Maril

Calhoun put the sample away and called Maril back.

This World Is Taboo Murray Leinster 1935

"Goddess Maril requires the act of the G'lder of all men who would love her!"

G'lder Curtis Hox 2011

He reached out and touched the cool, smooth surface of the massive door frame, a deep jacaranda carved in the likeness of the naked goddess Maril.

G'lder Curtis Hox 2011

When the screaming began, the C'venants huddled in the chapel among the lit candles below the image of Maril.

G'lder Curtis Hox 2011

The riders poured into the courtyard as moonlight glinted off lacquered steal plate colored in the darks reds of Maril.

G'lder Curtis Hox 2011

The next, Maril the Crimsonial—the Beloved, the Ashellieleal, the Honorbringer, the Ellialisih, sovereign lord—appeared before them in glory.

G'lder Curtis Hox 2011

“Now,” she said, “before we see what all the fuss is about, explain to me why our beloved Maril answered your call and gave you the gift of the G'lder.”

G'lder Curtis Hox 2011

Through the haze, he saw the full truth: the Doman Matriarchs of Maril were granted unconceivable power over men.

G'lder Curtis Hox 2011

Maril glanced through the doorway at her subjects, then dissipated before their eyes, all of them later swearing she seemed sad to go.

G'lder Curtis Hox 2011

Instead he finds himself in love risking his life and mission to protect Sissy from assassins who might be local traitors supporting the Maril he anticipates will soon invade.

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