The seven Duchies of Central Rynmere and their respective baronies, cities, towns, villages, and landmarks each overseen by a Duke of one of the seven noble families and ultimately controlled by the King of Rynmere.
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23rd Trial of Cylus
Unknown Break
Arc 717
Alexa was little more than instincts just then. Allowing her unexplainable Prey Sense to be her guide, the Mixed Blood flit through the forest with her black wolf familiar at her heels. This way, that way, there seemed to be little rhyme of reason the...
Nights were restless, and hardly slept through; while the trials were long and filled with sweat from hard work. Cylus was the most brutal season of them all, and it drove off all of the large prey not to mention it blanketed the plants in thick layers of snow. The end of Cylus...
22nd Trial of Cylus,
Unknown Break
Arc 717
I'm afraid he doesn't like me as well as you. You'll have to do my part, the blonde woman stated regrettably. Alexa whipped her head away from the wounded ape with wide, confused eyes. What? A soft pat was given to the top of her head before the human...
Dammit, dammit all. Why did he have to wear his shirt in public? Eric wasn't his father, as much as it might have felt like it at times. Why did he feel the need to be so controlling? You catch more flies with honey than vinegar, after all. He shook his head as he walked, sweating...
There was never any forethought by Alexa when she ran away from home. No time to collect all her sentimental, favorite possessions from where she'd hidden them beneath a loose floor board near her bed. No moment to say goodbye to her childhood friends and neighbors...
22nd Trial of Cylus,
Unknown Break
Arc 717
He's gone, Tala's voice reverberated in Alexa's mind, snapping her golden eyes open. The Burhan girl rubbed at her eyes with the heels of her palms with a sigh. What? Who's gone? she groaned and blinked the sleep from her gaze. The black wolf lazily...
3rd of Cylus Ulsa had not been long in Krome. This singular fact was the only reason she had taken it upon herself to explore her surroundings. The cold would have forced her to stay within her burrow, enveloping herself in the warmth of her mount. But her survival would depend on knowing the area...
26th Trial of Cylus
Unknown Break
Arc 717
Xavier's dying words still echoed in her ears, his message sown into her psyche and unshakable as a hell-bent, hungry leech to blood. It was like a light in the darkness offering guidance to the drifting girl in her state of uncertainty. At last there was...
Lei'lira jumped out of bed at the first crow of the rooster. She hastily threw on her clothes, then raced outside, pausing only long enough to grab a basket she could use to collect the eggs. Lei'lira loved collecting the eggs each morning. It was almost like a game. First she had to...
17th Saun 716
The healer, or Mother of Dust as Victor knew the crone had visited Lei’Lira two days previously. She’d examined the terrified woman with cursory touches and a gentle if brisk nature. What had passed between the two women, the Warrick didn’t know. He only knew that upon hearing Dust’s...
It is perhaps the queerest aspect of Chivalry, to believe you are doing right by people and yet be so hated by them. It was no small joke that there was resentment from the peasantry. There always would be, it was perhaps the fate of the uneducated masses to not understand that...
He felt his body tremble in the face of the cold, one so pervasive that not even the stone fortifications of this home could withstand it. While a fire raged in the room he’d been granted as a guest, he found himself shaking and shivering...
Two trials after he met Lord Alistair Venora, Jericho found that his accommodations were spectacular. Not that they were particularly lavish, but they met his expectations and exceeded. Mostly, though, he was excited about the prospect of being allowed into the Sabaissant training...
She tossed. She turned. She buried her head beneath her sleeping furs and tried to focus on naught but the lull of cracking flames to no avail. The Burhan girl rolled onto her back and opened her golden eyes to stare toward the cave's ceiling. Her hands...
It had been snowing for two trials without respite, the snow had been falling in blankets and Xander had been thankful for the warmth of the fire. He had ordered the slaves to keep the houses fires burning round the clock, the last thing he wanted was for everybody in the...
24th Cyclus, 717
Just one day ago he'd arrived in his family's manor and he already wanted to leave. But then one look to the cold outside persuaded him otherwise, and he considered himself lucky to be in such a large, warm home. By accident, he overheard another good reason to stay: his cousin,...
It was early and if it hadn't been Cylus the sun still wouldn't have risen yet. It made him forget that it would not rise at all, as it felt like it was any other winter morning. This morning was to be dedicated to unloading all the supplies from the wagon that would soon be...
17th of Cylus
Unknown Break
Arc 717
Almost got it, Alexa communicated to her wolf familiar through their bond as her eager golden eyes watched the rabbit saunter from cover. Her heart raced in her chest. An arrow was notched ever so patiently upon her bowstring, waiting to be drawn and released...
Avrae was certain Rynmere was his least favorite place in Idalos. Not because he hated the actually place, no. The lovely climate, huge vineyards, beautiful coasts… no, Avrae loved that part. He found Andaris city to be the problem. One day in the place and he’d...
Blue. Red. Black. That was the face staring far too close to the sleeping girl. When her golden eyes opened she shook with fright and a fist lashed out to strike the creature deeply violating her personal space. Her knuckles landed solidly against the...
Predator. Prey. None of it mattered. When the world went dark and the cold wind of the early Rebirth Cycle blew, everyone had to eat. Some would find refuge in the dark and maintain their survival through finesse and experience. Others would prowl about the...
The suns were rising and but Xander was already up. He hadn't slept last night, he hadn't slept for days. His heart was just too weak and he didn't have the calm he needed to pass out of the waking world. So he had just sat, staring through the window of his room, watching...
Tear streaks were still fresh on Alexa's face breaks after the familial fallout. Blood stained her hands and embedded itself deep beneath her fingernails. The taste of iron was unforgettably potent on her tongue, a sweet poison yielded by her newly elongated canine teeth...
Darkness. Perpetual, unyielding darkness. Alexa had forgotten how ominous the forest became during Cylus, the way all animals' eyes glowed in the twilight whether predator or prey when their gaze found her. Yet this time it would be different. This time she...
It wasn't as bad as he'd first thought, sitting in this spare room at David's forge and studying. Sure - it was a little boring, but the man had been kind enough to give him a break from work so that he could read up on the properties of metal, namely Iron and Steel. He dragged his...
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