the spine

Scabhair | Somewhere along The Spine | Red Archbishop Inn Eyes squinted against the dim,gray light of morning. It was far from bright outdoors and had the appearance of an impending snowstorm. For one to travel in such weather would be daunting, yet not for herself. Delphine was born and had...

The Spine, north-east of the inner valley. Early fall. Columns of smoke rose above the red-crowned forest and into the blue sky, enveloping it in white and grey smoke. There was no wind, and the smoke only lingered in the air, even after the fires had long gone out. The clashing of iron tools...

Kasim sat quietly within the small encampment that he and Aviana had fashioned themselves. There was a small fire in the middle of a forest clearing, a pile of logs and twigs, a place for the horses, and then two makeshift bed rolls that they had managed to snag while passing through a village...