Ember, the Glorious Unconquered, shatterer of chains and toppler of thrones, stood in the doorway to his own bedroom, with his Ruby and his Amythest wife standing to either side of him, each gaping at the scene before them. Laying on his belly in the middle of the bed was Jerin Kah, the Infused Knight of Wood and loyal servant of the evil Regent. He had been...
Chapter Five: Keeping Secrets Theron cleared his throat after a few awkward minutes. "One more question. In this...performance, do you ever find out why? Why did Loghain betray me?" "Not precisely. There's a lot of debate over that issue, actually, between different people who pl...watched the performance. Some say Loghain just went mad. Power hungry. Som...
Chapter NineEcstasy - 3750 C.E. The lights that illuminated the bar shimmered and flashed to the thunderous rhythm of the electronic music that accompanied the nude dancing on the podium. A serving android with a voluptuous bosom and a prominent arse was collecting the empty glasses left behind on the counter. There weren't very many customers and these con...
Chapter One Hundred Forty: Walking Nightmare It was two more days before my brother finally returned. While we waited, Sigrun resumed caring for Faren, and Alim shut himself in the library. Alistair went out to meet with Conrad, who'd seen no sign of darkspawn on his patrols; he was worried, however, that Rolan and his patrol hadn't made it to their last m...
Evan awoke to confusion. He was lying on a cold hard flat surface, perhaps a concrete floor, in complete darkness. He felt a dull throb in his head and he was stiff and cold. He had no idea where he was, nor how he had gotten there. Evan cautiously sat up. He concluded he was in one piece with no significant injuries, with just a sore spot on his left shoul...
Note: This story was submitted in late March, but has nothing to do with April Fool's Day. Anyone portrayed having sex is over eighteen. This is fiction; as always, all characters and events, etc. are figments of our imagination and have no connection to any living or dead persons, or true events. In other words, we repeat - this is all fiction. Jenny and...
Chapter 23 The refugees had set themselves up in family groups in the cavernous building in which they'd taken shelter. Ellerie made her way between them, careful not to step on the few who were still sleeping. The villagers' mood was subdued after everything they'd been through. Their headman's death the previous afternoon had just been one more shock adde...
Chapter Eighteen – Lower Danubia News of the Duchy's victory in Hórkustk Ris did not reach the Kingdom of the Moon immediately. A few survivors from the Kingdom's rout did manage to sneak past the Grand Duke's Royal Guards and slip across the border into the Kingdom. However, the Kingdom of the Moon survivors, who could not have numbered more than a few doz...
Chapter 19 "No, not that way," Gregor said as Sarette prepared to follow the villagers' tracks between two tall boulders. While it had been snowing steadily for the past day, the trail the refugees had broken into the snow was deep enough that it hadn't filled in yet. The two of them were at the head of the column, with Gregor pulling one of the sleds. Bet...
Chapter 21 The blizzard arrived just before dawn, with enough force that it almost extinguished the bonfire despite the windbreak. Fergus trudged over to Sarette. "Come help me!" he shouted over the howling of the wind. "If we move the firewood and build another wall closer to the fire, it'll keep it from going out!" "I'll do it!" she yelled back. "You sh...