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Make sure you read the content warnings, pronunciation guide, and reading order below! The Prologue releases on July 4th!
The Last Knight is a prequel/companion novel to a complete trilogy. Though you can read The Last Knight at any point during the trilogy, I originally intended for it to be read between Throne of Darkness and Sanctuary. If you would like to read the series in chronological order, read the prologue of Awakening the Lightforged: Deathknight, then read The Last Knight in its entirety before moving on to the rest of the series.
Trilogy:
Throne of Darkness
Sanctuary
The Shattering
Companion/Prequel:
The Last Knight
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Content Warnings This story contains some difficult material. I do not put these in for shock value, and try my best to approach these thoughtfully, but I encourage you to take care when reading if any of the below is something you hard for you to read.
This is a non-exhaustive list of content warnings:
Graphic
Violence, death, dead bodies, blood, loss of limb, death of a spouse, concentration camp, death of a child (off screen), death of family (off screen), forced migration (off screen)
Moderate
Suicide, imprisonment, enhanced interrogation/torture (implied), suicidal thoughts (implied), drug use, alcohol use, authoritarian regime, cursing, fade-to-black seduction and intimacy.
Minor
Injury details, innuendo
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Note:
I am lucky enough that I have rarely needed content warnings when consuming media except in the case of graphic horror (just can't do it), so if there is anything in this book that I have missed listing above that causes you distress, please accept my sincerest apologies, and if you wouldn't mind, please let me know so that I can add it to the list in this book and on my website to prevent others from having a similar experience.
A Brief Glossary of Auroramantic Abilities
Samjati Abilities
Violetnodes: sap heat from the air or produce ice
Aquanodes: manipulate existing ice or water
Greennodes: push and pull ice and water
Greynodes: enhance strength and durability
Clearnodes: enhance sensory perception
Opalnodes: flare other abilities
Orangenodes: see into the past
Yellownodes: manipulate luck, chance, coincidence
Rednodes: produce and manipulate darklight
Bluenodes: steal Auroralight from others
Ambernodes: limited precognition
Blacknodes: hide uses of Auroramancy
Natari Abilities
Violetnodes: produce heat, fire, and lightning
Aquanodes: manipulate existing fire or lava
Greennodes: push and pull volcanic rock and lava
Greynodes: enhance stamina and agility
Clearnodes: enhance sensory perception
Opalnodes: flare other abilities
Orangenodes: see into the past
Yellownodes: manipulate luck, chance, coincidence
Rednodes: produce and manipulate hardlight
Bluenodes: transfer Auroralight to others
Ambernodes: limited precognition
Blacknodes: detect uses of Auroramancy
Notes on Pronunciation
This note is intended to clarify the pronunciation of names in the different languages of Efruumani.
Consonants
C: though not often used for names in this book, always has the value of k, never s
J: always has the value of y as in your, or yell
G: always has the sound of English g in get.
The apostrophe marks a glottal stop, which can be pronounced like an English double-consonant: n'n for example, would be pronounced as the nn in unnamed, as opposed to unaimed.
Vowels
A: always has the value of a in mark or kart
AA: always has the value of a in cake or tame
AI: always has the value of y in sky or of i in kite
E: always has the value of e in let or ten
I: always has the value of e in free or preen
Y: always has the value of i in kick or bid
O: always has the value of o as in okay or omen
UU: always has the value of the oo or ew sounds as in pool or stew
Posting Schedule
Chapters are posted every Tuesday and Thursday.Subscribers get to read them a week in advance of free readers.Most chapters are of a similar, standard length, but there are short ones and long ones that balance one another out.If there is a change in posting schedule, it will likely be due to chapter length, or just an increase in schedule.
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The Last Knight (An Awakening the Lightforged Novel)
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