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Kian N. Ardalan

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Kian N. Ardalan was born in Germany, Dusseldorf to Persian parents and has since travelled between so many places that he sees himself as a person of the world; well, with one exception.

When he wasn’t playing video games or reading novels (mostly Darren Shan and Anthony Horowitz) or trying to convince his parents to watch that R-rated movie about vampires and werewolves, he delved into fantasy worlds of his own making.

It began with a novella about a young girl, not hoarded by a fierce dragon, but rather protected and raised by one.

On the other hand, The Fantastically Underwhelming Epic wonders why the hero of the story always has to be some all-powerful child of prophecy? Why can’t it just be about a clueless, young bard who is simply tryin
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“I care not for the end, only for the path taken.”
Kian N. Ardalan, Eleventh Cycle

“Being a woman meant that I would always be put into question. I needed them to see me as a legend.”
Kian N. Ardalan, Eleventh Cycle

“Thou art b'rn, Seed of King, Blood of King, to delivereth Minethria from festering Evil like Seeds before thee; all so that land be birth'd from mist and the Eleventh Cycle may finally end.”
Kian N. Ardalan, Eleventh Cycle

“don’t suck your thumb, i’m near.
lean forward, suck in the gut.
scraped knees don’t hurt,
i can see through any walls.
no, this is the purveyance always.
transcends sight and follows you.
you’re a man, or not, now.
but i can still see through walls.
so, don’t suck your thumb, boy.
~”
L.P. Cowling, PFI: Poetry Collection

“Do not trust their words.
Challenge them to a staring contest, at the sun.
That is the true measure of a man.
The willingness to ruin oneself to prove.”
L.P. Cowling, Infinite

“Thou art b'rn, Seed of King, Blood of King, to delivereth Minethria from festering Evil like Seeds before thee; all so that land be birth'd from mist and the Eleventh Cycle may finally end.”
Kian N. Ardalan, Eleventh Cycle

“I care not for the end, only for the path taken.”
Kian N. Ardalan, Eleventh Cycle

“Being a woman meant that I would always be put into question. I needed them to see me as a legend.”
Kian N. Ardalan, Eleventh Cycle

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