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  • ..., he would call me to his fireplace room, where he sat rigidly most of the time, along with two empty tankards of beer. Then he would gesture to me to sit ...nd enough pennies to afford the services of a wandering whore from time to time. I knew that, according to the Holy Verses, I would enter the Eternal Paths
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  • Yet I had not much time to ponder. For when I awoke, breathing heavily and soaked in sweat, I reali ...elieved to be a nightmare. Yet the desired effect did not occur, for every time I closed my eyes, images of my own corpse flooded through my mind, and my u
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  • ...With the exceoption of Syléa, all of them were drawn into my tale at that time. ...ent of freshly baked bread filled the air, and my anger was gone. One last time I looked at the tavern sign that was shaking in the wind. ''The Red Ox.'' T
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  • ...going to happen to them in the morning? ''Maybe all this'' '''is the first time in your life that you show courage! These two bastards have earned a lesson ...hind the primitives with considerable bruises or fractures — at that time I was shocked by the gratification, or rather lust, that the thought gave m
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  • ...ied again to turn my gaze, only to be punished by a more severe pain. This time, a short cry escaped my mouth. The voice next to me reacted with laughter. “It's only that bad the first time.”
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  • Uttering a cheerful and at the same time desperate sound, I shook away the thoughts. Instead, I looked at the activi ...d where I was, and that I had arrived fifteen minutes before the appointed time. Cloud Alley, as the builders of the city had named it without any apparent
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  • ...ed, like on the evening when he had first told me about the fire. But this time, there also was something else in his gaze: anticipation. ...t his hand on the steel door of the opposing room and stood still. '''Each time we give in to them, we tread the path of sin a bit further.''' His lips mov
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  • ...d the uncertainty during the long wait. I learned a lot, and for the first time in my life I felt like someone special. How foolish all the people on the s ...what I felt when I sat next to Qalian in a carriage three moons later. The time had come, I had been told. I was worthy now.
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  • ...ing happened. Then, I heard a sound like cloth being torn, and at the same time all masked faces of the painted figures looked into my direction. They all ...e floor. The blood on its blade was still fresh. I looked at it for a long time. Then I wiped it clean at my trousers and put it into its sheath. A moment
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  • ...step toward his room. One more. And another one. Then: a new memory. This time I saw Mitumial standing at a door, with his back turned toward it. He seeme ...s the one in which my actual self was standing at his dying body, but this time the scattered sheets and books and the overturned table were the silent wit
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  • ...h, you may call yourself a novice of the arts. Proceed without delay. Your time is limited — the end will come. Your apprenticeship will continue wit ...y into a trap that will literally pull the rug out from under you. For the time being, trust no one, not even your neighbour.
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  • ...ling of weakness and an occasional headache, the symptoms will compound as time progresses. After approximately three moons, the magically gifted individua
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  • ...nd cause it to rise. Should the mage not cease the fever-inducing spell in time, they may well push their mind into insanity and risk the Blue Death. Proxi ...r tricks, while others may become respected arcanists in only a few years' time. The form of magic a gifted individual has an aptitude for is equally diver
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  • ...raph, the Goldenforst region has been abandoned by civilization for a long time and is considered extremely dangerous. The Golden Sickle strongly advises a
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  • ...sive substance commonly utilized for cannons and demolition charges. First-time visitors might be deceived by the region's name, which - while apt for the ...It can be a long drop if you happen to lose your footing at an inopportune time.
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  • For a long time my body would convulse whenever I thought back to the following hour. In ol ...everything concerning her dead husband, so she discreetly but at the same time firmly sent me out of the room. I didn't have fiery hair the color of a rut
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  • ...ckly that an apothecarius had to take care of her, as I didn't have enough time to do so in addition to my occupation. Despite spending most of my time in private, I found my first and only love in Maressa Greytrue. I would giv
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  • My mother died of her illness and I lost Maressa as I used most of my time to consume drogae. No sane woman loves such a man who is lost in those. Due ...s there is neither sun nor fresh wind. Hence I couldn't say which month or time of day it was as I walked around without rest or aim, as I often did. I was
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  • ...Adreyu of Mith is without a question among the most prominent poets of our time. Countless intellectuals from all over Vyn have already travelled to Ark, h ...vey the endless anguish now spreading in the speaker's heart for the first time: “Woe! Woe! Away, away, away you go!”.
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  • ...ceeds all other schools in terms of sheer destructiveness, but at the same time, the practice draws upon the arcanist's life force as well. It is not uncom
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  • ...tural attributes would proceed in a similar fashion. For a short period of time a man's strength and, by extension, his muscle fiber, is amplified drastica
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  • ...channels an eventuality for either a brief moment or an extended period of time in which the air "hardens" around them in a spherical shape.
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  • ..., and universal tool, which entertained and intimidated people at the same time. The words of the lyrics were so vague, the transgressions and woes so mund ...henchmen. Bu I did not want to die in this place. I traveled for one last time, long and far, to find this cave, a place far away from everything I did no
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  • ...g, when being accompanied by the chirping of insects, is the most pleasant time to walk the sandy path to Ostian, lined by palm and leaf trees. In this reg ...the city's residents, that keep supplies enjoyable for a decent amount of time. The waterfront, being worth a visit especially during sunset, offers a goo
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  • She knew that her time had come. She burst into tears, as her words faded away. At the same time, the sentences were oozing out like a slow and bitter mass.
