Chapter 4: The Shadow in the Star-Glass The Mylar vessels of impossible tech were fast approaching and the nearest had almost reached my perched. As it got closer I could see it hover with the arrogant, weightless grace of a dragonfly - its translucent hull of Star-Glass shimmering with the iridescence of oil on water.... Continue Reading →
9.3 The Mirror and The Mist
Location: The Lands Beyond the Second Ice WallTimeline: Sixth Age, Spring 51 As I dragged my wretched form over the final edge of the violet-gold crystal of the monstrous Ice Wall that guarded Lemuria, the screaming winds that ever howled during my journey through New Atlantis suddenly stopped. In its place was a silence so... Continue Reading →
9.2 Journey Through New Atlantis
Location: New AtlantisTimeline: Sixth Age, Winter 50 The world has become a smear of bruised violet and bone-white static. I am walking—if you can call this erratic, drunken lurching "walking"—across the Great Shadow. Behind me, the first inner wall has vanished into the murk. Before me, there is only the howling void of the southern... Continue Reading →
8.11 The Golden Summer
Location: MonthavenTimeline: Sixth Age, 52nd Year, Late Spring and All Summer Ah, the climax of the termite’s little drama. Emcorae sprinted out of that cottage, abandoning his "studies" and his grandmother’s cabbage stew without a second thought - it a masterclass in mortal impulsivity. He scrambled onto that mare of his, Joanne, and rode like... Continue Reading →
8.9 Star-Crossed Lovers
Location: MonthavenTimeline: Sixth Age, Year 52, Early Spring The Grand Gesture “Oh, Alyssa, I hope this works. It seems crazy but I guess Tiffania is right: if Lynsy never sees me then how will she ever know if she likes me?” Emcorae's thoughts were a transparent mix of compelled romance and tactical stupidity. The plan, devised... Continue Reading →
8.4 Love’s Labour Lost
Location: On the road to MonthavenTimeline: Sixth Age, Year 52, Early Spring While the Goddess of Love was consorting with the goat-god on Arcady Isle, the intended victim of her First Sight ritual, Emcorae, awoke in his camp near Monthaven. The grand warrior's slumber, which was to be his luxurious reward, was violently ruined. "What... Continue Reading →
8.1 The Spider and the Fly
Location: On the road to MonthavenTimeline: Sixth Age, 52st Year, Spring While I was busy wrapping things up in Atlantis, events of the world continued to march on. I know you want to find out if I got my hands on Dagaal, but patience, little one. First let me tell you more about the foibles of... Continue Reading →
7.7 Wrath of the Leviathan
My Leviathan - the monster I created to destroy Atlantis. I'd willingly sacrificed the creature in order to wipe that ancient empire off the face of the flat earth - and it worked. Both the city and the behemoth sunk to the bottom of the seas - their remains lost to time and history ever... Continue Reading →
7.6 The Rite of the Stolen Light
Location: The Ruins of AtlantisTimeline: Winter 48 to Winter 49 The Ghost of Kaelin hovered before me. I remember the fool. Long ago he was an Atlantean, tall, proud, and strong, yet his ghost before me now was not of flesh and bone. It is a weeping tapestry of sorrow, a living manifestation of despair.... Continue Reading →
Chapter 6: The Way Down
The rhythmic grinding instantly escalated to a piercing, metal-on-stone shriek. It wasn't the distant hum of the drill anymore; it was the sound of a mechanical beast chewing through the final inches of our sanctuary. <CRRAAAAACKKK!> The drill bit ripped through the cistern ceiling with the violence of a cannon blast. The air exploded. A... Continue Reading →
The Apocrypha of Azazel 