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Bloodied Glory - Chapter 7Bloodied Glory - Chapter 7 by ~Bangell
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The bird signs were good that day. A great flock of gulls had flown over the harbour at Dexos, and Artemis had sighted an eagle on the road to Olion, where the Ministerial Assembly was to convene. The assembly usually took place in Dexos, for its central location, but today's business could take place only in the capital. After the sinking of the Galdenic merchants at Tarium, now was surely the time for the Galdenic Republic to declare war on the Doquans, and Artemis was expected to bring assurances of the gods' favour.
Riding on a cobbled road alongside
Bloodied Glory - Chapter 6Bloodied Glory - Chapter 6 by ~Bangell
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Kashan's shoulder ached from where the guards had hurled him into the room. The strange man who had claimed to know him during his capture had said nothing more to him; the merchant had taken the man aside and engaged him in confused conversation, while Kashan was dragged away to a room at the back of the house. Who could he have been? Kashan ran a hand over his features, remembering how the man had borne the same thin nose and slanted eyes which had forever marked Kashan as a stranger, even amongst the diverse mix of men at the docks of Ado. A curious part of him hoped t
Bloodied Glory - Chapter 5Bloodied Glory - Chapter 5 by ~Bangell
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Ludus Damon closed his eyes and inhaled the sea air as he strolled along the waterfront at Dexos. It was another bright afternoon in the port city, the ships were rolling in, and people in their hundreds wandered across the embankment, all clad in clean, white togas. The scene was vibrant, awash with colour and the bustling sounds of the harbour, yet Ludus found his thoughts turning, as they so often did these days, to war.
A few miles beyond the harbour, the great Guardian Isle rested in the water – a small, mountainous piece of land placed between
Bloodied Glory - Chapter 4Bloodied Glory - Chapter 4 by ~Bangell
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"Four in a row, Barius! Give the poor bastards a chance!"
"Pah! Give me a challenge!"
The legion's encampment outside Tarium was filled with the sounds of wooden swords, yelling soldiers, hissing cooking fires, and the pounding hammers of the smithies; all martial sounds, all crude sounds – yet they were joyous music in the ears of Markus Carbanis. As a man who had risen through the ranks to attain his position as general, Carbanis had spent most of life among military men in military camps. No house would ever feel as much of a home
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