As predicted there was a knock on the door. The Viceroy could communicate with the ghoul through sheer force of will, as could any of the liches in the Diosian Lodge. This reduced the amount of spoken words significantly, but the result was that when any of the liches did utilize the gift of speech … Continue reading The Gopher King: Chapter 3

Passage of time meant nothing to the Viceroy when he was waiting. He spent a lot of time on stand-by. He waited on the other lich lords of the Diosian Lodge mostly. Uncounted days and even years would pass before they would call upon him and send him off on some foolish crusade. The Viceroy … Continue reading The Gopher King: Chapter 2

The shuffling of the Viceroy’s feet was quite nearly the only sound to be heard in this deeply buried underground chamber. Often the dripping of water was the only other thing to be heard as the droplets worked their way through the earth above, the stones that comprised the ceiling, and then plopped unceremoniously into … Continue reading The Gopher King: Chapter 1