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There’s Elric

—Jessica Barbosa

A shifty trick indeed

unforgettable

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ends up in Marix’s hands

as well as anyone who simply appreciates a good yarn with enough action and twists to keep the pages turning

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a cultist pirate with a god-complex and a gun fetish

craft discussions

This one gets Glimm: a bonsai frost dragon stuck managing a band of blowhards on a doomed diplomatic mission