Recent content by Zora

Zora stopped eating, as if her appetite had simply… withdrawn. The name had done that. Nosfir. It stirred something old and dusty in her mind, a footnote recalled from memory. Brockern’s archives had been vast, and sometimes incomplete. Certain subjects were never expanded upon—only named...

Zora finished the mouthful of bread slowly, as if nothing of consequence had just occurred at her table. She wiped her fingers on a scrap of cloth, then lifted her gaze at last. The pale complexion implied something, but it was not that alone. It was the woman’s presence, the way the room...

My character is looking for 3 books of dark magic that were stolen from her temple. i'm pretty sure your character could give her at least some info or leads. I don't know if i would trust you tho

Zora regarded him in silence for a moment…“Theatricality and deception are powerful tools against the uninitiated,” she said. “But we are both initiated now.” She shifted her weight slightly, eyes never leaving his. “No. I am not looking for a student.” “An ally, perhaps,” she continued...

The inn was little more than a rotting box in the rain. Water drummed through holes in the roof. Smoke, cheap ale, and unwashed bodies clung to the air. Zora sat alone near the back, hood drawn low, hands wrapped around a chipped cup that held only water. She had chosen the place precisely...

Zora did not turn at once. Her attention lingered on the table, on the careful geometry of candles and chalk, on the hand resting where it must. Only then did she glance over her shoulder, eyes catching the low light like polished glass. “If I told you I foresaw this,” she said calmly, “you...

The night was clouded and cold, but for her, it was warm. Since leaving Brockern’s heights, Zora had not known true cold. Not the kind that cut through wool and bone alike, that froze breath in the lungs and made prayer feel like work. Compared to the mountain, every lowland night was forgiving...

Yeah maybe they have to go back to the mountain to find something used for them. That alone can be a complete chapter for the adventure

I would be interested, I’m always willing to help, of course, if it can also further my own investigation

Daylight had returned by the time Zora woke. Thin, pale light filtered through the warped shutters of a cheap inn room, illuminating cracked plaster and a narrow bed that smelled faintly of damp straw. The place was barely fit for rest, but it was quiet, and that was enough. She sat upright...

Not even your curiosity can keep you reading further, you feel your head light, and sleep is starting to claim you

Zora let out a snorting sound that might have been a laugh. She settled onto a low stone in the alley, unbothered by his posture or the implied authority in his voice. “You can stop with the bravado,” she said “It will not frighten me. And you have already achieved what you wanted: you have my...

I think I can help you with that, what do you have in mind?

One minute passed, two, then three. The lantern flame bent. “Speak of the devil,” Zora said softly, stepping from the shadow behind him, “and he shall appear.” She glanced at the coins in his hand, then at the College spires looming just beyond the alley, faintly lit against the night. “So...

Zora smiled. Not wide, not warm—just enough to show she was amused. “You are a smart one,” she said softly, eyes flicking to his grip on the dealer’s shoulder, to the tension in his jaw. “But even clever men mistake caution for wisdom. Fear often wears the same mask.” She tilted her head...