Sarah Davis
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The group gathered not just outside the outpost but outside the Windborn community. Kai thought about the region as wasteland even though it was far richer than what he knew in Goralia. In any case, it looked empty enough for a real demonstration of power. Talndim set up a half dozen boulders in a line, each about the size of a person. Kai could only watch, along with Zae Zin Nim, Omilaena, Inafay, Orotaisin, and the Tonjin brothers. It seemed like they were the only ones who would be participating in…-
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Technically Kai had been to the Frontier many times in his life and even spoken with the elites there. This time, however, he was coming to actually train with them. It wasn't really the dream he'd had as a young man, just an echo of those aspirations. Even though he'd gained equal or potentially greater power on his own, they still held something he needed. He sincerely hoped that even his luck couldn't throw any more obstacles in their way now. They had Inafay, who would back them up, and they were just…
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Finally, all three of them were reunited and moving in the right direction. Kai somewhat resented all the time they'd needed to sneak around and arrange indirect meetings, but that was the price they paid for being weaker than the Brightwind Sect. Hopefully, if they learned all he hoped at the Frontier, they'd be one step closer to competing directly. For now, it would take them another week to return to the Frontier outpost where they could hopefully begin their training immediately. He was able to…
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The entire time they were on the Waterborn ship, Omilaena had to resist letting any of her amusement slip out. Zae Zin Nim was practically petrified by a little flirting and the politics of the bedroom. It was fortunate her time on Rosemount had been so focused, because she would have been horrified by some of the tribes in the Flaeren Dominion and the Carnal Court would probably have killed her outright. In a fairly short amount of time, and without much flirting of her own, Omilaena had grasped the…
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Technically Kai could have been traveling faster, but he couldn't feel any guilt over taking a little more time. What was the point of training so much if he couldn't build a life with friends? Just spending time with Inafay again had been a pleasure, and Orotaisin had proved interesting in a laid-back sort of way. The others of the team were more conventional Windborn, strong enough to aim for the Frontier and thus not as petty as the others he'd met. So far he hadn't gotten to know them well at all, but…
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For the first entire week after arriving on Deadwaste, Zae Zin Nim had followed absolutely all operational security. She had worn old rags, avoided drawing attention to herself, switched from qi to mana, and even avoided flying. If the Brightwind sect was monitoring the coast, which she doubted, there was no way they could have detected her. From the perspective of a peasant, the Water Union was a dull place. Endless fisheries on the coast, managed pools inland, all for the sake of the economy. Waterborn…
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Kai was accustomed to fate punishing him thoroughly every time he made a mistake, so he was still a bit stunned that everything had been resolved so quickly. Once Inafay vouched for him, none of the others attacked, and after he explained what had happened they even seemed to understand. "The princes are always trying to call us in for their vendettas," one of them explained. "They can't manipulate the Frontier elite, but we haven't joined them yet, so we're fair game. You're not the first innocent person…
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Kai had been in confrontations with authorities multiple times in his life, but this one might be unique. So many times his actions had been limited, or the authorities had enough strength to threaten him. Now, back on Deadwaste, they couldn't actually stop him and he didn't need to go through them. There were eight Windborn guards behind him, with Power ranging from 60 to 80. Honestly, he had been hoping for better than that. He'd expected to have a Frontier elite or someone related to them notice, take…
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For his entire life, Aniogun had wanted nothing more than to compete in the Hundred Zephyr Rings. He didn't think that he'd win, even though he'd dreamed of it. Usually over five hundred young men and women competed, so getting just one of the rings would have been an accomplishment. Especially because the competition was so uneven. There was no rule against collecting more than one of the rings, and it was considered a mark of pride for the nobles to collect two or three. Often the geniuses competed…
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When Kai finally landed on Deadwaste, the lamia ship left him alone and he suddenly realized that he wasn't back home at all. To the civilizations on Rosemount or Cloudspire, Deadwaste was a backwater that they just thought about as a brown smudge on the edge of the map, a bunch of undistinguished barbarians. Yet it was actually a massive continent as large as either, filled with numerous different peoples. More importantly, Kai had never been to the Elemental Nations in his entire life. As he stepped…
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