Not a single thing attacked them on the way to Moridunum. Elias wasn’t quite sure what to make of it. It had been years since he’d traveled anywhere without something tripping the perimeter wards around his camps. He’d been looking forward to taking his frustration out on something other than the flasks in his travel…
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Read moreIt was the first time Trip left the Scarlet Mermaid through the front door in years. The looks she received from the people on the street, seeing a long-legged tomboy striding out of a brothel as though she owned it herself, were rather amusing. The women looked either embarrassed or confused, whereas the men seemed…
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It was simpler than he thought it would be, adapting to life in Cassloch’s capital. Riordan learned where to find almost everything he needed within a few weeks, and had even mastered the art of riding his horse through the streets without knocking down the city folk who preferred to walk on foot. By the…
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Even the statues seemed to stare at the three of them, long after they’d passed beyond the range of their marble eyes: tall savages from the uncivilized, monster-infested southern fjords where not even the mystical Everkin dared tread for fear of falling prey to creatures from the depths of the world’s nightmares. “You are frightening…
Read more… 6th Year of the Reign of the Divine King… Thalan Burning ash was falling from the sky. Striding out to the forefront of her alchemical army, the Geist surveyed the path of ruin left in her wake. They opposed her with swords and shields, only an occasional musketeer among them; it gave her a…
Read moreTHE CITY-STATE OF BAEDORN, ORIBIAN There was a particular set to Haromir’s shoulders that belied his discomfort. A cockeyed hitch in his otherwise rigid at-attention stance, as if he’d been stung by a bee betwixt the butt cheeks. If not for the company, Jadri would have pointed it out and had his first laugh since…
Read moreSomehow, Carrigan conjured a toddler out of the woods. And then Tempest realized exactly what the boy was eating, and where the woman pilfered it from. She silently noted to take the price of the chocolate and marshmallow the Marionette was stuffing the runaway with out of her share of the haul. Katar set his…
Read moreJake stared down the bridge of his nose at the southern man. The last time he saw anyone curled up in such a tight, miserable little ball, he was helping Llyr and Martine set Ianto’s arm after he’d broken it in a wrestling match with his brothers. That a healthy, full-grown man easily four times…
Read moreThe clock towers scattered throughout the city rang out the hour in perfect synchronization. As he listened to the six chimes echo off the tall buildings, he rose and started back across the city to the River Grace. Rosy was becoming rather adept at baking—which in itself was surprising, as he suspected the girl never…
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