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@theminingengineer Have you finished the Covenant of Steel trilogy? I am very happy to say that there is a recap at the beginning of the book which discusses the events of the first two books. More authors need to do this.

#covenant of steel #the traitor

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This is... Well this is Caenis Al Nysa in my mind. I don't know why his appearance is lack of discription...

不理解，真的非常不理解，为什么凯涅斯全书一句特征突出的外貌描写都没有……既然Caenis这个名字出自希腊神话中由女变男的英雄，他还是全书惟三被形容为“漂亮”的男性，进行一个凯涅斯是美女的编排【其实最开始有怀疑过这个角色是女扮男装，但是显然没和作者对上脑回路×

面部：

  •“他的下巴缝了八针，处理伤口的第五宗兄弟说，这道伤疤肯定要跟他一辈子”，恭喜角色凯涅斯•艾尔•奈萨获得道具“惟一的外貌细节”！

  •头发的话参考一下其他被形容为“英俊”的角色，诺塔“一头金发在风中飞舞”，麦西乌斯“一头红发恣意飞舞”，海盾“蜜金色的长发犹如雄狮的鬃毛”，达纳尔“长长的黑发系于脑后”，看得出来疆国男性以长发为美。发色不打算考虑金色、红色、黑色等显眼的颜色，个人比较喜欢灰色，看起来像安静的小老鼠。感觉以他的身份和性格，平常不太会随性散发，高马尾又太张扬，束低马尾的可能性比较大。

  •眼睛也应当不会引人注目【但凡颜色独特也不至于一句描写都没有……】，于是设定成最平凡的棕色。暗处会显得发黑，因为用多天赋双眼流血的时候应该很漂亮。以及好想加入使用天赋时眼睛色泽变亮这种设定，如果棕色亮成金色的话真的又美丽又充满威胁。

  •泪痣纯粹是私设，好看就完事了×

服装：

  •“凯涅斯穿着第六宗兄弟的装束，但他死的时候是第七宗的宗老”，凯涅斯不穿第六宗蓝斗篷是一种ooc×

  •斗篷上的白色饰带有点神职人员的感觉，毕竟信仰战士。

  •不知道他会不会偷偷标明第七宗的身份，宗师们几乎全知道格瑞林和他是第七宗的，说不定会吧。“蛇和高脚杯，我敢打赌，这是第七宗的象征”，饰带上的花纹出自此处；反正“很早就废弃不用了”，凯涅斯了解很多古老的故事，第七宗的旧标志被他加在稍微显眼的地方似乎也合理。

  •“凯涅斯从来不以气场取胜，如今竟有一番堂堂的风范，或许是因为那枚缝在深蓝色斗篷上的鲜红钻石”，红钻在第六宗是宗将的标志，比原文里的华丽了好几倍真是对不起×【凯涅斯这时候30岁出头，已经能率领兵团并且和麾下相处不错，按照宗会18岁正身、服役15年后有资格封宗将算， 他受封的时候年轻到不合常理。

  •里面的衣服，宗会发的是“棉衬衣、紧身裤、靴子”，他在马蒂舍森林穿过一套“黑貂皮猎装”，感觉后者听起来更好看。

有的没的其它细节：

  •凯涅斯应该是脸瘦身上不瘦的那种，估计每天拉弓挥剑的也瘦不了。

  •声音沙哑……这也画不出来啊×

补全计划：

  •整点儿带武器的，第六宗标配直剑、个人擅长的长弓和飞刀、宗会标配+适合ranger设定的猎刀、步兵用的盾牌和战戟……都想看看呜呜

  •维林再见他时有形容他“双鬓夹杂了些许白发”，想看间杂白发( ´艸｀)

#caenis al nysa #Raven's Shadow #Ravens Shadow #anthony ryan #Fanart #Caenis

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One of my favorite action scenes in a book, probably ever.

