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lytrigian

The Shadow Duke, part 3

Jun 13, 2008 00:22

The conclusion of The Shadow Duke. I hope you enjoyed it.

I'll probably post the next story, Barbaric Treatment, in a week or two. It's very short by comparison and isn't of terribly great moment, but it'll be something to look at while I'm writing the next tale.

Edit: This is the revised version.

When I came to, my white fire had receded. I ( Read more... )

sword & sorcery, fantasy, tales of the tempest, the shadow duke, gay, yaoi

Comments 5

tmelange June 13 2008, 13:46:05 UTC

Great story. Bravo on finishing it!

frolic_horror April 24 2011, 07:31:10 UTC

I'm not entirely sure I understood how they defeated the demon. Kit left some sort of energy inside him (when he drove the sword through him) and then used it to make him explode?
Anyway... this interlude was quite creepy :)) I really wasn't expecting them to run across demons.

lytrigian April 24 2011, 10:59:03 UTC

This was one of the first stories I plotted out after outlining the first two, and I found myself with a problem: How to challenge Kit in a fight. I was very afraid I had over-powered him. A demon was perhaps a little over-the-top, but since I think it was pretty clear it was severely weakened -- due to being summoned in great haste and without the proper sacrifices -- not as much as it might have been ( ... )

frolic_horror April 25 2011, 07:52:54 UTC

Thanks, that makes sense :)
It was nice to see Kit challanged for once. He needed to be faced with situations that are difficult even for him to manage ("instructive"? lol).
I kind of like it that Tam doesn't bother with understanding the intricaties of qi. He really doesn't need to. If I were him I wouldn't bother either :))

lytrigian April 25 2011, 09:46:41 UTC

It would help Tam if he did. One consequence of that is that he's very slow in learning how to use his own power. He'll never be really proficient with it.

I expect Kit will tend to be often challenged in non-combat situations, or where he has to finesse a situation or remain concealed rather than confront it head-on. The story I'm currently working on is like the latter, "Colder than Ice, Hotter than Flame" is more the former. That's even true of "The Secret Oasis". There are fights in it, but that's not where Kit has problems.