![Chapter II - Dreams, or: the driving force behind my actions](https://www.writerscafe.org/images/no_image_s.jpg) |
I was born in a village called Vox in the country Cieleta on the continent of Magpur. Cieleta was a decent sized country centered around a large lake...
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![Chapter III - Tested, or: the part where a dream comes under fire](https://www.writerscafe.org/images/no_image_s.jpg) |
The exam to become a knight was split into two distinct parts: a written exam and a combat exercise. Before the Purge, only one in twenty recruits man..
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![Chapter IV - Downswing, or: the wager that should not have been taken](https://www.writerscafe.org/images/no_image_s.jpg) |
Cross and Firebrand led us into the castle throne room, a large open hall filled with golden pillars and crystal chandeliers. Hanging from the walls w..
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![Chapter V - Rescued, or: the unlikely meeting in the dark](https://www.writerscafe.org/images/no_image_s.jpg) |
My heart thumped a thousand beats a minute as I ran from the Ogre. I bolted out of the cistern and into the unrelenting darkness of the catacombs. My ..
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![Chapter VI - Return, or: the time my legs wouldn't stop running](https://www.writerscafe.org/images/no_image_s.jpg) |
MacDonald and I pulled the body out of the river and looked it over. Much to my dismay, I recognized the corpse’s scraggly beard, red bandana, a..
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![Chapter VII - Recover, or: the pact I made](https://www.writerscafe.org/images/no_image_s.jpg) |
A few days later, I finally woke up. Every inch of my body felt like s**t. Fortunately, I wasn’t in the crypt. Some knights had found me and bro..
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![Chapter VIII - Gate, or: the meeting of future friends](https://www.writerscafe.org/images/no_image_s.jpg) |
“Would you rather have really big feet or really big hands?” I asked.Sterling leaned back against the gate and scratched his head. “..
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![Chapter IX - Window, or: the part where expectations are thrown out](https://www.writerscafe.org/images/no_image_s.jpg) |
“My name’s Roland Rice,” the injured man said. “I’m a traveling merchant.”“A merchant?” I asked.&ldquo..
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![Chapter X - Protector, or: the battle by the fountain](https://www.writerscafe.org/images/no_image_s.jpg) |
While Eric was busy breaking into the palace, Sterling and I were doing our normal job guarding the castle gate. Like the previous day, merchants cong..
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![Chapter XI - Cold, or: the love of a father](https://www.writerscafe.org/images/no_image_s.jpg) |
Pollux and Castor Gemelo were born in Forenz, a small country to the west of Cieleta, six and a half years before the Purge. Forenz was an inhospitabl..
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