Thread by @TheEdVerse

1)
“Have a care, sirrah! I’m not a man to be laughed at!”
“No? You’ve not seen your face in a mirror?”
“WHAAAT? For THAT, you’ll die SLOWLY!”
“Good, if by ‘slowly’ you mean about sixty years from now. That’s acceptably slow decay.”
#epicfantasy

2)
“Is this what passes for HUMOUR in Neverune???”
“Evidently. And just who are you, loud man with glowing sword?”
The man draws himself up and strikes a gleaming pose that includes a florid arm-wave. It’s evidently a signal to…
#epicfantasy

3)
…forty or so lesser warriors to rush past him on either side, and form a bristling wall of drawn steel in front of him.
Over their heads, the man with the glowing sword shifts to a grander pose, and announces grandly, …
#epicfantasy

4)
“I am the Valk of Valk. The Champion Unvanquished!”
Silence falls. Until the King pokes Wolf from behind and says, “Who? Who’s this Valk of Valk?”
Wolf shrugs. “Never heard of him, Elvar.”
“Well, you HAVE NOW!” the man thunders.
#epicfantasy

5)
He cuts the air above his head with the glowing sword; it trails its radiance in a pattern more intricate than precise. “Prepare to meet THY DOOM!”
Wolf sighs. “Why is it that all of these outlanders assume I’m so unprepared?”
#epicfantasy

6)
“Perhaps they have high-ranking courtiers in their countries,” Palonder says helpfully, addressing the ceiling.
#epicfantasy