Reflection Part III - Interwoven
**Interwoven** **REFLECTION: PART THREE** **21**** st ****Day of the Pure Snow, 20 AoE** If Tobias believed in the old gods, he might have thought his continued existence to be a divine punishment. A condemnation to the hells,...
Reflection Part II - Interwoven
**Interwoven** **REFLECTION: PART TWO** **90**** th ****Day of the Crimson Leaf, 20 AoE** "You deserve a better celebration for your birthday, dear." Catherine sighed as she reached up to gently brush her fingers through William's...
Reflection Part I - Interwoven
**Interwoven** **REFLECTION: PART ONE** **88**** th ****Day of the Crimson Leaf, 20 AoE** Pleasure. _Danger_. The two thoughts were inextricable as consciousness returned to Tobias and salacious dreams became salacious reality. He...
Responsibility Part V - Interwoven
**Interwoven** **RESPONSIBILITY: PART FIVE** **30**** th ****Day of the Shining Light, 18 AoE** The training sword, heavier in William's paws than the weapon he'd taken on deployment, rose to block the withering blow delivered by...
Responsibility Part IV - Interwoven
**Interwoven** **RESPONSIBILITY: PART FOUR** **27**** th ****Day of the Shining Light, 18 AoE** The Great Hall of Sanwell was a place of ceremony and community both. The great construct stretched deep into the western...
Responsibility Part III - Interwoven
**Interwoven** **RESPONSIBILITY: PART THREE** **41**** st ****Day of the Verdant Growths, 17 AoE** William blinked blood out of his eyes and snarled. The display did little to ward off the wolf and his raised sword. He charged...
Responsibility Part II - Interwoven
**Interwoven** **RESPONSIBILITY: PART TWO** **63**** rd **** Day of the Pure Snow, 17 AoE** Juni's legs wrapped so tightly around Tobias' waist that the tiger could barely move. The hyena was sprawled out before him atop his...
Responsibility Part I - Interwoven
**Interwoven** **RESPONSIBILITY: PART ONE** **34**** th ****Day of the Pure Snow, 17 AoE** The western villages weren't where William had intended to spend his seventeenth birthday, but it had done wonders to help him acclimate to...
Choices Part IV - Interwoven
**Interwoven** **CHOICES: PART FOUR** **29**** th ****Day of the Shining Light, 17 AoE** "I am hardly the most qualified for this." The march toward the castle's main gate saw Tobias carefully pick his way about the leavings of the...
Choices Part III - Interwoven
**Interwoven** **CHOICES: PART THREE** **15**** th ****Day of the Verdant Growths, 16 AoE** Daniel was big. Daniel was strong. And, as much as William hated to admit it, Daniel was _fast_. So much faster than his size or their...
Choices Part II - Interwoven
**Interwoven** **CHOICES: PART TWO** **86**** th ****Day of the Pure Snow, 16 AoE** Formal dress had never been Tobias' strong suit. Not had suits in general, really. They were all so fussy; so remarkably overbearing and overdone...
Choices Part I - Interwoven
**Interwoven** **CHOICES: PART ONE** **1**** st ****Day of the Pure Snow, 16 AoE** The frosts had come early, and they had come _hard_. By the time the calendar marked both the approach of William's coming of age and the first day...