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The Healer of Shakkara - Book One

*Warning Adult Content*

Chapter 2 - Bruises - Part 2

Books were rare in Thryn.

Children were taught to read... everyone was expected to understand signs and posted notices and later written missives passed among the Guard but knowledge took a back seat to more physical talents.

When Galen showed a passion for it, though, Harrald had made an effort to acquire whatever volumes he could, whenever he could.

He'd given them to Galen on his birthdays or on high festival days and Galen treasured every single one.

It had to be admitted that Harrald was not particularly discerning, however and the selection was borderline comedic.

Galen owned a book of Yuthi recipes most of which called for ingredients he'd never heard of a dry, classic History of Sakkara and a pamphlet titled Treatise on the Relative Discordance of the Celestial Primaries at Variable Temporal Foci and the Possible Arcane Applications Thereof... written by someone named 'Tim' among various other tomes.

He loved and treasured each of them, even if he understood less than half of what they contained.

Absorbing himself with his most recent acquisition... a fascinating study on the various insects found throughout Sakkara... he was only roused from it by the slam of the back door, signaling that Harrald had finished his work for the day and would soon be ready for his meal.

Galen set aside his book with care and descended quickly to the kitchen.

The bread was done, the stew still hot and he carried both to the table, wincing again as the strain hurt his injured wrist.

He sat and waited for Harrald to descend from his room.

The old man came down a few minutes later, drying his hand on a cloth.

His other arm ended at the elbow.

That wasn't the injury that had finished his career in the Guard, though... that was the twist in his back from when his horse had fallen in battle and crushed him beneath her.

Lowering himself into his seat with a groan, Harrald waited while Galen served him, ladling steaming stew into a large wooden bowl, along with a square of bread topped with fresh butter mixed with honey... a small luxury.

Then he waited a little longer, while Galen served himself.

"Delicious, as always," Harrald said, slurping a spoonful of stew.

"If you get bored of medicine, the best kitchens in Tal p'Nir could do worse than to hire you."

"As if," Galen scoffed.

The Sakkaran capital was known for its fine cuisine.

Galen was certain vegetable stew and masa bread were not on the menu.

Besides, cooks were little more valued that healers, though both were necessary to keep warriors alive.

But Harrald often suggested such things, as if even being a lowly healer might be too dangerous for someone like Galen.

"I'm serious," Harrald said, glancing up over the rim of his bowl.

His frizzled red-blonde hair was mostly gray now and his rugged face was lined and crisscrossed with scars but Galen could still see how he might have been a handsome man, once.

He'd always wondered why Harrald had never married.

"They'd be lucky to have you. If you can make a few veggies taste this good... I'd love to see what you could do with better fare."

Galen's mouth twisted and he bit off a piece of dry bread and chewed it, hoping to disguise his expression.

It was a compliment... he knewbut it had unintended barbs, nonetheless.

If Galen were a fighter, he'd be in the Guard, making a decent salary and they'd have enough money for 'better fare.'

So, too, if he managed to get an apprenticeship in the Capital, he'd be able to send money home and make a name for himself at the same time.

Earn 'honor,' in his own way.

He swallowed and then Harrald reached across the table and grasped his arm.

"I didn't mean it that way, Gale," he said, his wiry brows pinched.

"I mean you're good at what you do. Worthy of praise. You know I don't give it, otherwise."

This was true and Galen sniffed and nodded.

Harrald was a man of few words and he didn't waste them.

When he spoke, he meant what he said.

Then Harrald squeezed Galen's wrist in a gesture of reassurance and Galen flinched and withdrew his arm.

Harrald froze.

"Are you hurt?"

Galen shook his head.

"Galen..."

Galen shut his eyes and sighed.

When his adoptive father used that tone, he knew there was no point in trying to hide.

He pulled up his sleeve, exposing the bandages.

"I fell," he said.

"It's nothing."

"Hmm."

Harrald sat back, arms crossed.

"Show me."

Reluctantly, Galen lifted his soft cotton shirt, revealing the bruises on his abdomen and chest.

Harrald scowled, his eyes traveling Galen's thin form, taking in every detail.

"How did this happen?"

"I told you. I fell..."

Harrald cut him off in a sharper tone.

"Galen. How did you get those bruises and where is your pendant?"

There was a reason he was among the foremost

Watchers in the Guard... nothing escaped him.

Galen bit his lip.

He'd never been good at lying to his father but the stranger had warned him not to speak of him and the last thing Galen wanted was to bring trouble on Harrald's house.

