Location: Arbola ForestTimeline: Sixth Age, 53rd Year, Summer Answer is No Chapter Location: Arbola ForestTimeline: Sixth Age, 53rd Year, Summer More than a moon after he’d returned to the forest, Emcorae finally got his audience with The Council. The Great Green Hall was a buzz with anticipation as the would-be Azora stepped into the center... Continue Reading →
4.6 Healing at Hot Springs
Location: Arbola ForestTimeline: Sixth Age, 53rd Year, Spring Alyssa had her lost lover again - now all she had to do was bring Alfranco back from the 'dead' state he stuck in. To do that she'd had the old gaffer transported to her at The Hot Springs. The springs were a masterpiece of of Alyssa's... Continue Reading →
4.7 The Gaffer Returns
Location: Arbola ForestTimeline: Sixth Age, 53rd Year, Spring Time, for an immortal, is a river—constant, flowing, and ultimately indifferent to the stones it passes. But for a mortal, time is a fire; it consumes as it warms. Alyssa, in her infinite and terrifying love, thought she could simply command Alfranco’s soul to return to the... Continue Reading →
4.5 A Thrice Told Tale
Location: Arbola ForestTimeline: Sixth Age, 53rd year, Spring to Summer The Apocrypha of Azazel History is a circle drawn in blood, and Emcorae Azop was currently tracing its most jagged edge. He had left the forest a boy seeking a bride; he returned as a phantom leading a carriage of ghosts. Alyssa’s 'handiwork' was nearly... Continue Reading →
4.4 The Unwelcome Guest
Location: Monthaven - what's left of itTimeline: Sixth Age, 53rd Year, Spring There is a particular brand of cruelty reserved for the gods who claim to love us. Mortal hate is a simple thing—it burns, it kills, and it leaves behind a clean ash. But divine love? Divine love is a cage woven of emerald... Continue Reading →
4.3 Ashes
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 →
The Apocrypha of Azazel 