As concerned as they were about the Ravenguard following, none of the passengers truly understood the risks of crossing the Barren Waste. The autocart that carried them through the grassy fields and into the red rock desert was powered by electro-magnetic sciences, a development in the recent years of the war since the few remaining […]
Read more "Ashes and Smoke: Vanishing Light"Stories and rumors always circulated about the Ashford place in the woods, a remote cabin the named family used as a summer home for the kinds of people that could afford such luxuries. Ritual murders, cult suicides, possessions, human sacrifice; whatever myth you could associate with a haunted house was there, and it was just […]
Read more "Ghost Story"Dagger on her hip, pack over her shoulder, Claudia stopped in the taproom on her way out. Lanterns filled the room with the flickering light they could give as the black night in the windows offered little detail to the world outside. Bastion, working the bar, approached her as casually as any other patron. His […]
Read more "Ashes and Smoke: Sabotage"There was a great bit of missing time between Gideon’s blackout and when he came back to his full faculties. As much as Taas did the best he could for his companion, he wasn’t known for being a healer, unless you count amputations and merciful executions as means to a better quality of life. In […]
Read more "Ashes and Smoke: The Smith"The rain had finally stopped entirely and the storm had passed, but the voices continued to berate Gideon. He did his best to focus his attention on other things. Now in the woods, the shade from the trees offered some protection from the cloudless sky as the sun rose higher, approaching midday. Water still dripped […]
Read more "Ashes and Smoke: The Many"Recently, I rebuilt my desktop PC, and in the process of doing so, I had the chance to backup my hard drive. To my complete shock and surprise, I found a couple of folders containing my early-ish writing. Nearly all of it is from around 2010-2013, roughly; short stories and some incomplete works. More than […]
Read more "Deep Cut with Commentary: By the Ravings of Lunatics"The morning sunlight had begun to pour through the cracks of the wooden shutters on the window. No roosters signalling the daylight and the muffled voices in the street below indicated that it was not dawn, but still early morning. Gideon rolled over, turning his back on the window and pulling the cover over his […]
Read more "Ashes and Smoke: The Morning After"The cellar storeroom was cramped and cold, but well lit. The barrels, sacks, and crates were pushed and stacked against the walls, making room for a table, with its chairs off to one side. Claudia leaned over the table, her palms flat on the surface, as she read the messages that had come in from […]
Read more "Ashes and Smoke: Rumors (Cold Open)"Vyth carefully removed the beaten and bloody armor piece from her upper body, and clutched the wound on her left side. The bleeding slowed already, but with every movement the wound ached. Chain and plate clattered onto the stonework floor of the watchtower as she began to make her way to the parapet, blood drops […]
Read more "Forthright Purpose and Ulterior Motive"The establishment known as The Long Embrace is actually a renovated estate that once belonged to a wealthy family, rumored to be of nobility, that had thinned out and faded from history a little over a century ago. Nearly fallen to complete ruin, the last of the family line gifted the property to a band […]
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Vox Tenebrarum Invictarum 