dreadlords

Savannah "Look." Ein's voice could barely be heard over the sound of wind that rushed over the cliff face, the lands below seeming utterly peaceful as he spoke. "I don't want to push you. You don't want me to push you." His hand rested on a man's shoulder. Bindings cuffed the man's arms behind...

Amroe - Formerly Vel Aren Aisling Weiroon Ein slowly turned his head, eyes flickering around the open square as he jumped down from the shotgun seat of the carriage. His gaze swept over the small crowd which seemed to be strolling around them, catching on no one in particular. The people here...

Fernando sat down at one end of the small, round, table he'd requested from the incredibly helpful staff at the academy. Everywhere he went there was a Proctor giving him their two cents or offering a bit of constructive advice in dealing with the students. Many of their methods seemed...

Alliria. One of the grandest cities in the world. Eleanor had never been to Alliria before and she was excited that she had been selected for this mission. The mission was a strange one, but she was not one to question orders. They had been sent here to gather information on a merchant who had...

Amol-Kalit: The Great Dune Sea Sweat dripped from Edric's brow, his fingers clutching tightly to the near empty waterskin that hung from his belt. His head lulled slightly as he tried to peer further into the desert, searching desperately for any sign of green or blue. There was a haze in the...

Vel Luin "This is so BORING." Liliana lamented, chin resting in her hand as she sat just outside Warehouse 316A on the docks of Vel Luin. "My parents didn't send me to the Academy to become a guard." She continued to complain. "This is ludicrous." She had only been on duty with the others for...

Southern Cortosi Isles - The Confiance "Initiate Lorel. Would you like to join everyone else for the briefing?" Liliana slowly turned her head towards the voice trying to draw her attention, lips thinning for a brief moment as she noticed Naval Captain Elbrecht standing expectantly in the...

Vel Luin. Nowadays it was far more fortress than city, a monument to Anirian "progress" and strength. That, of course, was not to say that it wasn't still a port city, a trade hub. And trade hubs tended to draw the attention of...undesirables. While the primary harbor might've been extremely...

The old forest. Not a place most occupants of the Dreadlord Academy frequented of their own volition. Few paths existed save the ones used to tread between distant academic building or graveyard. To forge off the paths was to take ones life in their hands, for there was more than simply...

Vel Innis Perched upon a large boulder, Liliana Lorel inspected her nails. "Honestly." Her tone was about as disinterested and listless as possible, the lack of enthusiasm almost so grating that it was hard to listen to. She paid little mind to the man that they had bundled on the ground. His...

The day was overcast but warm, the sort of afternoon a student of the Academy could likely be found spending free period out and about to enjoy the break between days of rain. Chasmine was one such student, but unlike many of the others milling about and being useless, as the Proctors liked to...

They weren't kidding. When the Guardsmen had proposed that they throw a formal ball for the Apprentices, Mars had laughed. It was no joke. Prior to the ball, seamstresses were brought (blindfolded, of course) onto the castle grounds to size the students for their outfits, then they left. When...

Easter Cortos - Alesa - Army Camp Edric spat blood onto the floor. His head lulled back and forth, mind in half a daze. He felt fingers bury in his hair, scrunch closed, and then rip his gaze upwards. The swelling in his eyes made it almost impossible to see, but he didn't need his vision to...

Iron Maiden. Epithets were a great honor bestowed upon the most renowned, successful Dreadlords. It was a testament to an individual's might and reserved for those that have committed only the most heinous of atrocities against their fellow man. So, when Mars Pallatrix learned that Noel's peers...

Lir Highway Elise sat back in her carriage, eyes cast out of the small window within the door. A Dreadlord Initiate stood there, his back straight, his shoulders square, and his face desperately attempting to hide the nerves he must have been feeling in that moment. She didn't know his name...

Thorne Vel Odwyk During the revolution Ania had been hellbent on ensuring that the old ways persevered. That Vel Anir survived exactly as it had for thousands of years prior. It was like a religion to her. Like a cultish devotion that she had to serve lest the entirety of social order...

"What is that?" Mars Pallatrix asked, knowing full well that the bottle that had just been put in front of him was a variety of liquor. It was late, just past midnight, and in a few hours, the slumbering bodies within the castle would begin to stir as they went about their morning routines. A...

Vel Acan "So much for the new Vel Anir." Edric said as he kicked the head of a marble statue that lay scattered across the now destroyed Courtyard. Once upon a time Vel Acan had been a center of power within the Anirians lands. The city had been small, but important. It was here that many...

Outside Vel Anir - Dreadlord Academy Edric sat on the edge of the central courtyard, a rock bouncing in his palm as he stared ahead. His eyes were practically glazed over, staring through the dozens of combatants arrayed against one another. Most of them were his age, or around there, some...

...but with a lot more crying. For centuries all children born with magic within Vel Anir were forced into the service of the Dreadlords. An organization that honed the magical talents of children until they were living weapons of war. Upon graduation from this academy they would pledge an...