Here I leave the last testament of Kubikiri the Edge of the World, and Sensou no Ko, the demon Axe.\nPray you heed my woeful tale and stay far from the cursed blade, and never seek it out!

Kubikiri in the old world.

Kubikiri's Occupation

When I was a young man, I turned my forester childhood toward learning the way of the headsman. I was efficient and clean, as good executioners are, and soon, my talents were recognized.\nI was given a gift! A badge of office.\n\nWoe to me, Sensou no Ko, the legendary executioners' axe was bestowed upon me.\nThus my curse took hold.

Kubikiri's ascent to royal executioner

Kubikiri's Rise

The axe was more than a badge, or even a tool. The axe hides within it a demon!\nThe kami stirred as soon as I took hold of the thing, it filled me with a strength like I've never felt before!\nI was overtaken by a white-hot pride, and a terrible bloodlust.\nSoon my duties were not enough, and the kami Sensou no Ko - that demon blade - drove me to kill them all!\nI fled to sea, hiding on a trade-ship, but I could never escape fate.\nIt brought me here, for penance.

The kami enters Kubikiri's mind

Kubikiri's Fall

I no longer even feel the eyes of my ancestors upon me, all have turned away.\nThe cries, the screaming, Sensou no Ko's victims clamor in my head.\nWorse though, worse is the hunger.\n\nEven killing doesn't slake it any longer, these hollow souls hardly count as deaths to the demon blade at all.\nSoon, I believe it will turn on me for sustenance.\n\nBy now I would welcome it.

Wherein Kubikiri begs for release.

Kubikiri's plea

Kubikiri's Occupation #1

Kubikiri's Rise #2

Kubikiri's Fall #3

Kubikiri's plea #4

Aeternum's rolling plains of green filled with abandoned ranches and farms

An Untouched Piano #1

Departure #2

Rolfe #3

The Dig Site: Day 1 #4

Excavation: Day 15 #5

Misfortune #6

The Obelisks! #7

Growing Fears #8

The Spire #9

Azure Flames #10

Circle of Dead #1

Keepers #2

Of Statuary and Symbolism #3

Ghosts #4

Letter of Greeting #1

A Lifetime's Work #2

Migration #3

A Death of Cold #4

The New Predator #5

Stag of the Forest #6

Into the Depths #7

Chance Meeting #8

Blue Lanterns #9

A Hasty Retreat #1

Attempts at Poetry #2

For A Hearty Stew #3

Fickle Fortune #4

Of Spice and Dice #1

One Man's Treasure #2

A Better Life #1

Bountiful Harvest #2

Hidden Treasures #3

Shards Like Glowing Embers #4

Protection from Evil #5

Not The Brightest Spark #1

Noble Fools #2

An Enticing Offer #1

Northward Bound #2

Whispers of Mutiny #3

A Cautionary Tale #4

Purchased Loyalty #1

A New Perspective #2

Woodlouse Invasion #1

Bread as Bait #2

Abaia Serpe #3

Manifest of Le Coraquon #1

Captain's Roster #2

Food Troubles Aboard Le Caraquon #3

A Coward's Farewell #1

Queen in Emerald #1

Tales of Windsward

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