Over on Substack, I’ve posted the next scene from my Spear-Woman Sword & Sorcery world.
The oasis city of Ramqu was old when holy and venerable Khalaran herself was still young, before the Child of Heaven alighted in the world below, before even Father Khalar led his tribe west and claimed the land bounded by seven hills as his pasturage. It became the first great city East of the City – greater at its height, perhaps even that Khalaran has yet become.
It is diminished now, after so many lifetimes of Men. The last of its god-kings of old went to dust long ago and the kingdom of Raqmu is now little more than the city itself. And yet, the caravans still cross the Red Valley, as they have for long years beyond reckoning. Merchants are still drawn to the city’s market square. Scholars and antiquarians, and curious Pagans out of the West, enticed by rumour of the ancient city rising from the red desert, come to marvel at the city’s great walls, said to have been laid by the first and greatest of Raqmu’s god-kings.
Also, it’s probably a good time to remind you about the Sword & Sorcery giveaway I’m involved in – which I’m realising I never actually posted about on this blog…
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