"I wasn't paying attention," he said, which was true enough.

"And I fell. I must have lost my pendant at the same time."

"Where?"

"The forest," Galen admitted.

"Where in the forest?" Harrald pressed.

Galen bit his lip.

"Near... Out near the Wild Green."

Harrald's eyes narrowed and Galen braced himself for the full interrogation.

To his surprise, Harrald drew a breath through his nose and returned his attention to his meal.

"Perhaps it's for the best. That necklace was a piece of the past, and it's best to leave the past be."

He chewed a piece of masa bread, swallowed carefully and took a bracing gulp of ale.

Then he spoke the words that Galen feared.

"But you're not to go into the forest again, understand?"

Galen bristled.

"But Father... I have to. All the best ingredients are..."

Harrald clunked his mug on the table with a force that made Galen start.

His voice was rough and carried the authority of the former Captain he was.

"I said no. You're to stay within the region patrolled by the Guard and you're not to stray so near the Wild Green again. Do you understand me, Gale? If you can't defend yourself, then..." he huffed in frustration and rubbed his hand over his grizzled face. Galen lowered his gaze and studied the rough surface of the table.

Not high craftsmanship but sturdy and strong and... useful.

Unlike him.

"Yes," he whispered.

"I understand."

No longer hungry, he rose and gathered up his bowl and utensils.

"Gale, wait. I didn't mean..." Harrald tried to rise as well but sat back down with a grunt.

He'd been hard at work all day and his back undoubtedly hurt him.

"I'll bring you some mint salve, later," Galen said.

"And some willow tea. Don't worry about the mess."

Taking his bowl to the kitchen, he washed it and left Harrald to enjoy the rest of his meal in peace.

As he brewed the tea and prepared the salve he'd promised, though, he made a vow to himself.

As much as he hated it, he would learn to fight... so that the next time someone tried to take something that was his... he'd be able to defend himself.

With honor and valor.

And even if it killed him, he'd make Harrald proud.

Luckily... he had the perfect teacher in mind.

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hannaswritingblog · 3 years

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Fandoms

→ The ❌ emoji means that as much as I am open to write NSFW fics, I don’t write those for marked fandoms/characters. I may write romantic fics for all characters, but I’ll be cautious with younger ones. → Every fandom has a note about what I can take into consideration. I try to make my fanfics generic enough to fit with all of the fandom universe, but sometimes the ideas go better with different version of the character (book vs movie, season 1 vs 5, different timelines etc.). → I take suggestions for fanfiction (for all listed characters), as well as both character and fandom suggestions. ~ The list will sometimes change. Last update: 29/01/2024.

Current fandoms

Alice in Wonderland

2010 Tim Burton’s movie

Alice Kingsleigh / Tarrant Hightopp / Mirana Crimms / Iracebeth Crimms / Ilosovic Stayne

Animations (Disney/Pixar, Dreamworks, and other) ❌

Anastasia

Anya / Dmitri / Vladimir

Bolt

Penny Forrester

Big Hero 6

Hiro Hamada / Tadashi Hamada / Fred / Go Go / Wasabi / Honey Lemon / aunt Cass

Brave

Merida

Coraline

Coraline / Wybie

Lilo & Stitch

Lilo / Stitch / Nani / David

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Quasimodo / Esmeralda / Phoebus / Clopin

Treasure Planet

Jim Hawkins / John Silver / doctor Doppler / captain Amelia

Back to the Future ❌

first movie of the trilogy

Marty McFly / Emmett Brown / George McFly / Lorraine Baines (McFly)

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

seasons 1-4

Sabrina Spellman / Ambrose Spellman / Zelda Spellman / Hilda Spellman / Nicholas Scratch / Harvey Kinkle / Prudence Blackwood

Gotham

seasons 1-5

Jim Gordon / Harvey Bullock / Bruce Wayne ❌ / Alfred Pennyworth / Selina Kyle ❌ / Ivy Pepper ❌ / Edward Nygma / Oswald Cobblepot / Barbara Kean / Fish Mooney / Lucius Fox / Lee Thompkins / Butch Gilzean / Victor Zsasz / Theo Galavan / Tabitha Galavan / Jervis Tetch / Jonathan Crane / Jerome Valeska / Jeremiah Valeska

Harry Potter ❌

7 books + 8 movies (original series)

