TBD Vhalar 718
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The spear shot out toward the trapped woman, straight for her middle. Her eyes widened and her gloves hands shot out, grasping just beyond the spearhead to slow its advance. Her head tilted down to eyeball the point of the earthen spear. Her arms shook with...

TBD Vhalar 718

Oi! a pot-bellied sailor waddled into the modest whiskey shipping warehouse. His salt-and-pepper beard grew down from his jaw, a wiry, unkempt mess that drooped down to the center of his chest. The hairs around his mouth were tinged yellow, and between his teeth he sported a...

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Oh, come on, Max! Mina groaned with a wide smile. He's cute! He drinks ale like it's water, you'd love him! Won't you let me call for him?
Mina, Maxine sighed as she adjusted one of the throwing daggers on her belt. If you beg me one more time, I swear...

TBD Vhalar 718
Early Morning

So let me get this straight, Mina said slowly with palms flat against the table. The asshole that skewered your foot and did all that bad shit in Scalvoris...you think he's here?
No, Maxine corrected, pouring herself a breakfast shot of rum. I know he's here.
Then...

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Early Morning

The Black Cat Inn was a dead end. It didn't make any sense. If Francis had asked The Storm Breaker crew for a quiet, private place to stay, why wouldn't he take their advice? Where else would he believe safe to stay in a kingdom he doesn't...

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Cutting The Painter
83rd Ashan 717, Andaris, Rynmere

The harbor outside Andaris was like most other ports. Ships were moored along the quays and crews and harbor laborers were loading or unloading goods they transported between the storehouses in the harbor...

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Vhalar 40 718

Word of a fire had reached their ears rather quickly. Iron Hand military personnel stationed at the docks had cleared out the area, established a perimeter, and had set out to try and quench the flames to prevent it spreading to other...

Timestamp: Vhalar 46, 718th Arc following this

Qit was out on the King's old rooftop shortly after sunrise. No, her rooftop. She sat atop the chimney, ignoring the now defunct throne which was little more than a bunch of blankets and cat beds but into a single pile. The bricks weren't especially...

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Rudi B. Cole
75th Ashan 717, in Andaris, Rynmere

Continues from Ominous Rumours where Yrmellyn recovers after the plague, investigates rumours about anti-mage sentiments and decides to leave Rynmere.

Yrmellyn would soon leave Rynmere, but she saw no...

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Ominous Rumours
50th Ashan 717 in Andaris, Rynmere
Continues from Horse Fever where Yrmellyn was falling ill (the plague in Rynmere 717) while working at a painting.

Yrmellyn didn’t know where she was, when the delirious state the fever had sent her into...

Timestamp: Vhalar 46, 718th Arc

Qit'ria sat on the windowsill of her rented apartment, looking down upon the foggy street, just as she'd done a few trials ago. She didn't see Sparkles and Charlie down below. She found herself longing for their companionship, they were nice guys, amusing. She...

20 Vhalar 718
Early Morning

The huntress waited not a trill after she slammed the door to Brice Jervois' place of business. Once her fearsome interrogation was through, Maxine had tunnel vision while she fast-walked down the adjacent wharf. Her heart hammered in her chest. Fingers flexed in her...

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Vhalar 4th 717

“This is not nearly enough information, Mr. Mountebank,” Yana spoke sternly, feeling rather disappointed with this first tidbit of intelligence she’d received from the broker.

“It’s only a start,” the man quickly spoke, staying calm,...

20 Vhalar, Arc 718
Early Morning

The scent of salt water and the muddled voices of captains, dockhands, sailors, and merchants hung thick in the air. With the rising suns, the labor of the working class had just begun. Sails were to be raised. Cargo was to be swiftly unloaded to make room for the...

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47th Ymiden, 718

The fayre is truly a sight to see Kirei thought as she watched her kids gawk at the varied displays in awe and amazement.

There were food stalls galore, and displays filled with merchandise of many different kinds hoping to...

Timestamp: Vhalar 44, 718th Arc, following this

Qit'ria looked back over her shoulder at the barracks she'd been living in for the last couple of trials. She was still in a lot of pain, but at least she had the energy to move. It was time to get back to her rented room, get back to Caza and...

64th of Ashan, 717
night

News on the grapevine was that Lorena Burhan was back in Rynmere, and Vaughn had just spent a day trying to track her down.

He felt like he had searched forever that trial, back and forth through the city, considering even making the long trip out to the docks. Now he...

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Bellowing horns blew in the distance, marking the departure of a ship leaving the dockyards. At every corner the pungent aromas of fish, sweat and sea salt filled the air while people bustled about their daily lives. Running with the wind...

Vhalar 42, 718 immediately following this

Qit'ria ignored the question this so called Cat King asked of her. She relaxed her form a bit, realizing she didn't have to fight her way out of this, and to do so would not go well. She was heavily outnumbered. This King was also larger than her, and...

Vhalar 42, immediately following this

With the fish consumed, Charlie and Sprinkles wanted to rest a bit, lazing about in the sunshine. Qit'ria didn't particularly wish to join them, but she had to blend in as a cat proper. So she did. And it did feel nice, belly full, resting in the morning...

Vhalar 42, 718

Qit'ria awoke early. They'd arrived in Andaris late last night. A member of the crew that pitied the story she'd told him got her and Oonah a quiet little room at his sister's inn, a place not well known. And the owners preferred it that way, nice quiet people, no loud tavern...

Speaking in Rakahi
Speaking in Common
81st of Ymiden, 718

It was late at night. Hart stood on the deck of the Jovy Akor with his eyes closed. He felt the sway of the ship under his feet; he felt the presence of the ship like another person. He still could not believe that he had found the Akor....

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1st Saun, 718

Kirei greeted Elyari politely as she entered the kitchen. Her fellow apprentices were already there, which wasn't all that surprising as she had been running late this morning. But she frowned in confusion when she saw that...

23rd - Ymiden - 718

Cassidy examined his half-healed burns with idle interest as he waited at the bar in the Blacksmith's Arms. After marching into the blaze a few trials ago, he should have been hurt much worst. His skin should have been as blackened and charred as the corpse of the mage he left...

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Keep the skies clear. Stay out of trouble.

That was the only advice Cassidy had been given by his temporary overseer as they readied to leave. Assigned to patrol the air above the the festival with a few other Sergeants, Cassidy wasn't...