The Double-Edged Blade

The Road before the Footnote

Through Exhaustion, Hope Glimmers

An Unwelcome Homecoming

Pondering Perplexing Puzzles

Emancipation of the Dungeon of Tears.

Lament and the Loss of Light.

When naivete meets confidence.

A crown taken, a kingdom uncertain.

Eve of the storm.

Stone, sand and strategy.

The sky darkens, and so must resolve.

Fortune-favored fools.

Betwixt lies and light.

Stroke of luck.

Blackened banners.

Accepting the lantern's edge.

Beneath the banners.

Of wings, fire, and ritual silence.

Lectures, feathers & false faces.

Amidst the ashen webs.

First impressions and elemental echos.