Ailn hated his damn cottage.
It had been a day since he’d been expelled to it, and while Kylian had brought him some dried meat and fruits, he was still hungrier than he was used to.&...
2025-01-11 07:43:24 +0000 UTC View Post“Disowned…?” Renea repeated that one word, and said nothing for the longest time. Since her head was bowed, no one could see what her face looked like. It wasn’t hard to guess, though. “I...
2025-01-11 07:42:21 +0000 UTC View PostThe scheme was more elaborate than Kylian could have guessed—and it was a great deal fouler too.
Despite himself, Kylian couldn’t help but be impressed by the ingenuity of the grand...
2025-01-11 07:41:30 +0000 UTC View PostOnce again, Ailn asked his weary knight friend for a big favor: to let him speak with two of the prisoners alone for a moment, while Kylian and the knights went ahead and interrogated the others.&n...
2025-01-11 07:40:31 +0000 UTC View PostEven a cathedral empties out at midnight, and when it came to choosing the setting for his interrogation, Ailn had his pick.
Why not the chapel of the sun? Seemed fitting for dragging a reinc...
2025-01-11 07:39:28 +0000 UTC View PostWhile nudging at Kylian to keep his sword raised, Ailn drew his own sword, taking stock of the chamber they were in.
He was doing it to get a sense of space, but he couldn’t help but notice...
2025-01-11 07:36:21 +0000 UTC View PostRenea stared at the staircase.
God help her, she did not want to go in there. It would be an indefensibly reckless thing to do, if she were being perfectly rational. Not that it mattered. Her...
2025-01-11 07:35:17 +0000 UTC View PostRenea had caught sight of her horrible, scoundrel brother just as the workday was easing down.
Varant was a well-lit city, and a busy one. Merchants tended to close up shop only after t...
2025-01-11 07:30:59 +0000 UTC View PostThose steps were more modern than Kylian had imagined. However old the crypt must be, its access points must have been constructed at the same time as the rest of the cathedral.
The cry...
2025-01-11 07:29:22 +0000 UTC View PostSaintess Celestia the evanescent was the first. She was Varant’s founder, and the eum-Creid’s forebear.
Among her most recent descendants, Celine and Renea clearly bore the stronges...
2025-01-11 07:27:07 +0000 UTC View PostOn the other side of Varant, a certain knight was visiting the city’s greatest sanctum: its cathedral.
Kylian’s reputation had, unfortunately, preceded him. He did good work, and his supe...
2025-01-11 07:26:16 +0000 UTC View PostTaking the city’s main thoroughfare, surprisingly it only took a bit under an hour to reach the main gates. The gates were wide open, and the knight checking entrants into the city-proper only di...
2025-01-11 07:23:20 +0000 UTC View PostAiln made a promise to meet up with Ceric the next day to see the results of his question to Nightwriter.
Before the two had left the tavern, Ailn considered asking Ceric for where he w...
2025-01-11 07:21:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe tavern they were in was probably the nicest in Varant. It wasn’t a city for merchants, by any means, but as the logistical center of the northern wall the market for armaments was thriving.&n...
2025-01-11 07:02:51 +0000 UTC View Post