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  1. Public Bookmark 15

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    They break him, in Vranik.

    Those closest to him die. Others turn their faces away from him. Abandoned and aching, Henry realises the abyss separating him from his liege lord and father, and from the young lord of Pirkstein, and from all those souls who knew him before Sigismund's forces razed Skalitz, is simply insurmountable.

    Standing at the crossroads in the midst of scorching summer, he chooses the one and only path that offers respite from fear and shame. Even if it means betraying Radzig and Capon alike; even if it comes at the price of his soul and leads right into the maw of the Beast.

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    10 Jul 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 6

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    “It’s been so long since we’ve fought,” Erik says, voice rough. “Do you think you still remember how?”

    Ištván dips his chin, raising his eyebrows and looking at him reproachfully - but there’s amusement there, in the shape of his curled mouth, if one only knew where to look for it. Erik does.

    Erik has a brief moment of downtime after Talmberg.

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    24 Mar 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 11

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    Nebakov loomed in the distance. Ištván was there, watching.

    Erik could not see him from the road, but he knew, all the same. As he drew closer, he caught glimpses of a dark shape moving by the palisades. It followed Erik up the hill, around the bend, and all the way to the stables. Comfort spread under Erik's armor like blood, sticky and hot.

    A glimpse of Erik and Ištván in Nebakov.

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    23 Mar 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 7

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    "The son shall bear the iniquity of the father."

    In the burning ruins of his village, a boy learns the price of survival: his name, his past, and his future—all claimed by a man in black.

    What makes a man? What makes a weapon?

    Pressure, friction, and violence.

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    10 Jan 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 19

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    Ištván turned without another word and stepped back through the chapel doors, into the smoke-laced morning chill. The sky was pale with dawn now, weak light seeping through clouds and heavy mist, revealing the remains of what had still been a village before the night fell.

    He knew he should’ve simply slit the boy’s throat the moment he found him. That would’ve been the smarter thing to do, for once, and perhaps even a small mercy. No names, no questions – just another corpse sprawled among many.

    But he hadn’t. And now the boy had a name, and a voice, and eyes too old for his face.

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    07 Dec 2025