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Black Library Advent Calendar 2018 #2
Blood Gold
Advent Calendar 2018: Day Two
The Fyreslayers of the Zharrthagi clan gather to defend their home from a horde of enemies who approach – but could the key to what is to come lie in their distant past?
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Gav Thorpe crafts a tale that exemplifies the duardin regard for their past and delves into the legends of the Fyreslayers – as well as their fascination with ur-gold.
THE STORY
Before the Gate of Endless Defiance, entry to the Vostargi Mont, ancestral home of the Zharrthagi Fyreslayers clan, stands the clan's Runefather. Behind him are arrayed an army of his kin, determined to defend the sanctity of their lodge, even as they have done for uncounted centuries. Yet the foe they face is one like no other they have encountered in their long history – and the key to what happens next may lie in a told long told by their people, a tale of how they became the warriors they are today. This is that tale.
The Fyreslayers of the Zharrthagi clan gather to defend their home from a horde of enemies who approach – but could the key to what is to come lie in their distant past?
READ IT BECAUSE
Gav Thorpe crafts a tale that exemplifies the duardin regard for their past and delves into the legends of the Fyreslayers – as well as their fascination with ur-gold.
THE STORY
Before the Gate of Endless Defiance, entry to the Vostargi Mont, ancestral home of the Zharrthagi Fyreslayers clan, stands the clan's Runefather. Behind him are arrayed an army of his kin, determined to defend the sanctity of their lodge, even as they have done for uncounted centuries. Yet the foe they face is one like no other they have encountered in their long history – and the key to what happens next may lie in a told long told by their people, a tale of how they became the warriors they are today. This is that tale.
- GenresFantasyShort Stories
19 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 2, 2018
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About the author
Gav Thorpe
382 books585 followersGav spent 14 years as a developer for Games Workshop, and started writing novels and short stories in the worlds of Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 when the Black Library imprint was launched in 1997.
He continues to write for Black Library, and his first 'homegrown' novel series The Crown of the Blood has been released via Angry Robot.
Currently living in Nottingham, Gav shares his home with his loving and very understanding partner - Kez, and their beautiful little boy - Sammy.
He continues to write for Black Library, and his first 'homegrown' novel series The Crown of the Blood has been released via Angry Robot.
Currently living in Nottingham, Gav shares his home with his loving and very understanding partner - Kez, and their beautiful little boy - Sammy.
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August 9, 2024
Oaths have consequences.
Angry Duardin, an angry sworn oath, a dark tale and a nice dark twist at the end. Check it out.
Angry Duardin, an angry sworn oath, a dark tale and a nice dark twist at the end. Check it out.
December 4, 2018
With their mountain lodge besieged by Chaos worshippers, the Zarrthagi fyreslayers march out to confront their enemies. At the behest of one of his warriors, runefather Ungrimmsson Drakkazak looks back to the clan’s earliest days as he tells the tale of the Zarrthagi curse, relating the actions of the clan’s original runefather and the events that led to where and what they are now.
It’s less visceral and immediate than many Black Library stories, largely because of its story-within-a-story structure, but it offers an interesting examination of what drives the fyreslayers as well as – basically – just being a really cool idea.
Read the full review at https://www.trackofwords.com/2018/12/...
It’s less visceral and immediate than many Black Library stories, largely because of its story-within-a-story structure, but it offers an interesting examination of what drives the fyreslayers as well as – basically – just being a really cool idea.
Read the full review at https://www.trackofwords.com/2018/12/...
February 12, 2022
This interesting and entertaining story by Gav Thorpe sees the venerable Runefather of the Zharrthagi Fyreslayer Lodge tell one of his young warriors how their magmic curse. As a story within a story, Blood Gold is more tell than show, but the narrative is still good, and has a few twists and turns, even if they can be a little predictable. The characters in the story all seem relatively well developed, despite its short length, and there are some concepts that are quite interesting.
The version of the short story that I read also included an extract from the first book in the 'Realmgate Wars' series, War Storm.
The version of the short story that I read also included an extract from the first book in the 'Realmgate Wars' series, War Storm.
December 4, 2018
Brutal
A quick and dirty look at the world from a sinner, who tells of the tragic past of his people with hopecrushing choice at the end.
A quick and dirty look at the world from a sinner, who tells of the tragic past of his people with hopecrushing choice at the end.
June 15, 2019
Read as part of Advent Calendar 2018.
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