ROI - Chapter 16: The Red Stone
Tavern, the Lucky Foot, Blueberry Town A chorus of cheers swelled in the late afternoon as eager travellers tasted the famous ale. Brimmed with idle chatter of customers, the tavern was in full-house, and the entire town poured out of profit. ...
ROI - Chapter 15: The Battlefield
Blackpine Woods Oerin once told that a battlefield was a place for the insane and the wicked. That the battlefield was a one-way ticket to the grave bereft of morality. Misery, despair and madness remained in place that took the lives by the...
ROI - Chapter 13: The Hunt
_Accornhall, Ground Floor,_ In the ruinous halls of the mansion lingered unspeakable things, the horrors which few whispered behind closed doors. Such whispers turned to tales and rumours that caught the ear of eager opportunists alike. Either...
ROI - Chapter 9: The Declared
The Stone Circle, Deep in the Dark Forest The eerie silence in the dark woods was a clear message, a momentary relief for the men to exit the area safely. The plagued beasts that they slew remained as they were, lifeless and still that reek of a...
Hunters for the Ferret - Chapter 1
Maldock pulled out the wanted poster from a festoon of belt pouches for what might have been several times already. He scanned the portrait of their quarry with an arched, querulous brow, taking all of her dull, unfamiliar look in with considered...
ROI - Chapter 6: The Tavern
The Expedition of Callus, Encampment somewhere in the Forest… The night was quiet as usual with the soldiers and gunsmiths prepped ready to depart from the safety of their comfortable fire. With determined eyes and grim look upon their face, the...
ROI: The Pale Snow - Chapter 1
A chill wind gusted above the mountain peak. The trailing path through the side that surrounded it grew thick and heavy with snow. Covenant black skies darkened in the late morning, dimming like night than day. Under such terrible conditions in an...
Hunters for the Ferret - Chapter 2
CHAPTER 2 Farah watched the interaction with growing amusement as the hunters bickered one another in a language uniquely strange to her ears. She could not make out the words, the flighty glottal tones and the deep, basso rumble of voices, but the...
Hunter's Snare - Chapter 2
"Stuck in a crummy patrol under freezing temperatures. What a life," Eoin Neylan muttered with feeling. The young grey wolf tightened the collar around his neck firmly. Under normal circumstances he would welcome the prospect of a challenge worthy that...
ROI - Chapter 4: The Rat
The road fare better on the warm light of the sun. Far from the cold winters of death, the lonely Crimsonier, Aviel Amion, had been on a long journey, liberated and unchallenged with his new found freedom. He could get use to the lifestyle without the...
Hunter's Snare - Chapter 4
Daron squandered little time for action as he calmly depressed on the weapon's trigger. He counted at least two of them, stealthily mingling in the smoky shroud, shadowing him with lethal intent. While he viewed this with some concern that they managed...
ROI: The Pale Snow - Chapter 3
Gruff Ruffcoat stirred up from his slumber, black eyes snapped wide in a state of alarm. He looked around, stricken with a flush of panic, zipping left from right then. Now his eyes caught the nearest glint of something metal like a temporary hope. He...