Letters of Solunus

The Voice in the Head - The Goddess Who Measured Souls (3/4)
The Voice in the Head - The Goddess Who Measured Souls (3/4)
The sea carried John where it wished. The ship called Second Thought did not sail so much as submit. Its hull drifted upon waters that refused to behave as waters... Read more...
The Voice in the Head - Magnolia and the Quiet Camp (2/4)
The Voice in the Head - Magnolia and the Quiet Camp (2/4)
The road toward the Phantom Desert was honest at first. Then it began to lie. It was a small thing, the way the wind kept returning to him, as though... Read more...
The Voice in the Head - The Man Who Would Not Bow (1/4)
The Voice in the Head - The Man Who Would Not Bow (1/4)
John of Kum arrived in Friar with the look of a man who had been praised too often and trusted too little. He was not poor. He was not humble.... Read more...
The Lantern Path of McGeough - Rumors of the Blade (6/6)
The Lantern Path of McGeough - Rumors of the Blade (6/6)
He settled by the window, watching the frost gather at its edges. Outside, the wind carried the faint clang of distant armor - Kum soldiers marching the border trails with... Read more...
The Lantern Path of McGeough - Winter at The Old Wash (5/6)
The Lantern Path of McGeough - Winter at The Old Wash (5/6)
McGeough did not wander far that night, for winter winds were creeping down from the northern forests, dragging a thin frost across the road. A dim tavern lantern winked some... Read more...
The Lantern Path of McGeough - The Lost Charter and Magnolia’s Shadow (4/6)
The Lantern Path of McGeough - The Lost Charter and Magnolia’s Shadow (4/6)
For in a time before this cycle had ripened, she had written something dangerous, a scroll whose words could turn peace into obedience and unity into silence. A Charter meant... Read more...
The Lantern Path of McGeough - Return of the Blade of Silent Dawn (3/6)
The Lantern Path of McGeough - Return of the Blade of Silent Dawn (3/6)
For that very night, far upon the reefs of the Swaying Coast, the sea sighed and surrendered a relic long hidden beneath its waves - a plain blade, balanced as... Read more...
The Lantern Path of McGeough - Magnolia Meets McGeough (2/6)
The Lantern Path of McGeough - Magnolia Meets McGeough (2/6)
In the corner of the tavern that night, the door opened with a whisper, and a woman stepped inside. She wore the brown cloak of an Explorer, though her manner... Read more...
The Lantern Path of McGeough - McGeough’s First Signs of Trouble (1/6)
The Lantern Path of McGeough - McGeough’s First Signs of Trouble (1/6)
In those days, when the sea ran quiet and the border winds carried only the hum of traders and wandering singers, the masked one called McGeough walked the lesser roads... Read more...
The Silent Oath of Kum – The Wolf Reborn (6/6)
The Silent Oath of Kum – The Wolf Reborn (6/6)
VI. The Wolf Reborn In the Hall of Judgments, before Friar’s gathered clergy and Wolves in silver chains, Cairn knelt. He spoke the lines exactly as written. “I carried a... Read more...
The Silent Oath of Kum – The Bargain in the Tower (5/6)
The Silent Oath of Kum – The Bargain in the Tower (5/6)
V. The Bargain in the Tower Days later, in a tower on the Black Rose Steppe, Cairn sat in silence, watching the turning of the sky through narrow slits of... Read more...
The Silent Oath of Kum – The Wolves’ Claim (4/6)
The Silent Oath of Kum – The Wolves’ Claim (4/6)
IV. The Wolves’ Claim At dawn the Hall of the Three Thrones filled once more. Tai read the treaty aloud. His voice stayed steady until he reached the place where... Read more...