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Absolutely gripping! A truly unique tale and well told.

Thanks for the comments! Definitely enjoyed writing in the mindset of a Shadow Stalker Druid, it's a confusing place to be (and one that needs more time than I gave myself!)

Thank you so much for the comments! I definitely am kicking myself for not editing more in the last 20 minutes, but glad it was still enjoyable!

Really enjoyed this. Great to see Havoc Dwarves at the centre of a story; only thing is, I really want to know whether the ritual worked! Great double use of the theme too.

I know the feeling! 

Absolutely brilliant. The characters and their feelings are well described and subtle humour throughout, great stuff.

Thanks for the feedback. What is time to a Shadow Stalker?  It was something I was toying with but didn't make explicit as I hadn't fully worked out an answer!

A really awesome opening paragraph, then I lost the the narrative a little. Lovely descriptions and the central idea was intriguing if a little ambitious for the one page limit.

A very original take on the theme and a well paced story. 

A really fantastic building of the story and the background, but I felt the last few paragraphs were a little rushed. would have liked to know why he was saved!

Thanks for taking the time to read this multiple times! I struggled with this theme, trying not to do the first thing that came to mind, and incorporating something I'd been playing with in Quest - it just took too long!

Thank you. I guess it was a little ambitious...I tried to make the links obvious without being obvious, which as you say didn't land in the one page limit! Gotta keep trying! 😁

Thanks for the feedback. I struggled with this theme tbh, this was the third story I wrote (the beginning of this was the end of the second) so not my finest work admittedly!

Korw emosewa! This was great, highly entertaining and well paced. Particularly liked that not checking an AI output lead to it all 🤣

Thanks. Some of the tense changes were intentional to convey the Shadow Stalkers' take on reality...but there are also errors in the text 🤦 it's what you get when you run out of editing time 🤷

Excellent. A beautifully poignant story, well told, with the theme completely obvious, yet unwritten. Great stuff!

This was a really interesting story. I thought the idea behind it and use of the theme was great!

Great story telling. Scene was set well and the pace of the action was measured, building to a nice use of the theme. Well done.

Great story and lovely use of the theme

Very nice story and best use of a "rounding error" ever! 😁

Very nicely crafted, and definitely nailed the theme! 

Nice idea, the thought of a Havoc brother being tortured is captivating. One thing that stood out was the how the characters seem to go from placid, in a verbal sparring match, to explosive anger and back again; this lost some of the tension building I think you were going for.

Lovely story about one of the most twisted elements of the dark elves. Great building and descriptions of the characters.

Really well paced, enjoyable yarn. Can really picture the scene this was set in, just from the conversation. Well done!

Nice read. Particularly enjoyed how the lead character was confused throughout!

I really loved the machine cult world you built and the sprinkle of humour with the captive. The action was paced brilliantly and drew me in! Very enjoyable read 👍

Thank you! I worked out the ending and worked backwards 😁

Thanks very much! When the theme was released I knew I wanted to do something with a paintbrush and death and it grew from there! 😂

Wow, that hooked me in and what a ride! You managed to get that sense of rising panic so well and the pay-off at the end 👏 Really awesome.

That was great! Really loved how you built the relationship between the two humans then the catharsis of the climax and nice touch with the epilogue. What more creative resources than a fountain pen 👍

A nicely written story that I really enjoyed. A bit of a slow start but once I got into it, the imagery was brilliant.

Thank you so much! It was great fun to get inside the head of an Orc!

Oh the subtle humour laced through this was the icing on the cake! Great story telling the interaction at the end was brilliant too. Great job.

Totally gripping from beginning to end.

Great job on this! I don't think the Wardens get enough love and there is so much scope to develop them, and you did just that! The imagery you portrayed was great.

Such good pacing throughout, I was totally engrossed. Great job.

This link works 👍

Hats off for the ambition of this piece and great concepts. Maybe trying to add a little too much in, but feel of the frantic panic was palpable. Well done.

Thanks, glad you enjoyed the orcs!

Glad you liked it! It always bugged me why orcs were green...