The slavers wheeled my cage next to the children's pens. Through the iron bars, I watched the healer, Harke, move methodically among the young captives. The thin man would pause before each child, eyes unfocused for a moment, before checking them o...
2025-02-25 21:37:58 +0000 UTC View PostThe cart jerked and swayed beneath me, each bump sending metallic clangs through my cage. I'd managed to work free of that cursed net, but these thick iron bars proved far more stubborn. Even with my considerable strength, they refused to bend.
Four...
2025-02-25 21:36:44 +0000 UTC View PostI sat among the carnage, my mechanical body creaking as I assessed the damage. The dwarf's axe had nearly split my chest plate in two. Several of my legs hung askew, their vine bindings severed. The arrow still protruded from my face, sending waves of ag...
2025-02-25 21:34:40 +0000 UTC View PostThe days blurred together as I marched across the wasteland. My mechanical legs never tired, though they occasionally needed adjustment when dirt and grime worked into the joints. The familiar rat-dogs and worms proved little challenge now. Despite the a...
2025-02-25 21:31:37 +0000 UTC View PostAs the sun continued its morning rise, I spotted something peculiar. In the distance to the north, I spotted large, floating objects in the sky. I focused on the distant sight and realized that they were chunks of earth and stone that had somehow taken fl...
2025-02-25 21:30:16 +0000 UTC View PostCountless hours passed as I dragged myself through the rocky dirt towards my destination which was far to the west. Over and over the cane’s tip dug into the earth, over and over did I use it to pull myself across the ground. Once or twice some shar...
2025-02-25 21:28:35 +0000 UTC View PostName: Unnamed
Level: 2
Species: Dirtborn [MONSTER]
Gender: N/A
Age: 0 2025-02-25 21:27:16 +0000 UTC View Post
My fingers gripped the shaft of the cane tighter as I locked eyes with the beast. A low growl began to emanate from its throat. It lowered its head as its lips snarled up to reveal rows of jagged, sharp teeth. Before I could react to this obvious show of ...
2025-02-25 21:25:14 +0000 UTC View PostI was on my back, staring up into the night sky. My throat was hoarse, worn down from all the screaming. My panic had now gone making way for a sort of tense, distraught calmness.
What the hell happened to me?
I lifted my head and looked down at what was left ...
2025-02-25 21:23:54 +0000 UTC View PostDarkness was all around me. From every angle I was stifled, an infinite weight pressing on all sides. Movement was impossible, though I still tried. My awakening existence demanded that I move, yet the all-encompassing tightness imprisoning me prevented i...
2025-02-25 21:22:03 +0000 UTC View PostMarch
I watched the vast sea of troops marching east from atop my vantage point on the hillside. It was a glorious sight. Two and a half million men strong, all of them marching under different banners and colors. Yet despite their differences, these disparate factions were...
2025-02-25 21:19:53 +0000 UTC View Post