The Night's Taboo
  • Reads 54
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  • Parts 27
  • Time 55m
  • Reads 54
  • Votes 27
  • Parts 27
  • Time 55m
Ongoing, First published Jun 26, 2019
Imagine losing a piece of yourself at the drop of a hat. No warning arrives and suddenly, you could become blind, or paralyzed from the waist down. The Night's Taboo is a curse upon the land of Kerra that does take away, but gives in return. No one wants it, but no one can change this fact, but that won't stop people from trying. A young man named Rez of a race known as the Twi has had his sight taken away by the curse, but unlike other people he managed to see an old woman just before he went blind. Now with nothing but a walking stick and a memory in tow, he sets off across the land in search of the woman and gains more ragtag allies of varying races along the way...
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