The following version of this tale is told in the Ukali Basin region of northern Ysgareth. Variations are told around the Hidden Sea, in the Ocean Empire, and as far south as Kadara. A long age ago, in the northern wilds of Ysgareth, in the mountains above the Telnori land of Serviana, a wizard of … Continue reading
Saving Princess Relina
The ship Stalwart drove through the rough seas with grim determination, sending up sheets of white foam as she crested each sullen gray wave before descending into the next trough. The wind was fresh from the northeast, and tattered clouds of gray and white scudded across the pale winter sky as Devrik stood alone at … Continue reading
Aftermath of the Freaky Friday
The Hand of Fortune had little chance to dwell on their strange visit to the distant past and the world of Areth, original home of the Immortals, once they were returned to their own time and place. With the counter-coup against the rebel Crown Prince Laravad and his Vortex puppet-master still very much balanced on … Continue reading
Storm Clouds in the North: Coda (Freaky Friday)
Haplo Marikilo stood tightly wrapped in his cloak against the chill of the Kristala Va midnight air and looked apprehensively at his companions. King Laravad, usurper of the Tharkian throne, seemed in one of his manic moods, gleefully bouncing on the balls of his feet, his breath visible as excited puffs of white. His chief … Continue reading
Kicking the Hornet’s Nest
Thanks to Taeland’s knowledge of the enemy capital, along with judicious use of Mariala’sWallflower spell and Korwin’s concealing mists, the Hand had little trouble infiltrating Zhuran. The Nitarin Gate had deposited the group some 10 kilometers outside the city walls, in a dark grove of pine trees, as the autumn sun was sinking towards late … Continue reading
Aftermath of Blood and Treachery in Rekorgo
After escaping back up the hidden spiral stairway to the surface, Devrik carrying the body of Karina, the group found Erol and Jeb waiting for them. Grover was hunkered down across the Erol’s shoulders, while Cherdon perched nervously on the Jeb’s. The reason for the animals’ anxiety was immediately obvious – soaring up out of the Vale of … Continue reading
Blood and Treachery in Rekorgo
A full day of hiking, whilst keeping a wary watch out for patrolling gülvini, eventually wore the edge off the sense of immense awe that had shaken the Hand since their meeting with the powerful ice dragon Ulsarinas. As the sun sank below the shortened horizon of the mountains the group stopped near a sheltering … Continue reading
Danger in the Upper Airs
It was a subdued and shaken group that climbed up from the cursed valley of tragic, foolish Kalin and his beloved, doomed Narina. Although it was still cold in the high mountains, it was a pure and natural cold, completely unlike the evil chill of the vale of death behind them; the weather had cleared, and the … Continue reading
Valley of the Damned
Leaving the gül-Gramlini of Vabasht to deal with cleaning up their own affairs, the group set out early the next morning with their new companion for Rekorgo. They followed the deep forest trails that Taeland knew so well, and which he assured them had the best chance of bringing them, undetected, to the well-guarded colony. … Continue reading
Second Storm Interlude
Like his new acquaintances, Taeland was more than happy to leave the clean-up of the successful ambush and massacre of the invading gül-Hovgavui to their wronged, and very grateful, cousins. He set up his tent in their camp outside the colony, nearby but beyond the sights, sounds and smells of the Gramlini victory celebrations. Sitting … Continue reading