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Goddesses of Dúrev: Cypress

On July 6, 2020July 6, 2020 By Elyan WhiteIn Fiction, To Those Who Seek SirensLeave a comment

Also known as Kyparissia, Cypress is the goddess of ceremony, harmony, and predestination. Cults associate her with seashells, marriage, and pearls.

Day 22: The Patriarch’s Letter

On July 25, 2019 By Elyan WhiteIn Fantasy, Magical Realism, Storybuilding, WritingLeave a comment

Why the sixteenth patriarch of Regnor had invited him to his residence was still unclear to Umi.

Day 20: Persis the Warrior

On July 22, 2019 By Elyan WhiteIn Fantasy, Magical Realism, Storybuilding, The Stars Went Out, WritingLeave a comment

Her first battle came only two days later. A gang of straggling Demons fell on them, rising from hills of mulch. They had no choice but to stop and stand their ground.

Day 17: The King’s Sight

On July 19, 2019July 27, 2019 By Elyan WhiteIn Fiction, Magical RealismLeave a comment

Khurshid tapped her chin with the tooth of his curved sword. Umi flinched.

Day 3: Priestess’s Tower

On July 5, 2019 By Elyan WhiteIn Magical RealismLeave a comment

Umi caressed the careful stitching of petals in his fingers. Would life have felt like pink embroidery if he’d gone the path meant for him? For her, he denied. Not me. Yet here he sat in the priestess’s tower.

“The Stars Went Out” 2019

On June 29, 2019August 17, 2019 By Elyan WhiteIn Fantasy, Fiction, Magical Realism, The Stars Went Out, Writing3 Comments

Three siblings divided by social class--honored war hero, pampered gentry, and outcast slave--navigate the immediate aftermath of a magic war that drastically warped each of their lives. However, all of Lumis must obey a decree to erase any memory of the war within one year.

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