21st Ashan
Kes’trel didn’t know if she’d ever been so cold, or so hungry. If there had been a time it had been buried so far at the back of her mind, it was impossible to recall. Probably because it was a horrendous way to feel. Her arms and legs were stiff with it and still they trudged down and...

21st Ashan 717

Punishment had been swift and painful. The re-branding of her arm, deeper than before to remind the young woman of her duty to VII. Then had come the shame. She’d been left to sleep on the cold floor, on the pathetic pile of blankets she’d bought for the prisoner. Veron hadn’t...

My two natures had memory in common.
33rd of Zi'da, 716
Footsteps walked briskly down the hallway, the figure dressed in dark leather with a metal helmet tucked under his padded arm. His hands were covered in gloves, contrasting against the red apple being lifted to Andráska Venora's mouth, and...

49th Ashan, 717

Celeste was kneeling on the floor. It was not often that she did this, not often at all, but it was the only way that she could get the huge piece of parchment laid out properly. So, on the soft furred rug in front of the fireplace, Celeste knelt and looked down at the diagram...

1st Ashan 717
Following these events
Celeste Andaris was a charming woman. There was no doubting it and she could use that charm to the best of her ability. She had, over the last two breaks, done just that. When they arrived at the Inn, the Innkeeper had fussed over her and her obvious state of...

Cylus 20th 717, 2nd Break

It felt long overdue, but it was finally time for Yndira to remove herself from her current partner, Edmund Tully. He was not a bad man, but he was not great either. He had no aspirations, of that she was sure. Nothing about him could be considered original in any way,...

22nd Cylus 717
A Volareon. Word had it that they live in the forests around Krome. He'd needed a people carrying totem for a while now, and blending eagle and bear just... wasn't pretty... He soared through the sky as an eagle, his wings stretched wide in a glide. The air was freezing and despite...

15th of Ashan
Midday
Arc 717 Karem guide my arrow true, the huntress thought just before she let the projectile loose. The arrow whizzed audibly through the air, and the bowstring slapped against the leather that protected wrists from punishment. Before Alexa's exhale ended the arrowhead lodged...

25th of Vhalar, 716
Jorick's Keep, Burning Mountains
She was beginning to come to terms with Veljorn’s death. The depressive state she had been in several trials ago was beginning to wear off. She still enjoyed her time alone, but she was also inviting Vivian to accompany her more. Even her...

Date Undecided
Andraska groaned loudly, frustrated and hardly relieved to be home. Each of his advisers had bombarded him with a thousand things to do, his servant had a dozen letters that needed attention, and he hadn't even been able to sleep properly in days. Spotting his luggage that must...

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18th of Cylus, Arc 717

Journal,
Things are not as they seem. Despite the recent complications in Rynmere's political affairs, I am doing well. Today, I am off to investigate the local businesses, as I've heard...

Ashan 1st, Arc 717

Xander closed the door behind him and leant against it as it clicked shut. His stomach still hurt but his face was feeling a little less painful, it must have been that paste Celeste had applied to his face. It had been quite soothing and the mark had receded a little, not...

79th Trial of Ashan, Arc 717

The gentle light of Ashan’s rays caressed thin cheeks and stirred from slumber that of a woman with long, messy brown locks and limbs that ached from having been malnourished and abused. Her rescuer, Andraska, and herself arrived here in the early morning of the 78th...

26th of Ashan, Arc 717

He knew time was of the essence, and that was what kept him going through the first day of hard sailing. Quio had already been through five long days of surveillance, plus the night of the attack and escape. Then the two more days it had taken to transport his stowaways from...

1st of Ashan, Arc 717

With warmth blows the wind--
--and showers the rain,
For the morning sun hath came,
Dance along, my love,
And praise Her name,
For Cyrene's rose blooms this day,
Don't let the Cylus nights cause you a fright,
For Venora's fields never wilt away,
And our...

22nd of Cylus, Arc 717

Endurance... Chapter Six... he rubbed his eyes, turning to page 148 of the book before him. The title was The Grand Idalosian League, written by Richard Penbrooke of the Duchy of Gawyne, licensed and published here in Venora, and sold primarily to Andaris. The book was...

9th Cylus, Arc 717

It was early in the morning but the two lords were already up and ready to go, they had left the Northern Krome house behind them and were now going to the mount Alistair had informed Xander they would be taking. He had been told about it just this morning, informed that they...

19 Cylus, 717

It was snowing again. That was no surprise given the season. But it did make Lei'lira huddle deeper into her black cloak and quicken her steps as she headed out to check on her animals. Her first stop was the stallions' stable. Darkwind, and Thunder were both quite content. The...

23rd Cyclus, 717
Two riders trotted through the half-frozen slush of mud and ice while dark, leaden clouds hung overhead. The near perpetual darkness of Cyclus was only broken by the smoldering light of an small torch that the tallest and eldest of the two carried. With a bit of luck, we might...

1st Ashan, 717

The events of the night before had been too much for her and what had started as a perfectly nice if rather strained and formal evening where she had dined with Xander and his parents had ended with a fight between Xander and his father outside her door after Xander had interceded...

Cylus 29th, 717

It wasn’t what I do best, but still I tried....

Hiding. Always hiding, from that Coven, Ellasin’s lot. Contagious mosquitoes always biting away at his freedom, sucking him dry at every turn. Vuhl’mathi hadn’t caught him yet, or was he watching even now, playing into some game...

Cylus 20th 717, 9th Break
follows the events of this thread

The key to this plan was that Edmund would be gone with little room for speculation regarding Yndira. The dark-haired woman in question was convinced that one way of doing so would be to make the body indiscernible to the naked eye. As...

13 Cylus, 704

Ten times one is ten. Ten times two is twenty. Ten times three is thirty... Lei'lira chanted under her breath as she started to descend the icy steps leading into the school house.

Her arc group was going to be tested on their multiplication skills tomorrow, and Lei'lira wanted to...

30th Cylus, Arc 717, Evening.

It had been a long and hard day of preparation for this, Xander had been left in charge of the servants by his parents and he had made sure they were all doing their best to prepare. He had checked on the kitchen and the other servants and finally they had all...

12th of Ymiden, 703 Arc

A young noble boy sat on a bench in a garden filled with roses and said nothing as he plucked the petals free. One by one he let them fall, until there was nothing but a thorny stem, and even then he cast it to the ground. A male voice was calling his name, but the...