The monotony of Lancecain’s life eventually came to an end. After having his bodily needs tended to, the hands pulling him through the darkness entered another tunnel. One that went upwards rather than sideways. Lancecain heart hammered with exc...
2023-07-19 00:26:27 +0000 UTC View PostLancecain severely underestimated Little Water’s patience.
Hiding underground was a smart tactic. The knights wouldn’t expect it because the conditions of the burrow would drive any person insane. A criminal could only remain in a dark, ...
2023-07-19 00:26:26 +0000 UTC View PostLancecain woke to darkness. He was groggy but it only took a moment to get his bearings. As he felt the dull ache and extreme itching over his face, the memories of the previous night came back to him. He sucked in a deep breath, smelling damp ear...
2023-07-15 22:33:36 +0000 UTC View PostThe people of Harvest feared and revered the light affinity. No affinity had an intrinsic advantage over any other. A caster’s threat was purely based on their ability, a mix of coefficient, knowledge, and experience. What made the light affinit...
2023-07-15 22:33:33 +0000 UTC View PostThe hours passed slowly as Lancecain lingered outside the walls of Victory.
Though young, Lancecain was a full-fledged knight. That meant he technicality had the same authority as the man that told him to stay away from the fort and could ha...
2023-07-15 22:33:31 +0000 UTC View PostLancecain waited for several minutes to be sure that the monsters’ retreat was real. He didn’t think the birds would make a tactical retreat to lure out the more vulnerable members of the fort before resuming their assault but he wouldn’t be...
2023-07-12 04:39:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe Order of the Polar Duelists was much smaller than the building for the Bleaks Moons. What was a tight fit before became uncomfortably cramped as Lancecain directed his charges inside. No one was happy but they understood.
Once they were ...
2023-07-12 04:39:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe doomhawks weren’t the worst the north had to offer. Compared to titans, they were relatively weak. Their greatest advantage was their numbers. Their second, their large bodies. Their feathers didn’t defend against magic and couldn’t defl...
2023-07-08 20:08:55 +0000 UTC View PostThe Lord, if the duke’s suspicion was correct, screeched and slowly flapped its large wings. Lancecain grimaced as he saw a wall of snow and ice coming toward him, swallowing everything in its wake. It was too large to dodge. All he could do was...
2023-07-08 20:08:52 +0000 UTC View PostLancecain had participated in campaigns since he was fourteen. He hadn’t done much fighting the first year, merely serving as an extra pair of hands to be lent to whoever needed them as he accompanied the army from Winter’s Bounty along with h...
2023-07-06 16:33:52 +0000 UTC View PostA large part of a knight’s training, Lancecain would hope for any order, was reacting calmly to problems. The large wave of cold death coming down the mountain was a big problem. Traveling through the pass that led beyond the mountains, he knew ...
2023-07-04 19:41:34 +0000 UTC View PostThe days following Zach’s visit were full of activity. On the first day of the three given to prepare the exploratory force that would investigate the source of the strange weather, the last army returned. The Northern Devil had suffered as many...
2023-07-04 19:41:32 +0000 UTC View PostOne after another, the armies returned. No matter their size, no matter how prepared they were, no matter the order they belonged to, none of them could face the wrath of a bad storm. The proud warriors of the north turned tail and fled like child...
2023-07-01 21:57:03 +0000 UTC View PostLancecain was intrigued by the strange circumstances. Both as a knight of the north concerned for his many comrades beyond the walls and as a man with a strong sense of curiosity. There weren’t many things of interest in the never-changing north...
2023-07-01 21:57:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe next day, Lancecain was walking home having retrieved his blade left with a smith for maintenance, when a group caught his attention. A half dozen Moon jogged past him. Brows furrowed, he followed, walking slowly in case he was approaching a s...
2023-06-29 15:36:48 +0000 UTC View Post“I didn’t take you for the type to bully children.”
