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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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 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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Andrew M. Trauger
- Sep 16, 2020
- 3 min
Cora O'Banion, the Elder
Gramma Cora, as she is known by family, was born in the tiny nation of Carolan to a sharecropping potato farmer. Her childhood was spent...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Sep 14, 2020
- 26 min
Ch. 6: The Grottoes
As the setting sun brought a close to the fifth day of an uphill and rocky climb, Cora sighed in relief, glad to be off her horse after...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Sep 11, 2020
- 10 min
The 13 Sects of Maker Worship
During the earliest millennia, following that horrific period known as "The Annihilation," the sons of Vaeroloth began perverting the...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Sep 9, 2020
- 2 min
Ordin Austmil-Clay
Ordin is the only child of Stanford Clay, a Lothanian, and Leillyn Austmil, a Vashanti of the Cerion Forest. Their love was genuine, but...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Sep 7, 2020
- 18 min
Ch. 5: Unlikely Allies
In the morning, Cora awoke with a start from a banging on the door. She wrapped a robe around her—courtesy of the inn—stumbled to the...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Sep 4, 2020
- 3 min
The Sword of the Coast
Surrounded by towering mountains to the west, an ocean to the east, frozen tundra to the north, and the swift and frigid Rae Lotus to the...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Sep 2, 2020
- 2 min
Celindria Matherthorne
Most of Celindria's life before she was ten is a vague memory, and she prefers not to recall those blessed days. She had a family...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Aug 31, 2020
- 32 min
Ch. 4: A Pathway Cleared
When Cuauhtérroc awoke that morning, the Queen Ahlinda was docked at the Cer Halcyon harbor, its decks bustling with activity. He roamed...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Aug 28, 2020
- 2 min
Arelatha
Because these stories take place in an imaginary world, it is important to provide a map, which every good fantasy series does. It's...
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