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Revision as of 21:11, 24 October 2014
The Stones' Earthen Grasp is a story written and illustrated by Iron Eater. It ran in Issue 40 and can be found at s2b2.livejournal.com/225647.html and www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/the-stones-earthen-grasp/.
Summary
An orcish warrior must overcome the most challenging foe of all: a crush on his boss.
He had been this way before, years ago. Broken and forgotten, he had heard his battle-brothers' voices silenced one by one until the last echoes of battle faded away. There was pain. There was cold. He could smell his own gore staining the dust. He closed his eyes and waited for the vultures, but a shadow too large for a carrion-bird's fell across him. A small, numbing warmth blossomed in his chest as unseen hands washed his wounds and wrapped him in scraps of linen.
"Can you speak?" said a voice he didn't know, rich and smooth like honeyed kumiss. "I'm sorry. You're the only one I could save."
Riaag opened his eyes and knew the face of salvation.
This story contains themes of graphic violence, abuse (referenced, not depicted), many swears, and carrion as a foodstuff. It also doesn't feature a single human character.
Connections
This story is a prequel to Seismic Gap and features the same world, cultures, and protagonists. The author strongly recommends reading this story first, as in addition to first introducing the main characters and establishing their relationship, the second story benefits from a whole year's worth of worldbuilding and writing practice.
The setting itself is very loosely based on the freeware game Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup.
Related Links
This story has no related links.
Author's Notes
This story did not have any author's notes when published. However, while the author is slightly embarrassed of its quality, she will go on record as being glad it exists, as Sarouth and Riaag have become some of her favorite characters.
Any inconsistencies between The Stones' Earthen Grasp and Seismic Gap are imaginary and never happened and are 100% intentional, anyway. Pay no attention to the author behind the curtain.
