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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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
- Nov 2, 2020
- 35 min
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...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Oct 30, 2020
- 3 min
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...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Oct 28, 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 27, 2020
- 25 min
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...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Oct 21, 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 19, 2020
- 35 min
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...
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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 14, 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 12, 2020
- 27 min
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...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Oct 8, 2020
- 2 min
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...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Oct 7, 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
- Oct 5, 2020
- 22 min
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....
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Oct 3, 2020
- 3 min
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...
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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 28, 2020
- 22 min
Ch. 7: Azure Falls
Even with the strengthening storm, Ordin had no difficulty leading them along to the road; he merely had to follow the creek upstream,...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Sep 25, 2020
- 5 min
The Calendar
Though you may not encounter much about the calendar at use in the land of Arelatha, it is nonetheless at play behind the scenes, helping...
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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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Andrew M. Trauger
- Sep 21, 2020
- 1 min
CUT!!
Despite the fact that I have pared down my first novel--Scarlet Trails--from 800 pages to 600, and despite that I have extended the...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Sep 18, 2020
- 2 min
The Deepening
In the midst of Arelatha lies a lake called The Deepening. But that's a bit misleading. In the midst of Arelatha is the heart of the...
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