Proving of Champions - The Stitched Realms

Fleta sits before a giant monster skull in a large, marble hall.

Fiction

The Proving of Champions, Chapter 1

In which figuratively everyone tells Fleta she's not ready for the Proving of Champions, and she refuses to listen.

Fleta stands on a hill with grazing goats overlooking a mountain valley, a sword strapped to her back.

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Rasque, Tarasque

The Proving of Champions, Chapter 22 (Finale!)

In which Fleta fights sorcerers, argues with a sword, and decides who she is going to be.

Fleta looking tired and worried in the foreground, the giant maw of the tarasque looming behind her in the jungl.

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Rasque, Tarasque

The Proving of Champions, Chapter 21

In which Fleta and the tarasque fight to the death.

A giant mouth, opening in the darkness below the camp netting.

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Fiction

The Proving of Champions, Chapter 20

In which the Sum of all Sins hunts the warriors of the Marble Halls, Fleta wields the weeping falchion, and the weeping falchion begins to wield her.

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Rasque, Tarasque

The Proving of Champions, Chapter 19

In which Alexei and Welkris have a rematch, of sorts. The camp prepares for the worst, and underestimates it.

A shadowy beast, both insectoid and feline, stalks the jungle.

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Rasque, Tarasque

The Proving of Champions, Chapter 17

In which Alexei begins to realize exactly what he has lost along with 87 souls, and fights to preserve his remaining souls while he rescues Fleta's delegation.

Daralis, disciple of the Thorgarick, stares at an large orange mushroom.

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The Proving of Champions, Chapter 16

In which the disciples from the Marble Halls attempt to negotiate with the humanoid fungi known as The Colonies, and Fleta has flashbacks to her first harrowing days in the Jungle.

Three warriors fight a monstrous Alexei with wooden swords.

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The Proving of Champions, Chapter 15

In which Daralis insults Fleta, and Alexei decides that sparring will not break his promise to avoid dueling.

A mountain scene and the shadow of a woman visible through an arch of branches and vines.

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Rasque, Tarasque

The Proving of Champions, Chapter 14

In which Alexei & Fleta attempt to open the Gate, an ancient mushroom confuses Alexei, and our heroes encounter true sorcery.

Marina prays to ancestors and Paragons before the orders discuss how to survive.

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Rasque, Tarasque

The Proving of Champions, Chapter 13

In which we uncover the origins of the tarasque and Fleta begins to think that hiding is not the solution.

Fleta sits alone thoughtfully while soldiers eat by lamplight.

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The Proving of Champions, Chapter 12

In which two psychically gifted individuals fight over a tent, and everyone but Alexei tries to forget the tarasque and hope for the best.

A giant claw in the jungle, surrounded by bodies.

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Rasque, Tarasque

The Proving of Champions, Chapter 11

In which we discover the extent of Alexei's dying, the tarasque is more than it appears, and Fleta has a pretty good day.

An enormous monstrous claw emerges above a jungle landscape.

Rasque, Tarasque

The Proving of Champions: Chapter 10

In which most people do not die, but Alexei begins to die a lot.

Fleta Thorgarick climbing through trees and ropes

Rasque, Tarasque

The Proving of Champions, Chapter 9

In which Fleta decides to run blindly into multiple traps.

A scattering of mushroom people walk through a dimly lit tunnel

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The Proving of Champions, Chapter 8

In which Fleta loses the last of her companions, and Alexei has a new voice in his head.

A giant shadowing beast in a storm jungle with lightning striking behind it

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Rasque, Tarasque

The Proving of Champions, Chapter 7

In which Fleta faces the tarasque in a storm, and Alexei burns through a few souls trying to catch up to her.

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Rasque, Tarasque

The Proving of Champions, Chapter 6

In which Fleta takes lessons from Shaw and Alexei is not overly worried about having died.

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Rasque, Tarasque

The Proving of Champions, Chapter 5

In which Fleta, Alexei, and the camp face an arboreal stampede of enormous chimera.

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Fiction

The Proving of Champions, Chapter 4

In which Alexei fails to grasp key fundamentals of mortal existence.

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Rasque, Tarasque

The Proving of Champions, Chapter 3

In which Fleta discovers the negatives of falling asleep in the many arms of a stranger.

A red-haired girl, Fleta, runs from the claw of a giant monster

Rasque, Tarasque

The Proving of Champions, Chapter 2

In which Fleta runs from a giant monster.