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  1. Public Bookmark 13

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    Her name is Vaelus – this, she remembers – and her sister had freckles, maybe, and her mother screamed as she died, and the halls of her family are empty and dark. She has a part to play in this story, and she wishes, wishes, wishes oh so desperately that it could be one that would forgive her sins, that it could be one that would allow her to make up for it all.

    She swallows her grief like water.

    By now, she has gotten used to it – the coldness and the heavy weight upon her shoulder – and yet she doesn’t think she ever will. By now, she is beginning to grasp what the word ‘grief’ – rotten and bitter in her mouth – fully means. By now, what's left of her family has begun to make plans, desperate ones, to somehow find meaning in life other than pain, to return the world, their world, back to what they loved so dearly.

     

    Vaelus cares in the sense that she would do anything, at this point, for no reason at all.

     

    For whom then, if not for them and not for her mother either?

    For nobody, she thinks. For herself.

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    (or: The world looks different, after.)

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    09 Mar 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 66

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    Deep into their exploration of Aeor a fight goes wrong for Essek and Caleb and there are consequences to deal with.

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    22 Dec 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 37

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    Ethrand succeeds at planting the Stone of Nightsong into Occtis' chest, but is stopped before he can tear out his brother's heart. Critically injured and with an ancient relic bound to his body and soul, Occtis (alongside Thaisha and Vaelus) need to find somewhere safe to rest, recover, and decide what the hell to do next.

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    19 Nov 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 79

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    “For someone who doesn’t trust me, you were very quick to choose an option of treatment which, arguably, implies that you believe I can keep you alive and whole,” Occtis says without looking up from his task.

    “I had very little choice,” Julien says. “I will not simply lay down and die, and I refuse to lose my arm without trying to save it. What I do or do not believe has nothing to do with it.”

    “I see.”

    There’s something in the boy’s voice, or maybe in the set of his shoulders, that causes Julien to take notice. “Do you believe you can save me?”

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    What if the only person who might be able to save your life was the person you trusted the least?

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    17 Nov 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 15

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    Thaisha wakes up in the middle of the first night after leaving Dol-Makjar.

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    11 Nov 2025