King of Swords 1-3
Chapter: 1
“Across the desert of Khul Kharim,
There stands an ancient and mighty temple, worn with age,
Its two hundred monks drenched with sweat and bent with the labor of its maintenance.
There, enshrined, the graven image of a god;
Mighty, imperious, carved masterfully, his eyes thrust to the horizon, his lips curled in a smile of mastery;
All burnished with the worn hands of monks and the labor-marks of slaves.
Its grip upon the land about is absolute. It has stood for two thousand years.
So long that, indeed,
Cracks have begun to form.”
-Unknown
> tournament
Hah! Is it time for the tournament arc now? I see a championship in Allison’s future!
Curses, Invocations
Weird bate-headed mongrels
I keep expecting one of you to rise
Fool, you cannot hope to be worthy with your paltry facial hair. Look upon my beard and despair!
I mean, if you set aside that key for a small bit, I might be up for the task.
But against such a thing, it’s simply not a fair fight. I know none of the syllables of royalty and fear that without them I would simply stand no chance in such an encounter.
Father grows from stone
To Berry with roots below
Blood, red at home.
someone’s gonna get backstabbed 12 times soon
Who was it, that said there was a Idles of Mach / Caesar’s stabbing feeling to this chapter?
What is justice without equality?
How many of the “sons” have to bleed in order to produce a droplet worth of Solomon-David’s blood?
So few that none have had the brains to think of it.
So many that none have had the guts to try.
Immortality truly is a terrible, horrible curse.
He? Whatever “he” so wishes?
I am still waiting for a table which tells us what divine word he wields. I suspect it may be Brilliant, yet am not sure.
Allison’s going to fuck him up, isn’t she?
Father indeed, and that explains the similarity of jawline and nose and penchant for beardedness. At least the advisory council aren’t the partially spent husks of prior containers for the prideful magnificence that is Solomon-David. That would have been a bit creepy, if a touch awesome as well.
Ooo, well this explains a lot.
Also, looking forward to see this tournament !
There will be blood, but whose ?
So basically, you can’t be fit to rule if you aren’t prepared to fight your own father for his power? Yeah, sounds totally wise and fair :v
“So long that, indeed,
Cracks have begun to form.”
Indeed, I tell you, you can’t hope to stand forever. Even YISUN committed holy suicide (though YISUN was wise beyond our comprehension, mind you, and that was good), meaning that eternity is not meant even for gods. In truth, hubris carries its own undoing, as YISUN teaches that everything is a lie, including your own might. The more you see yourself, the less you will be able to realize the the true name of god, which is I. That is again a paradox, looking at yourself without actually seeing yourself.
The solution of the paradox is simple: free yourself of everything you see about yourself, layer after layer after layer, not even the bones, until nothing remains and you have finally rid us of your presence.
Truly, the meaning of YISUN’s teaching is to stop being an insufferable bitch.
I helped daddy with a lipid profile the other day, and he totally gave me a free boat ride – shit was sooo dope!
FYI he’s super healthy cholesterol-wise
We sing the great prayer – Paternoster!
Fool is the King that presumes the gender of His successor before He has even met Her.
Alison gonna cut you up
He certainly is a patient king. An underling of Mottom would have PERISHED for less than that.
I think I see how this is going…
https://youtu.be/QqreRufrkxM
Callled it!
Will Allison spurn the leadership of two separate kingdoms? Or will she accept control of the council in a bitter insult to a jealous queen.
She will demand nothing more than the return of the boy and, if he is in another castle, kindle another war in the doing.