Harry Potter / Hermione Granger / Ron Weasley / Fred Weasley / George Weasley / Ginny Weasley / Bill Weasley / Charlie Weasley / Percy Weasley / Lee Jordan / Neville Longbottom / Luna Lovegood / Seamus Finnigan / Dean Thomas / Oliver Wood / Nymphadora Tonks / Remus Lupin / Severus Snape / Sirius Black / James Potter / Lily Evans

Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)

Phase One movies

Tony Stark / Bruce Banner / Thor / Loki / Steve Rogers / James “Bucky” Barnes / Natasha Romanoff / Clint Barton

Once Upon a Time

season 1

Rumplestiltskin (Mr Gold) / Jefferson (The Mad Hatter) / Snow White (Mary Margaret Blanchard) / David Nolan (Prince Charming) / Ruby Lucas

Pirates of the Caribbean

movies 1-3

Jack Sparrow / Hector Barbossa / Joshamee Gibbs / Will Turner / Elizabeth Swann / James Norrington / Cutler Beckett / Davy Jones / Pintel / Ragetti

Stranger Things

seasons 1-4

Mike Wheeler ❌ / Dustin Henderson ❌ / Lucas Sinclair ❌ / Will Byers ❌ / Eleven Hopper ❌ / Max Mayfield ❌ / Nancy Wheeler / Steve Harrington / Jonathan Byers / Joyce Byers / Jim Hopper / Bob Newby / Murray Bauman / Alexei / Robin Buckley / Eddie Munson / Dmitri Antonov / Martin Brenner

The Alienist

season 1

Laszlo Kreizler / John Moore / Sara Howard / Lucius Isaacson / Marcus Isaacson

The Book Thief ❌

the book + the movie

Liesel Meminger / Rudy Steiner / Max Vandenburg

The Chronicles of Narnia ❌

7 books + 3 Disney movies

Peter Pevensie / Susan Pevensie / Edmund Pevensie / Lucy Pevensie / Caspian X

The End Of The F***ing World ❌

seasons 1-2

Alyssa / James

The Hunger Games

book trilogy + the adaptations + the prequel

Katniss Everdeen / Primrose Everdeen ❌ / Peeta Mellark / Haymitch Abernathy / Johanna Mason / Gale Hawthorne / Finnick Odair / Coriolanus Snow ❌

The Rain

seasons 1-3

Simone Andersen / Rasmus Andersen / Martin / Patrick / Jean / Lea / Beatrice

Possible future fandoms

→ fandoms in italics were recommended to me in some way

American Gods

Dark

Fear Street

Fleabag

Lord of the Rings

Peaky Blinders

Shadow and Bone

The Haunting of the Hill House

The Queen’s Gambit

The Witcher

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

We Hunt The Flame/We Free The Stars

Old fandoms

A Series of Unfortunate Events

Maniac

Ragnarok

The Umbrella Academy

Tribes of Europa

#fandoms #characters #fandom list

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daggerzine · 4 years

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Lots of lists! DAGGER’s favorites of 2019 (and more lists to come)

TIM’S LISTS

MY 20 FAVORITE RECORDS OF 2019 (in no particular order)

Jeanines- S/t (Slumberland)

Purple Mountains- S/T (Drag City)

Monnone Alone- Summer of the Mosquito (Lost & Lonesome)

Mick Trouble – Here’s the Mick Trouble LP (Emotional Response)

Pernice Brothers- Spread the Feeling (Ashmont)

The Resonars- No Exit (Trouble in Mind)

Rocket 808- S/T (12XU)

Thigh Master- Now For Example (Goner)

Seablite- Grass Stains and Novacaine (Emotional Response)

Ex Hex- It’s Real (Merge)

Versus – Ex Voto (Ernest Jenning Record Co)

Nots- 3 (Goner)

Rocketship- Thanks To You (Darla)

Dream Syndicate- These Times (Anti)

The Paranoid Style – A Goddamn Impossible Way of Life (Bar None)

Business of Dreams- Ripe for Anarchy (Slumberland)

The Safes- Winning Combination (Bickerton Records)

The Gotobeds- Debt Begins at 30 (Sub Pop)

The Black Watch- Magic Johnson (ATOM Records)

Comet Gain- Fireraisers Forever! (Tapete)

WAIT! HERE’S 20 MORE!

