“It was an eradication effort.” Colonel Skomantis’ voice was hushed as he leaned near to me, gripping my arm. “We have to get you out of here.” I didn’t understand. I was still groggy as we made our way from the transport ship through the corridors of the capital ship. My near burn through had…
Siegyrd woke on the shores of a great gray lake. A single mountain towered above him with a cave entrance the size of a mansion carved into its side. Etchings in faintly grey-glowing script surrounded the cave’s void-toothed maw. The sky was a black velvet curtain without a single star. A sickled moon shone…
Aerendir stood, throwing off his cloak to reveal a bright white blade on his back. Siegyrd stood as well as he glanced backward toward the noise and said a small prayer, “Swiftly take them hence.” Aerendir shouted in his booming bass, “Ozymandias, Sovereign of Sovereigns, we seek an audience!” There was a slight…
Siegyrd helped Silas pack up his things into his smaller satchel. The boy’s face drooped in the morning twilight. Aerendir was already packed up and stepped away from the camp back up toward the cliff that overlooked the lake. Mareth fed Alexei and ran through another iteration of training as Siegyrd had done throughout…
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…
Once camp was set, Siegyrd took the time to track and hunt a small deer, trying to teach Alexei to hunt alongside him. The lion, only recently and partially tamed, almost ruined the hunt, and did ruin a portion of the meat, but nonetheless they came back with food aplenty. Silas helped gather the wood,…
Silas rode on Siegyrd’s shoulders. Alexei, the lion’s new name, ran alongside them about three paces away. It had taken more time than expected, but the beast was trained enough to follow. Siegyrd still had to keep a quick eye and a magical sigil handy to check various behaviors, but the beast was learning, and…
The four stepped quickly through the underbrush in the rising sun. The forest on all sides grew denser by the day. The boy Silas had learned many things already. He learned when it was right to complain – when it was strictly necessary and there was an action that could fix it – and when…
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…
Fear ruled gentle in the soft glow that surrounded the would-be brigands. “Who is your leader?” Aerendir said. There was a long hesitation before one of the conscious men pointed to the unconscious gravely-voiced man and said, “It was Reinhart.” Aerendir nodded, then looked at the sword wielding man who was cradling…
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