https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/AussieXenu/A fantasy novel in progress, includes a short story I wrote as the lead-up to the "main" story line.hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/AussieXenu/468962DISCLAIMER: It's kinda long this time. You've been forewarned! Deamion groans as his body aches and protests, and he blinks furiously as he opens his eyes in pain from the light. He attempts to focus his eyes and sees Nerub’kharn sitting beside the bed he lay on, clearly concerned about his...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/AussieXenu/466770Nerub’kharn looks at Deamion, concern plastered over his face. He had just heard what had occurred in the desert and he didn’t like the sound of it one bit. Unknown forces were seemingly moving to either acquire or eliminate the Chosen saviour of his people – And possibly more. “But why would...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/AussieXenu/465742The nameless figure approached the Exarch, concern visible on its face. “My Lord, we may have a problem. With the potential Chosen.” Nerub’kharn turns from his studies to face the figure who had escorted Deamion out into the desert. “Define problem. Has he died and is in fact not the one we had...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/AussieXenu/465035Deamion stares at Sangre de Christo, his mind having just reached the point of breaking completely. Messiah. A feeling of total helplessness drowns out the last vestiges of hope he had contained, the faint glimmer that perhaps he might not be a product of someone else’s twisted machinations. A...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/AussieXenu/464316“Welcome, Deamion. Do not try and reply, this is just a recording... However I am working off the assumption that Sangre de Christo has followed my orders and evaluated the situation properly. I’d ask how your father was, but for him I only planned as far as his creation and then subsequently...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/AussieXenu/464129Deamion walked at his Father’s side, the only audible noise being the crunching of the gravel beneath their feet. As they slowly made their way towards what was hopefully a settlement of some kind, Deamion decides to try and understand why they are here. “Father, why did you do what you did?...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/AussieXenu/463810“There can be no other sentence:- Guilty.” The voice of the Supreme Magister echoed through the chamber, the weight of his words burrowing into Ver Markhon’s mind like worms into a decaying corpse – For that was what he might as well be, for he knew what the punishment was for the crimes he and...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/AussieXenu/463738Vladimir Ver Markhon looked down at his son, Deamion, who sat patiently in front of him as he explained the Aesir Rite of Passage. His time would be coming soon, and Vladimir wanted his son to stand the best chance of success. Too many Aesir children failed their Passage due to arrogantly...