Stories tagged “Conquest”
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The Tower
“In his hand he holds the whisper, In his mind he holds the shield. In his heart he commands the sorrows, Of a people who cannot yield.” -Inscribed on the Breastplate of Artamoth the Conqueror Fog and mist cloaked the Tower grounds and obsc...
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Tower Gate - The Tower pt. 3
Atop the wall surrounding the Tower the guards marched in greater than usual numbers. The assassin watched the guards with interest, wondering how Lord Vulklan had divined Artamoth’s plans. There must be an informant among Artamoth’s men th...
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The Third World
They were in utter disarray when we arrived. They were a primitive, fragmented people, bickering between themselves over land or some other resource, sometimes even fighting over differing abstract ideologies. Their technologies were primitive as well....
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A Testament of Wildflowers
Battle weary and ripe with the bloodlust of conquest the war party collapsed in the dust of the road. One figure, armor faded and chipped, strode placidly into the nearby field’s verdant embrace. Only when he was a stone’s throw away did he...