dreadlords

THE ACADEMY NOON Waiting is a part of military life. And the Academy, especially in the last years of an Initiate’s tutelage, offers opportunities to learn that fact. During one of those periods of downtime, Aelita would be found on the training grounds. She practiced maneuvers with her...

The Ruins of Vel Basten - Near the Falwood "Well." Mieri declared as she ascended the final step to the central dais of the temple. "This is fucking creepy." Vel Basten, or what this ruin had once been called, had once been a city built after the second Elven War. A creation and wonder...

He marked the passage of time by the growing length of his hair. Once it was short. Now, after considerable time, the ends of his blondes locks touched his shoulders. And in this time so recorded by the lengthening of his hair he endured unending agony. Zael Castomir had awoke in this place...

https://i.ibb.co/27ByHjd/Talavaar.png Orilon Village, on the Anirian Southern Frontier Fires raged all over a small forest village. Bodies laid upon the ground. Over a dozen surviving villagers knelt on the ground in a packed circle. A group of dark figures surrounding them. A tall elf stepped...

Dear Zael Castomir, Hi. I don't know if you know me. I'm an initiate in the class below yours. You and Henk always impressed me the most in the sparring rings. I'm kinda-sorta looking for a mentor and was hoping you'd do it? Might be interested? I PROMISE it won't take a lot of time. I...

Vel Luria "Madame!" His voice echoed out over the reaches of the courtyard. The cage they had trapped him in was surprisingly spacious. Ordinarily, at least back home, these sorts of things had no trappings of comfort or even leg space. Yet the iron room he found himself stuck in was large...

"No! No, Loth, you don't have to do this, please." His thumb pressed a little bit harder. He hadn't quite gotten the hang of this part of the process yet, and the books he'd read on Isbrand Lorel had been sorely lacking in the detail. He could see the theories behind some of the other things...

The morning following What Happens After. Dreadlord Academy Stables Daybreak Following the events of their graduation, the stillness and quiet lingered throughout the academy like a bad sickness. There was yet any real closure to anything for most, but Ralene had the answers she needed to...

Even the Gilded District was gloomy beneath an overcast sky pregnant with rain. Elspeth Sirl watched through the window of her carriage as the shadow of dark storm clouds to the east slowly loomed overhead, promising to shatter the evening peace with the song of storm and thunder. Normally she...

https://i.imgur.com/VLVaCce.pngAberresai Savannah "Well, ain't this here a one horse town with only half a donkey." Mieri said, using a finger to kip up the edge of the strange hat folk around these parts wore. "Reckon you gotta be madder than a wet hen..." The Initiate continued, scanning her...

Falwood Gilram's Hidden Fortress Though no longer confined by the physical walls of the living realm, Chasmine still held herself to the virtues of propriety and manners she'd been taught long before she'd ever arrived at the Dreadlord Academy. So when Gilram requested her presence, the specter...

Despite wanting to disregard Marianne’s suggestion, Everleigh did stop by the kitchens to snag a green apple. Somehow, taking one of the red apples seemed inconsiderate. She passed other initiates, not saying anything to them, but overhearing something about Ingrid and a bloody nose. Zael’s name...

Mountains of Feldraza - Southern Anirian Territory "Kress Kid, do you ever get tired?" Edric turned his head, one hand still holding to the cliff wall as he looked at the man behind him. "No." The wind lashed at them, cutting and biting with intrepid cold. It whipped snowflakes into their...

By order of Archon Ronan Osmani, the “Black Knight” and his criminal activities shall end. You are to investigate this vigilante and arrest him. You are charged with the authority to compel witnesses to give testimony and provide evidence under threat of contempt. The sigil delivered with...

The log splintered under the force of a heavy impact; deep cracks racing along its surface. Bark crunched and flew off in ragged chunks. Light splashes sounded out as they met muddy, pockmarked soil. Steam rose from flared nostrils, cast out in waves from heaving lungs. The rain came down in...

Dearest Sable, Do not follow me, for I know you'll want to. You and I, we've been through a lot together. You made me feel safe, and brought me peace. At least, there was peace. I've realized that I'm unimportant, unneeded here at the academy. Really, to anyone. I don't know what I'll do, but...

"Your Occlumency trials have progressed well." Though the dungeons of the Academy had grown a bit emptier and quieter since the Revolution, there were a few chambers still in regular use even now. One such room most all of the students had grown intimately familiar with over their years here...

Castle Aubert - Western Anirian Territory "You're asking?" The words still rang loud in Edric's mind. The flicker of emotion he'd felt when speaking them, the confusion that had drawn over him. "Of course." Had been the Archon's answer. The serenity in his tone almost appeasing the Exiles...

Alven - Near Eaglehead "Whoever built those portal stones." Mieri said as she and the others walked down the dock towards their intended ship. "Did not build enough of them." They had been on the road for nearly a week and a half now. Having set out from the Academy to the Falwood Portal...

Anirian Territory - The Academy Never once in it's five hundred years of history had the Academy been so quiet. There was no training within the yards, no shouting Proctors, no Initiates practicing their magics. It was an eerie, foreboding quiet, the sort which seemed to creep into the very...