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#vaelin al sorna #blood song #book fanart #ravens shadow #raven's shadow #blood song art #Fanart #Vaelin

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The Martyr by Anthony Ryan - Book Review | An Excellent Follow-Up | The Covenant of Steel #2

Anthony Ryan’s follow-up to The Pariah does everything I wanted it to do. Yes, folks, The Martyr is a quicker-paced, more action-heavy novel than its predecessor. Ryan continues to pepper compelling drama in this world of knights and outlaws, at the core of which is the fiery blaze that is the relationship between the Anointed Lady Evadine Courlain and protagonist Alwyn Scribe. As if that wasn’t…

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#Covenant of Steel 2 #Anthony Ryan #The Covenant of Steel #The Martyr #review

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Ravens Shadow - Review

Book: Raven’s Shadow (Blood Song Series – Book 1)

Author: Anthony Ryan (http://www.anthonystuff.wordpress.com ) Publisher: Indie Genre: Fantasy Book Description: Publication Date: January 21, 2012 An epic fantasy exploring themes of conflict, loyalty and religious faith. Vaelin Al Sorna, Brother of the Sixth Order, has been trained from childhood to fight and kill in service to the Faith. He has earned many names and almost as many scars, acquiring an ugly dog and a bad-tempered horse in the process. Ensnared in an unjust war by a king possessed of either madness or genius, Vaelin seeks to answer the question that will decide the fate of the Realm: …who is the one who waits? Blood Song is the first volume of Raven’s Shadow - a new epic fantasy of war, intrigue and tested faith. Review: I had once again began to lose hope in the indie publishing field, having been disappointed with the last few indie books I’ve read. A few of them started with great promise, but left me quite disappointed in the end. But all hope was not lost, at least not since stumbling across Raven’s Shadow by Anthony Ryan. I haven’t been this excited about an indie book since Progeny by Ryan Kaelin (http://www.rtkaelin.com ). What is it with Ryans writing exceptional stories? Anyway …on with the review. The story starts with our protagonist, Vaelin Al Sorna – known as a Brother of the 6th Order, the Sword of the Realm, Young Hawk, Darkblade, Beral Shak Ur, and Hope Killer, being led as a prisoner by Lord Verniers Alshe Someren, Imperial Chronicler, First of the Learned and honored servant to the Empire, to face a judgment by a country and people whom his Battle Lord father had almost decimated when he was but a small child. Already prejudiced against him for being the son of their most hated rival, Vaelin is also the killer of their beloved Hope, the successor to the Emperor’s throne in their latest skirmish with King Janus and the Realm. As they travel across the sea to face a trial by conquest, Vaelin tells this chronicler the story of his life and how the most hated of villains he became. This prologue pulled me right into the story and piqued my interest to the point I just had to read on. That’s one of the formula’s I love best – have a despicable state of being and then go back and show me how one achieved such a state. It is the basic fundamental aspect of humanity - to understand how someone reaches a certain state in their life, either deplorable or exceptional, so we can better understand and see the path to that destruction or success and apply the principles to our own lives. The real story begins with Vaelin as a mere child dealing the death of his mother, along with losing that innocent childhood, as his Battle Lord father abandons him to the Brothers of the Sixth Order, a sect of the Faith that focuses primarily on the art of war. It is his time with the Sixth Order that we fall in love with Vaelin, and his other brothers, as they are transformed from weak, innocent boys, into a close-nit team of merciless assassins. We are carried right along with Vaelin as he develops his skills, face his trials, and nurtures the hate for the father that abandoned him. You can’t help but root for him and his Order brothers as they transform from the fearful into the greatly feared. Anthony Ryan does an excellent job of sewing the reader so perfectly secure into all the emotion and action that has you completely solidified and connected with the protagonist. What is a great adventure without a little love to soften the hardness, - bring a little light into the darkness, than to have a splash of romance? I love the way the author didn’t douse the reader in sappy syrup, but sprinkled just enough to allow the sweetness to be savored on top of the spice. My mind went into three different directions on this aspect of the story, but I’m very pleased with how it turned it out. I loved the twists and turns the story took, but can’t express how much I loved how the author kept the priorities in line. This is usually where a writer plunges off an unseen cliff, especially with epic fantasies – they allow the romance to overcome and dominate the story, instead of balancing it. It’s hard to do, because it’s so easy to get carried away with emotion, but Anthony Ryan handled it very well. At least, I’m well pleased. I hate seeing a great super strong character lose all his strength and integrity for a woman. As a woman, I want a strong-willed man; not a limp-wristed, love sick puppy. A valiant warrior, who has strength to lead and fight, must also have strength of mind, yet time and time again you find these oxymorons posed as heroes, men who can stand against all the world, but can’t say no to a woman??? Okay, time to move away from this particular rant and on with the review. There is another twist I absolutely LOVED in this story, but I don’t want to say too much about it because it will give it away. Let’s just say – I didn’t see it coming, and it broke my heart – literally. THAT is hard to do. I’ve read and written so many stories that I’m rarely surprised, but in this – I was absolutely blown away. Not only was the foundation and story thread brilliantly laid, but exceptionally executed. Well done, Anthony! If I had any criticism of this entire story, it would be this: Put it through one more round of edits (especially where commas are concerned) and get this traditionally published so it can receive greater exposure. I don’t know Mr. Ryan, but I’ve come to admire his work, just as I know you will too if you dare to delve into the adventure of Raven’s Song. Till next time, ~T.L. Gray

