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Hate Speech, Free Speech, and the Ladder of Escalation
How history, law, and theology warn us against turning words into weapons
By Chris Abraham for Substack
Some mornings I surprise myself. I wake with th…
1 year ago
A Cleric's Corpse and Barbed Devils
The provided text is an excerpt from a Tabletop Role-Playing Game (TTRPG) session log detailing the exploits of a group of adventurers. Specifically,…
1 year ago
Session Nineteen: Devils in the Mist and Wachter’s Mockery
The adventurers began this session crammed into the cellar of a decrepit Vallaki house, hidden by the wereraven Dannika Martikov after their chaotic …
1 year ago
Session 18 The Gallows of Vallaki
Urihorn slipped out at night to fetch his panther companion. The beast bounded over Vallaki’s palisade, jaws clutching a severed arm scavenged from s…
1 year ago
Session Eighteen: Gallows, Ravens, and the Wrath of Lady Wachter
In Vallaki, justice is never blind. It is theater, staged with gallows and blood to frighten a weary people into obedience.
Barovia wastes nothing, no…
1 year ago
The Death of Charlie Kirk and America’s Two Wars
The rifle crack that killed Charlie Kirk in Utah was an earthquake. He collapsed with a wound to the neck, was rushed to a hospital, and pronounced d…
1 year ago
Charlie Kirk Aftershocks: America's Two Wars of Meaning
The provided text, "Aftershocks: Charlie Kirk’s Assassination and the Two Wars of America," analyzes the profound societal divisions exposed by Charl…
1 year ago
Wagons, Wolves, and the Arrival of Urihorn Tenpenny
From wagon crashes to mob justice, Barovia trades one fallen paladin for a halfling with a grudge — and nothing is ever as simple as it seems.
Barovia…
1 year, 1 month ago
Vallaki's Reckoning: A Gamble for Freedom
This excerpt from "message.txt" details a Dungeons & Dragons role-playing session, specifically Session Seventeen, on August 30, 2025. The narrative …
1 year, 1 month ago
The Fall of Sören Ironwood in Vallaki
Introduction: Welcome back! This week, we recount a grim session from our Barovia campaign, where "even divine wings rot into bone, and the only vict…
1 year, 1 month ago