. oh well. its done.
don't let them get you down ... they likely are not worth it.
As Stravor walked back to the Silverhide Inn, he considered his parents’ words. Hemothracene, has always been with me. Father served. Then I. But Father’s words are not of someone with a glad heart. And what of Mother saying I should flee?
Against his thigh the Sword moaned softly, attracting his attention. The Searcher reached down to grasp the hilt. “Shhh, tis all right. These are not serious contemplations, my beauty. Have no fear.”
After passing the Undertaker’s, he stopped to gaze a