the syzygy

With the passing of the Syzygy came the returning light of the moons. The twin eyes of the night restored to their watchful guardianship of the night. Yet not all had returned to its original form. Magic had been plucked at and tampered. Reformed and rebirthed. Some even cursed into new shapes...

"Angus, stop laying about and get that keg to the bar. It's a packed house tonight, we're busting at the seems." Hilda kicked at the young lad before hurrying off to pour more tankards, the sounds of merry music and more than a few small brawls could be heard from the other room. The young boy...

A day after the battle on Cortosi Coast, the Paladin, Nathaniel Jameson made his return to the merchant city, having been victorious in destroying his old enemy, Zasz. It had only been a week since he had seen his old childhood home, but it felt like longer after the recent events. The place in...

The Syzygy, Day 2 Akiva Sea The night was dark and the spirits darker, but Izzetta was buoyant. One would have thought the upheaval of the seas and magic would have sobered her, but Izzy was rarely sober. She sat on a barrel, braiding a rope, a foggy green glass bottle by her foot. She hummed...

Nacht woke up with a fever and generally felt like shit. He looked around before realizing that the entire room was unnaturally dark. Barely mustering the strength to hold up his hand, he attempted to absorb in the darkness and quickly lost focus, becoming queasy and gagging. However bad his...

Thagretis Thykla Palace * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The atmosphere within Thykla had been tense these last few days. All knew of the impending double eclipse, but none could prepare for the degree of calamity that would befall them. This one was to be far worse than...

It was a dark day when the Abyssal came to Cortosi Coast, Allir Reach. From the depths of the sea, slimy, tentacled horrors emerged from their underwater lairs and began to lay siege to villages and towns across the coast, abducting many and dragging them back into the water for some unknown...

In Gild they called it "the Long Dark". Scholars and travelers from other Campanian kingdoms, nations, and city-states had returned with the name bestowed upon the upcoming celestial event by leading figures of Elbion, the Triennial Syzygy, yet by then the simpler name had become entrenched...

Crobhear Lake The sky was growing darker by the minute, the only light from the faint red glow of the moons and the boldest and brightest stars. A deep silence hung over the lake, so deep it sounded almost like static. Every witch could feel The Goddess alive in them, on this first night of...

EDICT 3358, ISSUED BY THE COUNCIL OF ALLIRIA ON THE DAY 13 DIAMANT, YEAR 374 Declaration of a Reach-wide Emergency and Invocation of Council Authority Relating to the Regulation of the Anchorage and Movement of Vessels Within and Near Allirian Ports. Under the DRAGON PROTECTION ACT of 372...

Every breed of dragon has its unique challenges in reproducing. The red dragons are thought to be so violent that their mating is more likely to end in the death of one of the pair than any successful eggs; the Tsonye dragons need to give birth half buried in the earth; and the Ēarendel dragons...

Months, weeks, days passed, and the moons of Arethil rose and fell, rose and fell as the tides of the world’s oceans obeyed their command. Carried with them, their whispers. Things some could hear clearer than most. Sounds betwixt the ears of so many souls, louder in those touched by magick...

The Syzygy: Rise of the Abyssal New Lore: The Abyssal “Through the brine and through the break the spiny shell did wake. Silver and sleek, but a mountain it was. A mountain come from the deep. A mountain they rode. A mountain they dragged them down into [he laughs, sharp as broken glass] they...

In the Age of Chronicles Fall, 13th of Garda, 373 Within the halls of Elbion College The School of Cosmic and Astral Study Scholar Linolet Perinhome prepared for the gathered. Her heart aflutter as she paced back and forth in the narrow hall behind the stage. Maesters, fellow students...