To give the constructs names, Alaya had been told, tended to make them… temperamental. It was tradition that a flying fortress not be named.ĭread Emperor Sorcerous had later made it into a law that no tyrant had since seen fit to repeal, but the tradition itself was as old as the first large rocks that Soninke sorcerers had raised into floating altars for their people to worship at. – Extract from the Scroll of Vainglory, thirty-ninth of the Secret Histories of Praes (destroyed by order of Dread Empress Maleficent II, only partial texts remain) “Dread Emperor Heinous led the Legions into the seventy-ninth Hell, and once the devils gathered an army in the face of his incursion he laughed and addressed his soldiers thus: ‘Fear not disaster, sons and daughters of Praes, for of all the peoples of Creation it is our birthright alone to ride it as a steed.’” The author can be contacted at no circumstances will Epub, PDF files, audiobooks or translation of the Guide be allowed. First update of every month will be accompanied by an Extra Chapter. Updates every Tuesday and Friday as of the latest Patreon goal. Is there such a thing as doing bad things for good reasons, or is she just rationalizing her desire for control? Good and Evil are tricky concepts, and the more power you get the blurrier the lines between them become. Her name is Catherine Foundling, and she has a plan.Ī Practical Guide to Evil is a YA fantasy novel about a young girl named Catherine Foundling making her way through the world – though, in a departure from the norm, not on the side of the heroes. Yet none of this matters, for in the heart of the conquered lands the most dangerous man alive sat across an orphan girl and offered her a knife. The greatest danger lies to the west, where the First Prince of Procer has finally claimed her throne: her people sundered, she wonders if a crusade might not be the way to secure her reign. In the north the Forever King eyes the ever-expanding borders of the Empire and ponders war. The nobles of the Wasteland, denied the power they crave, weave their plots behind pleasant smiles. For twenty years the Dread Empress has ruled over the lands that were once the Kingdom of Callow, but behind the scenes of this dawning golden age threats to the crown are rising.

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