47. Basil - Elven Dirge
Chapter 47
Elven Dirge
We heard them before we saw them, a sharp, trilling bird call, which perked the pointed ears of both E’lal and A’cia. Many of us had been sit...
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46. Hull - Night Work
Chapter 46
NIght Work
The Orc’s head came right off under the force of my Vampiric Blade, making only the faintest whicker of sound as blood gouted from the severed ne...
2024-10-20 01:18:00 +0000 UTC View Post45. Basil - Engagement
Chapter 45
Engagement
The late afternoon was cool with a bone-seeping dampness that made me shiver. I knew the reaction had just as much to do with the regrettable predi...
2024-10-16 03:49:11 +0000 UTC View Post44. Hull - This Is War
Chapter 44
This Is War
We crept through the woods in a spread-out wedge, the elf advisor Qi’shen taking point, Gale and Gerad a few yards back on either flank. Everyo...
2024-10-13 03:31:16 +0000 UTC View Post43. Basil - Parting Deals
Chapter 43
Parting Deals
My head was pounding as the group of us left the meeting room, General Edaine staying behind to speak with Gale. I hadn’t expected my brother ...
2024-10-09 01:38:02 +0000 UTC View Post42. Hull - Consequences
Chapter 42
Consequences
“The force is three times as large as any the Orcs have ever brought against us, and it appears they are allied with the Undead and demonkind....
2024-10-05 18:55:47 +0000 UTC View Post41. Hull - Mother Dearest
Chapter 41
Mother Dearest
Mother hadn’t looked up at me yet; she was caught in the rapture of her card theft. There she stood over her victim, so close to naked it ma...
2024-10-02 04:50:30 +0000 UTC View Post40. Basil - Escape
Chapter 40
Escape
The stairwell down was a long one, and well before I reached the bottom, the sounds I had heard earlier – the distant ting of metal strikin...
2024-09-29 02:02:23 +0000 UTC View Post39. Hull - Taking Advantage
Chapter 39
Taking Advantage
Afi had said she wanted some air. I’d been around Basil and Esmi long enough to know that this was fancy-folk code for you people make...
2024-09-25 02:24:54 +0000 UTC View Post38. Basil - Wagging Tongues
Chapter 38
Wagging Tongues
Esmi managed Duke Norcobus beautifully. After we joined the pair of older nobility and greetings were exchanged, Norcubus made to resume his ...
2024-09-21 22:53:13 +0000 UTC View Post37. Hull - Among Friends
Chapter 37
Among Friends
“...I honestly don’t know what came over me,” Esmi was confessing. “I try very hard to see the best in others in all circumstances, but...
2024-09-18 00:24:51 +0000 UTC View Post36. Basil - A Family Affair
Chapter 36
A Family Affair
“I do believe that went as badly as it possibly could have.”
Ossun had only just closed the door to the private meeting suite behin...
2024-09-14 20:04:06 +0000 UTC View Post35. Hull - Down to the Nub
Chapter 35
Down to the Nub
Afi and I stared at the dwarf, our mouths hanging open. “What the hell?” I laughed. Everyone else was whispering and tittering behind the...
2024-09-11 05:49:34 +0000 UTC View Post34. Basil - Challenges
Chapter 34
Challenges
The blade slid across my cheek, but like before, all I felt was the barest of pressure. At the edge of my vision, I saw more card fragments shed f...
2024-09-08 02:11:13 +0000 UTC View Post33. Basil - Proper Planning
Chapter 33
Proper Planning
“You never asked to use Esmet.”
Esmi and I were walking arm-in-arm though the halls of my family home, and at this remark, I turned...
2024-09-04 02:46:47 +0000 UTC View Post32. Hull - An Embarrassment of Riches
Chapter 32
An Embarrassment of Riches
I tugged at the stiff black brocade vest that was doing its best to smother me and wished the billowing whiteness of my sleeves we...
2024-09-01 00:54:27 +0000 UTC View Post31. Basil - What is Within
Chapter 31
What is Within
A knock sounded on my door.
I was sitting cross-legged, looking up at the small tree that lived in the middle of my War Camp room....
2024-08-28 02:09:34 +0000 UTC View Post30. Hull - Skills and Souls
Chapter 30
Skills and Souls
I gathered up my cards and slid them back into my Mind Home as everyone swarmed the new Air cards like flies to dung. I took my time; while ...
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28. Hull - Juggling Shards
Chapter 28
Juggling Shards
“...but Merunda said she’d wait for me next time, and she was the last holdout on Crowsfoot Alley, so that’s a whole square block sorte...
2024-08-17 23:41:07 +0000 UTC View Post27. Basil - An Audience
Chapter 27
An Audience
“The king will see you now.”
I stood up from the plush armchair I had been waiting in, quickly tucking the cards I had been distracting...
2024-08-13 20:19:31 +0000 UTC View Post26. Hull - The Gods' Game
Chapter 26
The Gods’ Game
I had my Hammer hefted and ready to bash the stupid right off Gerad’s face when suddenly it vanished out of my hand, my summons disappeared...
2024-08-11 02:31:59 +0000 UTC View Post25. Basil - We Take Those
Chapter 25
We Take Those
“You remember the plan?”
Hull looked at me like I was asking after pointless reassurance instead of critical confirmation that would ...
2024-08-07 01:51:09 +0000 UTC View Post24. Hull - The Full 20
Chapter 24
The Full 20
We all filed into the Advisor’s Hall, the paladins chattering together, the elves following just behind with a more muted, regal air, and the d...
2024-08-04 02:08:44 +0000 UTC View Post23. Basil - Old Promises
Chapter 23
Old Promises
The metal street that the smiths were on was a wide one, which I was grateful for, as it gave me ample room to pace up and down the reflective l...
2024-07-31 03:04:05 +0000 UTC View Post22. Hull - Breakdowns
Chapter 22
Breakdowns
I was halfway through the forest on my way to the Lows, picking my path carefully on a moonless night, when suddenly my mother appeared at my side...
2024-07-28 00:27:47 +0000 UTC View Post21. Basil - The Grind
Chapter 21
The Grind
The next few weeks of War Camp went by faster than should have been possible, the training with cards, source, and matters of tactics and history al...
2024-07-24 02:50:23 +0000 UTC View Post20. Juriss - Interlude
Chapter 20
Interlude
Juriss bowled backward through a fern so large that one of those frail stone-dwellers could have used it for a house. The fronds were soft, but the ...
2024-07-20 17:17:13 +0000 UTC View Post19. Hull - The Cost of a Card
Chapter 19
The Cost of a Card
Basil gripped me hard by the elbow as the attackers pelted toward us. “Strike first,” he said.
My heart raced. “We’re not se...
2024-07-17 02:06:48 +0000 UTC View Post18. Hull - Welcome to the Lows
Chapter 18
Welcome to the Lows
I dithered and skulked around the fortification’s drainage grate for a good ten minutes before I realized what I was doing, and once I ...
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