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  1. Public Bookmark 12

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    When a sealed box appears in Essek of den Thelyss’ office, containing a script. the acclaimed director and producer of Moonlight Productions finds a new story to tell.

    In search of authenticity, he turns to Dr. Caleb Widogast, a newly appointed professor of modern history whose research focuses on systems of power and the quiet machinery of abuse. Their collaboration begins as an intellectual exercise, two men dissecting truth from illusion, but soon becomes an unraveling.

    Between drafts and late night conversations, Essek begins to see what his films have always avoided: himself.
    And Caleb, patient but scarred in his own way, must decide how close one can stand to another’s truth without becoming part of the fiction.

    A slow burning story of connection, guilt, and the fragile beauty of trust and the fragile alchemy of healing.

     

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    10 Jan 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 30

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    Caleb Widogast returns a stolen Luxon Beacon to the Kryn Dynasty knowing it will cost him safety—and possibly his freedom.

    What he does not expect is to be seen.

    As judgment unfolds in the Bright Queen’s court and Trent Ikithon refuses to release his claim, Caleb finds himself under the watch of Essek Thelyss, the Dynasty’s Shadow Hand. What begins as supervision becomes conversation, then trust, then something quieter and far more dangerous: understanding.

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    29 Dec 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 2

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    In the many years that Caleb Widogast had known Essek, he had learnt to handle his mood swings the way one would handle dangerous spell components; carefully, patiently and with deep respect. After all, one wrong move and anything could end up in an explosive eruption.

    Such was the same with Essek.

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    22 Dec 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 29

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    Don’t read this one either

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    21 Dec 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 58

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    Caleb gets the second-highest exam score in his physics class. It's the worst thing that's ever happened to him.

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    Based on this art from twitter that I absolutely could NOT get out of my head. Thank you for the inspiration!

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    15 Dec 2025