Part XVI: The Golden OneChapter 4: For the Price of Your SoulTimeline: AO304 - 309 A year passed in this manner. Maybe two. Who can say. One night - much like any other - Garrick’s heart pounded in his chest as he stumbled out of the pleasure dome, his body still thrumming from the hours... Continue Reading →
16.3 The Pleasure Palace
Part XVI: The Golden OneChapter 3: The Pleasure PalaceTimeline: AO 302-303 After a grueling journey through mountains, deserts, rivers and more, at last Garrick, Rorik, and what remained of the goblin troop had finally arrived at their destination - Karkemesh - the twin palaces of the goddess Sindra. “You’ve come a long way,” a voice... 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 →
12.3 The Fall and Rise of Garrick
Part XII: The ReckoningChapter 3: The Fall and Rise of GarrickTimeline: AO 301-302 The Derkka army had waited for weeks in the shadow of the mountains of Oz. They'd expected them to emerge desperate and starving, their anticipation growing as they watched for any sign of Hacktor Derkillez and his troops from the ruins. But... Continue Reading →
11.10 The Wrath of Baal
Part XI: The Heart of DarknessChapter 10: The Wrath of BaalTimeline AO 301 After a grueling journey north, battling the abuse of Baal's minions and magic, Garrick of the Golden Hand finally had his troops near Razzyn. It had been a terrible journey. His forces horses had been plagued, his troops had trudged through the... Continue Reading →
11.7 Bazzu Comes to Babel
Part XI: The Heart of DarknessChapter 7: Bazzu Comes to BabelTimeline AO 301 With Hacktor on his way to Oz, I had some work to do in Babel so I portalled there and check in on how the Derkka would receive the news about their enemies ravaging through Gor... Babel—the sprawling capital of the Derkka,... Continue Reading →
11.5 Antarez Ford
Part XI: The Heart of DarknessChapter 5: Antarez FordTimeline: AO 301 As the summer sun blazed over Nektar's Cauldron I was busy thinking about my time in Ramos - specifically pondering how I might find The Crypt of Shadows. The Necronomicon had yielded no answers, portalling all over the flat Earth hadn't worked either. So... Continue Reading →
9.6 The First Victory?
Part IX: The Coming of the KingChapter 6: The First Victory?Timeline AO 299 My pawn Hacktor was about to engage in his first conflict and although I’d witness countless battles in the eons of my existence (including the great war in Heaven) I found myself giddy with excitement as I stared at the fates within... Continue Reading →
3.6 The Pawns of Fate
Part III: Greed is GoodChapter 6: The Pawns of Fate I was relaxing again in my study at Nektar's Cauldron - in a room where shadows and whispers conspired. As always, my thoughts were a web of schemes and machinations, each thread tugging at the fates of those who dwelled in the realms above. Picking... Continue Reading →
The Apocrypha of Azazel 