The Adventurer King
By K. A. Cook
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Seven years ago, Darius Liviu met a talking sword belt in the Great Souk, an eldritch being who changed his life forever. In that time, he has learnt something of the sword, mastered strange magic and survived dangerous jobs, but while he has friends in Rajad, he still feels out of place—too divergent to be welcomed and accepted as mercenary and magician.
When an unexpected meeting with potential employers goes wrong, his first instinct is to flee. But a wandering monarch, Efe Kadri, has an offer that might provide the certainty for which Darius has been searching, if only he has the courage to say yes...
K. A. Cook
K. A. Cook is a panalterous, aro-ace, genderless, autistic feminist who experiences chronic pain and mental illness. They write creative non-fiction, personal essays and novels about all of the above on the philosophy that if the universe is going to make life interesting, they might as well make interesting art. They are the author of several short fantasy stories combining ridiculous magic, cats, disability, bacon, mental illness, microscopic gnomes, aromanticism, the undead, verbose eldritch entities and as many transgender autistics as any one story can hold.
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The Adventurer King - K. A. Cook
the adventurer king: an efe and darius story
K. A. Cook
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The Adventurer King, © 2018, K. A. Cook.
Published by K. A. Cook at Smashwords.
Originally published in substantially different form at Queer Without Gender, October, 2016.
Produced in Geelong, Australia.
This publication is under copyright. No part of this book may be copied, reproduced or distributed in print or electronic form without written consent from the copyright holder.
The Adventurer King is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to persons living or dead is unintentional. Any references to persons living or dead do not necessarily espouse the views of the author.
Layout and cover design: K. A. Cook.
Credits: Cover typeset in Amadeus by Bright Ideas and Life Savers by Impallari Type. Assorted stock images from Open-ClipartVectors, Rani-Ramli and darkmoon1986.
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Seven years ago, Darius Liviu met a talking sword belt in the Great Souk, an eldritch being who changed his life forever. In that time, he has learnt something of the sword, mastered strange magic and survived dangerous jobs, but while he has friends in Rajad, he still feels out of place—too divergent to be welcomed and accepted as mercenary and magician.
When an unexpected meeting with potential employers goes wrong, his first instinct is to flee. But a wandering monarch, Efe Kadri, has an offer that might provide the certainty for which Darius has been searching, if only he has the courage to say yes...
content advisory
This novelette depicts casual autistic-targeted ableism and misgendering/cissexism from an allistic cis man, actions which are addressed as misgendering by two transgender characters, while the ableism is acknowledged as such—if not in modern activist terms—by the target. I will state that the perpetrator doesn’t apologise as learning to offer a genuine apology is part of his future character arc, but he does come to some acknowledgement that that what he said was hurtful, if not yet understanding the impact of it. (Again, part of his character arc.) It also contains references to previous instances of ableism and non-detailed acts of violence caused by ableist perpetrators, as well as the depiction of an act from the protagonist that is a damaging moment of revenge to his abuser.
Additionally, this story depicts gender dysphoria provoked by said cissexism and depictions of the want to self-harm. It also has the protagonist mentioning blood magic, which is not isolated from both dysphoria and self-harm.
author’s note
The Adventurer King takes place seven years after the events of Certain Eldritch Artefacts, in which Darius, a young magician, is claimed by a talking belt, something that isn’t so much magical as it is insufferable. I’m not sure this story will make for comprehensible reading without knowing where Darius’s narrative began.
I also feel that I should offer a warning. This story is a set up for the development of a queerplatonic relationship in the next, something that might be better understood as akin to an aromantic romance. A happily ever after ending is the norm for a romance narrative, but anyone who has read my web serial The Unnatural Philosophy of Kit March will know that the best Efe and Darius (and Aysun and Darius) get is happily for a little while. While Darius’s ending is far from determined, Efe’s ending isn’t a happy one. If readers prefer the story of an aro pansexual/ace trans autistic and an allo bisexual cis allistic trying