Dice clanked in Roanan’s cup. Curses grumbled in Anthel’s throat. Jeers chuckled from the men watching them. Boasting strums sounded from the Minstrels’ lutes and lyres.

Roanan flicked the cup up and over his hand in a cocky flourish. The mug smacked on the table top, dice rattling around inside. All the while, Anthel stared at the cup, waiting for it to reveal the bust beneath the veil that...

Haerolt took up his staff and pulled himself from the lowering boulder in the ground. He was not far from the path thankfully. Not that it was a very clear trail nor that it it was easy to follow, but it would at least prove to lead him somewhere. Yet were it not for Queen Malaena he would never have had the final chance to seek something greater in his life. Of all things that knew, it were h...

The sky was growing dark. White clouds turning grey with pinkish underbellies. The sky itself was turning red as the sun slowly sank below the horizon. Trees of luscious canopies shed long shadows and their colors dimmed in the falling light.

It was not long until the heavens turned black, but the stars were not to be seen. What few clouds there were shone like the grey scale of burning logs....

Baron Cumberlyn was perched upon the high-backed chair he sat in at every moment from once he seized it to the very day in which he stared upon fresh feast set in front of him. There were meats, breads, pastries, pies, and more to the content of any man’s heart. He had stacked his plate heavily with a bit of everything there could be adorning the table.

All the while his council sat abound, o...

Dust puffed before Serganio’s face, tickling his nose and provoking him to burst out with a thunderous sneeze. His now watery eyes blurred all the cluttered things in the old room. Through his slowly stuffing nostrils, he heaved in the scent of old, sour wood. Were it not for Re Verdani’s tax men he would never have needed to unlock the damned door.

He gave a heavy sigh before stepping even fu...