Mary Davis
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Time ever passed as its nature; Emery decided to stay in the settlement called Mistshire for the meantime. He postponed his thoughts of finding out more about the marauders' chief, Padraig and who was the mastermind behind the attack. For now, he spent time helping Granny maintaining the herb garden and learning how to make various potions. Granny observed the young Emery and grew increasingly fond of him since his ability in caring for the plants and natural talent in potion-making was a cut above…
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Alexandria was to be regarded as the capital of knowledge and learning because of the Great Library. Its mighty stone pillars housed over tens of thousands of scrolls and parchments that held all kinds of knowledge as well as poetry. These were maintained by countless influential scholars and librarians, re-writing, re-inking, and keeping the place well-maintained. The Great Library was also considered as the first research center harboring all the wisdom of the ancient world. The creation of this great…
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The Greek and the Roman view the Thracians as mere bloodthirsty barbarians because of how undeveloped and uncivilized they lived. Most of the Thracians lived in settlements that were surrounded by wooden walls and wooden houses. The privileged citizens had stone walled houses but had haystacks as their roofs. Their leadership structure revolved in the physical prowess of a person, which decided who would be the chiefs in their dozens of tribes. After a month had passed since Thrax's return from Magus…
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In the last 400 years, Rome had expanded from a city of just three square miles to a super power of over 720,000 square miles, stretching from Africa to Asia Minor. Rome had become the most powerful state in the East Mediterranean for they had conquered everything west of Greece and began to expand even further than that. All citizens of Rome were driven by the desire to make a mark in the history of their powerful Republic of Rome. To become the wealthiest, the most celebrated and the most famous of…
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On the night of a full moon, hundreds of maids and thousands of warriors had been gathered in a wide field of the Royal Palace. A ceremony was about to be held before a pagoda shrine. The drums started beating and then a number of armored men wielding thin swords along with veiled women started a dance in front of the shrine. On the left side, there was a row of stairs leading to a balcony filled with cascading decorated chairs as well as lit lanterns. The Royal Family and ministers sat in accordance to…
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His field of view was filled with a list of the herbs' properties. Emery hadn't expected that a spell from the magus world would be activated here. Even though he hadn't practiced this spell, Emery guessed it was probably due to this spell being exclusive to the Apothecary Institute and full understanding of it wasn't necessary. He looked over the list and became astounded. With this knowledge and spell, Emery could find out the characteristics of a plant and the possible combination of recipes by finding…
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"Tsk, tsk, tsk. Stupid. Stupid beyond help. You are naive, kid," whispered a familiar voice in Emery's mind. Emery wanted to lift his head but it felt like his world was spinning. He responded, "I feel like I know you. Please, help me." "I have helped you once but not this time. You need to learn. Whether you die right now, it's all up to chance," replied the voice. "W-who are you?" Emery asked but the voice was silent until he fell from the horse's back and hit the ground. In the back of his…
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"Asshole! Get over here and kill this son of a—ahhh!" He twisted the pierced blade in between the marauder's chest and shoulder. Emery said with a cold voice to the marauder's companion who was withdrawing a sword from the horse, "Stay there, or I'll kill him." "So, the boy got lucky. I can't believe you lost against a milk drinker, brother," said the marauder, not even hesitating to walk closer. "Stop, I said or I'll cut his head off!" "Kid! I don't believe you. You ain't have the guts,"…
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Emery listened intently to every word they said but all he had gotten was that their master was male, the rest were about women and money. He needed to find out who and why they had massacred everyone in the place he had called home. Picking up a stone from the ground, Emery threw it to the noisy marauder and hit straight the forehead. The companion laughed and said, "Wahaha, you got hit by a boy! Look at you bleeding, hahaha!" The first marauder punched the other and said, "I'll kill you for…
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It was a refreshing feeling as some birds overhead flew down and landed on Emery's shoulder. The past seven days indeed was just surreal to consider, however, the almost transparent circle with a vertical strike-through line on his palm told him otherwise. He focused his thoughts on the symbol and what happened next confirmed everything had indeed happened. He remembered Gwen's coming of age was in the early summer and the fateful night was the next day. After returning though, it seemed…
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