#blood song #review

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A fool is any man who doesn’t think he’s a fool.

Blood Song by Anthony Ryan

#raven's shadow #blood song #Quote #Quotes

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King of Wolves + The Hanged Man

#raven's shadow #ravens shadow #vaelin al sorna #Fanart #Vaelin

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Reading the Covenant of Steel books is so funny bc every time I crack one open I wonder "what's going to happen to my best friend Alwyn Scribe next?" and the answer, invariably, is 'something really fucking horrible'

#covenant of steel

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Someone was let loose in a bookstore unattended this evening.

#the pariah

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Raven's Shadow

Ok, almost done book two here and I still am wondering about the wolf. Every other mystery is at least partially answered. But the Wolf is a God, when there is no God’s. He shows up when the need is greatest, but only to defend. He must be something important. But the little we know is from the stone maker. What is his interest in our hero. Any ideas?

#raven’s shadow trilogy #Spoiler #raven’s blade #ravens blade

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Coiled Snake + The Hierophant

I want to create a deck of Warrior's Bluff but it's obviously unrealistic though I guess there might be Vaelin as King of Wolves + Judgment and Nortah as Rearing Horse +Strength

#caenis al nysa #raven's shadow #ravens shadow #Caenis #Fanart

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La martire. L'alleanza d'acciaio (Vol. 2) | Anthony Ryan

I tempi sono cambiati per Alwyn lo Srivano. Se prima era un fuorilegge, ora è un esperto di spionaggio e protettore giurato di lady Evadine Courlain, le cui visioni di un’apocalisse demoniaca le hanno fatto guadagnare la fanatica devozione dei fedeli. Tuttavia, la crescente fama di Evadine l’ha messa in contrasto sia con la Corona che con l’Alleanza e, mentre nuovi disordini affliggono il regno,…

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#anthony ryan #the martyr

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I love having a Blorbo that is not described at ALL in canon. Like, you are a blank canvas to me. I know what you look like, but there was never a single sentence uttered that describes you

#Same with this series

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a protagonist's destiny

一将功成万骨枯

#vaelin al sorna #Fanart #Vaelin #raven’s shadow trilogy #raven's shadow

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hey hello people online if you ever have a book suggestion for me, please tell me. I'm trying to read more and trying to find suggestions online makes me want to become illiterate

#I've been enjoying Blood Song by Anthony Ryan a lot #plan on finishing the series #and I liked the first vorkosigan book (I do intend to read more I just can't Find Them)

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Just finished the Covenant of steel trilogy and I hereby invite anyone who wishes to scream about it to talk to me as I have many thoughts!

#covenant of steel #Anthony Ryan

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vote yes if you have finished the entire book.

vote no if you have not finished the entire book.

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