Location: Fubar in the Orkney RegionTimeline: Sixth Age, Spring, 51 Ah, the fleeting nature of mortal comfort. It's a delectable little tragedy, isn't it? One moment, they are basking in the warmth of their stolen triumphs, the next, the chilling winds of reality come howling in through the window. It is during these moments of... Continue Reading →
5.4 Formula 409
Location: Nektar’s Cauldron, KraTimeline: Sixth Age, 47th Year, Spring Ah, the bliss of a job well done. Kaoz, my new favorite little myz, was back on his path, his mind now a gleaming new toy of my own design. Confident that he wouldn’t stray, I turned my attention to other, more pressing matters. The little... 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 →
2.2 Languishing
Part II – The AmorosiChapter 2 – LanguishingLocation: Arbola ForestTimeline: Sixth Age, 45th Year, Spring Oh, how delectable was the discord that soon festered in Arbola Forest - it became a symphony of mortal frailties that I surely would have savored at the time had my gaze not been fixed on grander schemes! Yet even... Continue Reading →
4.3 The Morati
Part IV: That Meddling KidChapter 3: The MoratiLocation: Monthaven, Eastern TerraVerdeTimeline: Sixth Age of Substance, 45th Year, Mid-Autumn Although you might think I'm bored recounting the tedious lives of Emcorae and his grandfather Alfranco, think again - I’ll admit, this part of his yarn stirs a flicker of delight in the shadows of my heart... Continue Reading →
4.1 – All Hail the King
Part IV: That Meddling KidChapter 1: All Hail The KingLocation: Monthaven, Eastern TerraVerdeTimeline: Sixth Age of Substance, 45th Year, Mid-Autumn I must turn my tale now to a place I overlooked in my arrogance—a speck of a town called Monthaven, nestled in the far eastern corner of TerraVerde, buried among the dense forests along the... Continue Reading →
3.6 – The Test
Part III: The PlagueChapter 6: The TestLocation: KagorTimeline: Sixth Age of Substance, 46th Year, Spring Keldar, the Supreme Overlord of the West—my pawn? I knew the former was true; it was time to make the latter a reality. Everyone on TerrVerde feared Keldar, or at least the legends that surrounded him. He had destroyed all... Continue Reading →
3.4 – Unraveling the Riddles
Part III: The PlagueChapter 4: Unraveling the RiddlesLocation: Nektar’s CauldronTimeline: Sixth Age of Substance, 46th Year, Spring The early evening hours of the following day found me curled up with a book in in a hidden nook inside the plush surroundings of The Cauldron’s Library, a rare sanctuary amidst the desolation of my obsidian citadel.... Continue Reading →
3.3 – The Unfortunate Interruption
Part III - The DiscoveryChapter 3 - The Unfortunate InterruptionLocation: Nektar’s CauldronTimeline: Sixth Age of Substance, 46th Year, Spring The bones of my hands trembled with a mixture of excitement (and desperation) as I unwound the cord that held the gutskin covering bound to the top of Aspus’ fourth and final Reconnaissance Jar. The air... Continue Reading →
2.5 The Dread
Part II - The AmorosiChapter 4 - The DreadLocation: Arbola ForestTimeline: Sixth Age, 45th Year, Spring The most fascinating thing about mortals is their complete and utter predictability. They flail about in a world I so carefully crafted for them, and when they encounter a little suffering, a touch of chaos, they call it "dread."... Continue Reading →