BARONESS VANNDRA
Innsjost Castle
As Iksander accompanied her to the council chamber door, Vanndra allowed a sigh to escape her lips as she pulled on the brass handle, cooler air spilling into the room and reviving her senses. “Would that I could only have a council of you, Iksander. You get to...
MIKHEL RASK
Halvost, Innsjost Castle
Mikhel had awoken suddenly, jerked away from his uneasy dreaming after only a short time in slumber.
He heard noises.
The noises were faint but steady, and he had been trained since times of war to pay attention to this sort of noise, even while he dreamt...
Iksander
Halvost Council Chamber, Innsjost Palace
Iksander allowed himself a satisfied chuckle as the Wolf-Queen bared her fangs at the sheep she lorded over. Serves the flock right for doubting the shepherd. He had only the utmost respect for Vanndra, she was no weak, sniveling politician who...
HALVOST
Baroness Vanndra, Innsjost Castle
“So taxes will be low - very low. And it’s not just because there are fewer people due to the deaths and disappearances. Families are losing their main workers, so they cannot earn.”
“And even if they could, they’re too afraid to leave their houses...
Iksander
Halvost Council Chamber, Innsjost Palace
The smoke from his pipe wafted sweetly up his nostrils and calmed the raging spirit he kept hidden under his stoic visage. The members of the court gathered around this table raised his temper far more quickly than any creature of the night...
SVARTRE
Vorak
As Vorak contemplated his duties and grew more and more angry at his impossible situation, he barely noticed a young woman enter his study and place a wooden tray of simple foods at a small table abutting his desk. She barely made a sound, and her greeting was so quiet it couldn’t...
Halvøst
Mikhel Rask, Healer
Laer, Healer's Apprentice
Mikhel sighed as he worked his way down the spiraling stone steps leading into the depths of the castle, listening only to the sound of his footsteps and Laer’s heavy breathing behind him. They had been summoned to the Baroness’ quarters...
SVARTRE
Vorak, The Young Baron of Svartre
Vorak's Theme
The wind was cold, as it always was, but the recent months had been growing colder and darker it seemed. Deathly quiet, too. Now that he thought about it - actually and truly considered the cause - the explanation was simple: everyone...
HYMN OF THE SHROUD
It has been a mere 90 days since news of the first attack spread. Beginning in Svartre at the end of a shining summer, it is now well into the beginning of winter, and the attacks are more numerous and in nearly every town east of Midfell. They say that neighbor attacks...
Satisfied with the vague but promising answers she received from the Captain, Isne stood again, more determined and less insecure than when she had arrived. There were many others in the circle of volunteers that had arrived after she had, and she glanced over each of them to study and get a...
@King Ad Rock / @Kayso as Queen Suzane Hildren & Chancellor Virin
@Orikanyo as Eliza Quinn
Location: Coliseum of Iorn, Iorn, Kildra
Date: Month 6, Day 15
Time: Between the first and second hours of night
"Just who does Ysolde's braid? Her hair looks as if it's spun gold!"
The shieldmaiden's...
@Kayso as
Mhisri Mhornn
Location: Bali Boro Prison, Libertia
Date: Month 6, Day 29
Time: The eighth hour of night
Could one think while they were inside their own head? Or was it simply another level of the same thought?
Mhisri contemplated her own consciousness as she sat separated from...
Isne
There were not as many people at the camp as she had seen in other towns and minor cities she had passed through on her way here, and certainly fewer confrontations and questions. But here there was bustle and work and solemnity that resulted in a strange silence that accompanied their...
Hanen & Sumai Uduliadej
Month 6, Day 22
Outlaw’s Cove was unsavory. Aside from that it was destitute, rambunctious and filthy, but the best word Hanen and Sumai could produce to describe it was simply unsavory. Dilapidated shanties were scattered across the soggy earth, but became more and more...
@Trickster314 as Vincent / @Kayso as Garrus / @King Ad Rock as Sef
Location: The Badger's Tail Tavern, Iorn, Kildra
Date: Month 6, Day 15
Time: 8th hour of the evening
Garrus stood outside the Badger’s Tail once again, the early evening light slowly pouring over the hills and mountains that...
BARONESS VANNDRA
Innsjost Castle
As Iksander accompanied her to the council chamber door, Vanndra allowed a sigh to escape her lips as she pulled on the brass handle, cooler air spilling into the room and reviving her senses. “Would that I could only have a council of you, Iksander. You get to...
MIKHEL
Halvost, Innsjost Castle
“Thank you for your delivery, Rahulik, it couldn’t have come at a better time.” Mikhel massaged the bridge of his nose and temples, attempting to both rid himself of a growing headache and force himself into a more active alertness. "I am Mikhel Rask, healer and...
VORAK
Svartre, Castle Greymirk
Vorak stood in the hallway where the girl had pulled him, stunned and gasping from his own fear and despair. His mother seemed perfectly fine when he saw her two days ago, though she did complain of a chill yesterday, for which he elected to leave her be. She...
BARONESS VANNDRA
Innsjost Castle
“So taxes will be low - very low. And it’s not just because there are fewer people due to the deaths and disappearances. Families are losing their main workers, so they cannot earn.”
“And even if they could, they’re too afraid to leave their houses without...
THRYNN & MIKHEL
Innsjøst Castle
As Mikhel meandered back to his sleeping quarters he thought on what he had learned about the attacking sickness, the voldvil, so far: it did not appear to spread by scratch or bite, as it was with the cursed werecreatures; the attackers often showed no visible...