"Hey, you are finally awake..." A strange creature speaks to you, sitting atop of pile of bones, and skulls, tapping on unbeknownst skull of what appeared to be a grey ogre, as there is only one eye "Let me bend your ear for a moment, and tell you stories about an Orcess who dared to defy the Gods, and has been exiled from their place, unright...
*** CHAPTER EIGHT -- Machinations *all characters are over the age of eighteen years* *** ***SMYTHE -- Ironshire, Ekistair*** The morning of the day after Aran departed Ironshire, Smythe was on his way to visit an old friend. After all the intense training he'd put Aran through in the past three months, Smythe was in the mood for a relaxed, quiet c...
Rifts -- Strange Bedfellows Previously ... Donna Bell, a 32-year-old archaeologist is caught up in ley line nexus, which takes her from the present to a strange future. In this future, Zha-Ying a powerful Lizard Mage crime lord has been killed and with his dying breath casts a strange incantation that will hold grave implications for Donna. Lastly, although...
A single, lonely road divided through the dark forest of Notzuchtwald, and on that single, lonely road travelled a single, lonely horse-drawn carriage. Most travelers went to great pains to avoid the dark tangled labyrinth that was Notzuchtwald, for it was a famous haunt of bandits, outlaws, and (if superstition was to be believed) of vampires and ogres. Onl...
The day I met Tori is probably something I'll always remember. I was traveling the Argyle Highway (so called for the unusual configuration of cobblestones requested by the geomancer in charge of the project) towards the west, the direction in which all things tend to travel. I was alone, just wandering the countryside from town to town, when I heard a bellow...
Fair warning: this story is designed to be more of a game: it is intended to be read in game mode only: failure to do so can lead to things like infinite loops and chapters which connect to other chapters that just plain don't make sense because they are designed for conditions you have not met. This is your one and only warning! The Labyrinth of Ambuscade:...
Chapter 21: The List of Importance "Your village is that way." The Chief was at a loss for words. He had not known Kyzu, not truly known her as he had supposed. She was cordial, elegant, and docile, willing to listen to him ramble about when he was younger or take his teachings with clever remarks of her own. Never had he imagined she would be so...bold....
Ursule walked slowly down the wall of a valley in the mountains of Wrake. All around her, the ground was a lush green and growing color. New buds on the small trees, fresh foliage on the larger ones that sprouted up out of the side of the hills. The land was beautiful and wealthy. Night was coming quickly on, she knew. The sky was shifting, the moon rising u...
The royal courier pounded on her chamber door; by order of the King he was to deliver a summons, an urgent message in the dark of the night. The courier breathed a sigh of relief as the door unlatched and swung open; the warrior that stood before him was a familiar and impressive sight. The dashing cape-wearing woman mercenary was known only as Loola. She w...
The alarm came early the next morning, just as the sun was edging its way over the foothills. Sister Augustine rose slowly, stretching her surprisingly well-rested muscles as she lifted herself out of her bed. As footsteps thundered passed her door she looked down in dismay at the mess between her legs, dried juices clinging to her hair and thighs from the...