tides of air and stone This one...and this direction...is somewhat the fault of some long-ago fanficcer who decided that *all* Blood Guards had a "special" relationship with the Crown. (bluntly, they don't...Darkwater & Faolán are the exception that proves the rule.) After my initial "eeeeeewwwww getitoutofmyheadplzplzplz!!!111!!" reaction, I started thinking about how it *might* work... … Continue reading The Severed Earth, Chapter 41