Skylands: the Scorpion Spear, Part One - “Saeldrin”, Chapter Five: Worshipping Death
Three-wide, an armored patrol of white-furred ramessin came running after them, following the path the dagdarra had trudged through the avalanche. like wolves, the ramessin were savage but smart.
Skylands: the Scorpion Spear, Part One - “Saeldrin”, Chapter Four: A Cage of Wind and Ice
Tephen lunged and slammed the smaller ramessin against the outer wall. then, gaze locked in rith's, he bent in and kissed him, roughly. rith did not resist.
Skylands: the Scorpion Spear, Part One - “Saeldrin”, Chapter Ten: The Call From Beyond
The ramessin, however--" the ramessin are impure; they do not know my completeness. "tephen, please..." he ignored rith and strode forward. "but we have the power to do your bidding.
Skylands: the Scorpion Spear, Part One - “Saeldrin”, Chapter One: The Hunters
For a brief moment, he allowed himself to forget his outcast, damned status and just feel his ramessin heritage.
Skylands: the Scorpion Spear, Part Two - “Talvali”, Chapter Eleven: Shadow Of A Billion Worlds
"so, there are no ramessin here? nowhere beyond our land's edge?" he shook his head. "not that i've ever heard of.
Skylands: the Scorpion Spear, Part One - “Saeldrin”, Chapter Seven: Challenges
It was different than all the punches and abuse he had taken wandering from small ramessin settlement to small ramessin settlement during his exile. it hurt more when it came from tephen. "please: i don't want them to hurt you because of me."
Skylands: the Scorpion Spear, Part Two - “Talvali”, Chapter Twelve: Fragments and Perspectives
The not-ramessin, marek, was taller than rith and even taller than most ramessin. but even then, he barely came up to oben's abdomen. it made sense why the b?nor imposter would want dagdarra as servants.
Skylands: the Scorpion Spear, Part One - “Saeldrin”, Chapter Eight: Labyrinthine
It was not a hunting cry or a ramessin tracking howl. rather, it was celebratory. it was the ritualistic cry given when fresh meat was to be had.
Skylands: the Scorpion Spear, Prelude: “Winds of Ice”
He had seen it before, like most ramessin who lived in the northern wilds. those rural folk, like those of his clan and family, sent all young men there to fill their duty to the state.
Skylands: the Scorpion Spear, Part One - “Saeldrin”, Chapter Two: The Prey
There were more than ramessin that hunted and killed dagdarra on the tundra. ered breathed deep before bellowing a farewell to the group they had met. it was sonorous and spoke of the death that would, one day, embrace them all.
Skylands: the Scorpion Spear, Part One - “Saeldrin”, Chapter Three: The Seekers
Both the ramessin and the dagdarra have no idea what awaits them beyond the storm walls. but this chapter gives a glimpse of the vast world of floating islands and continents that awaits.