allira

"You're late." Emelia winced at the tone in her father's voice as she slipped in the back door. The sun was already dipping below the horizon, sky painted in fire to the west and ashes to the east. She did not answer her father, either. He was not happy that she was late. Probably because it...

It was as her foot slammed into the face of a concealed stone that she cursed just under her breath. The stone, with light gray poking through the sloppily browned surface, had hidden itself beneath the muddy tract that served as a roadway. She hopped on one leg as she held the throbbing foot in...

The moonlight poured out across the city streets like a burst dam of pale, cool glow. Quiet had gripped the late evening, the hustle of wagon wheels and bustle of hawked goods dulled hours prior. Instead, the air filled with faint, far-off melodies that drifted away from tavern bars and drinking...

It was Ivy’s lucky day, or as lucky as she could get. Sleeping near the local tavern of the Shallows has proven itself to be useful. When Ivy woke up, the garbage pits were full of the food thrown out from last night. Looks like she had something to eat for breakfast, which was uncommon for her...

~~ “Is that it? Is that the head of the bucca?” “It is.” Rain lied. “Can I see it? All that trouble at my fathers port warehouse, I’d love to put a face to the mischief.” “Recommend you don’t. A knocker puts off an intense smell. Only thing keeping it in is this…” He flicked the lid on top of...

10 Years Ago "Alright, you've put in the work. He can't handle you. You got this." A squirrely-looking man that was technically Dominic Valentine's trainer, but he had not done shit for him. He was just some guy he had been assigned to keep an eye on him. Dom had been forced into the pit...

Well, they couldn't smell the smoke anymore. That was a start. When Varys San'Seya had accepted some freelance work under the banner of the Allirian Rangers, he hadn't been clued in they might be pitting him up against a damned dragon. He was powerful, sure, but he couldn't match a beast like...

Charity unwillingly awoke as sunlight splashed across her face. She remembered receiving a letter from her father a few days prior asking her to meet with him and a feeling of dread immediately overcame her. Charity knew that she had been the one who had asked him to find time to meet with her...

Water... Cold... Freezing in the way that meant death. Stinging like a thousand stab wounds. The creeping sensation of deaths embrace, snaking up from the depths of regions no one dared to explore in a vain attempt to snatch ones soul from the cusp of life in the way a eel hunted from the safety...

"There's a coldness in the air tonight... You sure you are good to do this... Aren't your joints aching?" Janessa spoke, her attempt at a level tone failing to hide the amusement she felt seeing her captain standing on the edge of the building. "I feel that is a crack at my age..." Gavin...

Divina Rosenstern prided herself on many things. Her wealth, her affluence, even the associates she knew. All of them, money-grubbing, hungry for power or for her name. The Black Widow, oh yes, they were so creative with their names weren't they. Saying sweet words to her face and sniggering as...

The Cass family was old. They had been land owners and active merchants in the Reach for longer than Alliria had been a city. In that time they had seen good and bad times. But this was the worst it had ever been for them. They had lost everything to some merchant lord that had forgotten the...

She moved through the crowds with a certain degree of trepidation, eyes darting this way and that. Looking for threats, any threats. Every venture into a city had been met with some catastrophe, some new pain or terrible memory to carry with her. There was a time when innocence reigned, when...

Fishing (hah) for anyone interested in joining Peripta in his escapade to clear his name. Or at least show he's not responsible for a tragic event while he was nearby. The thread is currently happening in Alliria, and he's waiting for someone (or multiple someones) to find their way to where...