Gate: A Wolf’s Howl “This time,” Companion said. “I want you to treat the vision you perceive in Hades’ coffin like a game.” “Oh, I love games,” I said, the Inner Child bubbling to the surface of my mind. “I just don’t like this one.” I felt the energy and exhilaration of my childlike shadow […]
Read more "Chapter 91: The Hunt for the Devourer Begins"Gate: A Torch’s Shadow I entered Hades’ coffin and found myself chained to my Shadow once more. In the dark of the cave, Shadow gave a final scream and started to tear at her side. “This has gone on long enough. If you will not let this new form out,” she said. “Then I will.” […]
Read more "Chapter 90: Companion’s Sacred Pact with The Light Congress"Gate: A Sunset I opened Hades’ vision gate and beheld Merlin on a high plateau overlooking a field filled with horses whose mane and tails flamed with the light and energy of the noon day sun. He shaded his eyes to better observe his wooden puppets carefully maneuvering among the creatures, counting their number and […]
Read more "Chapter 89: Disaster and Dancing in the Fields of Helios"Gate: Hades’ Coffin I stepped through Lord Hades’ gate and stood in a world of dust bounded on all sides by darkness. In the skies above this barren place, giants made of stars fought each other with weapons made of madness or wrestled with their bare hands. The sound of their perpetual struggle filled my […]
Read more "Chapter 88: The Continuing Nightmare of the Lord of Death"Gate: Lord Hades, god of the Underworld I entered the vision gate and found myself among a running herd of horses. When I realized where I was, I reached out and held onto the sides of the creatures so that I would not be crushed beneath their churning hooves. We ran for a time, as […]
Read more "Chapter 87: Beginning the Dream of Hades"Gate: A Broken Heart I entered the vision gate and found myself moving to tribalistic music in the center of a crowd of dancers just like me. The spirits of men and women were dressed in brightly colored feathers and sported orange bands around their arms and legs. All of a sudden, Shadow appeared in […]
Read more "Chapter 86: Changing the War Against Heartbreak"Gate: Violet Eyes I stepped through the vision gate and found myself standing within a cauldron. Its metallic walls rose through the mist within its bowl which was filled with multiple versions of the Horned King. They were milling about until Badger and I entered the space at which point they all froze in place […]
Read more "Chapter 85: The Haunted Eyes of the Gundestrup Cauldron"Gate: A Holly Bush I passed through the vision gate and found myself on the back of a stag, racing through a forest. A pack of bloodhounds nipped and bayed at the stag’s heels. I held tightly to the neck of the stag and felt him shuddering with exhaustion, tiring more with each step. “This […]
Read more "Chapter 84: The Transformative Tears of Cernunnos and the Other"Gate: Gundestrup Cauldron I passed through the vision gate and was nearly run over by a herd of deer. The animals bumped into me as they rushed past into the standing mist. Just as quickly as the creatures had appeared, they were gone. Then, within the fog, a boy with antlers and eyes like two […]
Read more "Chapter 83: Into the Gundestrup Cauldron"Gate: A Mountain Stream I stepped through the vision gate and found myself falling through the air. Far beneath me, I saw a mountain stream, burbling down the slopes from the heights above and I was on a trajectory to land upon it. Within the stream, a gray wolf and a badger waited patiently for […]
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The Light Congress 