Need Part I - Interwoven
**Interwoven** **NEED: PART ONE** **39**** th ****Day of the Crimson Leaf, 24 AoE** The tip of the sword _wooshed_ past William's face. He felt the wind tickle his nose as it passed by. His eyes might have widened, but the hyena...
Reflection Part IX - Interwoven
**Interwoven** **REFLECTION: PART NINE** **8**** th ****Day of the Verdant Growths, 20 AoE** It wasn't home. Not anymore. Tobias paused as he gazed up from the streets of Sanwell to the castle he'd grown up in. It'd gnawed at him...
Reflection Part VIII - Interwoven
**Interwoven** **REFLECTION: PART EIGHT** **8**** th ****Day of the Verdant Growths, 20 AoE** Temperatures had warmed slightly around the Ratholarin army as they made their march homeward. Or at least they had for a while; as they...
Reflection Part VII - Interwoven
**Interwoven** **REFLECTION: PART SEVEN** **72**** nd ****Day of the Pure Snow, 20 AoE** Dungeons were the same in any society. The particulars varied, of course, but in broad strokes they were dark, they were dismal, and they were...
Reflection Part VI - Interwoven
**Interwoven** **REFLECTION: PART SIX** **56**** th ****Day of the Pure Snow, 20 AoE** Herovir was, in many ways, superior to Sanwell. The city itself was cleaner, maintained carefully by its occupants. William didn't know if that...
Reflection Part V - Interwoven
**Interwoven** **REFLECTION: PART FIVE** **54**** th ****Day of the Pure Snow, 20 AoE** Tobias hadn't been many places in his life. So much of his short existence had been spent within the confines of the castle in Sanwell. Even...
Reflection Part IV - Interwoven
**Interwoven** **REFLECTION: PART FOUR** **50**** th ****Day of the Pure Snow, 20 AoE** William had been warned. The advance scouts had reported back their penultimate destination on the road as a potential threat. An old village,...
Need Part VII - Interwoven
**Interwoven** **NEED: PART SEVEN** **47**** th ****Day of the Crimson Leaf, 24 AoE** The night was cool, and a fine reprieve from the beating sunlight that had marred the funeral procession of King Eric. William had wandered...
Need Part VI - Interwoven
**Interwoven** **NEED: PART SIX** **47**** th ****Day of the Crimson Leaf, 24 AoE** For almost as long as Sanwell had been the seat of Rathin power, it had hosted the royal crypt. Indeed, the only temple that still stood in the...
Need Part V - Interwoven
**Interwoven** **NEED: PART FIVE** **47**** th ****Day of the Crimson Leaf, 24 AoE** Catherine's funeral had been a small affair. It had to be by design. Carisi funeral rites were not Ratholarin ones and, while there was no law to...
Need Part IV - Interwoven
**Interwoven** **NEED: PART FOUR** **40**** th ****Day of the Crimson Leaf, 24 AoE** The bells betrayed the truth before the words from Tobias lips were able to do the same. He had been deep in conversation with Soren when he had...
Need Part III - Interwoven
**Interwoven** **NEED: PART THREE** **40**** th ****Day of the Crimson Leaf, 24 AoE** William had been warned that Samael would be late, but that didn't make the hyena feel any better. He was also not happy to have been forced to...