Kathryn - Interruptions
**Interruptions** Written By: Skabaard "Gods, it's beautiful." Kathryn whispered in awe, trying to keep the hesitation from her voice, "But... are you sure you don't have anything that's a little... lighter? I, um, I really... I don't...
Venata - A Dire Portent
**A Dire Portent** Written By: Skabaard Venata's head shot up, her pointed, lupine ears twitching furiously. Something was different. She carefully pulled in a slow breath through her nose, testing the air for anything unfamiliar, but was...
Valorie - The Release
**The Release** Written By: Skabaard Valorie took a deep breath of the hot, humid air. It smelled of decomposing plant matter, mixed with the sweet aroma of the flowers in the canopy above her. Her ears were assaulted by a cacophony of noises,...
Hector - Check-Up
**Check-Up** Written By: Skabaard It felt like he was running faster than he ever had, but he still knew it wasn't fast enough. His padded paws met the smooth floors of the Sanctum Arcanum with frantic insistence, and he nimbly darted...
Daryn - A Single Word
**A Single Word** Written By: Skabaard The Archmage wandered aimlessly through the cavernous rooms of the mountain home he and Clara had made for themselves. The structure had been easy, and he and Clara had gradually given it a bit more...
Valorie - The Procedure
**The Procedure** Written By: Skabaard Valorie sat nervously in an ornate foyer, waiting to be called in by the Archmage's assistant. After years of hoarding every last copper she earned, she had finally been able to afford one of the best...
Gavin - The First Moon
**The First Moon** Written By: Skabaard Gavin didn't consider himself a dreamer. Certainly, there were things he aspired to, but when it came to slumber, it wasn't often he found himself in some fantastical dreamscape. It was almost an...
Richter - Shifting Allegiance
**Shifting Allegiance** Written By: Skabaard He was cold... He was a great many things, really, but the dull, numbing sensation of the frigid chill in the wintry air thankfully overrode most of the others. He had been walking for what felt like...
Daryn - Rebirth
**Rebirth** Written By: Skabaard Daryn cursed into the frigid air around him as he hurried along the insubstantial path. What the bloody hells was he doing out here, climbing around the snow-capped peaks of the Ordis Mountains alone? He shook...
Ranna - Breaking Ground
**Breaking Ground** Written By: Skabaard The fatigue of the day was the furthest thing from Ranna's mind as she sat hunched over her worktable. It was late, and she knew that she should have put off the last stage of the potion for the...
Selene - Drastic Improvements
**Drastic Improvements** Written By: Skabaard "Luna, Love? Where are you?" Selene couldn't understand it. The little compound that she called home was hardly sprawling, and at more than twenty feet tall, there was no way Luna could hope...
Daryn - Settling In
**Settling In** Written By: Skabaard The thick, sturdy oak door leading to the Archmage's sleeping quarters nearly flew from its hinges as Daryn roughly kicked it open, sweeping Clara into the spacious room in his arms. Situated in one of the...