Forthright Purpose and Ulterior Motive

Vyth carefully removed the beaten and bloody armor piece from her upper body, and clutched the wound on her left side. The bleeding slowed already, but with every movement the wound ached. Chain and plate clattered onto the stonework floor of the watchtower as she began to make her way to the parapet, blood drops […]

The Long Embrace

The establishment known as The Long Embrace is actually a renovated estate that once belonged to a wealthy family, rumored to be of nobility, that had thinned out and faded from history a little over a century ago. Nearly fallen to complete ruin, the last of the family line gifted the property to a band […]

Echoes of the Past

Caed and Gregor strode into the edge of town in the late afternoon. There were no actual distinctions between most of the buildings, so it took some time to find the man who posted the contract. They found him near the market, where sellers were still peddling their wares, but slowing down to close shop […]

Time Crimes

“You all know why you’re here,” Royce said, his voice bringing everyone in the room to attention. “Each of you has your reasons, but we’re not here to discuss that. We have been presented with a problem. End Times level problem. All of you have been selected for your expertise in one facet or another […]

Idle Hands

He’s pacing again. When you consider his other ticks, that’s tremendously bad. More than anything else, it’s his hands. They constantly twitch, stretch, and flex. When he’s angry, his fingers expand and contract, balling into fists from open palms. When he’s stressed, he pops his knuckles, repeatedly. When he’s anxious or nervous, that’s usually when […]

Mercy

The camp fire had been burning a couple of hours at this point. They settled on a small clearing between the trees off the main road to keep out of the way, but the firelight made them seen from nearly any direction. Willem didn’t think it was an issue, despite the problems they’d had the […]

War chant

A war chant from a project I was working with. Still rough and needs to be cleaned up, but I like the dichotomy of it. It was very representative of the people who created it. Cry havoc Consume or be consumed Give into the beast or cull the herd Tread upon them or be trampled […]

Reliquary of the Damned

The world around you has a history of its own, beyond the perspective of your existence. Just like you, the things around you have their glorious moments and their deep, dark secrets. Victors and the vanquished share something in common: the bloody, brutal war that led up to their definitive title. Your surroundings are both […]

What Are We Without The Sky?

No one knows how it happened, much less why. Theories range anywhere from extraterrestrial invasion, which, given the presence of the Cloven and the Vice, is entirely likely, to unstable mutations that spread throughout the original planet Earth, eradicating our species at a terrifying, exponential rate. Genocide? Check. Zombies? Check. Extra dimensional tentacle monsters? You […]

It Never Ends

Normally, when the power goes out, it’s a small problem, sometimes barely a problem. When you’re in a deep space research laboratory in orbit of an uninhabitable planet, having the power go out means that your life support systems are running on emergency power. When the power goes out here, the clock starts ticking towards […]