The next morning, Lucius and his fellow players were taken back out onto the courtyard, where Sir Roland stood begrudgingly near a carefree Ganelon. The dandy fellow was all smiles and waved toward...
2025-05-16 01:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostAs the players returned to their rooms, they noticed something odd. The atmosphere in the castle was different from before - more heavy. The servants looked at them with blatant distaste whereas be...
2025-05-14 17:06:10 +0000 UTC View Post“What is the meaning of this, Ganelon?” an elder said, their face red with anger. Out of all currently present, they were the ones perhaps the most confused by the situation. Ganelon was by the...
2025-05-13 16:33:27 +0000 UTC View PostThe mood onboard the train was rather down, unsurprisingly. But the players were thankful that they could finally leave the withering land that was Roncevaux Fortress. Goodbye, vomit green skies, a...
2025-05-12 16:05:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe funeral rites for the fallen paladins were taken care of quickly. They did not wait until nightfall to conduct it, for the people had gone through much, and they didn’t wish to linger over wo...
2025-05-10 15:43:12 +0000 UTC View PostLucius waited for Ogier to reply, but he appeared to be preoccupied at the moment. The man twitched and shuddered, his eyes rolled back into his head, and he let out an odd, almost bestial, growl.<...
2025-05-09 15:06:48 +0000 UTC View Post———
Ogier
I cannot remember much of my homeland, for it was at the tender age of ten years that the paladins of Francia came upon my village; and it was also then that they wrench...
2025-05-08 17:03:46 +0000 UTC View Post“The fashion scene in Caelum has never been particularly developed: not as much as the other nations, at least. For a land as frigid and barren as this, the people valued utility over appearance....
2025-05-07 22:30:34 +0000 UTC View PostThe moment after the Demon of Eye’s death, the souls caught in its bewitchment snapped back to reality and dropped to the ground, dazed and confused. Mangled bodies surrounded them all across the...
2025-05-07 16:59:34 +0000 UTC View PostMarco’s feet came to a sudden halt. His skin paled; his body shook; and his eyes grew wide as this thing, a demon whose kind had never once shown a hint of consciousness, now confronted him with ...
2025-05-06 16:28:24 +0000 UTC View PostCome morning, the fortress’s defenders gathered at the foot of the wall, as they had always done the past few invasions. Their confidence was high, drunk off the prior victories. One would have n...
2025-05-05 17:21:27 +0000 UTC View PostThe rites were completed quickly. The paladins and players who had fallen to the demons flew away into the sky, fluttering as beautiful petals of gold and white. The audience bowed their heads like...
2025-05-04 15:08:14 +0000 UTC View PostThe paladins gathered in front of the fortress by the masses, and so too did the players. Sir Ogier had brought them the occasional demon to practice on; however, this was far different. They could...
2025-05-03 16:26:59 +0000 UTC View PostLater that morning, the players gradually began to wake up and made their way out of the barracks. The somber memorial of before still hung fresh in their mind, but there was very little a good nig...
2025-05-02 16:51:55 +0000 UTC View PostOgier twisted his face and stepped back, his weapon drawn. The dusk hung high above them. Here, in the dead of night, not a soul was around to interfere.
“I do not take kindly to those who ...
2025-05-01 16:36:41 +0000 UTC View PostPaladins, priests, and players alike flocked to an open courtyard at the heart of the fortress. They stood in silence as a cold breeze brushed past them, swirling in the midst of a faint mist. Not ...
2025-04-30 19:59:00 +0000 UTC View Post“You know, I was kinda overwhelmed at first, but it aint really all that bad here. You get eight hours of sleep, twelve to work, and then another four to do whatever you want. At least before cur...
2025-04-29 23:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostLucius’s companions stared awestruck at the dramatic scene. The mild-mannered Ruggiero they had come to know was much more powerful, more bold, than initially thought. He raced across the skies o...
2025-04-29 18:29:39 +0000 UTC View PostLucius had seen all sorts of souls before, from the cowardly to the bold, the big and small alike, but none of them exuded a presence quite like this man: Ogier. The giant. A bearded raider of shor...
2025-04-28 21:47:34 +0000 UTC View PostThe fortress descended into a methodical storm of crunching boots and clanging steel. Lucius’s party had no room to interfere; this was no place for stragglers.
The group had no choice but ...
2025-04-27 17:29:51 +0000 UTC View Post“Caelum and Polus are unmatched in terms of their military and territorial size, but that does not mean they are the only ones to exist in the western lands. There are also smaller groups: nomadi...
2025-04-26 13:18:59 +0000 UTC View Post“Jesus… take a gander outside, everyone. It looks like we’re gettin’ close.”
Marco frowned, standing near the window. It was mid-afternoon the day after Lucius’s tea party with Si...
2025-04-26 12:27:18 +0000 UTC View PostA couple of hours after their departure into the sky, Lucius and his fellows were having a very intriguing conversation with the good Miss Brooks. Apparently, not all groups underwent the same Tuto...
2025-04-25 18:02:18 +0000 UTC View PostFinally, the fateful morning had arrived. Lucius made sure to pack the essentials: extra suits (in case he felt like changing his style), a toothbrush, bath towels, combs, handkerchiefs, shampoo, s...
2025-04-24 15:15:11 +0000 UTC View PostBefore Lucius knew it, a month had already come and gone. It was during the evening of their thirtieth day that Lady Bradamante gathered the players back to the stadium and addressed them with a vo...
2025-04-23 20:56:16 +0000 UTC View Post“I’m just sayin’... you mighta went a bit overboard.”
Lucius and his fellows were once again enjoying a lovely meal of flowers in the dining hall. A few days had passed since Mili’s...
2025-04-22 20:14:19 +0000 UTC View PostMarco raised his fist up high in celebration, before promptly falling onto his knees - very much drained from the lady’s ordeal. Sir Ruggiero ran over to lend him aid. To his surprise, though, th...
2025-04-22 01:43:23 +0000 UTC View Post