Ymiden 7th of 719

-‡- It took some time for Coroth to get out of his cave that day. He had acquired a routine of being more awake and active after dusk, and into the early hours of the morning. Today though, he had made plans to head out into the spires forests and hunt down something that would...

56th of Ymiden 719

The transportation and transformation of Kalortah, from avriel into a human, was a matter for the Hidden Agenda to handle. As such, it was decided that the best, most appropriate, and easily obfuscated way to change him would be in the chamber of Lust in Syroa's temple. In that...

49th of Ymiden 719

Kalortah was on his way through Athartian territory now, having flown south for many days to reach the edge of the jungle. At some points, he’d been edging the desert, but the heat of it put him in a mood, so he kept mainly to the cool weather above the Crescent Sea.

A few...

-‡- The winds blew from the north with the specklings of humans and a small mercantile town. It's name was unknown, because he did not have any human friends, and travelers this far north of Athart were known to be weary of lone, young, Avriels. There thus was a road nearby that he was able to see...

45 Ymiden 719

The jungle had scared her, the same way a beautiful man or woman managed to intimidate those blessed within their presence. The jungle was a kind of untouchable beauty that held hands with danger and sang songs of warning, and Yeva had watched it from a distance, afraid to get too...

55th of Ymiden 719

The hot gale winds of Ymiden rushed through his wings and feathers as Kalortah raced on the skies toward Athart. His heart soared as he saw those marvelous sandstone structures once more. The air whipped around him, his eyes tracing their currents and motions and discerning...

31st Ashan 719

“I’m going to run to the human sector and have your status registered,” Azreal has been flying all over the city since they arrived yesterday and it was beginning to show. His head feathers, usually slicked back were sticking up in wild disarray and he set the sack of ingredients...

40 Ashan 719

Did you know, garlic is actually a preventative? Honey, too. Medics aren't quite sure why, per se, but a little spread can aid in recovery and fight sickness of the blood. Wounds, burns, ulcers, bed sores....

Please, Azael's shoes scratched against the dirt path when he turned to...

3 Ymiden 719

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Sometimes I wonder if he loves me.

Not always, but... sometimes.

He brought me here, to the city of Athart. It's beautiful, all towering stone and jungle green. There are so many species of bugs, and flora, I could spend a lifetime researching them all, and I would fail...

30 Ashan 719

“You’re pacing again; not a very obedient slave, are you?”

Talons dropped upon the redhead’s shoulders, catching fire strands beneath their daunting weight. Yeva jumped, and she twisted to peer up and into silver eyes. A snake the color of desert cinnamon sat laced between her...

28th Ashan, 719
T he tapestry spanned the length of the study. Exotic birds, their colorful plumage rendered in flamboyant detail, perched amidst jungle vines and ornate flowers. Fantastical beast leered from the gaps in the greenery, their gaze wild in the flickering light of the open hearth....

Ashan 82nd 717

The avriel flew overhead, far above the city of Athart. The air traffic was fairly light that day, and even on it's busiest day the sun still shone through the air currents. Even so, there was trepidation in Kalortah's mind as he pondered joining them on the wing. This would be his...

38th Ashan, 719
S omething will happen here~

38th Ashan, 719
S omething will happen here~

38th Ashan, 719
S omething will happen here~

38th Ashan, 719
S omething will happen here~

Vhalar 49 of 718

Kalortah got to his feet, then followed after the elder. This new power he had, there was an unsettling silence about it. If one could whisper in nothings then this came very close. It felt like a surreptitious, arcane parasite had attached itself to his outer shell, intent on...

8th Cylus, 719
Y
ou know the weather is miserable, when flying is no less a pain than crawling through the dirt , Pharan thought sourly as he dropped from the lead colored sky onto the narrow ledge framing the entrance to his sister’s domicile. Behind him, the towering pillars that lend the...

Wealth Thread

Skill: Empathy

Preface: In New Tasks Pharan was instructed to meet with the son of a foreign merchant to show him around the city—and dig up any information that might help renegotiate a deal that was struck between the merchant's family and the Avriel during the previous cycle....

6th Cylus, 719
T he study was small—fifteen feet by ten, carved from pale, smooth sandstone and fitted with three times three desks for as many scribes. Or misplaced diplomatic aides. In the half-dark of his corner Pharan leaned forward, straining to make out the small letters gracing the...

J ust south of the shrine of Syroa, people still walked along brazier lit streets. Emerging from the waterfront, Pharan had heard the crowd long before he saw the first figures move among colored tent. He passed a winding row of stalls selling trinkets and baubles of foreign making and a group of...

10th Vhalar, 718
T
he narrow streets of the entertainment quarter were abuzz with merry voices. Avriel, humans and foreigners, some dressed in the floating silks of Athart, many in the exotic garbs of far away lands, filtered past the shrine of Syroa, laughing and chatting among themselves. The...

9th of Saun arc 718

There was an air of excitement about the city this night. Or maybe it was the oppressive heat bearing down on avriel and human alike. In either event, the folk who walked upon and flew over the streets were on their toes. The last few trials had been very trying for everyone in...

48th of Vhalar, Arc 718

In the aftermath of the earthquakes that had rocked Athart a few hours earlier, Kalortah sat perched at the entrance to his grotto in the Stone Forest. There he overlooked the devastation that had visited some of his neighbors' homes. Suddenly glad that he didn't decide to...

55th of Vhalar, Arc 718

The scene was set at the temple to Syroa, not very far from the Amphitheatre, which was blaring in choral harmonies. The night was lit with those sonic waves, for all Avriel to see and for the lessers to enjoy the sound. Their peculiar choral architecture. The sonic...