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Darkblade Assassin_An Epic Fantasy Adventure

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by Andy Peloquin


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  More Books by Andy Peloquin

  Queen of Thieves

  Book 1: Child of the Night Guild

  Book 2: Thief of the Night Guild

  Book 3: Queen of the Night Guild

  Traitors’ Fate (Queen of Thieves/Hero of Darkness Crossover)

  Hero of Darkness

  Book 1: Darkblade Assassin (May 29th)

  Book 2: Darkblade Outcast (June 5th)

  Book 3: Darkblade Protector (June 19th)

  Book 4: Darkblade Seeker (July 10th)

  Book 5: Darkblade Slayer (August 7th)

  Book 6: Darkblade Savior (September 4th)

  Different, Not Damaged: A Short Story Collection

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  About the Author

  I am, first and foremost, a storyteller and an artist--words are my palette. Fantasy is my genre of choice, and I love to explore the darker side of human nature through the filter of fantasy heroes, villains, and everything in between. I'm also a freelance writer, a book lover, and a guy who just loves to meet new people and spend hours talking about my fascination for the worlds I encounter in the pages of fantasy novels.

  Fantasy provides us with an escape, a way to forget about our mundane problems and step into worlds where anything is possible. It transcends age, gender, religion, race, or lifestyle--it is our way of believing what cannot be, delving into the unknowable, and discovering hidden truths about ourselves and our world in a brand new way. Fiction at its very best!

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  Glossary

  The City of Voramis

  Gods of Voramis

  Kiro, the Master: God of virtue and nobility

  Deralana, Lady of Vengeance: Goddess of warriors and vengeance

  Garridos, the Apprentice: God of ventures and enterprise

  The Maiden: Goddess of purity, devotion, and festivities

  The Illusionist: God of coin, success, and madness

  The Bright Lady: Goddess of healing

  The Swordsman: God of war, heroism, and metal-smithing

  The Mistress: Goddess of trysts, secrets, and whispered truths

  The Bloody Minstrel: God of sickness, plague, and horrible music

  The Watcher: God of the night, god of justice and vengeance. Thieves and criminals know him as “the Watcher in the Dark”.

  The Lonely Goddess: Goddess of orphans and broken hearts

  The Beggar God: God of outcasts, the destitute, and the needy

  The Long Keeper: God of death.

  Darkblade Assassin Characters

  (in order of appearance)

  Primary Characters:

  The Hunter of Voramis: legendary assassin, half-demon, wielder of Soulhunger (Chapter 1)

  Lord Harrenth Anglion: a nobleman of Praamis, one of the Hunter’s disguises (Chapter 6)

  Danther: tailor of Voramis, one of the Hunter’s disguises (Chapter 13)

  Farida: Child saved by the Hunter (in Life for a Life), lives in the House of Need with the Beggar Priests, sells flowers from a wooden cart (Chapter 5)

  Lord Dannaros: Nobleman of Voramis, the Hunter’s target (Chapter 4)

  Lady Dannaros: Wife to Lord Dannaros, daughter of a Voramian Duke (Chapter 6)

  Lord Damuria: Nobleman of Voramis (Chapter 1)

  Lady Damuria: Wife to Lord Damuria, the Hunter’s lover (always when he is in the disguise of Lord Anglion) (Chapter 6)

  Brother Securus: Beggar Priest, Cambionari, victim (Chapter 14)

  Father Reverentus: Beggar Priest, Cambionari, convinces the Hunter to eliminate the demons (Chapter 22)

  Graeme: Alchemist, member of the Hidden Circle, valuable source of information, one of the Hunter’s few friends (Chapter 27)

  Enemies of the Hunter:

  The First/Lord Jahel: Leader of the Bloody Hand and Commander of the Dark Heresy, demon in disguise

  Lord Cyrannius: reclusive nobleman who contracts the Hunter to kill Brother Securus, First/Lord Jahel in disguise (Chapter 11)

  The Second: Lieutenant of the Bloody Hand, sadist and torturer (Chapter 15)

  The Third/Tane: Third of the Bloody Hand, demon in disguise (Chapter 11)

  Celicia: (true name: Kiara) Fourth of the Bloody Hand (Chapter 3)

  The Fifth: Last Bloody Hand leader, former thief, messenger for the First (Chapter 6)

  Secondary/Tertiary Characters:

  Emon, Eld, and Rifter: Three drunks that stumble across the Hunter in disguise (Chapter 1)

  Old Nan, Jak the Thumb, Twelve-Fingers Karrl: beggars that share the Hunter’s home (Chapter 2)

  Ellinor and Arrlo: teenaged mother and infant son that share the Hunter’s home (Chapter 2)

  Garlin: drunk at The Iron Arms (Chapter 3)

  Sor and Yim: Bloody Hand thugs guarding the port (Chapter 4)

  Master Aramon: Owner of The Golden Sunrise, the premium inn and tavern in Upper Voramis (Chapter 5)

  Count Eilenn: Go-between for Lord Jahel to hire the Hunter in secret (Chapter 9)

  Balgos: Courier delivering Lord Cyrannius’ missive to the Hunter (Chapter 10)

  Brutus: Thug serving the Bloody Hand (Chapter 15)

  Captain Erellos: Heresiarch captain, arrests the Hunter (Chapter 17)

  Barchai: Servant to Lady Damuria (Chapter 21)

  Brother Contritus and Brother Mendicatus: Beggar Priests (Chapter 24/25)

  Fillip, Reder, Binnty and Plarno: Thugs in service to the Bloody Hand (Chapter 29)

  Sergeant Alum: Heresiarch captain on the take with the Bloody Hand (Chapter 29)

  Dariel: Pimp in service to the Bloody Hand (Chapter 29)

  Pristo, Lord Manchego, Arkadis: Nobles of Voramis gambling in The Arms of Heaven (Chapter 30)

  Mistress Croquembouche: Madame at The Arms of Heaven (Chapter 30)

  Carac, Galette, and Mille-Feuille: Courtesans at The Arms of Heaven (Chapter 30)

  Corporal Anders, Frollin, Paytr, and Derrin: Heresiarchs in service to Lord Jahel and the Dark Heresy (Chapter 30)

  Grom and Alden: Bloody Hand strong-arms (Chapter 31)

  Handel, Kelnon, Arris, Prios, Balddin: the highest-ranked members of the Bloody Hand outside of the Five Fingers (Chapter 31)

  Kad: Bouncer, giant (Chapter 31)

  Fraid, Oden: Thugs guarding the Second of the Bloody Hand (Chapter 32)

  McCreedy: Pickpocket who leads the Hunter through the tunnels beneath Voramis to the First and the Third (Chapter 33)

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  [1] See Life for a Life

  [2] See Traitors’ Fate for more

 

 

 


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