Location: The Road NorthTimeline: Summer How delicious it is to watch a mortal’s ambition collide with the stubborn physics of the earth. Emcorae burned with a fire that could consume a kingdom, yet he was tethered to the rhythmic, plodding gait of a mule. Every league he gained was a battle against the fraying patience... Continue Reading →
2.2 The Children of Mu – Lemuria
Book II: The Scrolls of LemuriaChapter 2 – The Children of Mu After thinking about what went wrong with the Hyperboreans, I figured maybe relying solely on the mortal Adam and one of Gaia’s creatures to try to produce an intelligent race was a miscalculation by me. Perhaps the mix simply lacked enough divine ‘juice?’ With... Continue Reading →
4.8 The Answer is No
Location: Arbola ForestTimeline: Sixth Age, 53rd Year, Summer More than a moon after he'd returned to the forest, Emcorae finally got his audience with The Council. The Great Green Hall was a buzz with anticipation as the would-be Azora stepped into the center of the space. Yet the contrast the observers saw in the appearance... Continue Reading →
4.6 Healing at Hot Springs
Location: Arbola ForestTimeline: Sixth Age, 53rd Year, Spring Alyssa had her lost lover again - now all she had to do was bring Alfranco back from the 'dead' state he stuck in. To do that she'd had the old gaffer transported to her at The Hot Springs. The springs were a masterpiece of of Alyssa's... Continue Reading →
4.7 The Gaffer Returns
Location: Arbola ForestTimeline: Sixth Age, 53rd Year, Spring Time, for an immortal, is a river—constant, flowing, and ultimately indifferent to the stones it passes. But for a mortal, time is a fire; it consumes as it warms. Alyssa, in her infinite and terrifying love, thought she could simply command Alfranco’s soul to return to the... Continue Reading →
4.5 A Thrice Told Tale
Location: Arbola ForestTimeline: Sixth Age, 53rd year, Spring to Summer The Apocrypha of Azazel History is a circle drawn in blood, and Emcorae Azop was currently tracing its most jagged edge. He had left the forest a boy seeking a bride; he returned as a phantom leading a carriage of ghosts. Alyssa’s 'handiwork' was nearly... Continue Reading →
4.4 The Unwelcome Guest
Location: Monthaven - what's left of itTimeline: Sixth Age, 53rd Year, Spring There is a particular brand of cruelty reserved for the gods who claim to love us. Mortal hate is a simple thing—it burns, it kills, and it leaves behind a clean ash. But divine love? Divine love is a cage woven of emerald... Continue Reading →
4.1 You Shall Not Pass
Location: ArbolaTimeline: Sixth Age, 52nd Year, Fall When last I wrote about Emcorae Azop and the elfess Nathily, the would-be Azoras were on a shared path of frustration. Emcorare had just had his plans dashed by the Arbola Council - he'd ask for them to allow him to continue his Azora training while also harboring... Continue Reading →
3.8 A New Hope
Location: Fubar, Capital of OrkneyTimeline: Sixth Age, 52nd Year, Winter to 53rd Year, Spring Ramssee moved through the bowels of the palace, his form blending into the soot-stained shadows of the servant corridors. The placed smelled of tallow candles and unwashed bodies, a stark contrast to the perfume courts of the upper floors. The viperz... Continue Reading →
3.6 Trapped in Orkney
Location: Fubar, capital of OrkneyTimeline: Sixth Age, 52nd Year, Winter The iron gates of Fubar’s inner sanctum groaned shut, sealing the merchant’s daughter and her maid away from the wind. and the horrors of their journey north. For Lynsy and Tiffania, the transition from the wagon to the palace was a dizzying blur of sensory... Continue Reading →
The Apocrypha of Azazel 