Egelric, Part Five: The Monster

Each tragedy in Egelric’s life always seems to peel away some of his compassion and decency—even some of his humanity—revealing more of the beast that he has long known dwelt within him.

But this time Egelric goes too far.

This ugly episode in his life does not merely hurt the people he loves—it may even affect the fates of kingdoms. This storyline ends when Egelric’s fate catches up to him on the shores of Man.

Theme: Egelric and Maire

Rating: R (sex, violence)

Chapters: 24
Written between September 19, 2007, and September 23, 2009.

Egelric asks a favor	November 12	1085
Maire wakes a man	December 9	1085
Alred makes a monument of a man	December 9	1085
Maire feels the perfect ache	December 11	1085
Maire wakes the wrong man	December 11	1085
Cearball meets a man	December 12	1085
Cearball wears the ghost of a hand	December 12	1085
Egelric is a ghost in a grand tomb	December 13	1085
Egelric is touched by the ghost of a hand	December 13	1085
Egelric finds a satisfying victim	December 13	1085
Egelric struggles with the serpent	December 13	1085
Cearball stands up to a man	December 14	1085
Gwynn learns the meaning of handsome	December 14	1085
Egelric is the formidable father	December 15	1085
Aengus wears the hand of fate	December 18	1085
Cearball walks the razor's edge	December 18	1085
Malcolm tells the two sides	December 18	1085
Sigefrith gets rid of a few good men	December 21	1085
Ethelwyn is touched by the ghost of a man	December 21	1085
Finn faces the knights of Lothere	December 21	1085
Colban is the fatherless son	December 21	1085
Egelric gets carried away	December 22	1085
Egelric sees his last sign of sanity	December 24	1085
Egelric travels to twilight’s end	December 30	1085