Jun
2019
The Bone King of Praath
It is said that King Hezzaghal of Praath was a great warrior who traveled all the lands of the old world in search of a worthy opponent. He crossed the Malhalholtra and left a trail of sorrow and death in his wake, traveling beyond the Rimefrost and Treppania, beyond the lands of Knet and Shur, until he came to the edge of the knot and turned back. All the mighty[...]
May
2019
The Wisdom & Folly of the Whip
I. There is Wisdom in the Whip The Wisdom of the Red Lie And the Obstinate Truth II. The Whip Serves All Masters For Service is the Pleasure of the Whip And the Fruit of its Kiss III. The Red Lie is the Promise of Wisdom But the Obstinate Truth is Unyielding And the Fruit of the Whip is Pleasure IV. The Wisdom of the Red Lie[...]
May
2019
The Thirst for Light
The Thirst for the Light is the Obstinate Truth And the Obstinate Truth is Unyielding It Will Not Yield to the Mountain, the Sea, or the Sky It Will Not Yield to Sleep, to Skin, or to Bone We Bathe in the Light of the Radiant Stars Whose Gift is as Great as their Hunger We Eat What is Bathed in the Light of the Radiant Stars We Are[...]
May
2019
The Knot of Creation
I. In the time before creation there was neither darkness nor light Nor our world, nor even The Red Chapel, Which Waits II. This was the time of the Knot, which neither saw, nor hungered, nor heard And dwelled in the void without fear III. From Elsewhere came the Radiant Stars, Whose Light Needs No Doors And with them came change, and shadow, and fear IV. And the Knot was[...]
May
2019
The Hungering Stars
I. There Are Many Kinds of Hunger The Hunger of the Belly The Hunger of the Mind The Hunger of the Heart II. A Fourth Kind of Hunger is the Hunger of Eyes And the Stars Burn Bright with Hunger They Wake Each Night to Drink We Drink the Stars and the Stars Drink Us III. The Radiance of the Stars are the Strings in Our Eyes The[...]