Icebound - Chapter 15
**Thunder Peaks, 1372 DR. 21st day of The Fading ~ Autumn Equinox.** The next morning, Aiden came to with a kink in his neck. His face felt strange as he sat up and he reached up with one hand to brush dry pine needles off. His legs and face were...
Icebound - Chapter 16
**Thunder Peaks, 1372 DR. 21st day of The Fading.** His feet were starting to get sore. He'd have thought that the last week or so of travel on foot would have toughened his feet at least somewhat, but that clearly wasn't the case. Over the last few...
Icebound - Chapter 14
**The North Ride, 1372 DR. 20th day of The Fading.** The ruins of the wagon train hadn't changed. The smell of death was heavy in the air, and he wrinkled his nose. Aiden looked over at Scruff, who was standing on the side of the road. Scruff turned...
Icebound - Chapter 1
**Shadowdale, 1372 DR. 6th day of Highsun.** "Hold the line! Don't let them get through!" bellowed Bran, Aiden's father. The townsfolk were running out of their houses, rapidly throwing on bits of armor and hastily grabbing weaponry. The brigands...
Icebound - Chapter 4
**Cormanthor Forest, 1372 DR. 26th day of Highsun.** Three weeks after the bandit raid, Aiden was out in the Cormanthor wood once again, hunting. He wanted to be alone this time and bid Scruff stay home. He went out much further this time than...
Icebound - Chapter 3
**Shadowdale, 1372 DR. 7th day of Highsun.** Aiden awoke with a splitting headache and an aching chest. As he lay there, eyes closed, it all came back to him in a flash, and he turned to his side. A shooting pain in his chest made him stop...
Icebound - Chapter 10
**Shadowdale, 1372 DR. 14th day of The Fading.** The next morning, his parents saw him off. The new rucksack he had was heavy with gear. He felt like a pack mule. Bran had given him directions on how to get down to Suzail, the capital of Cormyr....
Icebound - Chapter 8
**Shadowdale, 1372 DR. 3rd day of The Fading.** That evening Aiden lay in bed, gently petting Scruff on the back of the head. Everything that had happened in the past month was incredible, really. Mages throwing lightning bolts from the sky. Being...
Icebound - Chapter 6
**Cormanthor Forest, 1372 DR. 1st day of The Fading.** _The full moon bathed him in it's pale illumination from high overhead. The light of the stars high overhead twinkled in the night sky. Everything else around was dark, and he could not see...
Icebound - Chapter 2
**Shadowdale, 1372 DR. 6th day of Highsun.** Aiden jerked his head up to see the flying wizard raise his staff, causing another lightning bolt to strike the ground below. Aiden had no idea how long he had been sitting there with Norin, but it was...