
ALT A writing snippet overtop a picture of icicles around the mouth of a cave. The snippet reads: Tomorrow blades will no doubt be drawn again. Ivo will play the hunter, and he the monstrous thing they’ve trapped. The drache’s maw will loom ahead of them like a clock ticking down. But for now he has nothing left to open his eyes. If they glare at him, he won’t find it tonight. For now, they are nothing but alive.

ALT a photo of dewy clovers. a text box above has floral detailing in the corners. the snippet inside reads, "Theoren Morrow is a Daughter of Dameril, a wielder of life-giving magic—and the only Daughter ever to be born in the shape of a son." Underneath, the title reads "Song of the Soundless" by loreaustin_

ALT a moodboard with two large images. the first is a person enveloped in foliage, their face obscured. the text says, "for every end, a beginning" the second is a feminine person with silver hair, their face obscured by hair, reading forward, half in shadow. the text says, "and for every beginning, an end" the other smaller images surround the first two, a gradient from green on the left to grey on the right. they feature a forest, foliage, people reaching through the foliage, and mildewed books. on the grey side, a person drowning, a boat on misty waters, mist-shrouded forests, carved wooden walls, and reaching through mist to grasp at nothing.

ALT A photo of a frost-covered flower. Above it is a text box with a snippet. The snippet says: The promises he made, preordained phrases spun like sweet silk from his tongue. Spoken with the majesty of a one-day Soverän — and broken with the same brutal impunity. Under, a graphic of claw marks. A tag for #WinterMonstersWIP. The author's username, loreaustin_ .

ALT a snippet. it says: “I cannot trust in word alone, Mr. Werner,” Anzelm says, low. “Not when so much is at stake.” A drache sighting would mean everything to everyone alive in Kaltes Tal. It would begin a new age at once. More rests on the turn of that tide for Anzelm—perhaps more than anyone. A legitimate drache sighting would mean opportunity. A second chance at his own place in succession. At inheriting the crown while his father still serves as Soverän-Regent, before his sister is due to ascend in his place. One tradition to change the course of everything. One that once sparked his highest hope, only for that light to wither and die, unable to be acted upon. A Great Tithe. “I don’t have that,” Herrick admits, a plea in his eyes. “Then this is over. I bid you good day.” “No. I—I am sorry, sir. I meant…” He leans forward, elbows on his knees. “I do not have word alone.”




















