The Lead Crown: Ch 2b, Outside Influence (Pt 2)
Tranquil Waters: The Lead Crown Ch 2-2, Outside Influence Friar Arlowe chose to sit near the fire for the night. Although it was easily arguable that he wasn't QUITE aged enough to say he had 'old bones', the cool weather certainly seemed to settle...
The Lead Crown: Ch 3c, Making Friends (pt 1)
Fleeing under the cover of night was not a feasible option considering the fact that The Order Of Blades attacked the safe house during the morning. Rather than rely on stealth or subterfuge, Wiesen elected the much more direct route of losing any...
The Lead Crown, Chapter 2-6: Thaddius
Tranquil Waters: The Lead Crown Ch 2-6, Thaddius It was Thursday; Thaddius never particularly liked Thursdays. Not only were they the least eventful of all days, but the Church's schedule meant that Brother Maynard didn't often find time to visit...
Getting in Harms Way
They say either ya love the city or ya hate it. As the joke goes, if ya hate it, move out. Where's the joke in that? There's nothing else but the city. Yeah, sure, there're the Outlands, and people do live in those forsaken crap...
To the Outlands and Back
I spent enough time with Uma to reduce my testosterone to normal levels. I took another cab across town the next day, all the while with my brain working overtime. I was still intent on finding out who this killer was. I should have...
Tranquil Waters: The Lead Crown, Prologue (The Once and Future King)
Tranquil Waters: The Lead Crown Prologue (Once and Future King) Dear Father, I saw the apparitions again yesterday, but I did not write about it last night for fear that thinking of them would summon them to my dreams. I sat alone in the study after...
The Lead Crown: Ch 1b, Martyrdumb (Pt 4)
Tranquil Waters: The Lead Crown Ch 1-4, Martyr Dumb "Arlowe!" for the beleaguered raccoon dog the call came from across more than just distance... it came from another point in his life... a simpler, more mundane time-- it was his wife, Calani....
The Lead Crown: Ch 1a, Flintlocked and Loaded (pt 4)
Tranquil Waters: The Lead Crown Ch 1-4, Flintlocked and Loaded Kesst pulled his cloak tighter around himself; it wouldn't be effective in the least the moment he was searched but it was a defense mechanism he'd developed over the past several years...
A Different Diplomacy, Part 1: Axe
It is, perhaps, true that the language in question lent itself more towards directness than poeticism. It was a workaday language, designed for a culture that believed speech and literature to be instruments of communication and clarity, largely...
Viggo's Redemption (Prologue)
Book 1 of the Age Of Steam series At long last after sailing for what seemed a decade the port of Chethlam appeared beyond the bow of the ship. Whilst standing on the deck I watched the port get closer to us, making note in my head of...
The Lead Crown: Ch 3c, Making Friends (pt 3)
Tranquil Waters: The Lead Crown Ch 3-3, Making Friends Roland followed along silently behind the letter carrier, ignoring the opportunity to say anything to the people of Vallara even though it had been years since he'd seen them last. If they cared...
Oh God, Where Art Thou?
Something about this voice was making me nervous. He was telling us what to do with certain machines, which I mostly had Bolshoi take care of. He was the inventor and mechanic. I had to authorize him through the machine. It had finished...