Vivian Girls- Memory (Polyvinyl)

Bob Mould- Sunshine Rock (Merge)

Modern Nature- How To Live (Bella Union)

Robert Forster- Inferno (Tapete’)

David Kilgour- Bobbie’s a Girl (Merge)

Piroshka- Brickbat (Bella Union)

The Armoires- Zibaldone (Big Stir Records)

Dark Blue- Victory is Rated (12XU)

The Persian Leaps- Electrical Living (Land Ski Records)

Sasha Bell- Love Is Alright (Both Sides Now)

Frankie Cosmos- Close It Quietly (Sub Pop)

USA/Mexico- Matamoros (12XU)

Moving Targets- Wires (Boss Tuneage)

Red Sleeping Beauty- Stockholm (Matinee)

Redd Kross- Beyond the Door (Merge)

The Treasures of Mexico- Everything Sparks Joy (Shelflife)

In Deed- Everest (Big Stir Records)

The Catenary Wires- Til the Morning (Tapete)

Foxhall Stacks- The Coming Collapse (Snappy Little Numbers)

The Vandoliers- Forever (Bloodshot)

WAIT!! EVEN 20 MORE…

Tiny Ruins- Olympic Girls (Bada Bing!)

Bruce Springsteen- Western Stars (Columbia/ Sony)

Sebadoh- Act Surprised (Dangerbird)

Le Superhomard- Meadow Lane park (Elefant)

James Clarke Five- Parlour Sounds (The Beautiful Music)

The Boys with the Perpetual Nervousness – Dead Calm (Pretty Olivia)

Tennis Club- Pink (Elefant)

Parsnip- When the Tree Bears Fruit (Trouble in Mind)

The Muffs- No Holiday (Omnivore)

The Kyle Sowashes- I Don’t Know What To Tell You (Anyway Records)

The Vapour Trails- See You In the Next World (Futureman Records)

Jason Hawk Harris- Love and the Dark (Bloodshot)

Trip Wire- Once & Always (Big Stir Records)

Lloyd Cole- Guesswork (EAR Music)

Mike Krol- Power Chords (Merge)

Bubblegum Lemonade- Desperately Seeking Sunshine (Matinee)

The Silent Boys- By the Light of the Moon (Bossy Lil Thing Records)

The Pearlfishers- Love and Other Hopeless Things (Marina)

Spray Paint- Into the Country (12XU)

The Ocean Blue- Kings and Queens/ Knave and Thieves (Korda)

I also really enjoyed records by……Unhappy Fly, I Was a King, The Hussy, 75 Dollar Bill, Snail Mail, Apex Manor, Mike Gale, Rob Laufer, Richard X, Heyman, Skull Practitioners, Todd Herfindal, Young Guv, New Pornographers, Scott Gagner, The Memory Fades, Mudhoney, The Well Wishers, Golden Pelicans, The Reds, Pinks and Purples, Lucille Furs, The Umbrella Puzzles, Westkust , Mondello , Johnny Couch, Weyes Blood, Spearmint, Corridor, Joy Cleaner, Elva, Possible Humans, Blue Jeans, the BVs, etc .etc.

COLLECTIONS/ REISSUES

The Springfields- Singles, 1986-1991 (Slumberland)

The Victims- S/T (In the Red)

Dream Syndicate- The Days of Wine and Roses (Fire)

Stephen Duffy- I Love My Friends (Needle Mythology)

Human Switchboard- Who’s Landing in my Hangar (Fat Possum)

The Dum Dum Boys- Let There Be Noise (In the red)

Soul Asylum- Made to be Broken & While You Were Out (Omnivore)

Holiday Flyer- The Rainbow Confection & Try Not To Worry (Darla)

Metz- Automat (Sub Pop)

The Toms- The 1970 Sessions (Futureman Records)

SOME LISTS BY DINA HORNREICH

In a not-so comprehensive (mostly desultory) manner I have thrown this list of current zeitgeisty kinds of things that I encountered in one way or another that had various compelling bits, chunks, and other substantial nuggets (if not their complete entirety) of a musical persuasion that provided something engaging, amusing, enlightening, challenging, discordant, or otherwise worthwhile for my freaky mind, body, and soul to chew on in this last year of 2019. There are always tons and tons of things that I missed and/or never got to (but always meant to) so not exhaustive whatsoever. More a reflection of where I’ve been these days and how I’ve gotten here... (and will try to remain, if circumstances allow.)

