The Rat's Tale: Prologue
They make a strange pair. She is a tall, curvaceous but still lean blonde, dressed in a flowing but ragged topcoat over the chain shirt under which she wears her corset and shirt. Her tight trousers cling to her hips, upon which rests a belt of pouches...
A summer in Europe
Mohyla is many things; it is a small, quaint village at the base of the Carpathian Mountains in Western Ukraine. It is also the site of a former Soviet outpost during the early years of the USSR. Finally, it has additional historical significance as...
Tales of Airethe 23: Brawne's Offer
Karbin grumbles something in his native tongue and Alysa can guess by the tone that it isn't pleasant. She has a rogue's ear for languages, after all, and there were a number of them that labored on the docks of Damora, even if they prefer to avoid the...
Tales of Airethe 22: Baxter and the Boys
The raucous laughter mingles with the sound of loud voices that echo throughout the breadth of the beached derelict, growing ever louder as Alysa makes her way along the corridor. A dark haired young boy smiles at Alysa as he darts into one of the...
Tales of Airethe 21: Krystyna's Warning
'They are said to be exceptionally strong,' Madame Archelle mentions softly, swirling the wine in her glass around with her hand. 'Strong, fast and very hard to keep dead. If you're still considering hunting down one of these things, you are going to...
Tales of Airethe 20: Abbey Park
'I can't actually turn them into lizards but it's one of the only ways I can get them to behave.' Sighing, Madame Archelle sits back in her chair. 'How much of the legend have you heard?' "Whatever works, I'm sure people resort to more sinister...
Tales of Airethe 19: Madame Archelle
Because the structure is actually a derelict vessel listing on its side, all the doorways are set an angles, requiring Alysa to employ her superior dexterity to navigate the corridor. Her guide, who is apparently used to it, deftly makes her way...
Tales of Airethe 18: The Wrongside Tavern
Like any other city, Ganelon has its more prosperous neighborhoods and its slums. There is little demarcation between the two aside from the major features that form a dividing line. One is the railways. The depot is in the more affluent part of the...
Tales of Airethe 17: Exonerated
Justice Khane may be more demonstrative of her dislike but Justice Ferrard is just as disdainful except that he displays his annoyance with his assignment by being as obtuse as possible. He ignores all but the most basic of questions or request and...
Tales of Airethe 16: Captain Robur Brawne
On the seventh day, it is once again time for Justice Khane to follow in Alysa's footsteps wherever she walks. From the workers in the kitchen, Alysa had learned the woman's first name is Kazandra. They also informed her that she is a justice who...
Tales of Airethe 15: Think Things Over
It seems as though there is a rotation regarding the detail of her escort so that, on the sixth day, it is Moldon who once again arrives in the morning to watch Alysa as she goes for her morning stroll and basks in the sun in the gardens. Everything...
Tales of Airethe 14: Ganelon
Alysa nods slowly as he mentions her home, "I was born in Damora, but there is nothing there for me now, I left when I was young and have not been back. Viktoron is more my home than Damora shall ever be again". She wonders if she will ever see the...