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Parker McCoy's avatar

Ardysseos is the true warrior and hard not to admire. Great post.

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Josh Tatter's avatar

Thanks very much for the kind words! My goal is to make him a stoic and noble character, but with a bit of a cynical edge.

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The Black Knight's avatar

Nice! I liked how this is a gathering of the questing warriors kind of an opening :D

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Josh Tatter's avatar

Thanks, dude. That means a lot coming from one of Substack’s most high profile fantasy authors!

I wasn't planning on breaking this story up, but it felt appropriate to do it this way once I started writing.

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Michael P. Marpaung's avatar

I love this opening. The setting, the character, and premise all established in just about 1,000 words (or so I estimate).

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Josh Tatter's avatar

Thanks, man 🙌 I was pretty pleased with the way it turned out.

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