370 days until the Arkon Shield falls
Esteemed guildmaster,
The team we dispatched to the unique dungeon has reported back, and their report has been most interesting...
It seems that during their mission, the Hortown team encountered a represe...
2021-12-28 03:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe fighters spread out into the basement in silence. Flowing around us, they placed themselves along the walls and blocked the other entrances.
“There’s forty of them,” Giselle said tersely. Her hands were on her warhammer, but she hadn...
2021-12-28 02:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostIt did not take long for the battle to draw to its inevitable conclusion.
After my own part was done, I slid down to the floor, leaving the mopping up to Tara and the others. The village hall was cleared, and the first step—and perhaps most ch...
2021-12-27 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe entire infiltration force was in the corridor. Tara must have summoned all the scouts waiting on the roof to help clear the second.
At the moment, most were gathered at the far end of the corridor, and I assumed they had been tasked with kee...
2021-12-27 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostIgnoring everything else in the room, I laid a hand on the boy’s shoulder and began mending the damage. Healing energy surged into him, closing wounds and fixing swollen muscles.
I had not missed the dead form of the thug leader in my earlier ...
2021-12-26 03:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostAsh was resting on Kenny’s open palm.
The scout had removed my familiar from his pocket, and I could only assume that it was because they were safe and alone. I willed my familiar slightly aloft to see beyond the scout.
Kenny and his com...
2021-12-26 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostIt took us longer to pack and ferry all the zelium ingots across the moat than it had to clear the dungeon. But once we were done, we exited the dungeon swiftly. We left the ore with the scouts, along with instructions to escort it back to Sierra come...
2021-12-25 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostShortly thereafter, the first of the two hostile elementals died.
The second was not long for living either. Its flaming form, reduced to cinders, swayed unsteadily within the circle the party formed around it. Stepping forward, Lance and Tara r...
2021-12-25 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostFor a moment, I held still, studying the water anew. There was no change, nothing that heralded the approach of an angry, hostile serpent. They aren’t here, I assured myself. Pushing into the moat, I swam strongly, my every sense extended a...
2021-12-24 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostIt took a while but eventually, I managed to convince the others of the wisdom of my idea. It was complicated and would further strain the timing and execution of our battle plan, but crucially, it would bolster our forces. For that reason alone, Petr...
2021-12-24 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostChief Zel Foghorn,
Sir, Commander Zumen’s squad is late checking in. I am sure your son is fine, but I have sent a patrol to the red dungeon to check on him.
—Captain Grul Firespawn.
After Tara’s pron...
2021-12-23 03:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostWe marched out of the village in dressed ranks and set out northeast. In contrast to the last expedition I’d been on, we made good time. Both the foothills and grasslands were easier to traverse than the forest, and this time we were unburdened by c...
2021-12-23 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostIt felt that no sooner had I placed my head on the pillow than my sleep was disturbed.
An insect was buzzing over me. Not opening my eyes, I brushed at it. It refused to budge. “Go away,” I slurred, waving my hands ineffectually.
If an...
2021-12-22 03:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostI swung open the door of my cabin and, to my surprise, found something waiting for me on the threshold. It was a crate filled with equipment. Leaning down, I riffled through the contents.
It was stuff I’d ordered from the crafters. That wa...
2021-12-22 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostI left the temple still dazed by the implications of Aurora’s last words. Had she been trying to warn me? I wondered. And if so, of what?
I had known the Trials was a part of me, yet the idea of it listening in on my every thought was disturbi...
2021-12-21 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post“We cannot win this fight,” I said when the room had been cleared.
The old lady studied me for a moment. She didn’t dispute my words, but nor did she give any hint that she agreed with me. “Tell me why. I’m listening.”
I resume...
2021-12-21 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostHigh Shaman,
I share your concern about the human Jameson Sinclair and have exhorted my men to greater effort in finding him.
I am writing to you, however, on another disturbing matter. Shaman Jhaven has detected svar...
2021-12-20 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post8 hours until Dungeon Purge
We traversed the dungeon in reverse, slipping past disarmed traps and dead creature champions. As we walked, I mused over the dungeon dive. The hidden dungeon hadn’t been what I expected, and it had differed vastly ...
2021-12-20 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post8 hours until Dungeon Purge
This time, the winged horror did not immediately launch into an attacking dive. Taking up position above the party, it glared down at us.
You have forged life magic conduits to the players Jain, Liyanda,...
2021-12-19 03:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post9 hours until Dungeon Purge
There is an old saying. A dragon’s fire is nearly as deadly as the dragon itself. Truer words have never been spoken.
—Anonymous player.
There were three traps, not one.
The fir...
2021-12-19 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post11 hours until Dungeon Purge
I whistled appreciatively at the horror’s rank. The strength of our foes was advancing rapidly with each encounter. Another thing to worry about. If this kept up, soon we’d face a Veteran creature champi...
2021-12-18 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post15 hours until Dungeon Purge
Cedric scowled as he saw me approach. “What do you want? Come to gloat?”
I shook my head. “No, I just want to talk.”
“About?”
“Magic.”
Cedric snorted. “So you did co...
2021-12-18 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post21 hours until Dungeon Purge
Chief Zel Foghorn,
I appreciate the updates, but why haven’t I heard back from you about the human? He is in your quadrant, I am sure of it. Don’t disappoint me.
—High Shaman O...
2021-12-17 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post22 hours until Dungeon Purge
Even with my line of sight half-obscured, I couldn’t miss the creature standing stock-still in the center of the chamber.
The thing was roughly humanoid in shape. Each of its limbs was formed from thick ropy ...
2021-12-17 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post24 hours until Dungeon Purge
It is done, Mother. The die is cast, and matters are out of our hands now. Elders help us all.
—Administrator Nexus.
Transfer completed.
The moment I entered the...
2021-12-16 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostI watched the two scouts until they vanished from sight before moving to rejoin the others.
“Where are they going?” Jain asked.
“Leaving,” I answered laconically.
He eyed me for a moment but didn’t inquire further.
As...
2021-12-16 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostHigh Shaman,
You will be delighted to hear that my men have captured a group of humans with information on the whereabouts of a hidden dungeon. I’m sending them north for further questioning.
—Chief Zel Foghorn. 2021-12-15 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
No creature may more truly mimic another than a dragon.
—Anonymous player.
Much to my surprise, the four did not jump at the chance I offered. Instead, they drew together in a huddle in the center of the cage and whispe...
2021-12-15 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostLog report: Deep scan completed. Subroutine aligned with prime directive. Reinitiating Ashara Awakening… initiation successful.
—Trials Log Entry #232,129, 490,298.
The camp was a mess, or most of it was. Despite the ...
2021-12-14 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe plan was risky, but Thornton didn’t object to it, by which I took to mean it had merit. It took only a few minutes to put the plan in play.
Weaving erratically, I approached the campfire from the north. Thornton and Cass had told me that o...
2021-12-14 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post