Curly's Backstory, v.1
One morning, the sun refused to shine. Helios, in all his mighty power, could not persuade the fiery disc to begin its daily circuit. Nothing was working. The people below soon grew anxious, then angry, then terrified. "Our god has abandoned us!"...
Scarlet - Chapter 4
Four hours had passed. I went outside to sit on the front steps and watch the world pass by, each person trying his best to escape the heat of the afternoon that I hardly noticed. _Ah, the joys of being a Son of Fire..._ He finally, after some time,...
Scarlet - Chapter 2
Gunfire. The faint smells and large explosions of magic. Bombshells. The sharp, piercing orders of field commanders. All these sounds coalesced and reverberated through the many crowded and narrow alleyways, forming a veritable symphony of war that...
Scarlet - Chapter 1
It seems almost unfitting to begin a story with an end. But, from every ending emerges a beginning, and every beginning evokes an end. This is the circle of all things, the vicious cycle in which all living creatures are caught. This cycle grabbed me...
Scarlet - Chapter 3
By that time, we had wound up at the gates of the Central District, home to both the city's botanical gardens and the Great Library, where I spent most of my lazy afternoons poring over the several dusty, ancient tomes that lined the walls. That day,...