Letters of Solunus

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...
The Silent Oath of Kum – The Vanishing Ink (3/6)
The Silent Oath of Kum – The Vanishing Ink (3/6)
III. The Vanishing Ink Night wrapped the palace in thin silver, and in a guarded chamber Cairn sat with two watchmen, keeping company with the parchment that bore the destinies... Read more...
The Silent Oath of Kum – Words from Friar (2/6)
The Silent Oath of Kum – Words from Friar (2/6)
II. Words from Friar When Father Tai entered the Hall of the Three Thrones, it seemed to grow narrower, as though even the stones leaned in to hear or to... Read more...
The Silent Oath of Kum - The Hall of the Three Thrones (1/6)
The Silent Oath of Kum - The Hall of the Three Thrones (1/6)
I. The Hall of the Three Thrones In the far reaches of the East, where the winds sweep long across the iron plains of Kum, there stands a hall of... Read more...
Letter from a Miller in the First Marshlands
Letter from a Miller in the First Marshlands
Dear Cousin, The mill wheel turns sluggish in the Marshlands, forever clogged with reeds that seem to grow faster than the water can carry them. Some say the mana is... Read more...
Letter from a Traveler in the Goddess Archipelago
Letter from a Traveler in the Goddess Archipelago
Beloved Sister, The sea is fickle, and I barely reached the Archipelago alive. The islands rise like sentinels, each heavy with silence. Fishermen here speak of voices in the tide,... Read more...
Letter from a Young Scribe in Kum
Letter from a Young Scribe in Kum
Respected Father, Another decree issued today, and though the Three Kings’ names are written at the bottom, most know it was Vana’s hand that held the quill. In the scriptorium,... Read more...
Letter from a Shepherd near the Reaper Lance
Letter from a Shepherd near the Reaper Lance
Mother, The mountain air chills me, though the sheep graze as if nothing stirs. Yet I swear the Lance hums at night, as though the stone itself remembers battles not... Read more...