Luckily, Rylenka seemed to have assessed the odds the same way. “Over there…one on each side” Ingrid gestured with the sword. As Miri scanned the room, she noticed Nimue taking a seat at the table, newly set with a meal, and that a rather ex...
2021-12-28 01:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
The two spent the next hour or so pinned against the wall. But whether through eventual mercy on their captor’s part or the end of her concentration or spell duration, they were eventually freed. Miryala dropped to her knees, sobbing. Rylee came...
2021-12-21 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
“My turn,” Ingrid said. “How do you FEEL about your travelling companion?”
Rylenka blushed, “What kind of question is THAT? She’s, um, fine I suppose.” “Fine, you SUPPOSE. I think I detect a lie. Let’s get rid of your armgu...
2021-12-17 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
“It’s just so hard, sometimes...to not live up to expectations.” Rylenka said. “Or to be judged harshly because you’re a halfbreed,” Miri commiserated. “Exactly.” “Wait…look at that.” Miri pointed off in the distance. Rylenka...
2021-12-12 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostI'm really enjoying rendering now. Let's say the "action" will step up throughout the course of the month.
2021-12-10 08:21:51 +0000 UTC View Post
The following day, on the road, it was Maddie’s turn to walk with the horse, as Minna guarded the supply wagon. “Why did we have to leave before the others?” Maddie whined. “Yer changin’ the subject,” Minna said, “Ya know damn well t...
2021-12-05 10:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Minna was sitting by the fire, chewing through some tough trail bread when Lady Sivallien squinted her sharp eyes. Minna watched curiously, but didn’t get up. Sivallien stood up, and Choru was soon by her side.
“Hail!” the Elven Lady c...
2021-11-28 10:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostHow much interest would there be in interactive story games with text, pictures, and perhaps an occasional input, like answering a riddle, or a simple minigame? The contents of the stories would not really be different, but there would be va...
2021-11-25 05:09:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Hundreds of miles away, in front of an elaborate shrine carved from a rocky crag, Archdeaconess Cafrune had assembled the force she would use to accomplish the mission given her. She stood before lieutenants Kerledre Morningsword and Layre Denholm...
2021-11-23 07:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Amira rang the ship’s bell, and the crew gathered on deck to see Milisandia strutting in front of Laurala, whose hands were bound behind her back. “Sadly, it seems that we have a stowaway. We need to make it clear what it means not to follow o...
2021-11-17 07:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
The Peregrine’s Talonhad been underway for the better part of a day, w
hen Amira approached Milisandia. She saluted, but the captain impatiently gestured for her to speak.
“Captain, it seems we have a stowaway.”
...
2021-11-12 04:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
(Crew characters appear in the order mentioned)
Carlotta cleared her throat. She really wanted to use as much of her own crew as possible on this mission, she could already tell by the way Milisandia seemed to accept Gabbi’s assessment of ...
2021-11-05 08:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Carlotta frowned as she watched her mate secure the lines at the bow. Felicity Dragon was already docked, and hardly a hand could be seen onboard. Gabriela must have beat her to Gull Cove quite handily. On the other side of the quay, the ...
2021-10-31 08:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Grulba tied the hands of the prisoners, then pulled them to their feet. Shelgrish bowed to the Jarl, then escorted the still-nude prisoners out of the hall, and out of the village. At the gate, they were met by Rylenka, who carried little but her ...
2021-10-26 06:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
“Take them all. But when you return, you’d better have news of their allies. And you’d better not have my daughters with you.” “Agreed,” Shelgrish said, quickly, before Lazgar had a chance to change her mind. “Glasha? Rylenka? You kn...
2021-10-21 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
The Barbarian looked at the women, “The Banedash are orc-friends--” Lazgar cleared her throat, “You mean WERE Orc-friends. There are no Banedash, only Shelgrish now.” Miri’s mind was racing. She thought she was thinking, but she spoke ou...
2021-10-16 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
The barbarian’s tone changed. The joviality had gone from her voice. “Yes, but I’d ask one last time for you to reconsider. They’re your daughters, after all.” “Bah,” Lazgar said, “born from a mistake. My clan has no place for such...
2021-10-11 22:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
How long the Orcs would have kept beating the elf and the ranger is a matter of conjecture; as it happened, they were interrupted during this activity.
A messenger ran into the hall, and bowed, “My Jarl, Shelgrish is here to see you.” ...
2021-10-05 19:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
I wanted to give a general idea where things are. Those pale white circles up north in the Realms represent the wardshells. You can see several cities with their own wardshells, but the biggest are Rynchus and Oniridge. Then, you...
2021-10-02 08:55:04 +0000 UTC View Post
“Well, get this human rat on her knees!” Therliss tried to resist, but the bodyguard pinched a pressure point near her clavicle, and she dropped to her hands and knees.
“Fiesty!” the Jarl laughed, “I like this one. Still, I think h...
2021-09-30 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
“Did you think to harm me?” Lazgar laughed, “While our lands may be at the very limit of your Wardshells, my hall is fully protected by it. Bashuk, strip her, so she can enjoy the same treatment as her Elven ally.”
The bodyguard wast...
2021-09-24 18:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
There was an awkward moment of silence as each participant in the standoff took the measure of the situation. But suddenly, the silence was broken—by Lazgar, laughing loudly. “Shut up, or I’ll cut you,” Therliss said, unsettled by the reac...
2021-09-18 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Suddenly, Miri heard a commotion. Looking op, she saw Therliss, standing in front of the throne with a knife to the Jarl’s throat. “Let her go,” she said, “I’ll let your jarl go unharmed once the two of us are outside your walls and no o...
2021-09-13 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Grulba nodded, and grabbed Miri by the hair, pulling her forward onto all fours. Grulba knelt down beside her, keeping hold of her hair, and wound the sword up for a swing.
SMACK! The flat of the blade slapped resoundingly against the half-e...
2021-09-07 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
“That’s not good enough. But you will stay until you tell us. In the meantime, I decree that this sword, that spilled so much orc-blood taste its first Elf-Flesh. Grulba?” The Jarl held out the sword, and a large orc stepped out from behind ...
2021-09-01 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
“I apologize your, um, your grace, jarl, but I didn’t know I was in anyone’s territory. This was marked on our map simply as The Wilds.”
“Our?” so there are others? I knew those damn elves wouldn’t send a single scout....
2021-08-26 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
With a slight groan, she climbed to all fours, then settled into a kneeling pose. Her head was still spinning. Lazgar seemed annoyed, “One should not make a Jarl wait.” Miri looked up, terrified. “Washing,” she said. The jarl looked at her...
2021-08-20 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostWho should win in an unarmed wrestling match? Don't assume that the situation will come up soon, it's a "down the road" sort of thing.
2021-08-14 16:24:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Her head was pounding. Something unpleasant-smelling, dried mud, perhaps, caked her skin. She was lying on something hard and flat. A wooden floor? Muffled voices filled her head. They seemed close, but sounded distant through the haze of her emer...
2021-08-13 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
There was no time to don her armor, or even get dressed. She’d have to run to keep up with the thief, so she followed as closely as possible. The branches and bushes of the lush forest scratched and slapped her skin as she charged through, tryin...
2021-08-06 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post