The first bite of the now-lukewarm jam biscuit filled her mouth. It was fresh, not crumbly like stale rations, and the jam exploded with flavor. Foliana chewed slowly, taking in each bite. Her head slowly rose. The taste of jam and bread turned in her mouth. She felt the faint pain in her left leg […]
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December 7, 2019
Senior Guardsman Klbkch walked through the city of Liscor, leaving the Watch barracks behind. He was off-duty, having signed out for the day. And it had been a long day. Nearly nine hours straight, excluding breaks for meals. But being a [Guardsman] was a strenuous job. You didn’t quit the job, even when you were […]
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December 3, 2019
It had been a long time. And much had happened. But as always, the inn stood. The building had weathered grief and turmoil. And again, they returned. Rebuilding in a place that seemed filled with strife at times. But that was the nature of the world. And many who had come here still saw this […]
Interlude – Talia
November 30, 2019
The roads of Izril were not made of stone. In most places, they were dirt, packed and worn smooth by travel, but prey to the elements. It was a sign that Izril had not yet been fully developed. Far from it. While the Drakes and Gnolls occupied most of southern Izril, the Humans who had […]
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November 26, 2019
“Tell me something, Ylawes. You’re a [Knight], right? In that case, don’t you have an order or society or whatever? They’re all over Terandria, but you’ve never talked about one.” Dawil twisted on his saddle to address Ylawes. The Dwarf peered at his friend, leader, and junior in years. Ylawes looked up, caught with a […]
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November 23, 2019
“Watch Captain Zevara, are you aware of how many services Wistram provides for Liscor’s army and the city itself?” Wing Commander Embria knew the voice that snapped out of the speaking stone in Watch Captain Zevara’s claw. She winced and shuffled her feet; she would have looked away, but what would be the point? She […]
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November 19, 2019
“We’re going to help you go home.” Erin Solstice stared at the young woman, the Human [Mage] who smiled and held out a hand towards her. Her eyes went wide, and her mind went blank. She felt the veil of silence around them, which cut off all sound. Even the other [Mages] at the table […]
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November 16, 2019
The Bloodfields waited. Yvlon Byres strode down the street towards The Wandering Inn with her team, following Bevussa Slenderscale, Captain of the Wings of the Pallass. That was, unless the Wings of Pallass were talking to Drakes in a walled city. To the investors and influential Drakes, Issa was in fact the team’s captain and […]
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November 12, 2019
The inn was dark when the traveller first arrived. No—not traveller. She was, in fact, a Gnoll cub. She had white fur. Her name was Mrsha. This was her home. But she had been away from home. Just for a little bit. And she had come back just now. But, for however short her absence […]
Interlude – The Titan’s Question
November 9, 2019
They called him the Titan of Baleros and not because of his tread. In truth, the man was as impressive, or at least, as short as a mouse. But say that to his face and you’d probably be dead. Say it to his [Soldiers] and they’d kick in your face. Say it to Fraerlings and […]
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November 5, 2019
Fetohep of Khelt stood on the steps of his palace, looking down at Trey and the Quarass. He was dead. His skin mummified. His sockets were sunken, his lips and nose worn away. But his face was not empty, like that of a cadaver. His eyes burned. Like the ghostly flames that stared out of […]
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November 2, 2019
Tiqr had fallen. The Empress of Beasts, Nsiia, knelt in the dust. Her spear lay beside her. Her headband beside it. She wept, and behind her, Tiqr’s citizens, hundreds of thousands, knelt with her. Weeping for their nation. This was how Tiqr ended. The coalition’s armies roiled in confusion, trying to process what had happened. […]
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October 29, 2019
He had rather liked her. But that seldom mattered. Sometimes, he thought that Chandrar was, of all the continents, the most foolish. Not because their people were the most impoverished, the most warlike, or their cultures any more backwards than those of other nations. All you had to do was look at Izril’s divided continent, […]
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October 26, 2019
The Wandering Inn had breakfast. It had breakfast every day, in fact, except on rare days that involved calamity, monster attacks, or breakfast turning into brunch because everyone had been up last night partying. It happened every single day. And it generally wasn’t interesting. It was, in the scheme of the day, a quiet opening […]
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October 22, 2019
“Well, I’m off! I’ll be back tonight or tomorrow! Send help if you hear explosions or something.” Erin waved as she left her inn with Teliv. Lyonette let Mrsha wave her off, and then the door closed. The [Princess] looked around. Suddenly, the inn was quiet. Almost deserted. Some Gnolls and Drakes were having breakfast, […]
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October 19, 2019
Erin Solstice’s inn was now an establishment. Not just a curio, an attraction, or simply a locus of unusual events. It was a home, a gathering spot. A place that people had made their habit to visit, for food, entertainment, and in that way, it became part of their lives. Like a local diner, or […]
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October 15, 2019
It was a fact unbeknownst to anyone in the world that Liscor had a population of two intelligent skeletons living in the region. However, as facts went, those weren’t the ones that demanded the attention of the people of Liscor. Even if someone were to tell a pedestrian on the street that a skeleton named […]
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October 12, 2019
“Toren? Toren. Where have you gone, you silly skeleton?” A young woman called out cheerfully in an old inn. She stood by a table, turning left and then right aimlessly. She had a blank, vacuous look on her face. But her voice was clear. “Toren! Get over here!” At her words, a skeleton obediently trotted […]
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September 24, 2019
Day 71 The next day, Laken returned home. He returned on a quiet day. The rains that had poured from the sky after the days of fire had flooded the barren ground. So much so that the banks of Riverfarm’s river were overflowing. The water was actually a danger to the landscape; it was […]
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September 21, 2019
Day 69 Fire. Fire for Manus. Fire from the skies. Fire, lightning, acid, fog, ice—the elements of the Dragons. And their children, flying through the skies, bringing death to Human lands. It had come to Riverfarm. Laken could see it. The Drake was lighting up the entire countryside. This wasn’t undirected arson. There was […]
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September 17, 2019
Belavierr could sense the threads drawing together. Could you feel it? She did. She had never met the man with the strange smile who laughed at the death of Ser Raim and the [Hunters]. She did not know him any more than she understood his motives. But she could still feel it. Reason and purpose, […]
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September 14, 2019
(Volume 2 of The Wandering Inn is available on Amazon! If you can, please leave a review or tell people it’s out! Buying is not necessarily necessary. Thanks so much for the support!) Day 65 A woman sat in a web made by a spider. She was sewing, stitching together a soul out […]
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September 10, 2019
(Volume 2 of The Wandering Inn is available on Amazon! If you can, please leave a review or tell people it’s out! Buying is not necessarily necessary. Thanks so much for the support!) Day 60 – Ryoka “She knows it’s not alive.” Wiskeria spoke softly. Her eyes were shadowed by her pointed hat. […]
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September 7, 2019
(Volume 1 on Audible is out! Please consider using an Audible credit to buy it and leave a review! That would really help!) It was a nightmare that woke him. An urgent dream. But it wasn’t one with pictures. He didn’t ever dream of something he had never had. And yet, the dream had […]
Interlude – Rufelt
September 3, 2019
Embarrassingly, after two shots, Rufelt lost his balance and nearly toppled over behind the bar. He couldn’t remember the last time that had happened, but the black, faintly savory alcohol was so potent that even his intense tolerance to alcohol couldn’t keep up. And while he could have turned his [Immunity: Alcohol] Skill on, what […]