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Lady of Shadows: Part 5

Written by Duskweaver, and first published on 2012-05-04

We heard the cry of the lookout, perched upon his small platform near the top of the skimmer’s mainmast, and saw the vessel alter course towards us.

Lady of Shadows: Part 4

Written by Duskweaver, and first published on 2012-04-27

We heard the cry of the lookout, perched upon his small platform near the top of the skimmer’s mainmast, and saw the vessel alter course towards us.

Lady of Shadows: Part 3

Written by Duskweaver, and first published on 2012-04-20

I was wrong,” Bayl said, chewing thoughtfully. “Cooking hasn’t improved them at all.” He pulled the little rodent’s tail from between his teeth and grimaced at it in distaste, then flung it into the fire.

Lady of Shadows: Part 1

Written by Duskweaver, and first published on 2012-04-06

Pain. Pain the like of which I had never imagined. Like spears of sun-scorched obsidian sliding through my limbs where my bones should have been, the claws of some ravening beast tearing through my bowels, razors across my sweat-slick skin. And, through it all, he was there, inside my mind, pouring fear and anguish into my soul.

Lady of Shadows: Prologue

Written by Duskweaver, and first published on 2012-03-30

We are monsters. We are the damned. We recognise that there will be no place in this new world for us. Like the prophets of old, we are blessed with the foreknowledge of Paradise regained, but doomed never to see it with our own eyes.

Halfling Advice

Written by Raddu, and first published on 2012-03-21

As told one evening to a group of halfling children around a dying campfire under the light of the Athasian stars.

Beriah's Tale

Written by Raddu, and first published on 2012-02-29

A story about what happens when one defies a sorcerer-king.