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Chapter 10: Why I Follow Him Armored Dragon Calendar Year 413 – Charles, Age 19 --- I was twelve when the slavers took me. They came at night, moving through our village with the practiced efficiency of men who had done this many times before. Torches flickered between the houses, throwing shadows that made everything seem unreal. The screams started moments after the first door was kicked in, and they didn't stop for what felt like hours. My father died trying to fight them. He had been a carpenter, a…-
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Chapter 10: Why I Follow Him Armored Dragon Calendar Year 413 – Charles, Age 19 --- I was twelve when the slavers took me. They came at night, moving through our village with the practiced efficiency of men who had done this many times before. Torches flickered between the houses, throwing shadows that made everything seem unreal. The screams started moments after the first door was kicked in, and they didn't stop for what felt like hours. My father died trying to fight them. He had been a carpenter, a…
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Chapter 11: Build Up Armored Dragon Calendar Year 414 – Claude, Age 9 --- I was nine years old when the orb appeared in the sky. Paul noticed it first, squinting up at the heavens during our morning training session. The sun had just cleared the eastern hills, painting the sky in shades of gold and amber, when he stopped mid-swing and stared. "What the hell is that?" I followed his gaze, and my blood ran cold. A sphere hung above the distant horizon, barely visible against the blue expanse. Faint and…
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Chapter 11: Build Up Armored Dragon Calendar Year 414 – Claude, Age 9 --- I was nine years old when the orb appeared in the sky. Paul noticed it first, squinting up at the heavens during our morning training session. The sun had just cleared the eastern hills, painting the sky in shades of gold and amber, when he stopped mid-swing and stared. "What the hell is that?" I followed his gaze, and my blood ran cold. A sphere hung above the distant horizon, barely visible against the blue expanse. Faint and…
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Chapter 8: To Err is Humane Armored Dragon Calendar Year 413 – Claude, Age 8 --- Rudeus had left for Roa three days ago. I stood at the edge of the training ground where we had sparred so many times, the space feeling emptier now without him. His movements had improved remarkably over the past year under Paul's instruction, the clumsy child becoming something closer to a competent fighter. Not a swordsman in the true sense. He would never match Ghislaine or Paul in pure blade work. But he had learned…
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Chapter 8: To Err is Humane Armored Dragon Calendar Year 413 – Claude, Age 8 --- Rudeus had left for Roa three days ago. I stood at the edge of the training ground where we had sparred so many times, the space feeling emptier now without him. His movements had improved remarkably over the past year under Paul's instruction, the clumsy child becoming something closer to a competent fighter. Not a swordsman in the true sense. He would never match Ghislaine or Paul in pure blade work. But he had learned…
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Chapter 13: Last Spurt Armored Dragon Calendar Year 415 – Claude, Age 10 --- Roa was larger than I had imagined. The Boreas family's territory sprawled across the landscape, a city of stone and commerce that dwarfed anything in our quiet village. Walls rose from the earth like the bones of some ancient giant, encircling streets that pulsed with activity from dawn until well past dusk. Merchants crowded the thoroughfares, their voices creating a constant background noise that never quite faded. Carts…
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Chapter 13: Last Spurt Armored Dragon Calendar Year 415 – Claude, Age 10 --- Roa was larger than I had imagined. The Boreas family's territory sprawled across the landscape, a city of stone and commerce that dwarfed anything in our quiet village. Walls rose from the earth like the bones of some ancient giant, encircling streets that pulsed with activity from dawn until well past dusk. Merchants crowded the thoroughfares, their voices creating a constant background noise that never quite faded. Carts…
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Chapter 16: Before They Must Run Armored Dragon Calendar Year 417 – Weeks Before the Metastasis --- I hated Claude. The training ground was muddy from yesterday's rain, and my arms ached from the exercises he had forced us through since dawn. Wooden sword in my trembling hands, bruises forming beneath my clothes, I watched him demonstrate another form with the detached precision of someone who had never known struggle. He made it look easy. Every movement flowed into the next with a grace that seemed…
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Chapter 16: Before They Must Run Armored Dragon Calendar Year 417 – Weeks Before the Metastasis --- I hated Claude. The training ground was muddy from yesterday's rain, and my arms ached from the exercises he had forced us through since dawn. Wooden sword in my trembling hands, bruises forming beneath my clothes, I watched him demonstrate another form with the detached precision of someone who had never known struggle. He made it look easy. Every movement flowed into the next with a grace that seemed…
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