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  • For a long time, the man stood silently and gazed out of the window at the meagre garden wh They had not spoken about their Path for a long time, and the woman cringed at the word. "Let us retire," she said. "It has been
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  • ...usual - kill the merchants and leave them rotting on the ground. Only this time something had been wrong. He had not noticed the symbol on the deep blue cl ...ng down from the ceiling, a sole but persistent reminder of the passage of time. Without that sound the silence could have stretched into eternity. Stiffly
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  • ...rgin: 1em 12.5em 1em 0; ">&ldquo;We are gods and rulers over the elements, time, and life itself! And as surely as I am standing here, I proclaim: Those wh ...r all the thousands who will follow you.&rdquo; And thus he vanished. This time became known as the month of &ldquo;Departure.&rdquo;</div>
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  • ...ey sobbed. &ldquo;And our fate is to die on the high seas!&rdquo; And this time Ketaron answered: &ldquo;Do not lose your faith, brothers and sisters! Malp
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  • ...ealized they had no hope in opposing the creature completely unarmed. This time it was Ketaron who proved his fortitude.</div> ...Ketaron, its abysmal jaws fully opened, ready to devour him! For the last time he turned to face his comrades, Malphas' first vassals, and gave them a sad
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  • ...tection. A great time awaited them. And in remembrance of this exceptional time, we call the first moon of the year, &ldquo;The Arrival.&rdquo;</div>
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  • ...build a structure which will grant you protection and illumination for all time.&rdquo; The vassals were startled for they were not many, had only a few to
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  • ..."flex: 0 1 50em; text-align: justify; margin: 1em 12.5em 1em 0; ">At that time Selna heard a racket and screams from the city beneath the temple. Weapons ...hind them, came upwards to the temple. Kilra, one of the doubters from the time of the temple's construction and head of the greatest farm in front of the
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  • ...will and has his own opinion. Such societies will never stand the test of time. How foolish it is for us, oh Father, to question our life night and day. W
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  • ...lé are reckoned as dangerous because of the exotic fauna, yet at the same time they are rich in natural resources and spices. The capitol of the belt is U
    7 KB (1,193 words) - 03:12, 2 October 2017
  • ...er a thousand years, their echoes will fade and I will be redeemed. By the time I am released, the dead will walk once more, awoken from their peaceful slu
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  • ...not qualified for guard duty keeps digging. We have to be finished by the time the Steel Crabs return with a new group of prospectors next month.
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  • ...the ash people, who were populating this world before us, knew that. Each time they killed an enemy in a battle, they tore out But as we are living in a time in which eating fellows is nonsensically seen as barbaric, we, the friends
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  • ...ts on being addressed as Mysir Darius. Wanted fool me out of my money last time, I threatened to call Roko. Don't think he'll show up again.
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  • ...r was already mindful of whether the spores even survived the long storage time, hence the cheap price. Now I planted a first colony in a by rocks protecte
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  • The Blind Miner, whose actual name has been lost to time, is a dreadful Lost One that lurks in the tunnels of the Tar Pit. The sight ...ckfall sealed a tunnel, along with the fifteen miners working in it at the time, trapping them with no way out. The pile of rubble was so high that even af
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  • ...d punishment on Arveldhiin: his Pathless character would taint him for all time. The Lord merged the murderer without scruple with a grotesque, wolf-like m
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  • ...s said that it still commissions high prices among antiquarians. Time upon time one sells the horrid remains for good money after acquiring it for little f
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  • ...w; and, once satisfied with his drawings, returned the beasts to their own time and place. Research, you see, was his singular passion. ...upon richly-colored, gangly birds, and observed jet-black Bone Rippers, in time he came to regard the exotic beasts with a bored, experienced eye. So he re
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  • ...r of bandits in the Sandy Mountains to a mere handful in a short period of time. ...forward and added in a hushed, conspiratorial voice: "I heard he can bend time itself to his will."
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  • "Well, you didn't choose the best time to make your journey. It's gotten mighty dangerous since the rebels set up "No," I said. "I am fine. It is high time to leave this region. I've already stayed here too long."
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  • I pulled back my hood. There was not much time left. Guards would appear soon, and I highly doubted that they would be in I crouched down by one of the dead. He lay sprawled on his back. The time of death was difficult to determine, the cold making an accurate estimate i
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  • ...this tale took place, none of that mattered. Every so often I wished that time could stand still, the world stay as it was with me still sitting on that w ...- Lari, it turned out her name was - was a charming conversationalist and time flew by just as much as it had while we danced. We discussed all manner of
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  • ...The flow of this world is turning. Perhaps this is also the reason why my time is almost past. I have a few final tales left to tell. This legend about ex A long time ago there lived a man, a Keeper of the Order, an ambassador of Malphas. For
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  • ...he scoundrel is being dragged to the scaffold! Everybody come and see, the time has come, they'll string him up! Down at the market!" Simultaneously loud b ...n uppercut to the jaw, and the Keeper was disarmed. The man barely had the time to realize he had lost his blade before it was briefly returned to him, plu
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