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THE WHITE DOOR

He never called her “the woman he loved” until she was dead in his arms.

Her killer was a a man whom Bastian admired; but Bastian wronged him anyway, and he was savage and exacting in his vengeance. So: Bastian too is savage and exacting, and far less admirable.

Though revenge provided no abatement of his grief, it was required by the circumstances.

It is not enough by far.

He readies his companions to set out for the continent of Death itself. He knows only one man who has been there, and that man returned blinded, bitter, and heartbroken: but the dark prince loves his wife, and a knife will not keep him from her. Nor will the endless miles of the white countries, nor the threat of mutilation, nor the will of any God.

He expects horror. He will bring it himself.

His wise wife, his fairy wife: he trusts she knows that he is coming.

#in the depths of the plague our protagonist sets out to reckon with Death Itself #first of all a thousand props to Emily who did not break character for a second when Bastian found his wife murdered #she roleplayed it to the hilt #exacted a terrible revenge #and then immediately started making plans to set out for the White Door:#the dreaded gateway to the empires of the dead #along the way Bastian discovered how much each of his companions truly loved him #that although he started out viewing all of them as merely tools to facilitate his rise - he has been good to them #he took care of his people #and - to his grief-stricken amazement - they rallied to his side in his calamity #the dark prince - the villain of so many other stories - is more than just the hero of his own #he is the hero of theirs #and soon: the hero of his wife's #I'm so fucking feral to go to the white countries and watch Bastian face The Horrors to save his beloved y'all I'm going Ape Shit #heretic #dice matters

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