Paris Crenshaw | February 3, 2010
His boots fell heavily on fog-slick stairs. The grey mist rose up from the river and clung to everything, muting the sounds of his footsteps and his labored breathing. Saeren had been climbing through the tangled, mostly vertical, maze known as Merne’s Alley for hours. He was tired, despite his frequent stops to look for signs to point him in the right direction. He’d also spent too much time looking at his feet, but it was the only way to avoid the patches of ice that crossed his path like overconfident thieves. He had lost sight of the river some time ago, but he was nowhere near the top. (more…)
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Paris Crenshaw | June 19, 2009
Prelude to “The Crowheart Legacy”
Do you want to know a secret?
Do you promise not to tell?
Do you want to know what’s lurking
In the dead White Witch’s well?
Come closer, now, my children
Lest my whispers carry long
The deepest, darkest secrets
Hidden here, within my song.
And once my song has ended,
‘Ere I free you from my spell,
You’ll be sure to keep my secrets
When I drag you down to Hell!
–Irrisen children’s rhyme
16 Erastus, 4707 A.R. –
After all these years, after all I’ve seen, you’d think I’d know better. The fact is I don’t know near as much as I thought. None of us did. Now, I’m paying for it.
At least it won’t end for me like it did for them. I’ve got some time. They won’t come in here. They might be waiting for me, but they can’t get in. As long as my decanter works, I’ll have plenty of water. Food’s going to be a problem, eventually. (more…)
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Tags: As seen in Wayfinder, Irrisen, Saeren, Talithia
