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    The Pariahs: Kobolds
    The Pariahs: Kobolds
    The Pariahs: Kobolds
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    The Pariahs: Kobolds

    By David Adams

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    Two sellswords--a half-elf and a half-orc--find their war over before it even begins. But trouble is stirring on the home front, conflict which threatens more than just their lives.

    A novella set in the world of Ren of Atikala.

    Part one of the The Pariahs series.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDavid Adams
    Release dateMar 10, 2015
    ISBN9781507089408
    The Pariahs: Kobolds
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    David Adams

    David Adams served as an Officer in the Australian Army Reserve, trained alongside United States Marines Corps and Special Air Services SAS personnel, and served in the A.D.F as a Platoon Commander of Military Police. He has worked alongside Queensland Police Officers and held investigative roles with The Commission for Children and Child Safety.

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      The Pariahs - David Adams

      The Pariahs by David Adams

      Copyright David Adams

      2015

      Two sellswords--a half-elf and a half-orc--find their war over before it even begins. But trouble is stirring on the home front, conflict which threatens more than just their lives.

      A novella set in Drathari, the world of Ren of Atikala. Part one of the The Pariahs series.

      Books by David Adams

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      Lacuna

      The Sands of Karathi

      The Spectre of Oblivion

      The Ashes of Humanity

      The Prelude to Eternity

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      The Kobolds series (fantasy)

      Ren of Atikala

      The Scars of Northaven

      The Empire of Dust (coming 2015)

      Stories in the Kobolds universe

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      The Pariahs: Freelands

      The Pariahs: Elfholme (coming soon)

      Sacrifice

      Stories in the Lacuna universe

      Magnet

      Magnet: Special Mission

      Magnet: Marauder

      Magnet: Scarecrow

      Magnet Saves Christmas

      Magnet: Ironheart (coming 2015)

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      The Pariahs

      A novella set in the world of Ren of Atikala

      Special thanks to Clara Barrs, for bringing Brea to life.

      PROLOGUE

      Kozog

      The Shadowlands

      One year before the destruction of Atikala

      and the events of Ren of Atikala

      THE ARMY OF THE OPEN Fist marched on Irondarrow Keep, thousands of booted feet pounding their way to reinforce the assault on the fortified dwarven stronghold. Druids and wizards handled the more serious threats; management of the rank and file was left in the hands of the junior members and sellswords.

      Sellswords such as Kozog the half-orc, and his battle comrade, Brea Fleethand the half-elf.

      Through blood, smoke, and the scoured ruin of the Shadowlands, he and the Open Fist had fought their way to a day’s journey away from Irondarrow’s gates. They faced fiends, cultists, and the stitched-together horrors wrought by dwarven hands. Kozog’s spear and Brea’s rapier had put down scores of foes during the journey, and now at the edge of the Shadowlands, with their tents unpacked, their equipment readied for the next day’s march, and all manner of preparations made, the two of them had earned a moment of quiet reflection beyond the edges of their camp.

      Tomorrow the real war would begin, but tonight was their own.

      The Shadowlands has a subtle beauty to it, said Kozog, folding his dark green hands behind his head as he lay on the ground, staring up at the night sky. The stars seemed to twinkle less in these lands, afraid that—should they draw attention to themselves—they too would be swallowed by the barren landscape and snuffed out forever. I hadn’t really noticed it before now.

      I’m not surprised you hadn’t seen it, said Brea as she played with a strand of her long brown hair, her eyes also searching for some light, some movement in the dark firmament of Drathari’s ceiling. Our eyes were fixed on the ground. She stretched, hair falling around her pointed elf ears. I wouldn’t call it beauty. Foreboding, perhaps, but not beautiful.

      Kozog felt another debate coming on and embraced the feeling. Beauty is a very personal concept. The stars here do not shine; I see this as conformity. Order. Uniformity. Equality. Here there is a serene stillness where the turbulence of our existence comes to a graceful, aching halt. Nothing changes. Nothing moves. All is now as it will be forever. There’s a certain comfort in that.

      What good are the stars if they do not twinkle?

      A simple question but difficult to answer. They represent something powerful, he said. A puzzle, a riddle, and not one intended to be solved. The lights are the souls of this world. Some are bright, some dim, some eternal and some fleeting. Yet they all exist, with every one of them in their place, imperceptibility dancing to some tune us poor mortals cannot hear.

      That drew an easy laugh from Brea. Which one of us is the bard again?

      He acknowledged this curious observation with a non-committal shrug. All I know is that there is comfort in knowing one’s place in the universe, even if that means our light is less beautiful than it otherwise would have been. What say you, then, of the night sky?

      Brea’s wisdom was at once deep and shallow to him; to him, her elven flightiness and detachment lead to lofty, impractical observations that had little to do with a grounding in reality, but he appreciated their perspective nevertheless.

      She considered, her eyes half open. "It is joy. Every light illuminates the world just a little bit; every soul is valuable, every one of us important. We must all shine as bright as we can, for as long as we can, and we have to work together; a lone light is bright, but when a cluster of stars come together, they can light up the sky. That is what we have to be; we must shine, be allowed to shine. To be free."

      Kozog slid a hand into his tunic, finding the wooden five pointed star of

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