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Earth Chapter 1: Change

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November 20, 2022

Mourning came to the little house in Elusa. The hamlet, nestled on the roadside to Ambra, housed only a few farmers, a blacksmith, a butcher, one lawyer who called himself Mayor, and Anirea, the whore. Anirea and her children. The whore, her three daughters, and her newborn son.

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Earth Chapter 2: Hope 1

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November 26, 2022

Artwork Chapter One Click HereThanks for reading The Mad Christian! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. The next day brought much and little. A mother, dearly loved, was dead. A matron, solemn but not severe, rose out of the night to take her place. The eldest daughter washed the body once more for burial. The youngest hurried int…

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Earth Chapter 2: Hope 2

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December 3, 2022

Talitha's dream became chaotic and broken from this point on. A cry from the crow’s next. Raiders’ sails. Terror in the darkness. Talitha tossed in her covers, near to waking. Fifteen-gun ships. Savage marines. Worshippers of Reanai and other dark gods.

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Earth Chapter 3: Repentance 1

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December 12, 2022

It came to pass in one of these goldening years that Earth played in the field behind the house, as he often did. Long afternoons in fair seasons made dashing amid rocks and dirt piles the glory of boyish life. Now and then the sway of crops growing well beyond their home under the azure sky, new homesteads, larger farms, caught his eye. For himself, Ea…

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Earth Chapter 3: Repentance 2

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December 17, 2022

“I know who she is, Mistress,” he said. She draped the violet-scorched bandages upon his chest and arms. She did not chide him nor accuse him of babbling this time. But she did stiffen a moment, more solemn even than usual. What was it? Fear? He thought so. But that was not her way.

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Earth Chapter 4: Duty 1

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December 27, 2022

It was the Eve of Aging, and the Festival of Cor Blossoms was only a day away. As he had done every year since he could remember, Earth walked the Mainway, watching the merchant stalls go up. Above the colorful pavilions and new townhomes rising above them, the Mount of the Forgotten shown clearly through the crisp sky beyond.

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Earth Chapter 4: Duty 2

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Jan 2

“How much for this vial?” she asked. He was whittling. The voice made him hope. Hushed straw hair. Familiar blue eyes. Earth looked up. The young woman who eyed him intently, though not unlovely, was not Lyf. When he did not respond any more than to stare back at her with unspeaking eyes, her smile vanished.

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Earth Chapter 4: Duty 3

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Jan 8

They followed the song of the rising music down the tightly knit alleys of the market. Merchants called wares to them as they passed. Rafters were hung with laurels and strands of the golden Cor Blossoms waved passively in the twilight breeze. The two laughed and smiled, caught up with each other, eager to emerge from the maze and into the center of the…

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Earth Chapter 5: Consequence 1

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Mar 17

Earth’s kebab went cold in his hand. Synu, also awestruck, did not neglect to finish her peapods. Guardsmen, moments before lounging in corners, a witbeer in hand and a pretty girl on the arm, rushed to the fore of the crowd with salutes of attention, making way for fully outfitted men-at-arms to break a path through the crowd. Vested in the platesmelt …

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Earth Chapter 5: Consequence 2

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Mar 21

The features of the Shadowsun struck with pristine clarity - his skin was smooth and his beard barely visible, his eyes gleaming with a peculiar mix of white and green, his hair an interweaving of fiery red and black, bound tightly in a knot behind his head. The hushed gasp of the onlookers was palpable. Goosebumps crept over Earth's skin when he first …

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Earth Chapter 5: Consequence 3

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Mar 22

Another cry pierced the air, followed by a new, pulsing silence that beat against the ears. Every heart trembled. Every hand felt insecure. Frustration etched itself onto his face, and he looked down at the Cor Blossoms nestled in his horse's mane. He shook his head.

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Earth Chapter 6: Reality 1

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April 5, 2022

The gravel crunched as Earth stepped onto the path. The pale blue path of the moon hung overhead. He shivered in the brisk air. It would not be far to the camp. The sun would rise before long. But before he left, there was one more thing to do. For five minutes he stood alone at the stone beside the wall in the yard.

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Earth Chapter 6: Reality 2

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Apr 6

“Stop! Who goes there?” The words echoed through the crisp morning air, emanating from a gargantuan, ancient tree that loomed twenty yards ahead. Emerging from the shadows was a vigilant guardsman, his figure silhouetted against the dappled light filtering through the canopy.

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Earth Chapter 7: Fate 1

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Apr 10

Earth watched the charred and blackened ground beneath his feet, a stark reminder of the destruction wrought by the Madgyi. His sword hung heavy at his hip as he trudged onward, a weary admixture of scavenger and warrior. Discovering more chaos was clockwork now. Each day brought more of the same as the troops moved through the farmlands east of the A…

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Earth Chapter 7: Fate 2

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Apr 15

Earth stirred in the darkened tent, the absence of light closed in on him. The scent of incense mingled with the stale air as he tried to shake off his grogginess. A cough revealed his throat to be parched and raw. His limbs were heavy and weak, like after a fever. His hair was damp with sweat and his stomach ached.

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Earth Chapter 7: Fate 3

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Apr 22

The King approached, leaning in over the physician's shoulder. "But the report states his intestines were penetrated by the madgyics, that the bleeding could not be stemmed. And that was not but twenty hours ago." He turned to Earth. "You are certain this is the same man?"

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