Delving into my brain, I realized about two years ago that Scorpio was born, really, from what I know call the "Walkers in Darkness" cycle of stories characters. The Necromancer, Zisura, is the greatest bane that not only seeks to craft him as her tool, but fails to see she makes her bane as well.
So, we start the tale in the ruins of occupied Kvaeg, a city on the dark continent of Domorushtuu, once ruled by Afreet, cruel masters of the humans there, but now held by the sorceress and her brother, the one who thought he would ascend to be the head of the Allegiance of the Blades, the guild of the assassins.
Here, I show the crafting of evil knives and tools, meant to warp souls to Zisura's domination. And her brother's. I also lay the ground work for something else, if you can see it. While still in first draft, I'm sure the telegraphed blow to fall in future stories is obvious, so once the tale is done, we'll work at cloaking it better. For now, get the story out, and fix it with the chainsaw and Bondo putty later.
As I have said before, there is a strong tie between the tales of Billenius and those of Scorpio, not just the setting of the world, but in the weaving of the Parcae, Billenius's mistresses of Fate. I lay that out in revealing somewhat of the nature of a side character in this tale, who figures strongest in one to come, that I call "The Knife Has No Forgiveness". At the chapter's end, I intend to reveal who, and what, Tam-Hattu, blood brother of Adresh Tesh is. And toss in hint about others I write of.
Call it telegraphing the punch. Call it many things, just let me explore it.
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