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One of the men sneered at him as he got closer but then stumbled, eyes widening in shock, a strange pair of blood-soaked hands were clutching his shoulders, and a second pair were wrapped around his hips. The battle had frozen and now everyone was staring in mute horror at the creature that had...

"Get him," the leader called, gesturing with his axe, "But don't hit the face, we need him lookin' pretty." The bandits closed ranks quickly, but Erlin could easily see the weaknesses. His grandfather had trained him - extensively - in how to defend himself, and so he could immediately see that...

It didn't take that long to encounter bandits, which preyed within the rocks, watching him hungrily. They typically set out against merchants who would travel between the village and the valley below, though this didn't net them much. They were hoping that if they captured the young boy, they...

The land of Mayward was one that a long and muddy history of civil war, infighting, assassinations, tribal uprisings, religious cults, and of course: The Demon King Grimval. Ask anyone about him and his history and you would inevitably get some... conflicting reports, some saying he was a brutal...

Well, this was just great. Elektra sat in her desk, studiously ignoring the whispering and glances shot her way as she stared into her textbook without really reading it. She knew things were going to be weird when she got to school, but didn't guess on exactly how weird it would be; the...

William Drake the Second, a young man burdened with his father's name and the expectations that came with it. Local modern-day nobility, the family image was extremely important, and so having a firstborn son who was overweight, acne-blotted, with poor grades and non-existent physical abilities...

"Well this was unexpected" Ixion mused, the defense preparations were going as swiftly as could be hoped for when a messenger arrived from King Ryloth, Aleki's father, the young page had seemed terrified that he would be devoured by the zombies - a reasonable fear to be fair. It was a request of...

"...Well, that's one way to make an impression" Ixion mumbled as he looked out over the walls, it had been about a week and the castle was still in an adjustment period as the various races learned to live with each other. Undead soldiers patrolled the pathways leading to the Castle - which...

Kyra drifted lazily behind, feet never touching the earth as she floated on waves of magic her expression sleepy. Fortunately, Ixion was present to princess-carry her as needed, letting her legs dangle down off his arms, while the staff orbited them both aimlessly, the pair following the...

"My Lord," Ixion spoke up, his voice a rich, caramel purr, "If I may be so bold, your new subjects seem to fear you." That much was understandable, they had just seen their glorious Heir to The Throne turn from a mythic and gallant hero to a storybook villain, radiating dark powers with a...

And like that, Aleki had given up the throne of his father and claimed one of bone for himself, looking disturbingly comfortable upon it as he beheld the slaughter that had followed the breaching of the gates. Anyone watching would have taken note that when he finally did give in to using the...

The transformation was spectacular, explosive even as a colourful array of light lit up the battlefield, temporarily causing a ceasefire as curiosity overtook rage, eyes looking towards the kneeling form of Aleki. As his armor darkened and his eye blackened, many on both sides felt a pang of...

Under a hail of arrows it should have dampened the enemy's counter-charge but instead, the arrows were met by a volley from the other side, along with a barrage from a half-dozen ballistae and catapaults the defenders had set up, while the defenders assembled a shield wall behind the makeshift...

"I will and perhaps consider this gentle critique; the orcs and ogres hate goblins who hate them just as much and are likely to ally themselves with the dwarves who will in turn ally themselves with the humans. Ring or not, ancient tribal hatreds tend to trump dynastic rituals." He finished the...

Ixion toyed with the idea, Lilith was definitely the more powerful of the two of them and had shown time and time again to be dangerously patient, but she was also the more arrogant of the two. When Aleki fell - and he would fall - Lilith would fully manifest in the physical world and because of...

Ixion laughed and joined his sister, drinking the tea happily. "Oh I am indifferent to his reasoning, I just know that it helped force his sister away...isolating her," His expression wavered slightly, "I suppose it's because I am physically bonded to my vessel that I am more... empathic towards...

The Stranger - or rather Ixion, Demon Prince of Storms - materialized in his handsome human guise before his sister, looking at her as she smirked her disdain at his choice of vessel. His sister had many names; Woe Corrupter of The Fallen, The Dark Lady of The Dead, Shira the Souldrinker, and...

The Stranger tilted his head to stare at Aleki intently, the man who would be king had a strange aura about him, an unkind one that battled against his willpower. There was... something there, a demon perhaps? The Stranger couldn't be sure, but that sword was no normal blade, that much was...

"You know you can't trust him." None of the soldiers nor Aleki himself responded to the voice, as if they could neither see nor hear the man who had appeared in Kyra's cart, he was handsome and appeared to be around Aleki's age if not a little older, with black hair a goatee and mustache, and...

Her eyes opened, she looked... very, very tired, utterly exhausted though managed to quickly hide it with a mask of indifference and nodded to her sibling, she didn't like speaking however; she always got beaten when she spoke and her new master had shown a predilection for beating already. She...