Table of Contents - (spoilers) read part 111 Not fifteen minutes after Father Morrenthall had lit Billy’s heart on fire, he and the Pekot squad rode up to the sheriff’s office on Main Street. As they tethered their horses to the hitching posts outside, they could hear Sheriff Waters inside his office yelling: “No, you … Continue reading The Children of Stron – part 112
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The Children of Stron – part 111
Table of Contents - (spoilers) read part 110 Billy, the ex-jailer, torturer, and executioner of the Spitzer jail tower, was brought up from the dungeon by Srecko, his replacement. Billy was not shackled and did not seem in too bad a condition, considering all that he had been through. At least it seemed that Father … Continue reading The Children of Stron – part 111
The Children of Stron – part 110
Table of Contents - (spoilers) read part 109 Peep awoke feeling like a princess indeed. She had spent the night in a room for nobles (albeit a cell for them), with one of her enemies in the dungeon below, set to be burned to death in execution for his transgressions against her and others. The … Continue reading The Children of Stron – part 110
The Children of Stron – part 109
Table of Contents - (spoilers) read part 108 Father Morrenthall, Peep, and Choke rode down from the fort together with Lieutenant Cooper and his ten men. Cooper and his chosen sergeant were mounted, with the other soldiers marching two by two behind. “Now, Lieutenant Cooper,” Father Morrenthall said as they rode, “when we reach town, … Continue reading The Children of Stron – part 109
The Children of Stron – part 108
Table of Contents - (spoilers) read part 107 Father Morrenthall rode straight back to the jail tower from the freight depot, with Choke and Peep still flanking him to either side. “So, what’s next, Father?” Peep asked. “Next, Otilla, we begin shaking things up with the soldiers. Those in authority are too settled into their … Continue reading The Children of Stron – part 108
The Children of Stron – part 107
Table of Contents - (spoilers) read part 106 In the dungeon under the jail tower of Spitzer, Father Spencer Morrenthall was interrogating its former jailer, Billy. He had just asked the man to tell him what he knew about the Outfit. “The Outfit, Father?” Billy stammered. “Yes. The Outfit. The criminal organization that controls the … Continue reading The Children of Stron – part 107
The Children of Stron – part 106
Table of Contents - (spoilers) read part 105 Spitzer’s jail was a stout, round stone tower at the base of the fort’s hill on the town’s main crossroads. Next to it was a stables and a kennel, both attended by soldiers. Father Morrenthall rode up to the stables, where a corporal and a lad came … Continue reading The Children of Stron – part 106
The Children of Stron – part 105
Table of Contents - (spoilers) read part 104 In the church of Spitzer, the central town of Spaggot Barony, Father Spencer Morrenthall, cleric of the militant Stronian order, the Knights of the Holy Sword, prepared to take up his new duties as Spitzer’s magistrate. The document of his position had been filed, and his torturer … Continue reading The Children of Stron – part 105
The Children of Stron – part 103
Table of Contents - (spoilers) read part 102 The next morning, Father Morrenthall, Otilla of the Holy Fire, and Bartholomew of Pekot rode up to the Spitzer fort for their meeting with the Baron Hart and his uncle, Father Gerban, priest of Altas and steward of Spaggot Barony. Father Morrenthall was dressed just as he … Continue reading The Children of Stron – part 103
The Children of Stron – part 102
Table of Contents - (spoilers) read part 101 Sunday Mass at the Spitzer church was the grandest and most attended in the building’s history. Word had spread that Otilla of the Holy Fire had returned from the wilds, and the ranks of the local devotees who had previously followed her around Main Street had swelled … Continue reading The Children of Stron – part 102
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