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Ernodal nodded softly to himself as he completed a final circuit of the room while counting the ring of spears. Satisfied that everything was ready he paused to lay his palm on the crude granite block at the head of the circle. “Don’t go getting a big head. This isn’t all about you. Oh I…

Greeting stranger. The name’s Pete – Scurvy Pete. But please, no need for formalities. You can just call me “Scurvy”. Take a seat stranger. Share some grog. Did you know that I wasn’t always “Scurvy Pete”? No, that’s not the name my parents gave me. I was once “Peter Longfellow”. Peter Longfellow was a merchant.…

“I’m going to go check on the guards!” Camelot stood and exclaimed. Some of the other council members looked up. “You’re going to go start training them?” Clink asked. “Oh uh yes, yes” the dwarf nodded. “The Pretorian Guard.” “Good. You should teach them that move. You know – the spinning one.” “Definitely.” Camelot scurried…

Pomu clutched the rake more tightly as he picked his way through the woodland. The nights silence was vast and almost taunt him as he snuck through the trees. It was inviting his mistakes. He quivered silently as he held his breath, placing each foot carefully. Waiting. Testing his footing before committing. With each step…

Congratulations on your appointments all, Hellhest welcomes you. As dictated by the Kaiser, you are all granted the titles of Baron or Baroness under the peerage of Numburg. This is a slightly unusual situation I must admit, as we typically have had a ruling family rather than a .. erm.. band of… Ahem. Regardless, in…

Huddled on the deck of the airship, the grey clouds rolling beneath you, the capital was still a days flight away. Teach pulled up a stool and passed around this hipflask. Somewhere in the hold below, clink toss and turned in the sweat soaked blankets. Irdizavonax cleared his through and began to speak. Key pints:…

2232 5th Spring Conan, You won’t believe it barbarian, but I’m writing from atop a monastery, its literally shrouded in actual mystical mists and I can hear the clacking of the staff kata below me in the training yard. Its almost straight from one of your books, has a few bald headed fighting monks and…

Namburg, the shattered city. The face of the city has changed profoundly in the last few weeks:  the great colossus has left smoldering crater, hundreds of meters wide, opening into the badly damaged sewer system. Guards are posted 24/7 now around the perimeter to protect the citizens from the subterranean monstrosities that intermittently emerge. Sometimes…

“You are permitted in time of great danger to walk with the devil until you have crossed the bridge.” ― Balkan proverb The lone traveller was making Gunther nervous. They were far from any town or village worthy of a proper name and the local hunters were the only group who spent any time in these hills.…

Sitting at the bow of the ship sharing the first watch, the moons in the sky sank slowly, Throkk and Deruzz gazed upwards sharing a tankard.  It always refilled and the thick beer was growing on Throkk.  “Needs some blood” muttered Throkk.  Deruzz leaned across and took the tankard as a distant gull cried out…