On Wind and Scale Part 2
Once the adrenaline had worn off, the priest realized how ravenous he had become. Devan hadn't eaten since his arrival at the town and even that was a small bite of bread instead of an actual meal. For now, his curiosity and good graces managed to...
RoR: Whispers Part 2
Some amount of time had passed on Petrichor V. About a month using the planet's sun as a marker but how long was that in her home planet's time? She could never tell. There had been no signs of rescue. The beacon on the ship had been destroyed by the...
On Wind and Scales Part 1
A hole laid in the middle of the forest dug meticulously by a crew of hired claws from a local town. There hadn't been any trees to clear away and the stone that had been jutting from the center had turned out to be the mossed-over top of a temple of...
Commission: Puppet Concerns
A small shop sat snuggly near the residential district of a mercantile city. It wasn't anything impressive but it had two floors and books were presented at the front through a glass display. The sun was currently falling creating a dusky twilight full...
Mistaken Influence
A bittersweet scent wafted in the air with a hint of something acrid. Digits wrapped around cool glass giving a mind a place to anchor themselves while fog started clearing for a bit. It wasn't the first time that Quinn had blacked out for the evening...
Lessons With Mara: Summoning
I have finally secured an evening to write for myself. Finally, I am free from writing papers tiptoeing subjects that I wish to study and discuss all because I insulted the intelligence of some buffoon who thinks he knows everything in the world when...
Lessons With Mara: Dangers of Magic
In my previous paper, I had written a few choice words with vague mentions to a particular mindset belonging to an instructor that I should not have riffed on. Though that paper scored highly, I now find myself needing to write yet another essay but on...
Lessons With Mara: Heart and Mind
Today, I write this paper on the basics of magic to serve as a springboard in the future for my own thesis on the arcane and mystic. Magic is a broad term for many forms of controlling and manipulating arcane forces. There are different branches...
Through the Stained Glass
Sunlight began to fade over Dewclaw as soft tones of orange gave way to the black and blues of dusk. A customer stepped out of a bookstore while waving back toward the owner with a big smile and a book tucked underneath one arm. The door creaked shut...
Cast and Broken
Mists gathered on the mountain, twisted and swirling before coming down and through the town at the base. The mists were heavy enough that it was difficult to see going up the mountain and more than that, the people took it as an omen that the spirits...
Seek and Sought
A long road skirted the side of a range of mountains that covered a valley. This road was mainly used by travelers and merchants who had business outside of the valley and so it was littered in various parts with carts drawn by various feral creatures...
Trade: Paint Under Light
Adjusting to city life had seemed like such an easy thing when said aloud. The words and phrases said together usually sung a message about adapting and simply needing to unpack and live in your home a week or so to feel a part of the world around you...