Strolen's Citadel

Locations · Country/ State · Mountains

The Carved Kingdom-

by valadaar

A 100 word Location

95 xp 3,080 views

Mountain easels for vanity of kings.
The precious stone squandered for pride of the unworthy.
The chip chip of centuries bringing down the bones of the earth.
Busts and Equestrians, Statues and Bas-reliefs.
All adorn the diminished mountains.
For power, deserved or not, emanates from these works.
Shaped as the stone was shaped, strengthened by the art of stone.
Princes undo the work of Kings - a cycle repeated.
Until now.
A new King. A new Rule. A circle Broken.
A Plan to arise the bones of the earth and make things anew.
The old must perish to nourish the new.

Scrolls

0 scrolls

Twists, chapters, and details meant to stream with the submission — not general discussion.

No scrolls yet — leave one if you have a twist worth keeping.

Sign in to plant an idea scroll.

Enjoyed this? Sign in and cross blades for valadaar — five clashes, up to 25 XP.

Sign in to cross the blades.

Rare mark

Hall of Honour

for The Carved Kingdom-

The Hall of Honour is your mark on a submission you believe is frick’n awesome — so good you would jump in front of a dragon’s breath to protect the scroll it is written on.

Bestowing HoH also highlights it on the front of the Citadel for about a day, so others see the recognition it earned.

You may bestow HoH on the same submission up to your level (with a short wait between strikes). Five distinct HoH voters raise a work to Golden.

Enjoyed this? Sign in and Grant your Favor.

Sign in to Favor

Discussion

5 comments

Reader talk, questions, and feedback — not scrolls.

  1. valadaar

    My attempt at this style, with a bit of odd prose to boot.

    0 xp Reply +XP
  2. Scrasamax

    They are going to make new mountains to replace the ones lost to ahem monumental erosion?

    0 xp Reply +XP
  3. axlerowes

    I really like it, I like the prose style as well. So they are going tear down the statues and quarry new stone replace them.

    A brave man to show free verse poetry to crass obvious gamers

    0 xp Reply +XP
  4. Murometz

    nice prose!

    0 xp Reply +XP
  5. Aramax

    4/5 for style alone!

    Comment challange

    0 xp Reply +XP

Sign in to join the discussion.

Also in

Codex hubs that gather this piece with similar work.

Bonds

1 bond

Curated bonds across the Citadel — sign in to bind a bond.

Links to this article 1

The graph

Bind a Bond

from The Carved Kingdom-

Know a piece that belongs with this one? Bind them together so every reader who finds one can find the other. Choose how they are bound.

Sign in to bind Bonds.

Use alongside

6

Submissions that pair well with this one at the table.

Browse Locations Seek the Citadel

Sharing tags