“Battle won by ironclad strategy, the coiled dragon made into a strangling maze. Move matched by move, until battered and beaten by superior foe. Looming above, the superior strategist smiles, confident over cornered foe, outcome made self-evident. But victory and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“‘Short tailed comet divides the night sky” is a highly aggressive blade form, rarely used in actual combat, by most sword saints considered foolhardy at the best of times, for once entered can only flow into two further forms, “Sparrow[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Diseider Chide, chastised and sanctioned, went into the deep paths. By the spiral staircase, unguarded by Falgain Belindar, into the dancing abyss. For seven days and seven nights, she searched in the dark, scratching fingers bloodied, knees battered. Removed from[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“While embers fly and the twin sun glows, Cast from flesh and voraciously dreaming, We wait, mired in mud, the blades are sharpened We wait, frozen to the bone, and listen. The seventh moon breaks and the gale wolf sings[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Meet the enemy at every place they think they are safe, where the land meets the sky, where the deep places are and where the shadows lie. At every joint and every point of strength must they be tested, forestall[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…