Solid
ISBN 061549218
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Solitudes and Silence
Volume 1 of The Orphan Chronicles by Conrad Baines Talbot
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This book is dedicated to my parents for all of their support
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Chapter 1
Peace and Pall
His first soul was a woman who worked in the monastery where he lived and trained.
Waimbrill guessed it was time for his initiation when he was summoned from the deprivation room, an unlit stone chamber, scrupulously clean, clear of scents, silent and smooth-walled. Its contemplative atmosphere conferred satisfaction and complacency under the tutelage of an elder monk with dreary eyes and a doddering grin.
He was met by high-ranking priests of his church and followed them through the winding halls of the temple. Waimbrill wanted to ask whom his first soul would be, hoping for a high priest or visiting dignitary, but an almost palpable quiet filled the air, and he didn’t dare speak, afraid to breach decorum, to stutter
©2011 Copyright Theonosis Publishing LLC
The text of this work is dual-licensed under the Open Setting License 1.0 and the Creative Commons Attribute-ShareAlike 3.0
Unported License. For more information see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ and http://theonosis.com/wiki/index. php?title=Theonosis:Open_Setting_License. The front and back cover are ©2011 Jeremy Thevonot and are dual-licensed under the Open Setting License 1.0 and the Creative
Commons Attribute-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
The Open Setting License allows you to develop the fictional setting used in this book. Your own work may utilize the same places, characters and other elements. For more information, see theonosis.com.
The titles “Solitudes and Silence” and “The Orphan Chronicles” are the exclusive property of their respective owners. Neither the
Open Setting nor the Creative Commons licenses grant any usage rights over these terms. Use of “The Orphan Chronicles” is allowed with restrictions; for more information, see theonosis.com.
1
Solitudes and Silence
Volume 1 of The Orphan Chronicles by Conrad Baines Talbot
2
This book is dedicated to my parents for all of their support
3
Chapter 1
Peace and Pall
His first soul was a woman who worked in the monastery where he lived and trained.
Waimbrill guessed it was time for his initiation when he was summoned from the deprivation room, an unlit stone chamber, scrupulously clean, clear of scents, silent and smooth-walled. Its contemplative atmosphere conferred satisfaction and complacency under the tutelage of an elder monk with dreary eyes and a doddering grin.
He was met by high-ranking priests of his church and followed them through the winding halls of the temple. Waimbrill wanted to ask whom his first soul would be, hoping for a high priest or visiting dignitary, but an almost palpable quiet filled the air, and he didn’t dare speak, afraid to breach decorum, to stutter