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Pathfinder Tales: Noble Sacrifice ePub

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By Richard Ford

In the thick of the Goblinblood Wars, with the desperate residents of the nation of Isger allied against the monstrous hordes clawing at their walls, two soldiers are sent out on a crucial mission. One is an idealistic young Eagle Knight of Andoran, sworn to defend freedom and liberty with his life. The other is one of the infamous Hellknights, a warrior for whom law and order is the only consideration, to be enforced by any means necessary. Outnumbered and racing against time, can the two warriors learn to put aside their differences and work together in time to fulfill their mission?

From author Richard Ford comes a classic story of battlefield camaraderie, set in the award-winning world of the Pathfinder campaign setting.

This story originally appeared as part of Paizo's free weekly webfiction series, and is available for free at http://paizo.com/pathfinder/tales/serial.

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Excessive Hellknight Fawning

Jhaeman — Oct 12, 2023, 08:50 pm

NO SPOILERS

Noble Sacrifice is a short story available for free on the Paizo blog or as a 99 cent e-book here. The story is set during the Goblinblood Wars and involves a rivalry between a Steel Falcon and a Hellknight. The action scenes are fine, but ultimately it's pretty forgettable.

SPOILERS!

Set in Isger in the year 4701 A.R., Noble Sacrifice features a pair of warriors: a young Steel Falcon named Kal Berne and an Order of the Nail Hellknight named Tiberius. When Kal accidentally walks into a hobgoblin trap, Tiberius reveals himself to be an amazing warrior and rescues him. The pair follow some refugees to their camp in the Aspodell Mountains, and during the voyage there's some good debate about the views of Andorens vs Hellknights. Big drama occurs when they spot a horde of goblins sneaking up on a garrison at Wolfpoint (which really should have had scouts and sentinels), and it looks like Kal will have to sacrifice his life so Tiberius can warn them, but then the latter turns back and saves both Kal and the day. In short, the the story is excessively-fawning toward Hellknights, which might be because the author also writes for the Warhammer 40K universe (and Hellknights are pretty much the whole shebang there).

More?

ElvenDancer — Jun 9, 2017, 01:57 pm

I know this was meant to be a short story, but there was so much going on. It has potential, and I would love to see more of these two characters as they continue to adventure and develop a relationship (whatever kind it turns out to be).

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Captain Andoran

Apr 3, 2012, 09:32 pm

Any chance the ePubs will be available for Kindle or Nook?

Chris Lambertz

Apr 4, 2012, 10:51 am

Captain Andoran wrote:

Any chance the ePubs will be available for Kindle or Nook?

We don't specifically sell Kindle/Nook formatted books. However, you can easily convert ePubs for viewing on either device using a program like Calibre (which is free).