alliria

Today was the day! Today was the day! Today. Was. The. Day! Charity was up and going before the first slivers of dawn breached the sky. The excitement bubbled out her as she washed her face in a basin. This was it! No more stealing petty trinkets! No more spying on no-name merchants! Today she...

Alliria could not charm Aristeia into loving the city. It was far too noisy and busy for her liking, but the gardens found in the home of Lord Bancroft had been tailored to see to Aristeia's needs for peace. She was most grateful that the Lord and Lady Bancroft were adamant on making her...

"Get those barrels unloaded now you slimy urchins!" Rook grunted as he helped heave another barrel of oil up from the bowels of the ship he had called home for months now. Crucial to the nightly activities of Alleria's merchants and scholars alike. The ship, like so many more, had set sail up...

She could very well do the job herself, but when it came to certain names in society, it was better to keep the suspicion far from herself and her family name as much as she could. To handle this personally would also be a mistake, for the rapture she would impose upon the guilty party would be...

Lorelei Darke Afanas, slightly disheartened by the redheaded woman's departure from the Blind Luck, decided to pursue her. He paid his tab in gold, not silver, for silver's touch was an anathema to his kind, and left the establishment mere seconds after Lorelei; his impressive bulk spilled...

The sea spray stung Tydeus’ face. This time of year the ocean seemed a frigid thing, a denizen of lurking demons and sudden storms. He waited on a remote dock in Alliria’s great harbor, the sole figure there this time of the morning. But not for long. A new ship came in, with a hull blacker...

Bruscilla’s Botanical was one of the most if not the most well stocked herbal markets Alliria had to offer. Bruscilla herself was a druid in times past, wandering with a conclave for many years before she was domesticated by exotic wines and lavish living quarters via a scandalous relationship...

Alliria had her hidden havens, some better kept than others, but the faith stayed the same. Undying. Devoted. Loyal. Believers. They all flocked to these holy crevices, they all whispered their prayers and asked for blessings. Some weeped, and some were silent. Alliria also had her unsavoury...

Cosimo wandered the back alley's cobblestones. Bodies jammed the main thoroughfares, he could hear the thronging mass. Feast days in Alliria did that, everyone standing on tiptoes to see the parade and the carnies. Blessed Pagiano's Day, though he couldn't for the life of him recall what Pagiano...

The wooden handcart creaked and thundered down the rickety stilted docks noisily, drawing the ire of sailors and brigands both. But the old priest pushing it paid them no mind. Reinlinde admired his dedication, even if she felt like it was folly. Father Gauzo had seldom pushed his cart as far...

The sky was that bluish-grey of a cool twilight on the threshold of Summer and Autumn. The sun still warming Alliria, but it was now all but peeking through the architecture of the city. What was- up until recent days- a warm embrace was now just a gentle stroke on Rignid's ruddy cheek as he...

Shouts and curses rang through the docks, a telltale sign a captain realized he had been swindled. Noemi smirked as she heard him call to his crew, as she had already pulled up the hood on her mantle and slipped into the crowd. She adjusted her pack on her shoulder as she dipped and dived...

Alliria City, Allir Reach Nara Clan HQ, Gideon's room Enslavement: chapter I Caw..! Caw..! Caw..! The comforter covering Gideon’s nude body had slipped off sometime during the night, thick, scratching unruly wool irritating him to madness! He remembered, somewhat, the dissatisfaction on...

Alliria Sparks flew from Vulpesen’s blade as claws flashed in the moonlight, a mere inches from his face and he offered a swift riposte, the point of his sword similarly coming within inches of the creature as it retreated. Still, as quick as the Zorren was, he scored only a large gash in his...

She had only two homes in life, and each one she had been driven away from them on whims outside of her own control. At least, that is what she told herself to get by. It was the easier option, the better option, than spiraling down a path she did not want to go down. So, Monroe would sweep this...

It was just past noon in the bustling port of Alliria. White sails fluttered like flocks of seagulls on the azure ocean, where ships of all sizes were coming and going from the great city of commerce. Sweaty sailors shouted and cursed as they hauled goods across the highway of boardwalks and...

Among Marta Maisal's countrymen, there was a popular debate, one which attracted eloquent orators and rowdy drunkards alike to partake. And that debate was this: which was more so the center of evil on Arethil? That is, which propagated the use of blasphemous magic the most, thereby doing the...

"Can I help you?" Theo stood with pan in hand. A fire raging in its cooking pit in front of him. Chopped veggies and meat flipped as a large brute in hardened leather with a club on his side stood next to a more lithe man with charcoal hair watched slightly annoyed. A chubby raccoon making...

The building stank of blood and worse, silent as the grave itself. Well, except for the buzz of flies that had crowded in from the marshes of Allir. The only discordant note was the laughter of children, muffled but near to hand. The inquisitor knelt on the earthen floor hands clasped in front...

She looked in the sack again and blinked at the gleam of bright silver and reddish copper. It was more money than she'd ever had before. She still wasn't entirely certain how much it was, or what she could get with it. She had come a long way in the many months spent in Alliria; at the start...