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A Mage in the Making: Blacksmith’s boy, Grimm Afelnor, becomes a charity student in Arnor House of the Ancient and Honourable Guild of Magic-users, Thaumaturges and Sorcerers. Shocked to learn that his beloved grandfather, Loras, was once a powerful mage of the highest rank, he is inducted into the class-obsessed Guild for as long as Prelate Thorn demands. Driven to look into the dark abyss of insanity, at the behest of the man who betrayed his grandfather, Grimm becomes a Mage Questor. As reborn ‘Weapon of the Guild’, Grimm Afelnor vows to fight for his Guild and for the name of his disgraced family. Sample Chapter Weapon of the Guild: Grimm Afelnor, the youngest Mage Questor in Arnor House, has sworn to expunge the stain from his reviled family name. On his first Quest, he is rewarded more than he expects after he helps to retrieve a magical gem from a humanoid demon. Now a wealthy Baron and a Fifth Rank Mage Questor, with a scaly titan and a six-inch imp as his allies, Grimm feels confident when he is sent to tackle a renegade General who is abducting Guild Mages. His only problems are the pompous Questor Xylox, a young female pickpocket and a mysterious sickness that lurks in the Shest Mountains... Sample Chapter Questor: Brought back from the brink of death on a remote mountainside, Guild Questor Grimm Afelnor is taken with his companions to a strange, Technological complex, where the evil Administrator Armitage attempts to take control of his very mind. With the aid of the resourceful demon, Thribble, and a rebellious, resentful Technician, the group prevails, only to face greater peril in the form of an arduous desert trek and an obsessive General, whose goal is the downfall of the entire Guild! Sample Chapter The Most Dangerous Quest: After thwarting Prioress Lizaveta in her attempt to suborn the Guild Dominie, Lord Horin, Questor Grimm Afelnor is delighted to be awarded a cognomen and the status of the Seventh Rank. However, he soon learns that Horin intends to use him as his personal weapon in an attack on Lizaveta’s centre of power. Aided only by a handful of warriors, the powerful but unreliable Guy Great Flame, a cowardly Necromancer and the six-inch demon, Thribble, Grimm embarks on a dangerous quest that may kill him, but which also may lead to the redemption of his sullied family name. Sample Chapter Dragonblaster: After winning free of the dream city of Brianston and defeating the titanic dragon, Gruon, Mage Questor Grimm Afelnor and his companions march towards Rendale Priory to confront the evil witch, Prioress Lizaveta. Unbeknownst to Grimm, who has now lived up to his Guild soubriquet of ‘Dragonblaster’, Lizaveta knows of the party’s approach, and she has magically kidnapped the young mage’s secret lover, Drexelica. When the Dragonblaster reaches Rendale, the evil Prioress will be ready for him. Sample Chapter The Witch's Lair: Betrayed by his brainwashed lover, Drexelica, Grimm Dragonblaster soon finds himself in the evil grip of the woman he is ordered to destroy. After a zombie attack unleashes a deadly plague on Rendale Priory, Grimm wins free of Prioress Lizaveta’s influence and kills her. After the destruction of the Priory, he becomes the unwitting instrument of the witch’s vengeance on the Guild. Sample Chapter Redemption: Under the control of Lizaveta's.ensorcelled grandson, Questor Guy, the forces of Technology and Thaumaturgy clash in the halls of High Lodge, the home of the Guild. Grimm Dragonblaster and the newly-exonerated Loras Afelnor battle to bring the situation under control. But the disgraced former Prelate, Thorn, and the undead spirit of Lizaveta have other plans... Sample Chapter Web hosting provided by |