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you must cull the barbarians, at times, so they do not gain ideas above their station.
ultimately the corpse cities exist because of their convenience and productivity, like sycieb being able to purchase weapons to mount on to his Lady. otherwise She would need to crawl about until Her Voice...
I've been through a lot! A big move, a new job and sick babies! But honestly, the biggest reason I stopped writing is because I got lazy I guess :( just didn't take the time to actually do the writing each night, but now! I'm starting a better habit! I can't tell you how happy I was to see this...
It was not a pleasing thing, considered Inawsam, to know you will die. She is tired, she is slowing, and she can not escape. What was a pleasing thing, however, was the deep clarity that was borne from the realization. Inawsam had decided, what would be for the last time in her life, to make...
Walking through a corpse-city was, beyond doubt, the foulest thing Grand Sycieb had ever put himself through. So far from fresh air, a cannula had been brought along, with a small tank of fresh, if compressed, air. The rot surrounding him invaded his nose none the less. So far from the Unmoving...
Inawsam had exactly one person in chamistasya who cared about her. Now it's just her.
As for crawlerfolk, you don't have to respect the people, however a crawler could just walk into a city and bore a hole through it, so you gotta respect that. It's the crawler's that are nobles, and if you...
An interesting fact of life, as would be recorded by Grand Sycieb, First voice of Ilosia Ilimla, is that if you murder a man, and no one present can punish you for it, then you have not committed a crime. His breathing became level as the little corpse dweller before him became simply, a corpse...
in inas case, it's important to remember that none of this bothered her a bit because she's the best at lying to herself, and definitely isn't upset at all about what's happening, especially if she gets the time to process. next chapter is going to be a scy chap with only a moderate amount of...
she was seen multiple times heading through their territories, so poor ina was gonna get followed at some point. the biggest difference between crawlerfold and city folk is nutrition, and not being in tight and dark confines their entire lives. spire dwellers would be much larger then most city...
Like most unattended children within the Glittering City, Inawsam was in constant peril. So regularly was ones life under threat that it became the norm, to know and understand that a poor hiding spot would get you found, and that hoarding glim or food would get you killed. Perhaps a gang would...
Yes, yes, and corpse cities are any city that doesn't move! It's dead. Unlike a proper crawler, as they are built into the bones of the world! I'm really glad you are enjoying it so far!
The city of Chamistasya was said, by many, to be a thing of beauty. That is because the view from the sands, glittering shingles and silica-glass windows, is visible for many dozen leagues. The roads of the upper city are kept clean and the people are prosperous. And so long as one does not...
First time author, so please be gentle!
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Sycieb felt, as he often did, that being outside the crawler was the worst possible place to be. No walls to protect you from raiders, no ceiling to protect you from the Sun, but worst of all? No great dragging limbs to propel you through these...