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The Taleweaver

Herko Kerghans was a player and prolific creator of (unofficial) EVE fiction, which he published in the EVE-online forums over a period stretching from 2005 to 2006. After establishing a name for himself, he took the title 'Taleweaver' to mark his craft.

Today, he is recognized by the community as one of the most inventive and talented storywriters in EVE.

Works

The following is a listing of known works Kerghans published in the EVE-online forums.

Children’s tales

1. Burning Snow (Caldari)
2. Burning Grass (Matari)
3. Old Man Singing (Gallente)
4. Doom, Chance and Fate (Caldari)
5. Sword, Tea and Tale (Caldari)
6. Hand, Hilt and Blade (Caldari)
7. The Holder and the Poet (Amarr)
8. Not enough punishment (Amarr)

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Caldari tales

1. Embryo (At home in a lab tube)
2. Pay attention, young Hakkilen (the Tea Master’s tale)
3. Fighting duels (the Sword Master’s tale)
4. Four questions (Hak’len’s tale, told by a drinker)
5. The blade, the root, the mountain and the CEO (Can you climb the same mountain twice?)

Ships, pods and clones

1. Nightmare of a star god (the post vs. the human)
2. Silver ring (What you hold on to after you are dead)
3. Matches (Smokey!)
4. …in the last place you look (The answer is out there)
5. Ever been to The Cold Dish? (Big sharks only)
6. Dream numbers (Love math)
7. The Cold Dish pitch dark special: Vicious Cycle (Bad sick dark obscure inside joke…)
8. Nope... the podding don’t hurts (Cloning takes guts!)
9. We jammin’ (Battle tale / warsong)
10. The right choice of words (Your teeth on my deck)
11. Goodbye, my love (Freefalin’ poetry)
12. Miner’s blues (Loneliness is a cold rock…)
13. Four meals and a glass of milk (Not a single spaceship )

Technical papers

1. The Tricky Trade of trading
2. Uber Tanking!