Cathedral - Kreet 70
When the morning came, Kallid was sleeping beside her and the pile was less roomy than it had been. She kicked him off it. He woke up groggily and she handed him one of the blankets from under her. "Bed for you. This is my pile." Kallid turned...
Progress - Kreet 69
"No, it was just the Bishop of Pelor. But I think it went well. She said she would speak to the King about it. I'm hopeful!" The Baby Dragon Inn's tavern was full, even this late at night. It seemed to be slowly becoming something more than a run-down...
The Tail End - Kreet 68
Inwardly Kreet breathed a sigh of relief. She had been spared telling the Bishop about her encounter with Eilistraee. Though she knew the dark goddess was not directly an enemy of Pelor, it was not at all likely that Bishop Wynda would agree. And she...
Bishop - Kreet 66
The gate opened and the guard stepped aside as Kreet and Kallid entered the Palace grounds hand-in-hand. "Follow me," Avelyn said tersely. "And don't step out of line. Half of the people here think you're animals, and the other half monsters of...
The Resurrection Stone - Kreet 67
"Tell me about yourself then, Kreet. How did you come to find yourself living in the slums of the Royal City? No, I'm really very interested. How does a kobold become a Cleric of Pelor, and then end up here?" So Kreet began to tell the Bishop the...
Mob - (Kreet - 65)
"Is it true? You ran the Band out of the neighborhood?" "Out of existence, I heard!" The barroom was packed that night. It had been a week since the Band had stopped patrolling the streets, though she didn't advertise that it had been her...
Interlude (Kreet - 64)
"So they just let you go?" asked Marge, incredulous. "That doesn't sound like the Band at all!" "The head guy - some cleric named Avelyn - thinks we'll come begging for them to come back. For now he agreed to stay out of the slums." "WHAT? The...
Crushed (Kreet - 63)
"You're sure you want to do this Sig?" Kreet whispered to her friend. "You don't have to." Sigmundurr patted her head. "You keep your spells out of this and let old Sigmundurr have some fun." "Where's your hammer, fat man?" Jake taunted when...
Kallid - (Kreet 87)
Kallid awoke surrounded by his children. It was the third day he'd spent without Kreet and the constriction in his chest hit just as hard as on the first. He'd spent two days thinking about what he should do. Wherever she was, she would be trying to...
Brothers - (Kreet 86)
Anguish and despair rolled over her like a tangible wave of coldness. She shivered underneath them far more than the simple coolness of the air around her. How long she stayed lost in that oblivion she didn't know. But eventually she recognized that...
Epilogue (Kreet 85)
By the time the bucket brigade actually got going, the Inn was gone, as was the attached stables. Their main task was simply to keep the fire from spreading and they accomplished that task so the blaze was confined to just those two businesses. It was...
The End (Kreet 84)
Kreet awoke to shouts of "Fire!" from the hallway and already knew it was bad. The smell of smoke was heavy and her head didn't feel right. Kallid was slow to wake up as well but she got him moving quickly. He threw open the window while Kreet checked...