Location: VariousTimeline: Sixth Age, 53rd Year, Spring Before we get to Emcorae's trip home, I must write to you about my rival Alyssa's continued interference in the young man's life. As you'll soon read, The Goddess of Love didn't do Emcorae any favors with her favor. But too bad for him, the gods don't care... Continue Reading →
4.2 Passing the Time
Location: Arbola ForestTimeline: Sixth Age, 52nd Year, Winter As the winter deepened, the walls of Emcorae's bungalow began to feel less like a sanctuary. In spite of Nathily's visits, Emcorae began to feel like the stagnant air of his own guilt was suffocating him. Like any young man driven to the edge by isolation, he... Continue Reading →
4.1 You Shall Not Pass
Location: ArbolaTimeline: Sixth Age, 52nd Year, Fall When last I wrote about Emcorae Azop and the elfess Nathily, the would-be Azoras were on a shared path of frustration. Emcorare had just had his plans dashed by the Arbola Council - he'd ask for them to allow him to continue his Azora training while also harboring... Continue Reading →
3.8 A New Hope
Location: Fubar, Capital of OrkneyTimeline: Sixth Age, 52nd Year, Winter to 53rd Year, Spring Ramssee moved through the bowels of the palace, his form blending into the soot-stained shadows of the servant corridors. The placed smelled of tallow candles and unwashed bodies, a stark contrast to the perfume courts of the upper floors. The viperz... Continue Reading →
3.7 The Seeds of Doom
Location: Fubar, capital of OrkneyTimeline: Sixth Age, 52nd Year, Winter As Ramssee stepped from the palace’s main portico, he didn’t call for his royal guard. Instead, he whistled for a private, unadorned sleigh. The driver, a man well known to the Steward had a face like crumpled parchment and ears that stayed open in every... Continue Reading →
3.6 Trapped in Orkney
Location: Fubar, capital of OrkneyTimeline: Sixth Age, 52nd Year, Winter The iron gates of Fubar’s inner sanctum groaned shut, sealing the merchant’s daughter and her maid away from the wind. and the horrors of their journey north. For Lynsy and Tiffania, the transition from the wagon to the palace was a dizzying blur of sensory... Continue Reading →
3.5 The Trail of Tears
Location: The Northern PassageTimeline: Sixth Age, 52nd Year, Autumn to Winter The journey from the smoldering ruins of Monthaven to the frozen iron gates of Fubar was a trek through despair. It's one thing to suffer a sudden, violent tragedy; it's quite another to endure the slow, grinding erosion of the soul that comes with... Continue Reading →
3.4 The Fall of the House of Finch
Location: MonthavenTimeline: Sixth Age, 52nd Year, Autumn Distance is like a drug. It allows a man to feel brave while sitting in a velvet chair a thousand miles away. Case in point - King Diked was lounging in his palace in Fubar, sipping wine with the lovely Monnik and boasting to her of his "vengeance"... Continue Reading →
3.3 The Scourge of Monthaven
Location: MonthavenTimeline: Sixth Age, 52nd Year, Fall It was Autumn, the season of dying leaves and heavy, wet winds. As Emcorae was busy pleading his case in Arbola, a storm had gathered over his home town - a tempest so unnatural that the elders later claimed the sky itself was screaming a warning... Koaz Comes... Continue Reading →
3.1 Binge-Watching The Past
Location: Fubar - Capital of OrkneyTimeline: Sixth Age, 52nd Year, Summer I often find myself amused by the human concept of "power." They speak of it as if it were a solid thing—a throne of oak or a hoard of gold. They do not realize that power is a liquid; it flows, it evaporates, and... Continue Reading →
The Apocrypha of Azazel 