There was a scene in Book-1 of the Kovenlore Chronicles that I struggled to visualize. In the infamous “uncomfortable” scene, Riparia and Maniff stop beside a stream in the Colossus Range.
In 2023, I found this location. Mind racing, I sensed it was significant, but didn’t immediately realize why. Later, I did.
Though I changed it a bit in the story, this was the inspiration.
Be everwell.
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Challenge #04856-M107: Second Chance for Stuff
Tip Shops. Everything from from over-ordered new clothing, 2nd hand furniture, building material and odds and ends. "One person's rubbish is another's treasure." -- Prompty.Places like this had a Smell. Somewhere between dust, old makeup, and the Stygian depths of an Escherian book emporium. Regardless of whether the items for sale were new or recovered in one way or another, they all had the scent of too much time.If there’s anything that defines Riparia Dellbane, it’s moving water. She draws peace from it’s soothing music and energy from its current.
As a child growing up beside the Sentinel River, she’d sit on a huge boulder beside the river and wonder at where its waters went.
Little did she know, that same water flowed past her ancestral home, the ancestors she didn’t know about.
Be everwell.
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All the Kovenlore novels contain a journey that occupies a portion of the story, but always the biggest share of the book takes place in a particular location.
For instance, in Book-1 it’s Barnavava and in Book-2 it’s Meldenphire.
Book-5 flips that ratio on its head, the majority of the story taking place in the dense conifer forests of the Lost Hills.
Be everwell.
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Challenge #04854-M105: Call of the Favour
1: "You are aware, of course, that where you are going is more than far beyond us?"/ 2: "Yes. There's no horse that will be able to make the journey."When I developed the Ministry of Magic in my series, an organization of evil in Carrdia, I wrote their leader as a heartless businessman since I’d met so many.
I combined that with the truly evil men who’ve led various countries over the just the last century.
As of late, I’m horrified to see that face of evil in current events. Tragic times, it seems, can trump even fiction.
Be everwell.
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Challenge #04853-M104: No Need to Fret
Let me tell you of a bard I once heard sing. The voice had a strength and depth that no magic in the world could recreate. I felt the desire to steal them away and keep them for myself, but I knew the world needed them more. And so I became their patron.https://peakd.com/flashfiction/@internutter/challenge-04840-m091-fey-touched -- Anon GuestLegends tell of a Bard who can charm savage beasts with the sound of hir voice. One who can make music to forge peace using the weapons of soldiers and archers. And one who, for reasons known only to that Bard, sought out a Faerie ring.It’s strange how we talk about how we knew where we were when a major event occurred. Yes, I recall seeing the 1969 moon landing.
I also remember facts about my books, like where the initial spark came from and how it developed. Those are also memories that I treasure.
It’s my hope that you, too, have similar memories, even if you’re the only one, like me, who remembers.
Be everwell.
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Challenge #04852-M103: Queen's Gambit
For 60 long years Queen Essarea has held her kingdom together through sheer force of will. But at long last her strength is flagging, old clans once subdued are preparing to open old feuds for power, and her heirs lack the careful combination of ruthlessness, charisma, and measured kindness which Essarea employed during her time on the throne. What will become of six decades of relative peace once her eyes close for the final time…? -- Deathshead419It's not unprecedented, but there's always some kind of conflict that springs up every time it happens. Noble heads of state can pass their crown and position to someone they deem more worthy of them both. Of course, the genetic heirs kick up a stink, but it's hard to argue with someone who has your parent's army.
Christina Anne Hawthorne
InterNutter 
The Ghost Monk
