The Becoming

The World Was Broken. Shattered. No one knows exactly how; all we know is that eons ago, the Veil was pierced. They say the Veil was the only border between our world and a stranger, more magical world Beyond. Some hold that the Veil itself is alive; a mysterious entity that did not like being […]

Ortu

Ortu slowly poked his head up over the hilltop and surveyed the brute below. He and Callin had been following the crashes and thuds that marked the Jotun’s path through the woods for the past hour now, but this was the first that the trees had cleared enough to get a good look at the […]

The Great Depths Raid XII

From the throat, to the gullet, pulsating blood-red; from there to the collected stars above the roaring river; and then through a tunnel of darkness to the tilted maze. So the Delvers had journeyed, fighting together, bleeding together, braving the mysteries and dangers of The Depths together. And now, like a black spike in their […]

The Great Depths Raid XI

The looming, awful tower watched unmoving as the tiny figures of the Delvers began to make their way through the titled maze. It had seen many come this way, but very few that managed to climb its stairs and leave this place behind. The other presence here, one of gleeful destruction and horror and service […]

The Great Depths Raid X

As the Delvers crossed into the dark lair, warning behind them and shadows ahead, they sensed rather than saw the nearness of an exit, a thin place, where The Depths led at last upward and out. The message over the gate, however, weighed heavily upon their minds, revealed through blood and battle: The Price is […]

The Great Depths Raid IX

Where does evil begin? In the heart, yearning for something it should not? In the hands, eager to do wrong? Or does the source lie in something else, somewhere else, a supernatural force that reaches out to clutch at the innocent, miring them and remaking them as Innocents — No Longer? In the Depths, the […]

The Great Depths raid VIII

The towering rows of jars looked on like pale yellow eyes, peering into the abyss. Though so much had been scavenged here over the years from so many lost and discarded souls dashed against the sieve and crushed by the mighty waters, this was the first time anyone had survived so long. Change had come […]

The Great Depths Raid VII

The stone pathways that wound and twisted through the heavy dark of the Collection Room seemed to have a will of their own, a desire to lead Xedric astray. Every step he took led to confusing falls and deadly endings. The Senior Flame Warden had little idea where he was going, and as he pulled […]

The Great Depths Raid VI

Deep in the bowels of The Depths, in the dim light of the rows of jars that lined the Collection Room, the Delvers were ready. Even as one of their number fell toward the deadly, churning waters below, the rest sprang to their places. Hidduk smiled grimly at the enemy, the Collector; a vision of […]

The Great Depths Raid V

The river thundered through that place of living nightmare called the Depths, its powerful waters rushing past lurking horrors unknown and unseen. The swirling liquid surely had an intelligence all its own, hurrying to an unpredictable destination deep below the world and its malevolent evils. The waters were dark, hiding secrets; and the river’s ferocious […]