16: It's Not Safe to Be Out After Dark

About this episode

Rowen navigates the challenges of her new reality after surviving a prophesied death and losing her arm.

In which Rowen finds her aunt's truck and a new variety of trouble... When Rowen survives her prophesied death and loses her arm, her world changes. The Hands of Seers, who trained her to fulfill her prophecy and save the world, view her as a wildcard and encourage her to retire into a mundane life. But how can she sit by when there are other Chosen Ones, just like her, who are left to fight alone because of an interpretation of dusty book written hundreds of years ago? She must come to terms with the loss of her arm and deconstruct her beliefs about prophecy and destiny if she has any chance of forging the future she desires. Read Paxwood at PaxwoodTales.Com

People in this episode

Host: Stephanie Gildart

Topics covered

• prophecy
• destiny
• personal growth
• loss
• chosen ones

Keywords

• Rowen
• prophecy
• Hands of Seers
• loss of arm
• chosen ones
• destiny
• Paxwood

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hands of Seers

Books & works: Paxwood, PaxwoodTales.Com

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