51 - Quest Impossible
Ulric pushed the narrow and packed boat under the cover of darkness through the narrow canal at the side of the estate with the help of a pole, until Elzbieta put up her hand. '_This is halfway._' she said over the familiar link to keep silent and...
Meeting the New Enemy ch 06
As they feared, a few of the Eshe were returning to the ship while the rest were moving towards the field with sheep at the earliest light. 'What can we do now?' asked Naylee. 'Move as fast as we can.' said Rafe. 'You and Tashee are the...
Meeting the New Enemy ch 07
Rafe woke everyone up as soon as the first light appeared in the sky. The little food that was left over from the evening was quickly divided among everyone and eaten. Tashee and K'Kess led the march again to the beach where the Eshe boat had probably...
101 - In and Out
Syminar coughed and waved away the dust from the cave-in, although it didn't help much. A single torch barely lit the narrow tunnel where she lay on the floor, and a groan explained the warm and heavy weight on top of her. 'Kilmin? Are you all...
09 - Ants Attack
Tensions ran high while anyone capable moved firewood, barrels of natural oil and grease, furniture, books, and even all the clothes they could spare to the treeline surrounding the village while the newly arrived Ant army reinforced the units just...
109 - Bears Trap
The inn with a stable at the rear stood at another smaller square closer to the edge of town. The exterior hadn't seen a refreshing touch up ever since it had been built, and anything once white had become dull shades of grey and anything straight had...
108 - Forging Plans
The sun shone its first rays over the horizon when Syminar and Kilmin caught sight of the minotaur camp that had been set up outside the mine. They were welcomed with surprised looks of seeing them alive, and cheerful quips at their state of undress....
103 - Small and Large Troubles
High, natural columns of rock appeared more often days later throughout the dense forest the party travelled through. Conchim and Yingshien landed at the camp after they explored the route ahead, just in time for the meal. 'The trees are gradually...
105 - Break on Through
Handil concentrated on the sense of the summoning and not so much on the spell itself, as she had learned from Valdys. During the time Valdys learned the various kinds of magic, she had discovered that the spell was the technical part, and if she...
106 - Meet the Feiju
'Girls!' Ulric barked out loud when the sudden image of all his loved ones and friends calling out to him startled him from his dizzy spell. He shook his head to clear the last fog from his senses, and thought back to what happened while he almost...
107 - Unlucky, or Not?
After a thorough sweep of the troll camp, the whole party joined the feiju in a small celebration of the victory over the trolls. The meal consisted of every kind of fruit, root, and edible leaf and flower that grew in the forests and on the meadows,...
104 - No Time for Trolls
Raras was the first of the trolls to wake up, and discover he and his companions Sitas and Guras lay on their fat guts on the ground, their feet tied together with their wrists behind their backs like no troll had ever voluntarily placed them. He...