Argrave hadn’t spoken to Galamon much at all since Garm was lost to them. Argrave couldn’t deny he was upset Galamon had gone behind his back so blatantly. They sat cross-legged amidst the sand dunes, the night sky above. The chill of winter had set in; they were well into the heart of the co...
2022-07-19 07:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostArgrave laid his head back against the pillow, blinking rapidly. The Alchemist’s finger curled inwards, stashing away the Unsullied Knife.
Eye replacement surgery had to be one of the most unpleasant operations imaginable, doubly so because the Alchemist was an unfeeling bastard who made ...
2022-07-17 07:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostArgrave and Anneliese talked for a long while before Argrave’s hunger started to eat at him, and they elected to return. On the way back, Argrave’s Brumesingers greeted him, climbing all over him like a friend sorely missed. Argrave could almost feel their worry for him.
Their fur was g...
2022-07-16 07:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post“Argrave,” Anneliese called out, short of breath.
Argrave turned his head from where he sat beside the great willow tree hanging off the ledge. With the unending plain of clouds before him, it appeared like the end of the earth stretched before him. The suns were setting, hueing the whi...
2022-07-14 07:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post“Set aside this fight, for now. Let me ask you a question,” Durran hefted his glaive, pointing it at Garm. “Say you prevail. What next?”
“I’ll work at regaining the power I had,” Garm answered at once.
Durran lowered the glaive. “You see, I’ve noticed a little proble...
2022-07-12 07:01:04 +0000 UTC View PostGarm knelt down and picked a black rose from the endless field. He held it up to his face, twirling it about with his fingers. The black petals began to twitch… and then exploded outwards as a mass of flesh.
Opposite Garm, Durran panicked and jumped back at the unexpected sight. Garm coul...
2022-07-10 07:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostArgrave blinked open his eyes. As he stared at the bloodstained purple blanket before him, mind blank, it took a few seconds to realize he’d just woken up. And not in pain, too—the aching was there, still, but hollower. He was used to being woken up by spikes of pain, so it was a welcome feel...
2022-07-09 07:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostRinging metal echoed through the obsidian abode of the Alchemist. Galamon took slow, heavy steps, eyes glancing around everywhere. He followed a trail of purple lights, though he didn’t seem to trust them completely. The uniform hallways and sterile atmosphere of the place seemed to disquiet hi...
2022-07-07 07:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Garm mouthed off to the Alchemist?” Argrave questioned while rubbing his chest, taking deliberate and heavy breaths. Anneliese had placed some accommodations in the room—the end of the bed had a chair to accommodate Argrave’s dangling feet, and she had placed a large couch just beside th...
2022-07-05 07:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostArgrave laid in bed, staring up at the bronze hand mirror he’d once so loathed owning.
Traits: [Tall], [Black Blooded], [Intelligent], [Magic Affinity (High)], [Insomniac], [Blessing of Supersession (MAX)]
Skills: [Elemental Magic (C) {LOCKED}], [Blood Magic (C) {LOCKED}], [Healing ...
2022-07-03 07:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostAnneliese stepped through the bizarre palace of the Alchemist, following the purple lights that shone without an obvious source, guiding her through the castle. Typically, her eyes wandered at times like these, consumed with curiosity, but she was led forward now with a single-minded purpose.
... 2022-07-02 07:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostArgrave recalled that he had once complained in an online forum about ‘fade to black’ cutscenes in video games. The screen would go dark, and then someone would narrate what had happened. ‘It’s lazy,’ he recalled writing. ‘Devs didn’t want to animate a surgery.’ Argrave was sure h...
2022-06-30 07:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe Alchemist living beneath the hot sands of the Burnt Desert was nowhere near as insignificant as his name implied. The master of this obsidian castle was not merely a practitioner of alchemy. He embodied it. Literally.
His body was alchemy manifest.
The principle of alchemy—fanta...
2022-06-28 07:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post“Keep watch on Durran,” Argrave spoke to Anneliese and Galamon. “I told you before he’d be a good ally, but… he’s volunteering to carry Garm, he’s following us without reason… my scheme senses are tingling.”
“I was going to tell you,” Anneliese nodded. “I picked up t...
2022-06-26 07:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post“You want to give us a ride?” Argrave questioned Durran.
