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The Knight’s Watch Charlotte. The queen city. A place I never thought I’d find myself. I moved from Boston only a few weeks before, just after graduating college. “Darryl” My sister had said, “Don’t make the mistake of thinking it’s all racism and NASCAR down there. That line of thinking will only get you hurt.” It was hard to brush off the stereotype when I got off the plane. But talking to new people has I moved in to my apartment helped. Friendly, tactful, and passionate. As an aspiring craftsman I’d hit the goldmine for places to live. My new home was adjacent to a massive home impr

A Neutral State – Part One Jedi Knight Kad’au, a sentinel from the jedi enclave on Dantooine, had just returned from council. The library immediately quieted down as he entered. His closely trimmed beard only partially masked his worried expression as he briskly padded to the darkest corner of the hall. Younglings looked up in awe and padawans shied away in fear as he passed. Kad’au had a reputation for racking up body counts on his missions. The rumors ranged from musings on him being more consular than sentinel, to him being a borderline sith in jedi robes. This was made worse by his Mandolorian heritage. Born on the out

Nine Lives Part One: Four leaf Clover Run girl run! The words echoed through my head as the terrain shifted around me. Easily five feet behind me I could hear the thunking sound of Teraph's boots hot on my tail. My ears flickered around as they followed his movements. I danced through the obstacles as they appeared. First a chain-link floor, then a pit full of pillars, and swinging hammers from the ceiling. The gymnasium was one-of-a-kind for a good reason. The floor cycled through several terrains to try and throw us both. I heard a sharp crack as one of the floor tiles broke under my pursuer's weight. Teraph was a golem of a man. Its wa

Prologue My name is Shana. I suppose I have a family name too, but I’ve never been told that one. I’m a hunter. What does a girl like me hunt? Anything that moves. You see, all the world that once was has been destroyed, replaced with a rabid wilderness that no one can tame. A wilderness positively crawling with horrifying beasts formed only in children’s nightmares. The high priests say that the lord sent his angels to wipe away all the sin, leaving only us pure humans to repopulate the earth. Then the lord looked upon our ignorance of his acts, and left us to fend for ourselves, leaving the evil one, I can’t rememb

Chapter I I closed the folding screen. I had watched that recording many times before, but now that my graduation was only a week away, it felt wrong to dwell on my past. Especially since if my true origins were to get out they would skin me alive on the steps of city hall. I sat up in the bed and stretched. I paused to let my eyes adjust to the lighting of my home. I looked through my door to the dining room, where my high-powered marksman rifle waited for me on its wall mount. Just under it hung my kha’resh knife, a special kind of blade made specifically for hunters. Shaped like an ancient machete, with the first half serrated and t