Five B-rank mages versus two. It was an overwhelming disadvantage, if viewed without knowledge of who they were.
In reality… there was a reason Argrave had confidence enough to talk to Indu...
2022-10-04 06:56:53 +0000 UTC View PostThere was a thin line between caution and paranoia. It was thin enough that Argrave lost sight of it completely. Maybe it was never tangible to begin with.
He felt half a fool as he wandered ...
2022-10-03 06:59:56 +0000 UTC View PostThough Argrave had claimed he would have a heart-to-heart with Galamon… the task proved considerably more difficult once he actually found himself riding his horse next to the elven vampire as th...
2022-09-30 06:57:33 +0000 UTC View PostThe time that Argrave spent with his companions in the village without a name was probably the happiest Argrave had ever been in Berendar. Though the food was exceedingly simple, their neighbors we...
2022-09-29 06:53:53 +0000 UTC View Post“I’m sure that she’ll turn up sooner or later, my prince. That child, Mina, she’s…” Count Elgar of Veden shook his head.
Induen tapped his fingers against the dining table, starin...
2022-09-28 07:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostArgrave set down his backpack and sat in the guest bed that had been offered to them. Dust jumped up off it, but Argrave could hardly be bothered by dust anymore considering all that he’d endured...
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2022-09-26 23:50:25 +0000 UTC View Post“You said we would rest,” noted Durran, though he did not complain as he put the white books written by Garm back into his backpack. He fumbled a little on account of his missing fingers, which...
2022-09-26 07:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostArgrave walked to the site of the tremendous battle between Orion and the Plague Jester, the prince supporting him as he walked. Seeing the devastation wrought here was like a reminder of his power...
2022-09-24 07:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostArgrave finally dared try his hand at walking once the prospect of lying in his bed began to bore him. With no books to study and only the company of his companions to keep his mind sharp, he event...
2022-09-23 07:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post“I did it as best I could, prince Levin,” a man garbed in brown robes spoke. He was short, and his skin green. He was one of the swamp folk.
“No, I can see that,” Levin soothed casual...
2022-09-22 07:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostThough Anneliese knew that Argrave had not explicitly given her permission to show her hand… she felt it was necessary, and she knew that he would agree. It was not so drastic a measure, of cours...
2022-09-21 07:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post“Here he is,” said Durran, his breath heavy. He handed Argrave off to Galamon, his body limp. “Lighter than he looks.” They were in the small house Argrave had been holed up in. His Brumesi...
2022-09-20 07:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostArgrave felt a fog within all of his body. His actions were stiff and vague as though he had just been thawed out after being frozen for years. He could barely focus on the task at hand, and even k...
2022-09-19 07:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostAnneliese felt as though she had returned to the invasion of Berendar, where she stood at the helm of a Veiden longship leading men towards a great throng of foes defending their homeland. There wa...
2022-09-17 07:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostAs far as Argrave was concerned, the primary difference between marching during the day and doing so at was merely that they had not slept. At least, that was his opinion before they began it.
<... 2022-09-16 07:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post“We should press on as quickly as possible, even if we need to march through the night,” Argrave spoke to Orion.
The prince’s gray-eyed gaze was stern and serious, freezing lesser men i...
2022-09-15 07:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostThough Argrave knew that something needed to be said to Orion, as the two of them walked away from the rest of the party, those words did not come to his head immediately. They entered into the kee...
2022-09-14 07:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Any further steps, and we will be within their grasp,” Silvic cautioned their party as they idled.
Orion nodded. “This was made clear to me earlier. Being within their grasp is unimpor...
2022-09-13 07:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostArgrave disliked looking at the bronze hand mirror. With something—or someone, rather—to find solace in, he didn’t need to use it for motivation much at all anymore. Now, though, the day had ...
2022-09-12 07:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post“At this point, the main challenge is confining the infected to the camps,” Mina spoke to Induen, staring out over the city of Veden from the castle. “People that catch the disease spread it ...
2022-09-09 07:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThere was a simple principle in many RPGs, action or otherwise—don’t kill what the summoner summons, just kill the summoner, and then all the problems will go away naturally. Their strategy hin...
2022-09-08 07:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostSwamps were never intended to accommodate grand fortresses. That fact became apparent as they pressed onwards into the mire of misery, the screaming mists and twisting grounds stayed only by Silvic...
2022-09-07 07:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostArgrave slept little that night—enough to function, but not much more. All of his time was spent studying the spell [Bloodfeud Bow]. The ‘how’ of things still eluded him—the C-rank matrix f...
2022-09-06 07:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostOrion pushed Durran forward, but he moved with the push, turning and sitting on a chair ahead of him. The chair tipped to one side from the force, but Durran put his foot down and got his balance q...
2022-09-05 07:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostArgrave awoke strangely early in the morning. He was used to waking early, but never so early that the sunlight was not yet through the windows. He considered it might be because the expedition beg...
2022-09-03 07:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostThough Durran had acted as though discovering Magnus’ intentions would be a simple thing, he treated the matter very seriously. That might suggest it was not, in fact, a simple thing. Durran woul...
2022-09-02 07:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post“You come from Veiden?” Mina questioned Anneliese, trying to start a conversation.
Anneliese stared out at the doorway which Argrave and Orion had left, nervously braiding and unbraiding ...
2022-09-01 07:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostTo see the ever-diligent Orion neglect his perceived duty to the people was already disquieting enough… but the prince led Argrave further and further away from the camp, heading into the swamps....
2022-08-30 07:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post“I can handle it,” Durran suggested, raising one hand up.
“What?” Argrave asked.
The four members of Argrave’s party sat in one of their rooms, two of them with Humorless mask...
2022-08-28 07:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post