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Ember Sword Chapter 7: The Garden of Starzhen

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  Matthis sat on the balcony of his small living space in Starscrape. He had been in the Sevrendi capitol city for roughly a week. After being sprayed by the spore, his team came across some Sevrendi locals who found him in his bad conditions and brought him into the city. Matthis was starting to become bored in the city. Madame Caza and Captain Dodd spent most of their days with the advisors of Sevrend. Rosa spent most of her days in the tavern and Eames was offering the other energy wielders lectures of his light energy. Matthis was tired of being in the humid jungle and longed to be back with Sarh in Maja. 10 years earlier, Maja and Duskeron was the last place he wanted to be.  Matthis watched the busy city below him, observing each Sevrendi trying to find the hooded person he chased through the jungle on their journey here. The locals said the jungle can be the biggest friend or foe depending on where you were. Matthis thought the hooded sevrendi was responsible for the vi...

Ember Sword Chapter 6: The Calm of Solarwood

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  (Concept art provided by Bright Star Studios) Scouts were keeping a close eye on the ogre chief and his pack. They raided the rest of the farmlands with many of the farmers seeking refuge in the village. Whatever the ogres did not need they burned to the ground. Felix and his father, Bryon would come across other villages and homes of family and friends. Nothing left but cinder.  While Felix and Bryon were scouting, Edward was assisting the other townspeople in reinforcing the village. Setting up spike pits, extra lumber on the gate, and digging trenches. Edward wiped the sweat from his brow, he wasn't in the cold of Skyder anymore. He noticed Mara with a group of townsfolks teaching them some basic sword skills. Mara would give a command which the townsfolks would demonstrate. Mara dawned her short blade, some of the townsfolks had crude dull swords, kitchen knives, and woodcutting hatchets. Edward knew they weren't warriors, they didn't stand a chance. After the morale ...

Ember Sword Chapter 5: A Fighting Chance

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A week passed since Mara and Edward's arrival to Solarwood and the academy. After speaking with the headmaster and interviewing some of the professors, they had finally found a lead. While in the library of the academy they came across old yearbooks of the different fraternities and sororities. Edward and Mara were alumni and they didn't even notice these groups when they were students. It seemed that these groups were banished from the school long ago. While interviewing other professors, they knew that these groups would have different rituals such as branding or tattoos. This caught the eye of Mara and Edward as one of the acolytes they took down in the sewers branded the tattoo of Solarwood. The more they dug, they found a former student that was part of that same fraternity that lived in a village not too far from the academy. Mara and Edward were packing up at the same time other students were leaving the academy for the summer. Many students were to travel back to their ...