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
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The Gopher King: Chapter 2
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 Gopher King: Chapter 1
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
Slinker, Slayer, Kobold, Squire; Chapter 20
The coach that Hilde had hired in Slothenburg to take them to Brakoff pulled up in front of the big house she reluctantly called home several days later than anyone had originally expected. The normally bubbly orcish woman took a long, deep breath and smiled broadly even though she was so sick of riding in … Continue reading Slinker, Slayer, Kobold, Squire; Chapter 20
Slinker, Slayer, Kobold, Squire; Chapter 19
The morning brought with it the promise of a painfully bright new day, and it also brought back Jandle’s searing headache. He had full day of walking ahead of him, so the squire managed to get himself attired and equipped before he went downstairs to see about food. He took his rucksack and weapons with … Continue reading Slinker, Slayer, Kobold, Squire; Chapter 19
Slinker, Slayer, Kobold, Squire; Chapter 18
Shr Gelbrand came sweeping out of his keep to greet his guest and it was as if Jandle was watching an instant replay from the first time he had met the dwarf with the clean-shaven head and pale green eyes. Jandle had never seen this man when he wasn’t bursting with hospitality. Trelderian Hall was … Continue reading Slinker, Slayer, Kobold, Squire; Chapter 18
Thunderbolt
It is often the case that agreeing to a simple request can change dramatically the trajectory of a person’s life. Happily fixated on their own goals and oblivious to the rut that their life has settled into people can forget that it doesn’t take much to shake them free of their complacency and thrust them … Continue reading Thunderbolt
Slinker, Slayer, Kobold, Squire; Chapter 17
The stagecoaches ran between Brakoff and Kederlenn several times a day, every day of the week. It was about twenty miles in between the two cities, and it was easily the safest route any coach line ran anywhere in the empire. All of the stage companies ran along this road and Jandle could have had … Continue reading Slinker, Slayer, Kobold, Squire; Chapter 17
Slinker, Slayer, Kobold, Squire; Chapter 16
In a few days’ time Jandle had a lot of time to consider his options. He finally settled on a course of action and set down to paper his intentions in a letter to Aggrylia von Vorkel, his late master’s widow. The term of his engagement to try and protect Hilde and further her interests … Continue reading Slinker, Slayer, Kobold, Squire; Chapter 16
Slinker, Slayer, Kobold, Squire; Chapter 15
Several days went by before Jandle was sufficiently mended to leave the hospital under his own steam. There was a consensus among those present that this kobold must have been divinely blessed to have survived the fights with the three noxious dwarves who had been identified as the Kripplinger brothers. These three were men of … Continue reading Slinker, Slayer, Kobold, Squire; Chapter 15
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