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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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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...
Andrew M. Trauger
Nov 18, 20202 min read
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Ch. 14: An Unexpected Offer
For much of the following week, Cora enjoyed several “random” encounters with Montpeleón, mostly at Crossroads Tavern, where he began to...
Andrew M. Trauger
Nov 16, 202030 min read
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The Cers: Six Free Cities
Six free cities rim The Deepening, each a separate political entity from the nation in which they reside, each ruled by a Magistrate that...
Andrew M. Trauger
Nov 13, 20203 min read
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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...
Andrew M. Trauger
Nov 11, 20202 min read
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Ch. 13: New Contacts
The next week, Harold Kotting received in his regular post a very irregular envelope. “Miss O’Banion?” he called up the stairs, an...
Andrew M. Trauger
Nov 9, 202021 min read
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The Expanded Creation: Paradise
The Seven Realms of the Maker's Kingdom, commonly known as Paradise, is where the Maker resides in all his being, along with the...
Andrew M. Trauger
Nov 6, 20204 min read
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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...
Andrew M. Trauger
Nov 4, 20202 min read
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Ch. 12: The Trial
Cora knew it would happen; she just didn’t expect it the way it did. She expected a letter under her door or a message from the...
Andrew M. Trauger
Nov 2, 202035 min read
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The City of Westmeade
Located in the northwestern part of Alikon, Westmeade is situated on the Rae Belshar in the midst of endless farms and ranches. Though...
Andrew M. Trauger
Oct 30, 20203 min read
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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...
Andrew M. Trauger
Oct 28, 20202 min read
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Ch. 11: Questionable Motives
After long, cleansing baths, the three freeblades sat in solemn silence in Cora’s room at Crossroads Tavern. Cuauhtérroc fiddled with the...
Andrew M. Trauger
Oct 27, 202025 min read
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August Blanchard
The "phantom" of Wilder Tower is rumored to have walked among the people of Westmeade. Always in hiding, cloaked, and hooded, this...
Andrew M. Trauger
Oct 21, 20202 min read
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Ch. 10: Wilder Tower
Gælan held aloft his cane. “Wilder Tower!” he boomed, and several nearby people backpedaled away from him. “It was once all there was to...
Andrew M. Trauger
Oct 19, 202035 min read
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The Trithemius
The Trithemius is a trio of powerful arcanists that informally oversees Arelatha. Though the three rarely see eye-to-eye on important...
Andrew M. Trauger
Oct 17, 20203 min read
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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...
Andrew M. Trauger
Oct 14, 20202 min read
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Ch. 9: Westmeade
Cora stumbled up the flight of stairs leading from the common room of the Savory Salmon to the guest rooms, softly humming the refrain of...
Andrew M. Trauger
Oct 12, 202027 min read
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Thoughts on Writing...
Classic... It would be much easier, Mr. Twain, if I didn't write those wrong words in the first place, no? I started writing this novel...
Andrew M. Trauger
Oct 8, 20202 min read
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The Vashanti
Over a millennium ago, several Vashanti families sojourned into Arelatha from their homelands far west of the Dragoncrests, driven by the...
Andrew M. Trauger
Oct 7, 20202 min read
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Ch. 8: The Temple of Thieves
By midday, the worst of the damage to The Savory Salmon was completely restored, and carpenters were busy building new tables and chairs....
Andrew M. Trauger
Oct 5, 202022 min read
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The Expanded Creation: the Void
The world of Kreth exists within a much greater space--the Expanded Creation. Besides Kreth, there are six other heavenly bodies that...
Andrew M. Trauger
Oct 3, 20203 min read
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