Category: Young Vodun Chronicles
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‘Young’ Vodun Chronicles: Agê’s Friend
Agê watched the first homun emerge from her Disc, when the surface was changing from Essence blue to green as more and more vegetation grew all around. “They are beans come to life,” she said and Aida hissed. The two had met by chance when Agê wandered the overlap of her Disc with Agbe’s. Aida…
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‘Young’ Vodun Chronicles: Xêvioso’s Crush
Ayelala was angry with Xêvioso. “‘All Fonlanders have the right to an existence free of the stress of being hunted.’ That is not a decree for any court to make. It supersedes the Will of the Mother-Father that we have always interpreted to mean that anything allowed to happen is not an affront to the…
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‘Young’ Vodun Chronicles: Gu’s Confidant
“You will say this card is cheating, but you are really just being a sore loser,” Gu prefaced his next move, holding two fingers and his thumb up as the card he referred to floated in the space above his fingers “If it is controversial don’t use it,” Kokou said. He was angry even though…
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‘Young’ Vodun Chronicles: Lêgba’s Shadow
“Come on!” Xêvioso whined. “Hurry up!” Gu growled “We’re going to miss it!” Xêvioso complained. “If I miss it because of you, I’m never going to stop punching you,” Gu threatened. They were in the overlap between the Discs of Xêvioso and Lêgba and the two older of the brothers had come to collect Lêgba…
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‘Young’ Vodun Chronicles: Jo’s Rival
Damballa looked out at the Essence blue space and he lifted a hand, a sparkling dust in the wake of his large arm, and he pointed a finger at the emptiness. A flurry of sparkling magic issued from his finger, coalescing into a large stellar body at a distance. “Spread them out,” Jo said as…
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‘Young’ Vodun Chronicles: Agbe’s Advisers
La Sirene signed emphatically to the warrior, who was paying very close attention and subtly nodding along with the movements of her hands and webbed fingers. “Only Fonlanders born on this Disc are allowed to even approach Absence Trench. If they are not natives of the Disc and they refuse to cease their efforts to…
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‘Young’ Vodun Chronicles: Sakpata’s First Student
“I came from very far,” the man of graphite said from a distance. There was a strong wind all around him and snow drifted on the maddened currents creating a cascading wall. The man of graphite was not bothered by the temperature, but he wore blue cloth that wrapped his waist down to his knees…