The Nephreqin
Prior to the Wars of Attrition, very few knew of the Nephreqin. Rumors were vague and sketchy, and most were limited to historians of...
A Series of Fantasy Novels
Dragonslayers Saga
The
“Fairy tales do not tell children that dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children that dragons can be killed.” --G.K. Chesterton
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Oct 7, 2021
- 2 min
The Ogrians
A common phrase of warning from parents in Arelatha to their small children: "Eat your peas, or you'll grow up to be an Ogrian." Do...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Oct 1, 2021
- 2 min
Mason Rutland
For many young men in and around Westmeade, life moves slowly and with great repetition--seasons of planting and harvest, storms floating...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Sep 22, 2021
- 2 min
Katrina Vatterly
She walks in shadow. Literally. Wherever light and darkness merge--where neither has predominance--she melds with the shade and...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Sep 17, 2021
- 1 min
Cora O'Banion: Book Two
She killed a dragon. She has the heirloom sword. And she's still stuck in Westmeade. There's nothing to do but continue seeking clues...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Jan 7, 2021
- 3 min
Dragonkin
In an act of vile defiance of the Maker's will, Vaeroloth created five paragons of her own—the Ancient Five—by literally ripping her...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Dec 31, 2020
- 2 min
Shinnick
Shinnick is a gray wolf and the faithful companion of Ordin Austmil-Clay. He has run the forests with Ordin for nearly five years, from...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Dec 19, 2020
- 2 min
Vincent Schumann
Nine years ago, shortly after the Wars of Attrition had finally settled in most nations, Vincent Schumann, already a wizened old man,...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Dec 11, 2020
- 2 min
Elric Reichtoven
Son of a leatherworker in Westmeade, Alikon, Elric was raised to take over his father's business. But he didn't "cotton" to that, as he...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Dec 3, 2020
- 2 min
Mattawonah
Little is known of the sub-equatorial Amurrak tribes of the southern Audric Jungle, lands that few people have seen. With skin dark as...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Nov 19, 2020
- 2 min
Sir Anthony Prisido III
The Lord of Westmeade and Ruler of the High Council has been a Prisido for nearly a century, and Sir Anthony Prisido III is simply the...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Nov 12, 2020
- 2 min
Montpeleón deCorté
Montpeleón deCorté was born twenty-nine years ago as the fourth son of the third son of a Kedethian noble, which, as he puts it, makes...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Nov 5, 2020
- 2 min
Lady Celdorin Tarnistorel
Descended of the noble Tarnistorel Family, with a pedigree that can be traced back to the lost lands of Vashan, Celdorin is a proper Lady...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Oct 29, 2020
- 2 min
Sir Reginald Hunt
Reginald Latham Hunt was born fifty-one years ago in Alikon of pure Kedethian lineage, a direct descendant of House Lambrick. Both his...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Oct 22, 2020
- 2 min
August Blanchard
The "phantom" of Wilder Tower is rumored to have walked among the people of Westmeade. Always in hiding, cloaked, and hooded, this...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Oct 17, 2020
- 3 min
The Trithemius
The Trithemius is a trio of powerful arcanists that informally oversees Arelatha. Though the three rarely see eye-to-eye on important...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Oct 15, 2020
- 2 min
The Roark
Ordin Austmil-Clay tells of a day when "the cursed Roark" attacked the Cerion Forest, taking captive several dozen of his kin. Deep...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Oct 8, 2020
- 2 min
The Vashanti
Over a millennium ago, several Vashanti families sojourned into Arelatha from their homelands far west of the Dragoncrests, driven by the...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Sep 30, 2020
- 2 min
Artus Calloway
Artus Calloway is an elected nobleman on the city council of Westmeade, ruling over The Crossroads District, home of most commerce and...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Sep 23, 2020
- 2 min
The Dareni
From the small nation of Daren, landlocked in the high plateau of the northernmost Dragoncrests, lives a diminutive human race--the...
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