“Chief among the concerns of any code of punishment is that it is important for the executed to have dignity. A man’s death must be treated with reverence and not treated at some soiled thing. It therefore transforms from a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Enyis reached the city of Golden Flowing Water, which was at the time the most brutal domain in the world. For spitting in public there, one could lose a finger. It was a thirsty, conquering city that took many slaves, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You are already a dead man. From the moment you started to exist, death has bored into your ribcage and settled in your chest. It has its fingers into your very bones. When you are born, death is very small […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Total victory is not found in the final sword blow. To perfect victory you cannot continue to spill the blood of a fallen foe, which only shows your insecurities to your many enemies. Instead, you must nurse your foe back […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Remember, oh student, this above all other laws: the grip of a sword is suffused with a deep and powerful poison that rots to the bone. It can never be rid of once touched, no matter how much you wish […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“In that moment, Metia discovered that the weight of a god was slightly less than that of an empty welk shell. She hurled her opponent ten leagues with the flick of her finger, and that was that.” -Psalms
> FULL SIZE << (content warning: gore) “Draw the nonshape,” said Prim. “Imagine that we are kin. The fire in your fingers is the fire of my heart, the secret fire of the God of Gods. My body is the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
