Okay enough with the side stories. Let’s back to our regular programme. Chapter Twenty: Visitors From the west, a strange wind blew and wherever it passed, the plants and animals grew frenzied. This late in autumn, flowers bloomed again. The beasts of the plains went wild as if drugged. The sun was already high in…
Chapter Nineteen: A New Alliance? “Come on, Sieg!” Sirai all but begged. “We’ve got to! This is the chance we were waiting for. If you weren’t so lily-livered you’d see that.” Sieg ignored the insult. Sirai tossed around backhanded jabs like that all the time. Usually, he did not mean anything by them. Usually. “I’m…
Chapter Eighteen: Gauwyn’s Troubles Gauwyn leaned back in his chair as he looked through his notes for the right numbers. Idly brushing away a couple of black and blue ants, he Pulled out the sheet he was looking for and presented it to the gathered images as if it was a shield. In some ways…
Chapter Seventeen: Sprite Work Brandr watched as Utir’s Bears gathered in amazement at their loot. Beside him, Thorn looked a little uneasy. “Are you sure you want to give the adventurers skill crystals?” he asked. “Of course!” It is in my best interest for them to grow stronger. “They will need to if they wish…
Chapter Sixteen: Utir’s Bears Utir watched carefully as Roland first scaled and then disappeared beyond the lip of the wall. Now came the waiting. If they got the timing right then in a minute… his train of thought was broken when Roland flashed the signal early. Quickly, he had his team catch the corpse Roland…
Chapter Fifteen: New Acquaintances The dungeon town was exactly like Jared pictured it would be albeit a little less complete. Huge walls of stone marked its boundaries, towers dotting its length. He could just make out the large manor like stone building to the east. The town was being built in the style of a…
Happy New Year! Chapter Fourteen: New Concerns Thinking Brandr was scoffing at his mistake, Thorn corrected himself, “I… was a Sprite Lord!” The words felt strange coming from his mouth. Strange because of the sudden unfamiliarity. Despite having been one for so long, when Thorn looked back now all he saw recognised was a small,…
Chapter Thirteen: The Nature of Fae Dust like motes of black light whirled themselves into existence less than a metre away from Brandr. The dungeon core stared intensely as his aide came using the flashy method. He was already dissecting the principles in play and figuring out ways it could be used. When Brandr moved…
Chapter Twelve: Fallen Hero We hear the word hero, and we immediately imagine gallant lords or spirited ladies who after vanquishing some great evil, earn a reward known as a happy ending. That is what we know them for, the battles and the happy endings. There is an inherent problem in that. A happy ending…
Chapter Eleven: Negotiations ‘Hero of the Grey Reaches’. Thorn had not heard that title in a long time. It almost seemed like another life. ‘NO!’ he asserted mentally. It was another life. Remembering his purpose here, Thorn tried to play it cool. “You’ve heard of me?” he asked nonchalantly. The Warden’s eyes appeared to bulge…
