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Thieves Vinegar

Thieves Vinegarby Kevin Andrew Murphy ... Chapter Four: The Hall of Whispers You might think that watching cultists devour a corpse would be the most horrible sight one could witness. ... You'd be wrong. ... The most horrible sight is watching those cultists throwing the corpse back up while a vampire vomits. This latter is particularly bad when you remember who the priestess seated me opposite. If I ever hear a bard say the words bathed in blood again, I swear I'll kick him. ... I wanted to...
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Thieves Vinegar

We were in the Gray District, the necropolis in the southeastern corner of Korvosa. More specifically, we were in Potter's Ward, the southeastern corner of that, used for the graves of the poor. The air was filled with greasy smoke. It smelled like someone was cooking rotting pork and it had caught fire. Except that in this case it was long pork. The only thing that smelled worse than the burning corpses were the ones that weren't yet burnt.

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Thieves Vinegar

Newby analyzed the contents of Norret's flask, pronouncing it ninety-nine point nine percent pure will-o'-wisp essence, with the impurities mostly consisting of honeysuckle and grape. Norret nodded, and the three old men fell to talking amongst themselves.

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Thieves Vinegar

"Observe, Orlin." Norret scooped a vial of purple cabbage water from the leaves I was blanching for the afternoon's meal. "Note how the introduction of even a weak acid transmutes the deepest amethyst to brilliant fuchsia...." He added a drop of vinegar and swirled it.

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The Perfumer's Apprentice—Chapter Four: The Scent of Honeysuckle

The Perfumer's Apprenticeby Kevin Andrew Murphy ... Chapter Four: The Scent of HoneysuckleThe hag or ogre wife or whatever she was stepped into the room, still looking like a sweet grandmother with her knitting bag and little spectacles. Then she saw the dead spider lying on the hearthrug. ... She screamed in horror, rushing over. “You fiendish little pig! What have you done?” She picked up the corpse. “My baby! My poor precious one! Speak to me!” ... Her knitting bag fell to the floor,...
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The Perfumer's Apprentice—Chapter Three: The Garland of Eglantine

The Perfumer's Apprenticeby Kevin Andrew Murphy ... Chapter Three: The Garland of EglantineThe innwife woke me at dawn. I’d spent the night beside the fire. Someone had picked my pocket during the night, so the gold Norret had given me was gone. All I had left was the little horn spoon. ... The innwife made it clear that if I bought breakfast or even ale, I could stay, but if not, I should go. I left, stepping out into the cold morning. ... Cries of “Gardyloo!” came from up and down the...
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The Perfumer's Apprentice—Chapter Two: The Iris of Isarn

The Perfumer's Apprenticeby Kevin Andrew Murphy ... Chapter Two: The Iris of IsarnNorret had theories, but then my brother always had theories. It’s part of an alchemist’s job. He’d heard some story about assassins wanting to kill an ancient king, and rather than do something obvious like stab him, they got a girl and slowly fed her poison until she was immune but it oozed out her pores. The plan was that once the king made love to this girl, he’d die. ... It seemed rather unlikely to me,...
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The Perfumer's Apprentice—Chapter One: The Flowers of Calistria

The Perfumer's Apprenticeby Kevin Andrew Murphy ... Chapter One: The Flowers of CalistriaThey say the wickedest thing about the old nobles was that they were always coming back from the dead, 'cause folk never came back quite right. ... They don't know the half of it. ... I swore. ... None of that, Orlin, my brother corrected. We're in Isarn now. Remember your manners. ... But Norret! I pointed. Look! She's at it again! ... Indeed she was. One of the little bouquets from my tray had floated...
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Pathfinder #7—Curse of the Crimson Throne Chapter 1:

Stop flyting, you two!

Stop flyting, you two! Friday, March 18, 2011 ... As you may recall, last month Pathfinder fiction author Kevin Andrew Murphy temporarily lost his mind and wrote us a full heroic crown of sonnets featuring 15 of our iconic characters, then sent it to us as a Valentine's Day present. We posted it on the blog, and folks seemed to enjoy it. Perhaps too much. ... Never one to back away from a challenge, Kevin has now written another poem dealing with the Pathfinder iconics and posted it on the...
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Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Advanced Player's Guide (OGL)

Iconic Love

Iconic Love Monday, February 14, 2011 For some of us, Valentine's Day is just another day. We go to work, come home, maybe hang out with our significant others a bit or send the kids off to the sitter for a rare night out. For other people, however, Valentine's Day carries more significance, and flat-out demands acknowledgement. They see it as an excuse to truly cut loose, to go all-out with the romance and treat it like a real holiday. ... And then, apparently, there's a third type of...
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The Secret of the Rose and Glove—Chapter Four: The Silver Maiden's Key

The Secret of the Rose and Gloveby Kevin Andrew Murphy ... Chapter Four: The Silver Maiden's KeyThe wheel of the year had begun again and with it the month of Abadius. Abadar, Master of the First Vault, did as he had always done, and politely but firmly informed the spirits of the dead the Night of the Pale was over. ... In other lands and other times, New Year's Day was an occasion for market fairs and festivals, but in Galt forty years after the Red Revolution, the holiday was more often a...
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The Secret of the Rose and Glove—Chapter Three: The Feaster in the Dark

The Secret of the Rose and Gloveby Kevin Andrew Murphy ... Chapter Three: The Feaster in the DarkThe wheel of the year had given a quarter turn and reached its end, the final day of Kuthona, the last month, ruled by the twisted god Zon-Kuthon. Winter, the Season of the Black Dragoness, the watery drake who embodied the phlegmatic humor, had begun but nine days before with the solstice, which the Midnight Lord's sister Shelyn, in her infinite kindness, had declared Crystalhue. The Eternal...
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The Secret of the Rose and Glove—Chapter Two: The Torching of the Traitoresses

The Secret of the Rose and Gloveby Kevin Andrew Murphy ... Chapter Two: The Torching of the TraitoressesHalf the wheel of the year had turned since Norret's return to Dabril. The ruddy firedrake who ruled summer, salamanders, fire mephits, and tinderbox imps had at last spent his rash choler and ceded his place to autumn, the Season of the Blue Dragoness, the earthen drake who embodied the melancholy humor and was thus honored by carbuncles, gnomes, jewelers, and those who harvest the fruits...
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The Secret of the Rose and Glove—Chapter One: The Roses of Dabril

The Secret of the Rose and Gloveby Kevin Andrew Murphy ... Chapter One: The Roses of DabrilIt was spring like the day he had left, the Season of the Green Dragon, the aerial drake who embodied the sanguine humor and led his retinue of floral fey in a gay procession. Hyacinths and narcissi dotted the meadows where they had passed, the blossoms' soft perfume filling the cool air, and then a breeze came up from the river, bringing with it an indescribable fragrance, something Norret Gantier had...
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