Seawrack: Chapter Six, Part Three

Seawrack: Chapter Six, Part Three

As our chapter concludes, Tahn checks in with Lady Miruna, and Berylla has a thing or two to think about...

The small box on the inn table held a lovely mirror, but Tahn was not admiring his reflection. Instead, the silvered glass showed another face entirely – that of the Abbess. The sending-mirror was one of the secrets that the Stargazers did not talk about, but being able to communicate over vast distances with such speed was vital to their work. Tahn listened to Lady Miruna’s words and nodded.…

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Seawrack: Chapter Six, Part Two

Seawrack: Chapter Six, Part Two

Alys set the letter down on the desk and opened the notebook once more. “A code,” she muttered. “Then I will decipher it, and I will read every page. Grandfather would not have left it to us if he truly did not want us to possess the knowledge he had accumulated.” “A task that may take quite some while,” Peregrine observed. “That’s fine,” Alys replied. She looked up from the notebook and he…

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In the Garden: The White Lady

Something is in the garden...

Fog obscures the garden. It’s nearly sunrise. The light makes the mist glow, but doesn’t disperse it. It’s cold, too, cold enough to see your breath. Twenty minutes ago, it was dark as a mouse-hole out here, but the sky was clear. Now the stars have vanished beyond the mist. The whole world seems distant, swallowed up in billows of white. It is fascinating and eerie, but this mist isn’t why you…

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Recollections: The Perils of Characterization

It seems to be a very popular thing nowadays for every player and GM to “do voices.” I’m aware of at least some of the reasons why, but it is not something I care to do, because I’m generally terrible at managing such things. In much the same way, I am not to be trusted with generating names on my own unless I run them past someone else first… Let me explain. The party, journeying from point A…

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Seawrack: Chapter Four, Part Three

Seawrack: Chapter Four, Part Three

Captain Owain waved Berylla forward. “Clear our path, lass. We’ll be on your heels.” His voice was quiet, but the confidence in his tone was clear. The red-haired warrior nodded once. She charged forward, and within seconds the rest heard the hair-raising screech the Madmen used as their battle-cry. The fighters poured into the tunnel, pike men in the lead, adding their voices to the…

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Recollections: Fido the Orca

Recollections: Fido the Orca

Another story from the days of the Wayward Crowns – this time, a session as the party was a good bit more powerful. They had been hunting down a lich, and after much effort and tragedy they had finally pinned him down near his lair. They were on a boat, out in the middle of a large lake, and the fight on the ship’s deck was ferocious. Among other things, the party had acquired a combat trained…

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