dreadlord

They had been traveling for nearly a week on the trail of a spy for the rogue Archon Gilram. The spy had slipped up in Vel Anir after attempting to flip a Vigilite plant. Once the identity was confirmed, it was sent to the Archon hunting squad created by Dreadlord Zana. It was finally the...

"When I thought I had felt everything, when nothing seemed to have a new flavor, when all colors became dull and gray... you came into my life." Most women would have been terrified walking into that alley while a man followed right behind them. They would have gone into the tavern instead of...

"Captain Jedidiah Delaney, an officer in the Anirian Navy. Said to be skilled at the helm, but even better with a blade. Second in line for House Delaney, a merchant family in the city." Alistair looked down disgusted at the nude body lying face down in the bed. The fact that he was called in...

THE ACADEMY "This is the last time I want to see you, Pirian," said Proctor Magomo. It sounded harsh, from his tone to the words themselves, but to Kristen's trained ear this, from Magomo, was high praise. "Yes, Proctor," she said. Though she maintained her military bearing, standing rigidly...

The repetitive turn of a wagon wheel woke Alistair to the harsh sunlight bearing down on him. He yawned as he sat up in the passenger seat, his sight no longer having to squint at the rays of light. One of his men, Gibbs, was driving the wagon along while he could still hear the rest of his...

On The Road To Arnim "Arn, eyes forward." The Lieutenant called out from the back of his horse, glancing only briefly at one of the newest members of the 44th Guard Regiment. "You're driving the cart, not watching the prisoner." "Yes, Sir, sorry sir." Arn answered quickly, turning his...

Castle Mezlan The dark greys and blacks of the Castle seemed to reach all the way and touch the gloomy clouds that circled above it. Any sane architect would likely not have chosen such imposing design choices for a place meant for the mentally unfit, Dreadlords builders never claimed to be the...

Vel Acan Mieri stood in front of the door to retired Dreadlord Algus Senn, a third level of some small renown though, though not apparently one whose disappearance warranted more than the attentions of a handful of children. Rough luck, really. Not that the plucky young redhead standing in...

Allir Reach - Outside of Peddlefoot Rain crashed down from the sky in great droves, casting onto roof tops, fields of hay, and onto the dirt roads which surrounded the tiny fishing village. Despite the lamplight still looming from some of the houses, taverns, and the few ships moored besides the...

Waves lapped gently upon the rocks, sea winds brushing down the cliffs and tussling Edric’s air as he sat upon one of the boulders scattered on the beach. The sun drifted slowly down towards the horizon, casting a steady orange glow over the landscape. Behind him stood half a dozen figures...

Somewhere in Vel Anir… “Where in Kress’ arse is she putting it?” A short man with surprising girth to his torso exclaimed, stroking the stubble on his square chin. One thick arm nudged a man who was much taller than him but resembled the long, thin shoots of bamboo found around Dornoch. It was...

After months upon months in having lunch duty, Everleigh Ebersol was given a week of reprieve from watching the initiates. After this week she would resume the role of monitoring all the children, specifically the younger ones, and would be missing lunch herself. Not that that bothered her, she...

The last time Henk had scrapped in this field, he'd been a child. Many times in fact, he'd bled, sweat and cried on the earth beneath his feet, a place of pain and punishment underneath the sweltering sun. From the outside looking in, it was a sparring field. To anybody who had been an Initiate...

Snip. Cut. Chop. That was no longer needed. Leave it with the rest to be removed later. A wet thwump followed as something slopped to the floor rolling near his foot. They kicked the viscera away quickly and lamented their nicely polished shoes. Surely they would need to be cleaned again. Even...

[art cred] The Blackwood. Everleigh didn’t know why she had come back here. In the early morning the air was cold all around her, but there was a deeper chill within her bones. She remembered the walk here. It was months ago now but everything was still fresh in her mind. The cool mist that...

The hour was late and all the beast and babes long since put to bed and rest. The Vel Anir sky grew dark casting long shadows over narrow streets. In those streets the daytime business was the scurrying of ants in a colony all working for the good of the hive whether they knew it or not. It was...

"Kress fuck me sideways." A bleary voice carried through a cascading forest of verdant color that would have put the Falwood to shame. Every color, every light, everything seemed brighter and more vibrant than it should have any right to be. As though life itself was more complete in the strange...

Character profile for Augustine Verglas

The man known as the One-Eyed Devil of the Sea was really named Emil Hazelhurst. Hardly a terrifying name, it was no wonder that he preferred for everyone to call him One-Eyed Devil although in a few seedy brothels, he would let slip his first name. Tracking Emil hadn’t been too difficult...