Part X: Death takes a vacationChapter 4: Gwar CallingTimeline: AO 300 Emerging from the Temple of Shadows, I felt the weight of the dead pressing down on me like a shroud, their whispers still echoing in my mind. The clues I had gained about Dagaal were maddeningly vague, but they were more than I had... Continue Reading →
9.4 The March Begins…
Part IX: The Coming of the KingChapter 4: The March Begins...Timeline AO 299 And so it was that I ensured my pawn Hacktor was primed and ready for war. Yet the question lingered: would his people be ready to follow? The Drokka had grown complacent under Baldur’s peaceful rule, untested by the fires of battle.... Continue Reading →
9.2 King Under the Mountain
Part IX: The Coming of the KingChapter 2: King under the MountainsTimeline: AO 299 The bard Belgrath's surprise appearance at Hacktor Derkillez's coronation was enough to keep me engrossed watching the Eye all night long - with a glass of blood-wine and a few souls to snack on, I was good for hours. I couldn't... Continue Reading →
8.1 Those Meddling Kids
Part VIII - Weapon of Mass DestructionChapter 1: Those Meddling KidsTimline: AO 287 Over a decade ago I’d pretended to the the Drokka Gods Rhokki and Myndoz and appeared to the legendary arms maker Hef Fastuz to commission him to create for me a weapon of mass destruction according to my designs. Unfortunately for me... Continue Reading →
3.4 Fateweaving
Part III: Chapter 4: FateweavingTimeline: AO 255 In the heart of the dread volcano known as Nektar’s Cauldron, far beneath the roiling magma and sulfurous fumes, there lay a hidden chamber—an eldritch sanctuary carved from the bones of the world itself. This was my bedroom, a place where the very stones whispered secrets and the... Continue Reading →
5.8 The Council Vote
Part V: Political IntriguesChapter 8: The Council VoteTimeline: AO 295 Why was I letting events take so long to get my war started? The answer to that question is actually within your question - sure another Drokka-Derkka war would be an effective way to kill a lot of people and use them as fodder for... Continue Reading →
4.6 The Great Awakening
Part IV: The Pawn of ProphecyChapter 6: The Great AwakeningTimeline: Drokka History Now recall - when I came back from Illusia in AO 225 and first learned about the dagger Dagaal (that was made for the purpose of killing me!), I had a lot of work to do to protect myself. After pondering my options,... Continue Reading →
3.3 Useful Idiots
Part III: Greed is GoodChapter 3: Useful Idiots Recall that I’d previously used the Drokka as pawns in my own war machine for centuries. After a time I tired of that endeavor and got busy with other things. But then stupid Baal-Zebub came up with the idea to steal my rib bone to create a... Continue Reading →
1.12 Rhokki’s Lost Love
Part I: The Search for DagaalChapter 12: Rhokki's Lost Love In order to move my plans forward I needed to make sure the lumenarc Rhokki didn’t discover that I was using his identity to influence a branch of mankind now called The Drokka. A long time passed. I started pretending to be Rhokki in order... Continue Reading →
1.10 The Dread Reed of Verdical
Part I: The Search for DagaalChapter 1.10: The Dread Reed of Verdical I’m not going to lie, my last conversation with Gwar made me angry. And, if we’re being honest here, I’ll admit I was a bit afraid too. OK, I was a lot afraid - the prospect that Dagaal might be on Terra was... Continue Reading →
The Apocrypha of Azazel 