Some Recorded Albums:

● Sneaks: Highway Hypnosis (Merge)

● The World: Reddish (Microminiature)

● Sacred Paws: Run Around the Sun (Merge)

● Trash Kit: Horizon (Upset the Rhythm)

● A-WA: Bayti Fi Rasi (BMG)

● Sleater-Kinney: The Center Won’t Hold (Mom + Pop)

● Ex Hex: It’s Real (Merge)

● Angel Olsen: All Mirrors (Jagjaguwar)

● Vagabon: s/t (Nonesuch)

● GRLwood: I Sold My Soul to the Devil When I Was 12 (sonaBLAST!)

● Girl Friday: Fashion Conman EP (Hardly Art)

● Tacocat: This Mess is a Place (Sub Pop)

● Karen O/Danger Mouse: Lux Prima (BMG)

● Cherry Glazerr: Stuffed and Ready (Secretly Canadian)

● Habibi: Come My Habibi single (Muddguts)

● Haim: Hallelujah EP (Columbia)

● Grimes: “We Appreciate Power”/”Pretty Dark” demo/”4AEM”/”Violence”/”So Heavy I Fell Through The Earth” various pre-album release singles (4AD)

● Madame Gandhi: Visions EP - Extended Versions (self-released?)

● Chai: PUNK (Burger)

● Kero Kero Bonito: Civilisation I single (Polyvinyl)

● Solange: When I Get Home (Columbia)

● UT: Conviction reissue (Mute)

Some Live Performances (mostly in Denver, CO):

● Hadgaba/Hal Aqua and the Lost Tribe (Denver Klezfest 2019 at Mercury Cafe)

● Jonathan Richman (Swallow Hill)

● Kristen Hersh (Hi Dive)

● Ex Hex/Moaning (Bluebird)

● Sleater-Kinney/Joseph Keckler (Ogden)

● Angel Olsen/Vagabon (Gothic)

● Holygram (Oriental)

● Cellista (Mercury Cafe)

● The Beths/Girl Friday (Globe)

● GRLwood (Globe)

● Tacocat/Paranoyds (Larimer)

● Short Shorts/Potty Mouth (Lost Lake)

● Nots (Lost Lake)

● Spiritualized (Gothic)

● Breezy Porticos (Chez Hinely)

● Church Fire/Glitter Vomit (Rhinoceropolis)

● FemmeFest 2019: Rare Byrds (Museum of Contemporary Art Denver)

● Love Languages/Teenage Fanclub (Bluebird)

● Girls Rock Denver Showcase 2019 (Summit Music Hall)

● Vivien Goldman (in-store at Rough Trade Records NYC)

● Imperial Teen (in-store at Twist’n Shout Records)

Some Books:

● Women Who Rock by Evelyn McDonnell

● Dayglo: Poly Styrene by Celeste Bell and Zoe Howe

● Revenge of the She-Punks by Vivien Goldman

● Why Karen Carpenter Matters by Karen Tongson

● Hardcore Anxiety: A Graphic Guide to Punk Rock and Mental Health by Reid Chancellor

● Liz Phair: Horror Stories (memoir)

● Frame of Mind: Punk Photos and Essays From Washington DC (and Beyond) 1997-2017 by Antonia Tricarico

● Girl in a Girl Band by Malia James

Some Film/TV (if not content relevant entirely, for its soundtrack minimally):

● Judy (BBC Films)

● Transparent (Amazon Series, Season 5/Musical Finale)

● Dolemite is My Name (Netflix Original Film)

● 2 Dope Queens (HBO Season 2, Episode 3)

● Trinkets (Netflix Series, Season 1)

● Blinded by the Light (New Line Cinema)

● Shrill (Hulu Series, Season 1)

● The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon Series, Season 3)

● Big Mouth (Netflix Series, Season 3)

● A Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu Series, Season 3)

● GLOW (Netflix Series, Season 3)

● Orange is the New Black (Netflix Series, Season 7)

Some Radio/Podcast Outlets:

● She’s A Punk (podcast)

● Indie 102.3 FM (local station formerly Open Air CPR)

● KGNU 1390 AM (local station)

● Radio 1190AM KVCU (local station)

And to go full circle around in the weird miasmic disorientations of blogs/zines, and every tool in between...I could mention the writers at Bust, Bitch, Pitchfork, even… DAGGER. But credit for discoverability also includes the vending platforms of Spotify/Bandcamp/Apple Music/Soundcloud themselves (and their haunted algorithms) as well as musicians’ various social media counterparts (which may or may not include their publicists) on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc. (and where does YouTube fit in exactly?) which means the industry will eventually eat itself. Happy New Year, ladies and germs. Who knows what the next decade will bring? Whatever it may be, let it be progress rather than random changes for no apparently good reasons.

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