Lancecain turned from his seat on a medium-sized boulder where he’d retired after several bouts with the trainees to find a woman approaching him. Victory made no distinction betwee...
2023-06-27 19:51:00 +0000 UTC View PostAfter their meal, Lancecain left his mentor with the rest of the Herbanacle and went for a walk. There wasn’t much in the way of scenery in the north. The same for entertainment. One of his favorite pastimes was watching the large-scale drills o...
2023-06-27 19:50:58 +0000 UTC View Post“I don’t want to die, Master.” He hadn’t spoken much with Lady Tome but he had the feeling she was a jealous woman. “Have you forgotten the elf has a pure physical affinity? They didn’t seemed concerned about it at the feast.”
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2023-06-24 17:04:35 +0000 UTC View PostAN//: Small lore correction. Polluck was originally stated to be a member of the Order of Undying Embers. Changed to the Polar Duelists. In case of any confusion.
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2023-06-24 17:04:32 +0000 UTC View PostLittle Water didn’t expect her meeting with her sister to go so well. It was suspicious how quickly Good Light had given into her request. Suspicious that she had given in at all. Little Water had been prepared to sacrifice half of everything sh...
2023-06-21 07:29:34 +0000 UTC View PostIn a corner of the large cavern, the darkness peeled away to reveal the elder sitting on a flat rock covered in luminous moss, surrounded by his nameless, a glow leaving the gold-scaled guard’s eyes as he released the spell that’d hidden them....
2023-06-21 07:29:32 +0000 UTC View PostHer first stop was the dome, named after its spherical ceiling. It was one of the largest caverns in the warren and filled with structures to train the brood’s warriors. There wasn’t much cause for them, as an enemy hadn’t breached their ter...
2023-06-17 20:30:06 +0000 UTC View PostLittle Water remained quiet and pensive as the blue-scaled guard escorted her back to the brood’s warrens. It was not a long journey. Beyond the rocky shore, another member of the brood waited. Its smooth dark-blue skin marked it as one of the l...
2023-06-17 19:51:27 +0000 UTC View Post“Oi. Oi! Get away from me, stupid thing! What the—shuba? Shuba…shuba…where have I heard…SON OF A ONE-WINGED WYVERN! WHICH DUMB, STAR-FORSAKEN IDIOT IS TALKING WITH THE DARK LORD?! OI! WHAT IS MY ESTEEMED WARDEN DOING?”
T...
2023-06-15 07:30:29 +0000 UTC View PostThe elder sighed. “You know as well as I that no one forced the boy. When the situation was explained to him, he volunteered, knowing what his sacrifice entailed.”
“You didn’t give him any choice!” she snapped, tail slipping from h...
2023-06-13 09:04:01 +0000 UTC View PostAt the northern tip of the human continent, beyond where any human had ever reached, the endless white landscape transformed into a rocky shore and clear blue waters. Steam slowly rose from the water’s surface, creating a hazy curtain that stret...
2023-06-13 09:03:59 +0000 UTC View PostThe front yard of the James estate is full of activity as we prepare to leave. It’s comparable to the madness of our departure from the Hall.
For ourselves, there is little to prepare. Most of our supplies have been depleted. Not all in th...
2023-06-05 01:35:16 +0000 UTC View PostObjectively, Khan is being treated pretty well. As a traitor to family and country, it wouldn’t be surprising if the servants withheld his food and beat him intermittently.
If Khan was the captive of the unscrupulous nobles of the capital,...
2023-06-05 01:35:14 +0000 UTC View PostMarch to the Ancestors.
A bloody northern tradition where two groups with irreconcilable differences meet on the Witness Circle and settle their conflicts with extreme violence. Both sides wager everything they are. Their lives, their wealth...
2023-06-05 01:35:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe tension in the room takes on a more sinister identity. Kalise is a straightforward woman. Her first response to a problem is action, preferably violence. Standing around talking goes against her nature but she’s been enduring because it appe...
2023-06-01 19:33:02 +0000 UTC View Post