3. Forging a Bond
Jake raises the fox costume reluctantly and hangs it on the rack where he had found it. The desire to keep holding it, feeling its fur, and being chilled by its energy makes it nearly impossible to let it go. His hands are shaking with incredible...
9. Magic
Jake finishes chewing as he looks up to the Calmar as the mage looks between his two pupils. "Mana," Calmar intones, "is the lifeblood of magic. An energy that permeates everything around us." He lifts a hand into the air and pinches his fingers...
1. An Ordinary Life
"Mana is returning." The deep, malevolent, powerful voice of the Ghoul King says softly. The echoes of the statement cause the cavernous space to shake. All those present, those that will lead the invasion, keep their heads bowed. As the...
5. Consequences
Relief floods over Jake as she steps through the door and enters the cozy study; the anchor's still working! "Place her down gently, there is fine." Comes Calmar's voice, full of assertive urgency as his figure approaches swiftly with a...
2. Finding Winter
Jake lounges in the study watching the fire as the wood seems to burn without actually being burned. His fingers idly trail along the spine of an ancient tome on circular coffee table. His eyes go back to the title on its spine, the characters...
4. A First Encounter
Jake's vision comes unfocused, as if in a dense haze. Calmar's saying something, he's sitting in a chair. His lips are moving, but the words are muffled, as though Jake is hearing them through a layer of thick cotton as Jake's mind comes into...
8. Mirrored Awakening
Ghoul King Hrashkar moves a finger as the silhouette of the figure before him puffs into dust that falls silently to the ground as the grotesque being rumbles, “You have failed." Another figure approaches the thrown slowly, crawling prostrate,...
11. Reflections
Quickly filing into Sévérine's abode, Jake's strong nose picks up the scent of ancient parchment and dust in the air. No books are visible in the room, though, save for an old well-worn tome on a simple wooden table with four chairs around it. Two...
10. Momentum's Fury
The late afternoon sun spills its last golden rays over a landscape marred by destruction, casting long, haunting shadows amidst the desolation. Kendra, as Zoe, feels the crunch of broken concrete underfoot as she passes the edge where the destruction...
6. New Ally
Kendra follows Calmar to the door she was being pulled toward. As he enters the darkened room, he mutters some sounds, and the room lights up as the candelabras along the walls come alight. Looking suspiciously to the older man who gestures her...
7. An End to the Beginning
Jake becomes alert as she hears a sound from the other room. She blinks a few times as she feels her body under her control again; Winter has given full control back to Jake. \<Thanks for letting me recover Winter.\> Calmar gets up and...