A Darkness At Sethanon

I know you'll think this odd, but I find it strangely exhilarating not knowing what's coming next.

Your destiny is now your own to forge as best as you may.

I love a question I can’t answer. It keeps things interesting, even after so many years.

the enemy of our enemy is our ally,

One of the problems with being my age is you look at everyone who is younger as children, and when everyone else around you is younger, it means you live in a universe of children. So you tend to scold more than is proper.

Immortality, power, dominance, all are illusions. Don’t you see? We are simply pawns in a game beyond our understanding.’ Pug

on that night you told me you were the author of my current existence.

We’ll never again be the boys we once were, Tomas. But we’ve become so much more than we dreamed.

few things of worth are ever simple. Or easy.’ Tomas

Debts of friendship are not debts.

you are not like others. You are of neither the Lesser nor the Greater Path. You are a sorcerer, one who knows there are no paths, only magic. And magic may be limited only by the limits of one’s gifts.’ Tomas

He considered the importance of what he was to do, and calmed himself. He felt the dragon’s mood and acknowledged it. It was a willingness to accept whatever fate brought, but without a resignation to defeat. Death might come, but with it might also come victory.

the most ancient lesson of the Tsurani: duty is the weight of all things, as heavy as a burden can become, while death is nothing, lighter than air.’ The

Then the universe rocks. The very fabric of reality is rent.

here you’ve got to live, breathe, and eat trust, or you’re dead.

We saw what we saw. Whether it was a place or a vision in our mind, it doesn’t matter. We must act upon what we experienced, so to that end, yes, it was real.’ ‘Now?

power is limited to the strength of will within the man who holds it. Falter in your resolve and you will fall. Remain steadfast and you shall prevail. Always remember that. ‘Come,

in kings people overlook and forgive behaviour they would not tolerate in others.

Train those around you well, Pug. Make them powerful, but make them loving, generous men and women as well.

The universe collapsed and came crashing down upon them. It

when you enter another’s reality, you observe her rules. Then

Still, few things of worth are ever simple. Or easy.

I know, when we are young we cannot entertain the idea another's feelings can be as deep as our own. Our love is so much loftier, our pain so much more intense.