The First Grave

He had been left behind. Lying next to the body of the man he killed, the Knights passed him by as they marched to their next destination. Eventually the boy stirred. He salvaged what he could from the razed village and dug a grave. After burying the body, he made a small pile of stones and placed a…

The Battered

Part 1

Lenore lay broken and bruised at the edge of the world. The salt water washed over her tattered body sending searing pain through all her wounds with every crashing wave. Each surge reminded her of what had happened. Hot tears rolled down her face and into the ocean…

The First Grave

Epilogue

Footprints.

Footprints are left in the earth in the places you’ve passed. Footprints remind you of where you’ve been.

The boy walked through the grass, leaving his footprints as depressions in the greenery…

The Stained

Part 5

The sword called to him.

Not called, per se, but something caused the boy to stop moving forward and double back. He almost missed it, the black blade camouflaged by the night sky. He picked it up and ran his hand along to cool stone blade…

The Weeper

Part 7

He caught something moving in the corner of his eye. Slowly, Kaite pulled himself to his feet, letting the darkness camouflage him as much as possible. Who was this lone figure out in the plains?

The Stained

Part 6

Shaking, the boy let go of the hilt. The man before him sank to the ground, propped up by the length of blade protruding from his body. The boy fell to his knees and started to sob.

The Stained

Part 1

The boy looked down the mountain towards the green fields sprawled out to the ocean. The snow had followed the army from the north, and now it looked like it’s taint would grasp the western fishing tribes of this land. Pulling his cloak tighter around him, he dropped…

The Weeper

Part 1

Kaite stood alone at the edge of the world. The cool sea breeze swept across him, caressing his face and wrapping him in familiar arms. His feet sunk deeper into the sand as the last wave quickly slid back into the ocean. With a heavy sigh he slipped into his boots and…

Obsidian

Break 1

Somehow the village survived the tsunami unscathed. The wave almost seemed to veer, the brunt of it crashing several miles down the beach. The little boy wandered down the shore looking for any treasures the great wave may have carried with it.

The Weeper

Part 4

It didn’t take him long to ride to the front line of the men who stayed behind, but every footfall of his horse felt like an eternity. Looking over the frightened faces of his people, Kaite pondered the point of it all. They were all going to die in vain. All going to die…