THE FLAMES IN THE SHADOW
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Chapter 15 THE HALF OF NOTHING img
Chapter 16 DEMONS AND PARADISE img
Chapter 17 A DARK PATH img
Chapter 18 THE SCENT OF RUE img
Chapter 19 BLAME AND HOPE img
Chapter 20 RIPPLES img
Chapter 21 THE HERALD img
Chapter 22 DO OR DIE img
Chapter 23 NEVER SAY NEVER img
Chapter 24 AMBITIOUS EVENTUALLY img
Chapter 25 DIVINE RIGHTS img
Chapter 26 EDGE img
Chapter 27 EDGE II img
Chapter 28 EDGE III img
Chapter 29 EVEN DARKNESS GLITTERS img
Chapter 30 THE COLD WELCOME img
Chapter 31 THE COLD WELCOME II img
Chapter 32 RIPPLES II img
Chapter 33 RIPPLES III img
Chapter 34 A THIN LINE img
Chapter 35 A THIN LINE II img
Chapter 36 COMPASSION AND REGRET img
Chapter 37 COMPASSION AND REGRET II img
Chapter 38 A THIN LINE III img
Chapter 39 THE AFFECTIONS PERFECTION img
Chapter 40 THE AFFECTIONS PERFECTION II img
Chapter 41 THE AFFECTIONS PERFECTION III img
Chapter 42 DOPPELGANGER img
Chapter 43 THE FOREST OF DEATH img
Chapter 44 THE FOREST OF DEATH II img
Chapter 45 THE FOREST OF DEATH III img
Chapter 46 THE FOREST OF DEATH IV img
Chapter 47 THE FOREST OF DEATH V img
Chapter 48 THE FOREST OF DEATH VI img
Chapter 49 THE FOREST OF DEATH VII img
Chapter 50 THE FOREST OF DEATH VIII img
Chapter 51 THE FOREST OF DEATH IX img
Chapter 52 THE FOREST OF DEATH X img
Chapter 53 THE FOREST OF DEATH XI img
Chapter 54 STRIDE img
Chapter 55 SWEETER FISH, MORE BONES img
Chapter 56 TEARS ARE DRY img
Chapter 57 THE WAY OF THE RUSE img
Chapter 58 THE WAY OF THE RUSE II img
Chapter 59 DELICIOUS CONSUMMATION img
Chapter 60 DELICIOUS CONSUMMATION II img
Chapter 61 BORDERLINE img
Chapter 62 BORDERLINE II img
Chapter 63 INTRICACY img
Chapter 64 THE SLEEPY TRAILS img
Chapter 65 ONCE SAZVO, ALWAYS SAZVO img
Chapter 66 ONCE SAZVO, ALWAYS SAZVO II img
Chapter 67 MODRIN HILL img
Chapter 68 MODRIN HILL II img
Chapter 69 FROZEN SPITE img
Chapter 70 LORD ROSHAD img
Chapter 71 BIRDS OF DIFFERENT FEATHERS img
Chapter 72 AN AMOROUS PARADISE img
Chapter 73 STEPS AND LADDERS img
Chapter 74 GLORIOUS ASCENSION img
Chapter 75 DEEP SIGH img
Chapter 76 CLOSED GAPS img
Chapter 77 COMMON INTEREST img
Chapter 78 COMMON INTEREST II img
Chapter 79 INTO THE LIGHT img
Chapter 80 EXPEDIENCY img
Chapter 81 PROUD THORNS img
Chapter 82 SWEET AND SOUR img
Chapter 83 CREVICES img
Chapter 84 THE WHIRLS img
Chapter 85 THE WHIRLS II img
Chapter 86 THE WHIRLS III img
Chapter 87 THE VOICES img
Chapter 88 THE VOICES II img
Chapter 89 THE ROAD TO INCALOT img
Chapter 90 THE TRANSPORTER img
Chapter 91 THE TRANSPORTER II img
Chapter 92 INCALOT img
Chapter 93 INCALOT II img
Chapter 94 INCALOT III img
Chapter 95 INCALOT IV img
Chapter 96 INCALOT V img
Chapter 97 INCALOT VI img
Chapter 98 INCALOT VII img
Chapter 99 THE DIFFICULT EASE img
Chapter 100 ROYAL WILL img
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THE FLAMES IN THE SHADOW

Kelross Rindgert
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Chapter 1 PROLOGUE

Many moons ago, there existed a great island known as Agron, which abounded with wealth and beauty. Under the leadership of Chief Lanklis, black magic became a crime throughout the island, for there existed an eternal war betwixt Rezos, the god of goodness, and Arzalon, the god of evil.

There came a time when Zirik, the greatest overlord in the western region, craved for unprecedented power. He was desirous to turn the western region into a kingdom under his sway, for there was a lot of people who were willing to uphold his course and set up revolt for his sake.

Chief Lanklis, in order to stop Zirik, turned to Darlia, the greatest overlord in the southern region. Without any delay did Darlia seek the help of four other overlords, viz. Radak, Zedzka, Monti and Letta.

The five overlords gathered their men and joined forces together as a militia, having set up a bargain with Chief Lanklis. When Zirik saw that war was close at hand, he gathered together men and women and set up a militia.

Zirik and his militia engaged their rivals in a very bloody battle and fought like ravenous beasts. When Zirik saw that defeat had almost befallen him, he took with him the rest of his militiamen and fled to a forest called Desporas. There he made a deal with Arzalon on behalf of himself and his surviving militiamen.

Arzalon, very pleased that he had found the favourable means to procure the lion's share of the island, gave Zirik an emerald chest that abounded with dark magic powers, but Zirik and his surviving militiamen never made it out of Desporas.

They perished when Arzalon caused the air to cease in Desporas, but only one man, Zorakx, made it out of Desporas with the emerald chest since Arzalon chose to spare Zorakx's life and took Zirik to Kyrogid, the land of the evil spirits.

Peace eventually reigned in Agron after the civil war, and Chief Lanklis decided to honour his own part of the bargain that he had made with the five overlords.

Therefore, he split Agron into five great provinces according to the five overlords who had joined forces to fight with Zirik and his militiamen, naming the provinces according to the names of the five overlords. The crown and throne went to Darlia, whereupon Darlia became the royal city according to the will of Rezos.

When Zorakx opened the emerald chest, the militiamen who had followed Zirik to Desporas were resurrected. They became zombies that would never leave Desporas.

Agron fell under an enchantment, hence whoever sailed beyond the waters of the realm would never find their way back, and Agron became a ghost to the world beyond its waters. Alas, the beautiful island had become a prison of its own in the midst of the measureless seas.

Zorakx called the emerald chest the Curse of Zirik, for it was heavy with occult evils. Unhinged by the power of the Curse of Zirik, Zorakx plunged from the brink of a mountaintop and died. However, Rezos took his soul to Saz Draal, the land of the good spirits.

Before the whereabouts of the Curse of Zirik became an enigma to the sons and daughters of Agron, occultists tried to quell the darkness of the emerald chest. Unfortunately, a great evil that was detrimental to the island was the outcome each time the chest was opened.

To a few learned occultists, Desporas became a forbidden place on the island. Alas, the kingdom abounded with serious cases of the black arts. Alas, in the absence of trust amongst the provinces, each of the five provinces set up an army of its own.

Centuries, but centuries had gone by since the ground zero of monarchy in Agron, and there came the days when renowned faces became slaves to the cupidity for more and more power.

            
            

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