The Woman who rode the Hrulgin

**The Woman who rode the Hrulgin** **By BlackDragon** ** ** The following text is a fictional history set in the world of David Eddings' "Belgariad" and "Malloreon" world. I am well aware of the fact that there are several anatomical and...

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The Sting of Judgement

**Empire of the Ancient Sands** _Part 5 - The Sting of Judgment_ The Widow Ebeid considered herself a fortunate soul, and not one given to fear. Her livelihood reflected this - someone of a nervous disposition would have found it difficult indeed...

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Blood on the Sand

**Empire of the Ancient Sands** _Part 4 - Blood on the Sand_ The mercenary captain wiped his brow as the sun beat down on him like a red-glowing hammer. He was used to it, of course, having plied his trade throughout the African continent for...

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Source of The Nile

**Empire of the Ancient Sands** _Part 3 - Source of the Nile_ Ai grinned, shaking the bottle of spray-paint, listening to the comfortingly familiar metallic noise. Before her was a great wall-painting, thousands of years old, showing various...

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Beauty and Joy

**Empire of the Ancient Sands** _Part 2 - Beauty and Joy_ The foreman wiped sweat from his brow, looking nervously out across the small valley. It was abandoned still - as one might expect, seeing as there was no reason for anyone to be there....

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The Bull-Headed God

**The Bull-Headed God** - Chapter 4 of the Legends of the DragonRider Anitra smiled winsomely at the profusely-sweating merchant as she pushed the contract across the table towards him. "So you see, once I started asking around for a place to buy...

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Cybra's Efficiency

**Cybra's Efficiency** Cybra smiled pleasantly at the wincing senator. It smiled more often than most would expect, what with its generally cynical and pessimistic temperament - mostly because it had noticed that its smiles tended to cause...

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Silas' Workday

**Silas' Workday** Silas rubbed the gunk out of his eyes, yawned, and rolled over on his back to gaze sleepily up at the sky for a bit. It was a deep, brilliant, sapphire-blue. He'd had a hard time getting used to the weather here, initially - back...

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Korlin's Reminiscence

**Korlin's Reminiscence** Korlin looked up from the book she'd been reading as the door opened, and then quickly closed it and put it down on the nearby side-table with the title downwards. She had no enchantments on _her_ door barring entry - but...

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Aishee's Birthday-Party

**Aishee's Birthday-Party** Aishee hummed quietly to herself as she reached the end of the long, narrow tunnel, her voice resonating through the water and echoing off the stone walls. Those of her sisters who had pursued singing as a serious career...

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Achidias' Arbitration

**Achidias' Arbitration** Achidias breathed deeply of the salty air as he stepped out of the kheymah. It had gotten stuffy inside the tent as the argument raged, and it had taken far too long for him to settle everyone down long enough to push...

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Down Where It's Wetter

**Down Where It's Wetter** - Chapter 10 of the Legends of the DragonRider Anitra sighed contentedly as she lounged in the shallows, gentle waves lapping against her pregnant belly. Leaning her head backwards, she could catch an upside-down view of...

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