Copper bangles on my wrists did a poor job of camouflaging sores from long months spent in chains. The Kishna-Farriga slave masters had bathed me but the scrubbing only made the raw whip wounds on my back stand out in angry red stripes. Several members of the audience sniggered at the price.
Why, this one might even have vané blood in him! He’ll make a welcome addition to any household, but he’s not gelded, so don’t buy him to guard your harem, ladies and gentlemen!” The auctioneer waved his finger with a sly grin, and was answered with a few disinterested chuckles. Look at that golden hair, those blue eyes, those handsome features. What will I hear for this human Doltari male?† He’s a trained musician with an excellent singing voice. The auctioneer’s voice boomed out over the amphitheater: “Lot six this morning is a fine specimen. And you will, but under my terms, not yours.
Yours? Talon, you’re thousands of years old and have stored the memories of as many people. What do you mean by “beginning” anyway? Whose beginning? Mine? I don’t remember it that well. What? You don’t think this is the beginning, Talon?* Real Dark Sometimes, mind rape, rape mentions, incest mentions, so much gore, so much murder, major character death (but they get better), major character death (they might not get better), major character death (they don’t get better), child & domestic abuse, slavery, mentions of sexual slavery, mind control, magically-enforced slavery (obey or die)įantasy homophobia & misogyny, criticisms of fantasy homophobia & misogyny, fantasy nobody-gives-a-shit-about-whether-you’re-queer, my fantasy country is NOT set in Europe, unreliable narration, everyone has a dark secret, FOOTNOTES, secret cults, DRAGONS, demons, kraken, shapechangers, dinosaurs, my race is different (various), past lives, magic rocks, quantum magic, Bards Are Good Actually 2k19, chatty gods, sweet prophecies, ultimate disaster bisexual, telepathy, legendary objects, oh no my romantic rival is also quite hot, stabby boys, powerful women have no time for your shit, Xanatos Chess Master (yes, also a Magnificent Bastard), Training Montage, Tested on Humans, & EVUL undead necromancer.When they brought me up to the auction block, I looked out over the crowd and thought: I would kill you all if I had a knife.Īnd shackled. Because you should know what you’re getting into.
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