“I do,” Durran nodded, spinning his wyvern scale helmet about in his hands. Up close, the armor was quite impressive—a coat of gray lamellar wyvern scales stretching down to the knees, held together with studs of what looked...
2022-06-25 07:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post“When you said you had something to show me…” Durran trailed off, then looked to Argrave. “This is one of the last things I expected. You’re…”
“Not a necromancer, no,” Argrave shook his head. “He is, though. And he wishes to speak with you.”
Durran stared down at...
2022-06-23 07:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post“You,” growled Durran. “All of you. Before the battle is even finished, you devolve into base vultures. You pick at a carcass still warm, still pumping blood.” He looked about the crowd. “You paint me as a monster with the direction of some snake merchant, who puts forth his own claim t...
2022-06-21 07:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostIn the alleyways of Sethia, someone crawled away on their knees, veritably pulling themselves forward using the walls. They pushed aside rubble, heaving, then eventually collapsed against a building, breathless.
“Haah… haah,” the man breathed. Covered in grime, dust, and sand, the man...
2022-06-19 07:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post“The dangerous thing about Brium is…” Argrave trailed off as he stared out over the city of Sethia, standing atop the mound of sand that had been built by the Sand Courser.
Argrave had chosen what he thought was the ‘right thing.’ He’d endeavored to liberate the city from the ha...
2022-06-18 07:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostArgrave grabbed a silver handle from a shelf, pulling free a black box. It was large, and he was unprepared for the weight—Anneliese put her hand beneath it to stop Argrave from dropping it. They lowered it to the ground together. It was a black cube chest with a silver locking mechanism.
Argrave had been preparing for—and loathing—the possibility of a confrontation with the Lord of Silver, Quarrus.
One of Quarrus’ attacks had been sufficient to completely destroy a B-rank ward, and even left a hole in the silver wall beyond it. Argrave was confident in his enchanted a...
2022-06-14 07:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostArgent was a decadent place. The walls and floor were all made of silver, polished so as to reflect that within its walls. Just about everything else was an imperial purple—furniture, carpets, and curtains all. These decorations had gemstones, furthering the beauty of the place. It was truly a ...
2022-06-12 07:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostBrium stared down at the area beyond the walls of his tower, Cyprus, pushing a curtain aside to look through the barred window. There was a great abundance of people behind him—most of them were ordinary humans, while two were Vessels. They were all armed for war. The Vessels were in their liqu...
2022-06-11 07:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostArgrave’s hand emerged from a still body of water, grasping onto a sandy beach. The sand fell away, and he fell back in. A second later, his hand came back up, and he used his elbow to raise himself up out of the water.
“Christ,” he gasped, water dripping off his face. “Cold. Didn...
2022-06-09 07:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post“Why did you lie to me?” Durran demanded, holding his glaive to Titus’ neck. The blade was made of a black bone, yet still ridiculously sharp. The man sat across from him, passively, with complete ambivalence to the situation.
“Because it was easier,” said Titus.
“Easier?...
2022-06-07 07:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostMistress Crislia, the Lord of Gold. Though Argrave was embarrassed by his lack of knowledge of Titus, he knew plenty of the Mistress of Aurum, the golden tower on the outside of Sethia. The knowledge came from that of an enemy, though—the player could only ever collaborate with Cyprus, and Auru...
2022-06-05 07:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostDurran stepped into a hovel on the edge of Sethia, leaning against his glaive. Once he passed the barrier, he shut the rickety wooden door behind him. He stood there, breathing heavily, almost as though wounded.
“Did you—” a man’s voice called out, and then the sound of plate boots ...
2022-06-04 07:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostArgrave, without much option, took Durran to an establishment that he knew had private rooms for eating. Some Vessels ran the place, but they worked for Aurum, so Brium would likely never find out about them. Even still, ever cautious, Argrave had warded their conversation.
Of all the chara...
2022-06-02 07:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostElias stared out into the distance, where the looming walls of Elbraille were not even visible in the all-consuming darkness. He and Stain sat in their carriage, moving through the night and towards the city. Their cavalry marched quietly towards the gates of the city, but there was a somber air ...
2022-05-31 07:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostFlorimund held a pure white—likely ivory—chisel in his right hand, a hammer in the left. He turned them about in his hand, inspecting them for any flaws or deficiencies. The other warriors looked over his shoulder, leaning atop him to see the thing better.
They sat cross-legged on the f...
2022-05-29 07:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post