Chapter 1 : The Feast (Part 1)
Vasper watched quietly as the Serapis nobles filed into his great banquet hall, each with their own private entourage of consorts, bodyguards and soldiers, and took their seats around a dozen long tables, waiting for the Thane’s feast to begin.
Enemies – the nobles had long since sworn to undertake the Thane’s overthrow and eventual execution for crimes they could not begin to really understand. The people of Verdistat had long whispered together of what they imagined the Thane’s crimes to be – deaths (both incidental and deliberate), abductions, tortures. There were rumours of people – mostly those known for being particularly outspoken in their criticism of the Thane – disappearing from their beds in the middle of the night and never being seen or heard from again. Some spoke of even darker things – treason, sorcery, communion with evil gods.
Vasper knew the truth was darker than any of them could have imagined.
Enemies – the nobles had long since sworn to undertake the Thane’s overthrow and eventual execution for crimes they could not begin to really understand. The people of Verdistat had long whispered together of what they imagined the Thane’s crimes to be – deaths (both incidental and deliberate), abductions, tortures. There were rumours of people – mostly those known for being particularly outspoken in their criticism of the Thane – disappearing from their beds in the middle of the night and never being seen or heard from again. Some spoke of even darker things – treason, sorcery, communion with evil gods.
Vasper knew the truth was darker than any of them could have imagined.
posted by saint at 3:21 PM
6 Comments:
Excuse me, that is way too short. You can't just give me a paragraph! Aaaagh, I want to know what happens. Publish more, and publish soon.
That.. is bone chilling and I love it! Can't wait to read MORE.
Just to clarify, when I put (Part 1 of ?) it means that the particular chapter or section is broken up into more than 1 post. Rest assured the prologue will be much longer than this :)
As for being bone chilling - it only gets better!
Ok ryan here I am commenting on your story hehe...I have got to admit I'm not a huge sci fi fan but I'm definitly liking this...too bad you can't get it to read more like a story...anyways keep it coming...I will read more later unfortunately have school work to do now...
Well its okay if you don't like sci-fi.. this is more of a fantasy thing.. you said you were a Tolkien fan didn't you? I'm planning this to be a kind of Narnia/LOTR mix.. Narnia for the Christian symbolism/allegorical content, Tolkienesque in the sense that it is a large and dark world, more of a story suited for adults.
Hope you read more soon :) Stay tuned!
this is a bit short... :( I want to read more :)
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