phorasmos

No matter how large or minuscule happiness manifests in Parumora, it would not last in these parts. Shattered, torn apart, stifled. Robbed, even. For anyone to truly be happy here, you needed to rise above the heartbreak, the fear, the idea of your loved ones never coming back but perhaps in...

Leor directed his eyes to the sky to get a sense of how late in the day it was. He quickly scoffed, realizing it was completely overcast. He really has been away a long time if he thought it would ever be sunny in this gods forsaken island. His foot tapped at an even pace, waiting for just about...

Sleepless nights were not uncommon on Phorasmos. Wailing spirits and ghosts long since past had the tendency to keep one’s wits about them, and on such a dangerous island it was essential to stay vigilant. Vigilance was simply a state of being at this point for Jin Lolthous. It was as natural to...

Sarah sat at the communal benches in the Mourners' camp outside of Parumora. Her fellows moved around. Most of them were sparring or training some skill or another. A couple others were practicing some of the rites and rituals that their group used. More still were returning from their latest...

Cold mist clung to everything like a child to its mother. Had they not seen the waning light of day before leaving the quiet village of Parumora, it would have been impossible for anyone in the group to have known what time of day it was. Pale light filtered softly through the dense trees of the...