10 Fantasy Books That Feel Like Playing A Soulsborne Game
Hold on to your Estus Flask, these dark fantasy books will wreck your mental healthbar.
https://www.themarysue.com/10-fantasy-books-that-feel-like-playing-a-soulsborne-game/
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The 10 Best Post Apocalyptic Fantasy Books
It's the end of the world as we know it, might as well do some fantasy light reading.
https://www.themarysue.com/the-10-best-post-apocalyptic-fantasy-books/
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The 10 Best Fantasy Books With Demons
Warning: do not attempt to summon.
https://www.themarysue.com/the-10-best-fantasy-books-with-demons/
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I started reading Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman and it's such an amazing book! Never thought I would get through so many pages in a single sitting.
pavisse - an oblong shield used during the mid-14th to early 16th centuries. Often large enough to cover the entire body, it was used by archers, crossbowmen, and other infantry soldiers on the battlefield.
#AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay from Christopher Buehlman's Between Two Fires. Thomas recounts the battle of Crécy. The mercenary crossbowmen were reluctant to fire uphill into the sun at the defending English.
marchpane - an early kind of marzipan, made of ground almonds, sugar and rosewater, but without the egg of its later version
#AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay from Christopher Buehlman's Between Two Fires. Dessert arrives in cross-shaped heaps following the armada of meats at the grand feast.
centenar - during the Hundred Years' War, the commander of one hundred infantry
#AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay from Christopher Buehlman's Between Two Fires. Matthew Blount, leader of an English brigade of longbowmen, orders his men after a skirmish.
spelt - a species of wheat, also known as dinkel wheat or hulled wheat
#AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay from Christopher Buehlman's Between Two Fires. Crops grow untended in the fields near the small town of Fleur-de-Roche.
rictus - a fixed grimace or grin
#AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay from Christopher Buehlman's Between Two Fires. An animated dead man is released back to death.
cornemuse - a kind of bagpipes from central France distinguished by its tenor drone and lacking a bass drone. Often played with the hurry-gurdy.
#AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay from Christopher Buehlman's Between Two Fires. Thomas, the priest and the girl discuss their preferences as it comes to music.
cotehardie - a medieval close-fitting tunic with sleeves, worn by both sexes, meaning "hardy coat" in French. Often worn thigh-length and belted by men, full-length by women.
#AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay from Christopher Buehlman's Between Two Fires. The priest thinks back to the object of his love before the plague came.
dandle - move a baby or young child up and down in a playful or affectionate way
#AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay from Christopher Buehlman's Between Two Fires. After recognizing Thomas from battle, a knight defends him from the judgment of a young soldier.
heriot - a tribute paid to a lord out of the belongings of a tenant after their death, often consisting of a live animal or, originally, military equipment that he had been lent during his lifetime
#AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay from Christopher Buehlman's Between Two Fires. The local reeve is lenient in his duty with the villagers, often taking the second best cow to the seigneur after a farmer passed.
wimple - a cloth headdress covering the head, the neck, and the sides of the face, formerly worn by women and still worn by some nuns
#AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay from Christopher Buehlman's Between Two Fores. A sick woman's orange hair clings greasily to her shoulders.
aventail - a flexible coat of mail attached to a helm covering the neck and, often, shoulders
#AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay from Christopher Buehlman's Between Two Fires. Thomas doesn't hear the releasing of the archers' bowstrings as the French charge slows on the uphill approach.
pomander - a ball or perforated container of sweet-smelling substances such as herbs and spices, carried as a protection against infection
#AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay from Christopher Buehlman's Between Two Fires. Jacquot with the drooping eye wraps his hood, stuffed with lilac and lavender, around his face as he goes about burying the dead.
quillons - on a sword, the bars that together make the crossguard
#AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay from Christopher Buehlman's Between Two Fires. Thomas holds his sword inverted as a cross.
dansa - an Old Occitan form of lyric poetry developed in the 13th century amongst the troubadours in present day France. Usually accompanied by dance, from which it gets its name.
#AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay from Christopher Buehlman's Between Two Fires. Jacquot pleads with Thomas, reminding him of the good times they once had.
calendula - a genus of flower often known as marigolds, along with many others in the daisy family (Asteraceae)
#AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay from Christopher Buehlman's Between Two Fires. Thomas and the girl eat what they can from a garden.
cuisse - the piece of plate armor for the thigh
#AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay from Christopher Buehlman's Between Two Fires. Thomas puts on his armor after a poor night's sleep.
