The Collected Works of Sister Amélie

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[A rather large book published on rough paper, including the most recent editions of all the works linked below. There is no foreword in the First Edition or the Second Edition or the Third Edition, instead, it moves directly into "Paradise in Bel-Ishûn" after the title page and table of contents.]


The Collected Works of Sister Amélie

Of the Sibylline Vine
Speaker for Kula

Third Edition

Published at Ephia's Well
Adar 30, IY 7788


First Ed. Subat 19, IY 7787
Second Ed. Nisah 7, IY 7788

Poetry and Verse

To Paradise in Bel-Ishûn
In the style of the Kulamet; imperfect iambic tetrameter, partially enjambed.

Kula looks upon the world, causes Bel-Ishun to flourish, and the Wheel sets down a prophecy that shall last through the ages.

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The Fate of the Garden
In the style of the Kulamet; iambic tetrameter, partially enjambed.

The tale of Kula and all the Wheel, centered upon the Garden, with a focus upon their opposition to the Enemy.

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Of Errantry Upon the Sands
In the style of the Kulamet; varying iambic tetrameter, pentameter, and octameter.

The author meets the Enemy in exodus upon the sands, and overcomes Them, by the grace of the Wheel and the works of her allies.

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Of Kula and Gamil
In the style of the Kulamet; varying iambic tetrameter, pentameter, and trimeter, partially enjambed.

An allegorical account of the meeting of Kula and Gamil, and how each serves Life in their own fashion.

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The Shield of Burnished Brass
In the style of the Kulamet; iambic tetrameter, enjambed, blank verse.

An aspirational verse on the nature of the Chalice, and the Paradise that awaits this world with its realization at the hands of the Pilgrim.

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The Sable Cloak
In the style of the Kulamet; iambic tetrameter, partially enjambed.

In honor of the Holy Mother, recounting the tale of Her Immolation at the hands of Pra'raj, for the Feast of B'aara.

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The Chasm; or, The Road to Bet Napphai
In the style of the Kulamet; iambic tetrameter, blank verse.

She of the present looks back upon she of the past, that what is won by struggle and sacrifice, may see her lighted down through every test to come.

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Destrier
In the style of the Kulamet; iambic tetrameter/octameter, simple rhyming scheme.

The Ages rise not only in Bronze, but in Silver, and the lily-faceted glories reflecting histories that were not only made in war.

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Sacred in Her Sight
In the style of the Kulamet; iambic tetrameter, partially enjambed.

The works of the meek are raised up in honor by the Wyld, who is shepherd of all peoples, and looks with fury upon acts of injustice perpetrated by the powerful. Composed in honor of the League of White.

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That Long Awaited Due
In the style of the Kulamet; A curse of the Wrothyr; iambic tetrameter.

A Kulamet verse drying to the Wroth those foes of the Garden that would twist Her purpose to hateful and ruinous ends.

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Of Elizabetha
In the style of the Rose; varying iambic trimeter and heptameter.

Upon the trials of Grandmaster Elizabetha d'Auvergne and the inspiration she has given so many in the Well.

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The Kulamet Hymnal
In the style of the Kulamet; iambic tetrameter.

A collection of Kulamet hymns by the author and selected contributors.

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In Service to the Well; or, The March
In the style of the Kulamet; iambic tetrameter.

A recounting of the Well's purpose at the outset of its march to battle in the War of the Wastes.

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Verses for the Dead of Ephia's Well
In the style of the Kulaet; iambic tetrameter.

Selected poems honoring the fallen of Ephia's Well.

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Tlonsiyya; or, The Ambassadors
In the style of the Kulamet; iambic tetrameter.

In honor of the diplomatic mission to Tlonsiyya undertaken by Ephia's Well in early Subat, IY 7787.

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The Man of Kardesler
In the style of the Kulamet, iambic tetrameter.

In honor of the decision of Legate Marcellus Saenus in IY 7787 to aid the refugees of the Tonsure's caravan against the forces of the resurgent Sibilant in the Ash Desert.

Prose

The War of the Southern Wastes: A History
Recounting the War of the Wastes, also known as the Battles of the Red Hill, that Ephia's Well fought in late Illul in IY 7787. Contains selections of verse published separately. Complete.

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The Reconciliation of the Aspects of Kula, the Wyld
A paper dedicated to the Sandstone College's symposium on the metaphysical aspects of the Wheel faith.

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Record of a Sermon on the Wyrm and the Wheel
An address before the Pilgrim on Tabbah 20, IY 7787.

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Record of a Sermon on the Teachings of the Wyld
An address before the Pilgrim on Hziran 30, IY 7787.

Miscellanea

Speakers for the Wheel
A record of the faithful of Ephia's Well and the Great Ash Desert in the Age of Ash. New edition pending revisions.

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[A second edition is published. In addition to two new works, the name of the author seems to have been changed.]

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[Amendments to the second edition are published, adding the completed "The War of the Southern Wastes" and "Of Kula and Gamil".]

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[A third edition is published, adding the completed (mostly allegorical) works: "The Shield of Burnished Brass", "That Long Awaited Due", "Sacred in Her Sight", "Destrier", and "The Chasm, or: The Road to Bet Napphai". The order of the poems in the "Poetry and Verse" section has also been changed.]