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His grip fell from her wrist - warm, ungloved hands coming to rest either side of her face, long fingers twining through her dark hair. His voice softened to a coo, more coercive and coaxing than it was kind.
“Yes, that’s it my dear—that’s it! One little word - one word and then I’ll know…”
She inhaled sharply, squeezing her eyes shut, and did not pull away, feet rooted to the tiled floor below.
“Come now, little echo,” his curved nose brushed against hers gently—sweet and menacing all at once. “Speak! Prove to me this one, small thing.”
After Emet Selch brings her friend back from the dead, the Warrior of Darkness is deeply moved, compelling her to stay behind a few moments as everyone else departs. What follows isn’t what she is anticipating and slowly but surely he unlocks a trove of secrets inside her that she does not remember burying…
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- Part 1 of When We Two Parted
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26 Apr 2025
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Twelve thousand years is a long time to spend living a thousand, thousand lifetimes amongst mortals. A long time to spend toiling towards a great work that is so far out of reach. A long time to wander a broken star. A long time to be alone.
Emet-Selch finds it far more tolerable, however, with a familiar tagging along.
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02 Aug 2024
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After being struck down by the Warrior of Light, it seems that Hydaelyn has different plans for Emet-Selch.
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Hydaelyn having fun by not telling the WoL that the spell they're casting to save Emet-Selch is an ancient soul-binding spell
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01 Aug 2024
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The road walked by the warrior of light is one of sorrow and trials, of enduring pain and despair so that hope may one day prevail. All of this is in preparation for the final challenge, to give an answer to one question. But what if Hydaelyn miscalculated and the warrior of light fell in a battle against the Angel of Truth before he could ever fulfill his purpose? Unless someone else takes on that burden, the world is fated to burn.
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- Part 1 of Waning Hope Timeline
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22 Jun 2023
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“None of us were prepared for the spectacle that awaited us when we first stepped into the tower [...] and there, at its center, we found him.”
G’raha Tia wakes to a world devastated by the Eighth Umbral Calamity. The engineers of the Ironworks have a plan to right the wrongs committed centuries earlier - but can G’raha work past his own fear, doubt, and sorrow? Can he claim what is his by bloodright and see this plan through to completion?
Can he save his Warrior of Light?
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08 Jun 2023