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The 149th War for the Pallid Throne

by M.D Schultz

Rated: 18+ · Book · Horror/Scary · #2261717

In the realm of white sands, only one can be crowned heir of the Pallid Throne

Come close, child, can you hear the scholars of the sunken valley? We can. They say the Leviathans are the children of the Great Devourer. How often they amuse us, how often they are wrong. The Leviathans are not children; they are the mouths embedded in the stars. You see, the hunger is a collective of ravenous tissue, and the Leviathans are the curtain and the veil through which very few escape. Together, they are the Great Devourer. Will you remember our words? Will you remember the next time you feel a pit in your stomach, a gnawing sensation tickling the root of your spine? Are you hungry? They are, and not the taste of a thousand worlds will slake their thirst.

Listen, close child, do you hear the whispers coming from the dark throats of the universe? They are like the buzzing of the gnats about your ears. They are the nameless hoard who worship the hunger.

Listen, close child, do you hear the screams coming from the dark throats of the universe? They are like the howling wind, the roaring lion, and the crashing waves against jagged shores. They are the Engineers, offspring of the Great Devourer enthroned within its gut. Do you hear the sounds of battle in the distance? The gnashing of teeth and grinding of claws? The Engineers lead the charge securing names for themselves to hide from their blind and ignorant mother. How desperate they struggle to separate from their progenitor. Do you see the irony? You will. After all, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, and, where the Engineers are concerned, indeed, a skipped stone would mount a greater distance.

Come with us, child. Come with us as we tell the tale of the 149th Pallid war.

Table of Contents

Chapter	1	A Saint's Appetite	8.41k
Chapter	2	Icarus, the Rat King	11.74k
Chapter	3	Sidewinder	14.33k
Chapter	4	Eye of the Rancid King	10.35k
Chapter	5	Leviathan Sitis, Claw of Ursa Minor	19.20k
Chapter	6	Xerxes the Hollow Spear	10.75k
Chapter	7	Ensnared Leech, Velbrava	11.85k
Chapter	8	Battle on the Plains of Kath'le Kal	17.13k
Chapter	9	Leviathan Inedia, Orion's Quiver	16.42k
Chapter	10	Leviathan Vorax, Chariot of Eridanus	11.25k
Chapter	11	Persephone, Shepherd of the Wicked Eight	12.52k
Chapter	12	Wounded Pride	7.43k
Chapter	13	War Beneath the Tonsil	16.01k
Chapter	14	Death of an Engineer	9.06k
Chapter	15	We Who Weep for our Fallen Foe	12.32k
Chapter	16	Leviathan Vescor, Gemini's Harpstring	14.39k
Chapter	17	Leviathan Mordeo, Virgo's Flute	17.30k
Chapter	18	In My Talons, I Shape Clay	15.04k
Chapter	19	The Wyrm Father and She Who Wished to Slay Dragons	24.97k
Chapter	20	He Who Broke the Rat's Heart	14.55k
Chapter	21	The Reigning Duke of Kath'le Kal	7.38k
Chapter	22	Leviathan Iranol, Heart of the Great Devourer	15.97k

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