Beyond the city of Rharne lies the Stormlands, which is home to a number of farms, forests, fields, Lake Lovalus, and the River Zynyx. This subforum also includes the Stormwastes to the south.
The Hot Cycle has Ymiden (83 Trials) and then Saun (40 Trials) which are open for you to play. All new threads from June 1st 2022 - September 30th 2022 should be timestamped within one of those two seasons.
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So, one of the things that has changed in the new site is that the new PSF is visible to everyone. This provides us an opportunity and so, this morning I've created some subforums in there - for completed / approved threads. You'll note that there are now separate...
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Eureka was a fascinating place, Prae found as he made his way through it. He had no idea what half the buildings were for or what anyone was doing—he'd passed a pair of people arguing about glass lenses, of all things—but the atmosphere was bright, and people...
Genna sat quietly in the carriage she had rented to take her to the spire for the next couple of Trials. Genna had originally planned to visit a while ago, but things had delayed this visit but now she was on her way and enjoyed the quiet trip. The general...
The supply caravan for Rosebay was small, consisting only of a larger wagon and a smaller cart, but it was enough to hold all the arranged and paid for supplies with enough space over for the settlers' own belongings and room up front for a few to ride if they needed to. Dan counted 10...
The guard merely looked at Tristan’s umbrella, and then shrugged, sullenly stating, “I need all my hands free, sir. But thank you for the offer.” Just so, Praetorum, Tristan as well as Gennadiya and Vivian were all let on board in their turn.
There were whispers, ever since the Rupture explosion over Ymiden's Dawn parade, that there was a rogue mage or more than one on the loose. A rupturer. Many who knew of the sound a rupture portal made were either stricken with fear that mages now would be coming back,...
They were indeed expecting arrivals at the Rharne Prison this day. It was part of their irregular re-supply schedule, a process that was kept carefully secret from even most of the guards at the prison, as such information could facilitate a breakout the likes of which had...
There were, it turned out, quite a few more tools used for mining than just the pickaxe Prae had envisioned when he heard the word. Prae had gotten Valbjorn to pick up a miner's toolkit in town, and he now had all the metal parts laid out on his workbench, ready...
The Stormwastes were not travelled lightly. As such, the prisoner trains as well as the resupply runs required trained guards to accompany them, guards hired specifically by the warden of Rharne’s prison himself.
Dan grimaced at the way that a recent storm had left the more trampled areas around his camp streaked and piled with mud, and shoved another spoonful of soup into his mouth. One of the piles of mud reminded him of the mud wall windbreaks that he sometimes made to shield his fire. Mud...
1st of Saun: The Undefeated
A Knight appears as dry lightning flashes crisscross the sky. He claims to be the duelist that nobody was able to defeat the prior season at the end of Cylus. He takes to challenging anyone bearing a blade to duels in the middle of the Stormlands....
Praetorum squinted at the arrowhead in his hand, trying to memorize its weight and size. He was far less familiar with arrowheads than he was with the broadheads of a crossbow bolt, but they followed the same basic design. A socket at the back, a sharp point at the front....
Two trials had passed, and it seemed the river rats were more cautious than Prae had given them credit for. The group he'd driven off, and the woman he'd attuned to, had yet to return to their main base, instead sailing further down the river before slipping into...
There was green growing in the Stormwastes for the first time that he could remember, and just on the edge of his vision , within easy striking distance, there was a glint of open water - a pool or a lake of some sort. Dan stood and stared at it for what felt...
110th of Ashan 722: Poisoned Pastures: A local farmer discovers that two of his cattle have died overnight. Within trials, other farmers start making similar discoveries, but it isn't just animals that are dying - crops are dying, too. The farmers worry that the soil...
It was a common misconception that traveling at night during the desert was best. Whether for the fact that it became colder at night, or because the stars were available for navigation. But Woe had been to Nashaki once, and on asking the caravan master that led him to the...
Storms pick up in late Saun on the shores of the Zynyx Delta region, not far from Eureka and Volta. It becomes of interest to certain scholars at the Institute of Innovation in Rharne, as strange and unidentified herbal matter begins washing ashore. It's dead matter,...
That morning, she had called together the people of Eureka and discussed with them what she wanted to do. There had been questions, concerns even, but by the time she left, everyone was on board. There were many who were keen to help and volunteer, for which Faith...
19 Cylus 722
After what felt like far too long sitting in the hallway outside the warden's office and waiting while other candidates took their turns interviewing, Grimwald was finally called in for his own interview. About damn time. He thought to himself. A lone, undisciplined thought. He wasn't...
Prae ran his claws over the paper in his hands, thinking deeply as he paced about the room.
He did not often get nervous at client meetings anymore. He'd had dozens over the last arc, and he'd gotten used to the rhythm of them. But this trial, though, Prae...
18th Trial of Cylus during Arc 720
It was never-ending. Vega was starting to feel like it would literally never end and, that was a bit of a worry since she was Faldrun's daughter. That meant, she supposed, that she might still be here in a hundred arcs, or a hundred after that. But, she...
2nd Trial of Ashan during Arc 720
Society is a madhouse whose Wardens are the officials.
~~ August Strindberg ~~
Alright, an' that makes sense, said Vega, still newly-appointed Justicar of the Lightning Knights but old-hat at argumentative. I'll go along an' help out an' report back, but, she...
3rd of Vhalar, 720
Vivian looked over her notes, and the diagram she had set up on the table. She knew Vega didn't read all that well, so her hope was that a visual example would help her sister learn better than a written list. Once she was certain she had everything in order, Vivian ordered the...
7th of Cylus, 721, Storm's Edge
Vivian looked up at the sky and let out a soft sigh. The war was well and truly over now, and all the people who had come to Storm's Edge for it were already going home. They were working on repairing the lingering damage to the fort, and the base's garrison was...
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