North and South Chapter 5: The Signs
The remnants of a mining operation were clear as day. Kage surveyed the scene from the shadows of an overhang, seeing the unnaturally hewn rock formations throughout the pit, gathered into piles as they were carted out from underground. A few stray...
North and South Chapter 4: Calygrad
Valvatna... The rustic port city brought back so many memories to the three as they disembarked from the ship, following the other passengers across the ramp to the pier. The town looked just as they remembered it - a collection of homes, built of...
North and South Chapter 3: The Lone Island
The journey to the southern islands was easily a week from Hadleigh, even considering the speed at which the Trident could travel, but the specialists were taking longer. They added days to their journey to train together, familiarize themselves with...
North and South Chapter 2: Seeking
Luke shouldered open the front door of the house as he carried in the armload of groceries. At the back of the house, he could hear the sound of light hammering coming from the bedroom. As he entered the kitchen, he heard the hammering stop, and two...
North and South Chapter 1: Special Ops
Hadleigh... It seemed to Kage as though Team Valiant kept finding itself coming here. Even though he had not been present for the first time, he was for the second outing - when Luke had served as a temporary Guild Councillor. During that, Kage had...
Team Valiant Arc 7.5 Chapter 7: The Junior Tournament Pt. 1
The sounds of sparring filled the dojo as Caulin and Qiang went through their daily practice. Chen watched the two closely as they battled, utilizing the techniques they had been learning for the past several weeks. But both students showed the...
Team Valiant Arc 7.5 Chapter 6: Brothers of Azure
Sol hammered his fist against the door once he arrived at his brother's residence, and he continued knocking until the door finally opened. In the doorway stood Luna, dressed in an apron and holding a spatula in his left claw. He looked quite irritated...
Team Valiant Arc 7.5 Chapter 5: Farewell
The home island of Team Warmachine came into view the morning after they left Azure, the hum of the airship's engines drowning the sound of the waves below. The seas were calm that morning, though they could tell it was not to last by the clouds in the...
Team Valiant Arc 7.5 Chapter 4: Volcan and Ignus
_It was the second week of the summer in Azure. The days were getting hot, and the fishing was in full bloom once again, with boats heading out every day to make their catch. Farmers from outside the forest had come with their spring crop for sale at...
Team Valiant Arc 7.5 Chapter 3: New Home, New Teachers
Despite their initial delay travelling to Azure, taking time to find a language tutor for Koa and instructional material to take with them, Jora and her clan were on their way to Azure. Avoiding Westport City - as she feared her alien entourage would...
Team Valiant Arc 7.5 Chapter 2: Father
The town of Berrymoore, a small agrarian town not far from Azure, had been suffering multiple storm cells over the past several weeks, with violent lightning strikes raining down upon the town, the plantation from which it made its living, and had...
Team Valiant Arc 7.5 Chapter 1: Sons
The crews had been at work for more than a week and had laid the structure's foundations, for what would become their new home. The workers that Chen had hired from Westport City were following their specifications to the best of their ability, but the...