Ragnarok - XXIV
#25 of ragnarok varr and the old man weather the sulfur carrier's attack, as elsewhere shane hurries to return. it grinned. it ripped a fist of mangling claws down like a meteor.
Ragnarok - XXIII
#24 of ragnarok cw: violence, death klau makes his last stand against the soot, and the old man arrives for a final reckoning with the sulfur carrier.
Ragnarok - XXI
#22 of ragnarok shane meets the old man in person, at last, hidden from the sulfur carrier in the mortal world. and from there he goes to finally say farewell. i'm reasonably proud of this canto, even if it is straight.
Ragnarok - XX
#21 of ragnarok shane's ghost wanders the city, invisible and intangible, and finds himself listening to man - seemingly rehearsing a lecture - at the edge of a cemetery.
Ragnarok - XIX
#20 of ragnarok shane looks about at the world he has reached, to find he recognizes it. journey to the underworld is a common characteristic of the epic as a poetic form.
Ragnarok - XVIII
#19 of ragnarok shane finds himself on the path outside the world. this is was by far the easiest part of the entire poem to write.
Ragnarok - XVII
#18 of ragnarok as the sulfur carrier's final assault begins, shane and varr try to get the young girl to safety. if i'm remembering right, this was where progress on the poem stalled for a long time while i was at grad school.
Ragnarok - XVI
#17 of ragnarok the arrival of the sulfur carrier. "mean you to slay this?"
Ragnarok - XV
#16 of ragnarok as the witchfolk depart for other worlds, king roam and the young girl both come to speak with shane, ere a further calamity befalls. i'm still pretty proud of the dialogue in this canto.
Ragnarok - XIV
#15 of ragnarok shane, varr, and klau meet with the leadership of the witchfolk.
Ragnarok - XIII
#14 of ragnarok klau tells his story, explaining what this place is, why it must be defended, and where the old man has gone.
Ragnarok - XII
#13 of ragnarok shane and varr and the witchfolk refugees reach a fortress holdout, and find other refugees there, defended by other warrior souls, led by klau. somewhere it was sunset.