Ebon, Chapter Three
The door to my bedroom banged open, jerking me out of my dreamless sleep. I rolled over swiftly, propping myself up on one arm as my father trudged into my room, holding a white USPS box under one arm. "Oh, dammit dad, don't scare me like that."...
Ebon, Chapter One
I met him online, in a chat room hosted by one of my friends. Within a few weeks of meeting each other we entered a relationship that would scar the rest of my life with its ebon touch. His voice, his touch, his deathly cold glare would haunt me for...
DPS, Or Why Backstabbing Isn't Just Combat Anymore
The battle had been raging for hours now, with neither side giving nor gaining ground. The cries of battle drifted up to my position on a towertop, raining down spells as needed. "More DPS on the tanks!" Cried a voice from a singing stone in a...
Lament, Chapter 2
-\<FILE BEGIN\>- DISCOVERY DATE: 06/12/2012 RECOVERY DATE:: 07/12/2012 RECOVERY STATUS: HOSTILE, PACIFIED WITH FORCE ASSIGNED STAFF: DRS. ITOSHI, MANFELD, REYNOLDS -\<FILE END\>- The cells were a lot better than they could have been. When you...
Lament, Chapter 1
I don't remember how long it's been since I found it. Lying there, abandoned and forgotten in some old farmhouse just as abandoned and forgotten as it was. Cold and lonely, forsaken and isolated. I picked it up, thinking it would make a nice trophy....
The Black Goddess, Chapter 5
I wormed out of the ropes binding my wrists a few hours after they locked me in the cell, but it did me no good. The cell door was locked and I had no knowledge of lockpicking, but even if I did I was on a boat in the middle of the ocean surrounded...
The Black Goddess, Chapter 4
I woke long before Cadein did, the rain pounding steadily on the roof of the carriage. For a while I considered asking the driver if he was comfortable, but I figured this was his job and he knew he was doing. The countryside was green and lush,...
The Black Goddess, Chapter 3
In the first moments after I awoke I was sure it had been a dream. I laid in a plush bed with soft sheets pulled over me, but as I tried to open my eyes the truth shattered my illusion. Every bone and muscle in my body ached, a dull throbbing that...
The Black Goddess, Chapter 2
"Where is the elf?" Asked a gravelly voice as I came to, a slight snarl to his words. I kept my eyes closed, pain throbbing viciously in my skull. "Could he be hiding?" Replied another voice, this one to my left. With my strength returning I...
Wizard And Barbarian
I held my cloak tight around me as we walked through the thick morning fog, dodging around trees and branches. I shivered slightly under the cloak, and my hood did little to keep the wetness off of my flesh. My companion, Cerinn, didn't seem to...
Fortress Of Destiny, Chapter I
The town of Goldshire had always been fairly peaceful, the only real excitement happening during the harvest or whenever any of the drunks in the tavern decided they took offense with one another. Today was, unfortunately, one of the latter days. ...
Rainvale
The old house, with its wildly overgrown garden, was silent, secretive, like a man huddled in a tightly-wrapped coat, as if it knew something beyond what it was willing to say in its outward appearance. "God, it really does look like some creepy old...