Part XVII: The Long Dark Tea Time of the SoulChapter 5: The ChosenTimeline: AO323 Humanity's world is a dark place - I should know because I helped make it that way. This next leg of Hacktor's journey is yet another example in a long line of how depraved you people are.... As the caravan that... 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 →
17.3 I Still Believe
Part XVII: The Long Dark Tea Time of the SoulChapter 3: I Still BelieveTimeline: AO323 The King’s Library, with its towering shelves of blackwood and endless rows of ancient tomes, was an imposing fortress of knowledge. Outside of the city of Chaldea (which was itself the largest library in the kingdom), the Kon-Herr's book depository... 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 →
17.1 – Hacktor’s Return
Part XVII: The Long Dark Tea Time of the SoulChapter 1: Hacktor's ReturnTimeline: AO 323 With the help of the goddess Kalypzo (or at least my version of her) Hacktor and a small band of survivors were safe inside Oz. But now they were trapped, with an unknown force of myz and goblins still presumably... Continue Reading →
14.7 The BIO – Blackwood Importation Office
Part XIV: Scrolling Through HistoryChapter 7: The BIO - Blackwood Importation OfficeTimeline: AO 304-318 "Who? What? When?" I woke with a start, still in my library. The Eye of Seraphiel was still radiating its threads of the fate of the Drokka, yet I could barely muster the energy to give it more than a passing... Continue Reading →
7.1 Open Borders
Part VII: The Twin Towers ConspiracyChapter 1: Open BordersTimeline: AO 298 As it turned out Hecla would endure her father’s abuse for three more years. Those were dark times for the princess. Each night, Hecla lay awake, the weight of her father’s sins pressing down on her. The bruises she suffered physically were nothing compared... 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 →
5.5 Overpopulation
Part V: Political IntriguesChapter 5: OverpopulationTimeline: AO 295 The room erupted at Hacktor’s proposal to start a war. Numerous council members tried to speak up, whilst Hacktor’s voice boomed over them. All the while Hecla’s laughter could be heard in the background, cutting through the chaotic noise like a blade. Baldur watched his daughter as... Continue Reading →
5.4 The Grand Council
Part V: Political IntriguesChapter 4: The Grand CouncilTimeline: AO 295 Bureaucracy – don’t we all love it? Our leaders inevitably claim they are acting in our best interest, but in reality, it’s just their own pockets they want to line, right? Case in point, The Drokka Grand Council. While the public thought the Kon-Herr was... Continue Reading →
The Apocrypha of Azazel 