Soundtrack and Video: Marilyn Manson, The Beautiful People Inglorion finds himself in his quarters, with no idea how Alecto and Ajax got him there. He’s still high — unpleasantly so. He’s not hallucinating, but his mind is spinning free. He stares at the ceiling with no idea of moving, and probably no ability to do […]
Soundtrack, Part 1: Marilyn Manson, Rock ‘n’ Roll Nigger (Live 1999) Part 2: David Bowie, Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide (Live 1973) The inn Inglorion has chosen is by the dockyard, a long walk from the Shelawn family townhouse. It’s late — just before midnight — and the streets are quiet. Inglorion’s boots echo on brick, […]
Soundtrack: Arrested Development, Tennessee Perhaps because of his lingering sadness, Inglorion misses Sieia acutely. Almost without thinking, he walks over to the manor house after he’s done with Collatinus. It’s just after the dinner hour. If the family dined at home, they should be settling in to tea. Inglorion doesn’t recognize the young footman who […]
Soundtrack: Husker Du, Hardly Getting Over It To Inglorion’s surprise and relief, when Sieia meets with Sextus in the morning, she agrees to return quietly to Liamelia under his escort, as long as Inglorion can travel with them. After three days’ travel by post chaise, they arrive in Liamelia. When they pass through the city […]
Their adventures come to an end abruptly when a stranger approaches Inglorion in the taproom of an inn. The stranger is a gray elf, rare enough this far inland. His dress suggests that he’s a ranger: long bow, short sword, leather armor. His clothes are muddy from travel, and he smells like the outdoors. Inglorion […]
For the first year of their adventures, Inglorion is simply relieved to have Sieia safely out of her parents’ house. Before long, however, he realizes that he’s entirely unfit to have complete authority over a gently-bred gray elvish girl of 13. Because his birth is illegitimate, he has no education, no profession, no station in […]
Inglorion seeks out Collatinus the very next morning, and they talk quietly in the garden. “You were right,” Inglorion says. “They can do it. We shook hands on it.” He adds shyly, “He said between 100 and 120 gold pieces, though. I have 17 GP saved. I don’t know how I’ll get the rest. My […]
Inglorion made his promise to Sieia in the spur of the moment, without considering what it would entail to run away with his little sister and seek their fortunes elsewhere. He begins to plan their escape immediately, and is frankly shocked at the difficulties it presents. He starts by pulling together his small funds, and selling […]
Soundtrack: Pixies, I Bleed (Demo 2) Everyone — family, servants guests — starts combing the grounds, knocking on the doors of nearby houses, searching the streets and alleys and parks. In such a wealthy neighborhood, everything is accounted for and children are seldom lost. Sieia’s disappearance raises fears of murder, abduction and kidnapping. Inglorion has […]
Soundtrack: Tool, Jerk-Off Live Inglorion’s trance ends around 11:00 on Friday, his day off. He doesn’t make a deliberate decision to fast — he does it thoughtlessly, out of habit. By noon he’s in the gardener’s quarters, training with Collatinus. After an hour of strike drills, he finally starts to settle down, to feel calm […]
