intrigue

In the dark of night, away from the taverns from which light spilled and patrons gathered, away indeed from the regular patrols of the city's night watch, an alley, nestled between a closed shop and a warehouse of goods close to Anir Square. Short enough, this alley, to where it would not be...

Kade's life had changed forever following his trip to Annuakat. What a wild ride, right? What an absolutely wild ride. From the Tower of Tribulations, to meeting Empress Medja in person, to finally being inducted into the ranks of the Imperial Hands, one thing had led to another and here he was...

OBAN, LOW TIER, NORTHERN QUARTER They were going to be too late. Elliot Aldmar, under the false identity of Darrethyn Ilsendrith, foreign courtier of the Beaufort Court, ran with a squad of Obanese soldiers down the avenue. Restaurants, food vendors, wine markets blurred past. The heavy...

Hey everyone. I'm looking for a semi-open ended plot to RP with my first character here. The concept I have in mind is that the story begins with my character being a very minor person of power, e.g. a knight with only a small amount of very poor land, and for the RP I was thinking my character...

Stagnation. If there was one thing that Medja hated, it was to watch her world become stagnant and dull. Gerra had started another one of his 'divine pilgrimages' some weeks ago, leaving the throne empty and the Divan in charge. The Divan, in turn, had become complacent. The Empire was stagnant...

The fire crackled, sending shapes dancing across his page. It wasn't particularly condusive to writing, so Raziel's quill hovered over the page. He finished adding a few more notes and then set the notebook down. The small book was bound in a study, dark leather. The pages were fine calf vellum...

The slap of bare feet on the roughly cobbled street, the occasional splash as unshod feet cut through a puddle. The occasional mutter or growl from someone run into, or pushed ineffectually out of the way as, behind, the sound of booted feet and the clank of armor kept pace. Lyssia ran, a loaf...

Thunder growled overhead, a brief flicker of lightning lancing from one cloud to the next preceding it by only moments, casting lurid shadows in the streets and in windows lit by lantern light throughout the city. Mericet sat in a torpid day as the storm rolled out of the mountains toward the...

Streamers of fog yet lingered in the air, the humidity slowly ebbing away to more tolerable levels as the sun finished its work burning it off. Here, in parts of the slums leading to the Shallows, the air smelled of the fens only a mile or less away, the air rich with life and the subtle...

Hello! I am looking to start a thread with this character involving one to three partners. Aeyliea heads a mercenary company out of Alliria, an operation that has been ongoing for a couple of years. It is gaining reputation but still small The thread idea is a contract with a local, well to...

Country Estate of her most exalted beauty Lady Elise of House Virak, Baroness of the Westlands and heiress to the grandest army of Vel Anir They called it a country estate but the Virak possession was more of a small citadel. Built for war, the pleasant facade and immaculate decorations didn't...