tyria

Across the water from Annuakat sat the city of Tyria, renowned for her mercantile ships and rich dyes of purple. Standing atop the palace ziggurat in Annuakat, Gerra gazed out at the nearby rival. His spies brought grave news. The courtiers of Tyria deposed Queen Xaviera in a coup, replacing...

Xaviera had lost track of time in captivity. The woman who didn't know she was no longer Queen of Tyria had kept some semblance of time by the regular visits of the pirate captain that had abducted her after sinking a small flotilla of Tyrian ships. He usually brought her word from the city that...

The so-called god-emperor of Amol-Kalit sat in private dining chambers at the manse in Tyria used for distinguished guests. He sipped wine from his goblet and watched the door, wondering how long Xaviera would make him wait. Even now, his fleet was out at sea under the command of Maho Sparhawk...

The deck of the Jayiza rocked back and forth with the rolling waves. Pools of blood sloshed about, drying into the wood in the noonday heat. Vaanes wiped his blade free of viscera with a cloth and stepped over the bodies into the cabin. "Tzimi, what have we recovered?" he asked, voice as hard...

Royal Palace Tyria - Evening Theme It had been a Queen Jaliah-heavy day. Between meals and her grandmother's annoying insistence upon sitting in on meetings of her advisory councils based on some arcane tradition that former monarchs were entitled to be consulted, to advise and to warn the...