October 1, 2024

    They circled around the fire and settled in to eat. Each man had a wooden cup filled with the wine, and even Silas was given a small amount. They dined with their hands and talked much about nothing, the food and drink a worthy excuse to decompress and delay the harder conversations.     After…

September 3, 2024

The child looked around the fog laden forest. He shook in the cool of the morning as he rode atop Siegyrd’s shoulders. There was a dull, vacant emptiness in his gaze. Siegyrd began to whistle, a complex melody that sounded like chattering songbirds. The first few notes startled the boy, but after a while he…