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1.6 The Pact of Ramos

Part I - What Happened to Pesties?Chapter 6 - The Pact of RamosLocation - The Serpent's Embrace - Karmamesh, RamosTime: 44th Year, Winter Gather close, for I must recount a tedious yet delectable morsel that took place during the winter doldrums while I was waiting for Aspus to return to me. Call it a meeting... Continue Reading →

1.2 – The Soul Harvester

Part I: What Happened to Pesties?Chapter 2 - The Soul HarvesterTimeline: Sixth Age of Substance, 44th Year,Winter There’s nothing like the comforts of home, is there? For me, it’s sipping the finest red (1) from my chalice while lounging on my throne. You'll recall, my palatial estate was located in and arounds the grounds that... Continue Reading →

14.5 The House of Happy Delights

Part XIV: Scrolling Through HistoryChapter 5: The House of Happy DelightsTimeline: AO 296-AO318 The fates were not kind to the children of Hacktor and Hecla. Perhaps I had something to do with them, perhaps it was the Balkeryz themselves, or mayhap it was just bad luck. But in the end, it didn't pay to be... Continue Reading →

17.4 Through Kel-de-Kaba

Part XVII: The Long Dark Tea Time of the SoulChapter 4: Through Kel-de-KabaTimeline: AO 323 The Drokka Byways, a series of ancient roads cut into the very bones of the earth, wound their way south like the veins of some great, forgotten beast. Hacktor rode ahead on his favorite war pony, a fierce beast named... Continue Reading →

17.2 The Shell Game

Part XVII: The Long Dark Tea Time of the SoulChapter 2: The Shell GameTimeline: AO323 You may be wondering—whatever happened to Blackwood Forest? Wasn't that "Black Gold" the very reason Hacktor wanted his father Baldur to go to war in the first place? Wasn't control of the Forest supposed to make the lives of the... Continue Reading →

16.2 The Dread Road to Karkemesh

Part XVI: The Golden HandChapter 2: The Dread Road to KarkemeshTimeline: AO 302 - AO303 It was decided. Garrick would leave Babel, under the guise of a diplomatic mission, but his true goal was the Pleasure Palace of Sindra. He assembled a small entourage, handpicked from his most loyal guards with the former commoner turned... Continue Reading →

16.1 Oh, Garrick, Beware

Part XVI: The Golden HandChapter 1: Oh, Garrick, BewareTimeline: AO 302 If I had a dollar for every time a reader asked me about Garrick, I'd have been able to quit working for A'H eons ago - unfortunately you humans are cheapskates and I can never rely on you to pay up. But in order... Continue Reading →

2.1 The Arbols

Part II - The AmorosiChapter 1 - The ArbolsLocation: Arbola ForestTimeline: Sixth Age, 44th Year It may hearten you to learn that not every thread of this grand tapestry revolves around my inestimable self—though, if I had my way, it would, and the tale would be all the richer for it. But alas, A’H’s tiresome... Continue Reading →

1.3 – The Morgue

Part I - What Happened to Pesties?Chapter 3 - The MorgueTimeline: Sixth Age of Substance, 44th Year,Winter As I waited for Pesties to slither before me with The Grim, my mind drifted to the past—how I first sniffed out that cursed dagger and the centuries I’d squandered chasing it. You’ll recall I wielded the Drrukka... Continue Reading →

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