Soon after Aramil and Ajax’s arrival, all five are enjoying breakfast in their various ways. Aramil is eating the last of the ham while explaining to Valentine that his cook has provided the wrong condiments. Ajax is quietly miffed because Aramil has been chewing an African narcotic that dyes his teeth crimson. Lucius is trying […]
The second episode of Man Raised by Spiders, the coming-of-age story of Valentine Claudius Shelawn. The next morning, Valentine receives a dinner invitation from his cousin Sieia, Xardic’s wife and, apparently, one of his many living Shelawn relatives. It’s delivered by a servant who was told to wait for an answer. Valentine gives a verbal […]
Soundtrack: Peter Gabriel, No Self Control Fabius’ time in the Shelawn household is marked by three obsessions: weapons training, skirt-chasing, and pious devotion to Corellon Larithian, the Bringer of Light and patron of gray elves. Fabius has taken to fasting weekly. Within the confines of his job and the rhythms of the household, he maintains […]
