aliria

It was too early in the morning for her grandfather to have awoken. Typically, Gracia knew, older folk woke with the rise of the sun and slept at the set of it. Mahab von Stehlen was a different kind of man. He was the kind that woke when he pleased, though never too late into the day. Never...

It was damned hot. The sun had already settled low on the horizon, and the stink of humanity in all its varied forms lie thick on the air. It was a cloying miasma to one born where the scorching winds blew in from the deserts. Even a year later, she could not become comfortable among the...

Joseph Meier had lived one of the strangest lives ever bestowed upon a being. He had been born a human, undersized and scrawny with a twisted foot. His father abusive, his mother poorly willed, he had grown up in isolation. Perhaps it was there that the seed of malcontent and hatred began to...

Alliria, Outer City The Tenpenny Hen, A Brothel ___________________________ "This your first time?" Syr Marta asked him. Hector cleared his throat. "Excuse me, Syr?" She cocked an eyebrow at him. "Did I stutter, squire?" Hector stammered. "I, I don't get your meaning," She shook her...

It was not often Petrus made a trip out into the... common folk of Alliria. Not only was the appearance of the poor rather... unsightly but the smell was truly something else. Soldiers of House Iskandar flanked him, four apiece, on his left and right as he marched down the streets of the Outer...

"Boss, are you sure about this. It's really hard to get this stuff, and we only have one bottle left." Dominic smacked one of his subordinates in the back of the head lightly. He looked at him angrily as he snatched the bottle of wine out of his hand. They were standing inside "The Watering...

The pickpocket, burglar and all around no good, rotten bastard known as Urchin was feeling rather content with himself today. Sure, he was homeless, shoeless and what clothes he did have were ragged, patched and several sizes too large from him on account of being snatched off some poor sap's...

It was not uncommon for the Council member to request audiences with important guests to her gardens. But few were privileged enough to look within the high walls of the merchant Divina. Fewer still permitted within the personal ship of the merchant councilwoman. With the help of Tzuriel's...

T H E - F I R S T - D E P A R T U R E Tags: Liadrin | Equipment: War-axe | Seax | The sun shone bright on the Alirian Strait that day, It's reflection dancing across the calm waves like a sea of gold that broke into glitter against the darkened hull of the ship. Standing at the bow of this...