5000 Septims
"And what are these supposed to be?" The apprentice alchemist asked, glancing at the offered alchemical ingredients that lay upon the table. The Argonian standing across the young man shook his head and picked up one of the ingredients. Holding it up...
Jurassic Jog
Ives came to a stop besides a rather large boulder. The humanoid falcon stretched his left wingarm out and leaned against the rock for support. He bent over, huffing and puffing as he struggled to regain his breath. He held his rotund belly with his...
Silver Shift
The hunter traversed through the forest, carrying a baby in one arm and holding the hand of a little girl in the other. In the distance he could hear screams of villagers and smell the smoke of their burning homes. Worse was the sound of mailed feet...
Strength of A Dragon
The forest was quiet, too quiet. In situations like these, Cai always found there were three causes of this, each one more probable than the last. First, his surrounding could just be entirely devoid of animal life. This was not the case, as he had...
Pleasing Master
Jat peered around the corner. Even in the dark, the kobold's golden eyes reflected the riches he gazed upon, but this was not what he focused on. Rather, he stared fearfully at the great red dragon that lay sleeping atop the pile of treasure. He...
Cold Case
All it took was a bump with a haphazardly fallen branch for Brandon to lose his balance and send him flying off his snowboard. He yelled as he launched into the air. His brief flight ended when he hit the snow-covered ground with a grunt and a soft...
Functional Facilitation
Nills sat in the back of the rundown Brackwater Bar alone and shuffling through the pages of a thick tome. It was customary for the young man to arrive at the not-so-fine establishment exactly seventeen minutes after it opened and take his place where...
Ravenous Rain
As Leavold harvested the fallen basilisk's blood, he realized the crocodile-like creature could have been human once. He wondered why this thought had not occurred to him earlier when he had been blindly battling it or before when he had decided to...
Evolved Extinction
Alone in the darkness Wyard only had her mind and memories to occupy her time. The dragoness hadn't eaten for a while and she doubted any sustenance would be supplied anytime soon. Starving and still, Wyard pondered her imprisoned fate and what came...
Far Star: Par
Loch du Rian lifted his visor and squinted. In the distance he could see strange spikes of blue jutting out of the landscape. It was not what he had been expecting but it was enough to confirm he had traveled in the correct direction. He had found the...
Far Star
Daro was sitting at the top of his high tower gazing at the stars when one of them fell. The soothsayer got to his feet, his mind racing as his gaze followed the celestial body's descent. A star's fall was an uncommon event and he was witnessing it....
The Title Counts
It was to be a quick shift, as far as Finley was concerned. Less than half a shift swap and that was it--it was the only reason he'd agreed to it in the first place, especially when he'd gotten off two hours ago. Or was it three? The man shook his...