Forest Shade: A loner's tale
Salamanders... of all the things to encounter, why salamanders?! Those were the thoughts that passed through poor Kadin's mind as he lay against a great tree, wounded and in pain as five rather hostile salamanders with long, finely sharpened swords...
Prisoner LR-01, Leandros Renska
Space... as immeasurable and vast as nature is strange and untamable. This had been known to humanity for some time now, already having began exploration into the void between stars. But never as much as when an unexpected guest had made an equally...
HoA Ch. 9: Back to Business
The next morning came with surprising haste, the sun's rays stirring Durris from his sleep with an unpleased groan. He rubbed his wrist against his eye and looked out his window, seeing that the sun had already risen to a late morning elevation. A bit...
Heritage of Ash, Chapter 3: Telling the Tale
"So, let me get this straight, Mahr..." Durris began, his ears lowered by equal parts curiousity and concern. "Turin is the one responsible for having the Pavok clan's name in our language? Not sure how to feel about that really..." "No doubt. Pavok's...
HoA Ch. 11: First Steps
Kaille's eyes opened heavily, vision too blurry to make out details as he moaned in discomfort, a small giggle coming from beside him as he lay on his back. A paw found its way gently to his head, petting between the disoriented Sen's furry ears as...
Blue Crimson Chapter 2
Blue Crimson Ch. 2: Waning Dusk The time was midday, two days after the events in Trovis Manor. Word had begun to spread among the populace, and the sparks of war were already beginning to kindle. All along the northern coasts of the province,...
Heritage of Ash, Chapter 4: Encroaching Shadows
Remnant mud from the storms several nights ago still plagued many of the forest roads, the high canopies of the trees shading much of the paths from direct sunlight, slowing the progress of any who wandered them. This was the case when a young Sen...
HoA Ch. 10: Chasing Shadows (Now complete)
Silence slowly broke by gently rolling waves as they washed their white foams across the pale sands of the rocky shoreline. Numbness gave way to small sensations, first the coolness of the ocean wind, then the slowly returning pain throughout his body...
Heritage of Ash: Chapter 5, Fading Light
Cold sweat ran down Kara's fur, her heart racing as she moved as faster than she ever had thought possible. Her panting and the rapid footfalls of her hind paws the only audible sounds to her, the rest of the world utterly silent, a swift blur as the...
HoA Chapter 12: Tears
Kaille approached his rescuer from behind, bum leg slowing him down slightly as he reached out to touch the shoulder of the quiet Pharos, his back turned and still, resembling a statue that stood silently vigilant against the noisy background. Upon...
Heritage of Ash Chapter 7: Blood and smoke at Sea
Three lunar cycles before the events at Kolyat's Stand, trouble was brewing elsewhere in Dhairkhova. The Magistrate, Kessa Valsomna, issued a major proclamation across all provinces within her domain, excluding Retsana which had bought its independence...