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What’s your favorite word?Words and Firelight Theron Goldvoice settled into the curved alcove of the Singing Swan’s upper gallery, his weathered fingers tracing the smooth grain of his ironwood harp. Below, the tavern hummed with its usual evening symphony—merchants haggling over the last dregs of wine, traveling performers tuning their instruments, and in the far Continue reading
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The Quiet Strength
Do you see yourself as a leader? Meren Ashbrook had never considered herself a leader. She stood in the doorway of her family’s apothecary, watching the evening shadows lengthen across Herbalist’s Lane in the heart of Lumen Vale’s Merchant Quarter. The familiar scent of dried lavender and ground moonstone powder drifted from the shop behind Continue reading
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The Crystal Storyteller
The crystalline communication node hummed with gentle energy as Silvana Wordweaver pressed her palms against its faceted surface, feeling the familiar tingle that meant her thoughts were about to join the vast network that connected storytellers and readers across Lumenvale. The device—barely larger than her fist but infinitely more precious than gold—sat on her writing Continue reading
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Songs From Stone and Memory
Interview someone — a friend, another blogger, your mother, the mailman — and write a post based on their responses. My hands trembled as I approached the Chronicle Tower’s imposing entrance, the leather strap of my lute case cutting into my shoulder like a physical reminder of the weight this moment carried. Three years of Continue reading
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The Weight of Hours
Apprentice Mage Tobias Quillheart blinked slowly at the manuscript spread across his desk, the candlelight wavering just enough to make the carefully scripted runes seem to dance on the parchment. His shoulders carried the pleasant ache of hours spent hunched over his work, while his mind bore the deeper satisfaction of breakthrough achieved through stubborn Continue reading
Chadwick Rye 