Kaotic beginnings - A Kaos Army story - Chapter 1
**Kaotic beginnings** 1 The Gate shimmered and melted away behind them, leaving only a blinding light; a bombardment of photons from rays of sunlight - the real deal this time, not a poor artificial imitation. It was golden hued and warm....
The Book of Warlock 3. In the presence of magic.
He had slipped away at the first sound of hooves. Not far. He wasn't about to run and hide, just deep enough behind the scrub to spy on whoever had dared to approach their makeshift camp. It could have been Nisgarant's runners, scouting about for...
The Book of Warlock 2. Desertion before dawn.
The aroma of charred meat and sweaty boots filled the air as Lieutenant Brook jabbed her dagger-tip into the dirt in front of her, troubled. The winds had changed. Literally and figuratively. A cold bite was sweeping down from the mountains, and...
The Book of Warlock 1. We begin with death.
A smattering of stars had appeared in the sky, as the clouds that once hid them from view dissolved into faint wisps of water vapour. They were twinkling and arcing over the far heavens above, a welcome source of light on this dark night. The...
The Book of Warlock 7. Magic vs Magick.
Lucinder was just in time for lunch. The travelling party had been sipping tea and eating biscuits when she had been assaulted by those horrible gnoll creatures. The group was travelling light, by the looks of things, as they weren't carrying much in...
The Book of Warlock 6. Confliction of interest.
The dawn broke in a warm golden glow upon the hills. At the foot of the grassy dewy peaks, faint smoky whisps from dead campfire embers drifted lazily upwards. A few tethered horses whinnied, awaiting breakfast, and as the breeze meandered through the...
The Book of Warlock 5. What follows.
The Nightmare circled in the morning skies, sunlit wings outstretched, wheeling with the breeze. One. Twice. Then with a dip, Bromor came swooping back to his hidden party within the wooded copse. His hooves skidded a little as he landed. He was...
On closer inspection
It was another lovely day at the Kaos Army headquarters, hidden out in the desert plains of the Lowlands, on the Black Planet. They were all lovely days, until they weren't. The twin suns blazed in the blue sky, as clouds drifted in off the nearby...
Kaotic Beginnings 18 - The End of the beginning
Nightfall awkwardly got himself upright again, out of the silty dirt, and brushed his armour off hurriedly with a chainmail clad, gloved hand. His shield was dented. His cheeks flushed. He eyed this odd, grey creature that had introduced itself as...
Kaotic beginnings - A Kaos Army story - Chapter 17
The long, bulky, armed metal shell slid into the tank's receptacle with a 'clunk' and the orc turned next to the aiming mechanism. He'd not had chance to practise, and he unsteadily cranked it up with a hopeful grimace. "Steady, soldier, you're...
Kaotic beginnings - A Kaos Army story - Chapter 16
The noise of the tank's growling diesel engine was immense, and there were more squeaks and squeals than if they'd run over a nest of hamsters as they rolled over the virgin landscape. Anar had a map around somewhere on the metal flooring, but it...
Kaotic beginnings - A Kaos Army story - Chapter 15
On the whole, this planet was very much like Earth, really. Anar put it down to the whole 'breathable atmosphere' and 'carbon-based lifeforms' thing. There were plants, and animals, and birds. They could be the same species they had back home for all...