It was midafternoon when the storm began, and the snow fell almost nonstop for nearly a week. Soldiers assisted the civilian authorities in keeping the main streets and roads as clear as they could, but the winter was going to have its way regardless. Urds were put to work flying messages to and from the … Continue reading The Governor-General’s Oath; Chapter 36

The sun crept up with smooth sneakiness and was in the sky a full hour before Grundoon awakened. The Judicial Corp had marched their prisoners into Linkristle Castle sometime during the night, and the courtyard was filled with Red Guards milling about. The Governor-General put on his uniform and headed down to find out what … Continue reading The Governor-General’s Oath; Chapter 35

“Everyone to their places. Have your conjurer start to summoning. I’ll go see if we have a viable plan to clear a path to the castle.” Grundoon said, and he began to walk briskly back towards the Judicial Corp side of the horseshoe shaped forest. As he walked quickly, Grundoon kept looking towards the castle … Continue reading The Governor-General’s Oath; Chapter 33

It took a while for Thigpen to find the correct undertaker, and when he did was relieved to find that Fenderlahn’s body was still there. They had sealed him into a coffin, and tomorrow a hearse was due to take the remains back to Middleswamp. The undertaker was very helpful, a kindly man with a … Continue reading Slothenburg Confidential; Chapter 11

The squad that showed up in the emergency response team cut their way through the spider silk carpet that was draped over everything in the townhouse. There was a thick blanket of the stuff, on chairs, the tables, hanging from the lighting fixtures, and in every room. It looked like an explosion in a silk … Continue reading Slothenburg Confidential; Chapter 10

The wait was far too long for anyone’s liking, but at last Gwenda returned with the only constabulary sorcerer the precinct had. His name was Vonder, and he wasn’t a very charismatic human. In fact he tended to emit the most unholy body odor, and to offend a bunch of goblinoids that was quite an … Continue reading Slothenburg Confidential; Chapter 9

Josephyne stood out from the motley crowd like a white ermine on a black velvet cape. Her beauty was disturbing. Thigpen couldn’t take his eyes off of her even if he wanted to. She looked human, or mostly so. She didn’t belong here, that was obvious. And the fact that she used this façade to … Continue reading Slothenburg Confidential; Chapter 8

For about ten minutes Thigpen watched the people on the walkway. Standing there with a bottle of whiskey in his left hand and a truncheon in his right, he must have seemed a curious image of a constable to the people passing by. Just as he was about to resume his search for the mysterious … Continue reading Slothenburg Confidential; Chapter 7

Thigpen left Frazzer’s bookshop after having a couple of drinks to celebrate what he considered to be a break in the case. The dark elf with the odd mop of hair had also offered to share lunch with the constable, but Thigpen declined so that he could get back to his precinct and fill his … Continue reading Slothenburg Confidential; Chapter 6