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by
Nick Kyme
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December 15, 2018 - January 5, 2019
It is the empyrean itself, a psychic resonance that travels with the traitors, not caused by them.’
‘And when he arrives, there is not a living soul on Terra that will not know it.’
that stepping on a beetle in Chuzu could somehow precipitate a chain reaction that led to hurricanes devastating the Floridal Isles.
He had always demonstrated the ability to set the field to his need, making victory look easy. The challenge was for one alone, the one that made him.
‘Perhaps I will fix that later when I have some time.’
At the same time, both of the Twins turned red, joining the Warmaster. Immediately Malcador saw that he could move one of them into the space that had been occupied by the Invincible Bastion, forcing a capitulation.
Revelation reached into the game box – a box Malcador knew to be empty – and placed a fresh Anvil piece on the board.
‘You seek to wound a pride that does not exist. But you think it does, and that is your shame, not mine. It is your pride that will undo us all, not mine.’
The picture that resolved upon its surface showed a mountain of bodies with a hound at its top, muzzle red with their blood.
‘Internecine Feud’.
‘Unspeakable Suffering,’ he announced, shocked by the satisfaction he felt as he pulled away the Warhawk from its position next to the Invincible Bastion. He really wanted to win, to prove the lie of Revelation’s affectation of infallibility.
With shaking fingers he picked up the Angel and removed it from the board, leaving an opening in Revelation’s defence.
was the Fool’s task to remind kings and queens that they were mortal, and weak, and not above any other. In the parlance of a later time they existed to speak truth to power, to defy authority and, most importantly, puncture tyranny.’
an eagle tearing out the throat of a serpent.