Icebound - Chapter 17
**Thunder Peaks, 1372 DR. 21st day of The Fading.** The air in front of them turned brighter than the sun for the barest moment. It was accompanied by a sound like tearing paper or crashing cymbals, louder than anything he'd ever heard before. For a...
Icebound - Chapter 16
**Thunder Peaks, 1372 DR. 21st day of The Fading.** His feet were starting to get sore. He'd have thought that the last week or so of travel on foot would have toughened his feet at least somewhat, but that clearly wasn't the case. Over the last few...
Icebound - Chapter 14
**The North Ride, 1372 DR. 20th day of The Fading.** The ruins of the wagon train hadn't changed. The smell of death was heavy in the air, and he wrinkled his nose. Aiden looked over at Scruff, who was standing on the side of the road. Scruff turned...
Icebound - Chapter 12
**The North Ride, 1372 DR. 20th day of The Fading.** The bones in his hands, feet, and face were making sickening cracking and popping noises, and his skin felt like someone was trying to pull it off, flaying him alive. It was all he could do to keep...
Icebound - Chapter 8
**Shadowdale, 1372 DR. 3rd day of The Fading.** That evening Aiden lay in bed, gently petting Scruff on the back of the head. Everything that had happened in the past month was incredible, really. Mages throwing lightning bolts from the sky. Being...
Icebound - Chapter 7
**Shadowdale, 1372 DR. 3rd day of The Fading.** When Aiden awoke, his pains were mercifully muted. His arm didn't hurt nearly as much, and must had been properly set, splinted, and wrapped judging by the way it felt. His mother must have given him a...
Icebound - Chapter 3
**Shadowdale, 1372 DR. 7th day of Highsun.** Aiden awoke with a splitting headache and an aching chest. As he lay there, eyes closed, it all came back to him in a flash, and he turned to his side. A shooting pain in his chest made him stop...
A Bardly Sellsword's Price
Cautiously, a pompously dressed elderly man- almost ancient, in Ludwig's words- walked down a grimy alley and into a small open area that was hidden behind the large buildings. One could easily say that he didn't want to be back here, and that he...
Nathanriel's Fate: Chapter 1
Nathanriel starts to come around as his body is being dragged down some hall. Something seems to be attached to his heart which is filling him with something that makes it so that he cannot even attempt to resist his captors and with his arms...
The Flame to my Soul
I decided to let Aruna lead today. Not because I needed a change, but because I wasn't feeling well. At least, that's what I told her. What really was bothering me was a vision I had this morning. I had woken up on the guild floor, between Aruna's...
The Quiver
Cobalt sighed as she sank into her chair, looking at the items she had gathered together on her workbench. She had everything she needed. Now, it was just a matter of getting it to mesh together perfectly. She could almost see it come together in her...
Campfire Light
The campfire blazed with gentle crackles as it emanated it's orange glow across all our forms, sleeping or otherwise. A single point of light in an abyss of darkness, a single candle of hope in the despair. Though we longed for it, the moon did not...