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Race: Saurian
Bloodline Powers: Improved Strength, Rending, Firebreath
Greater Mysteries: Fire (Noble) 4, Wind (Noble) 2, Sound (Advanced) 1
Lesser Mysteries: Heat 4, Oxygen 4, Embers 4, Pressure 4, Current/Flow 4
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Nothing much came of Jamise’s bluster. Despite the city’s best efforts, the perpetrators and reasons for the attack remained a mystery. In the following four weeks, he bare...
2022-08-25 17:48:12 +0000 UTC View Post“Look Kat,” Michelle chirped excitedly, passing a smartglass tablet to her. “I managed to figure out all of that calculus stuff you were teaching me last year. In fact, I’ve got some of the highest grades in my class!”
She looked over her sister’s practice problems, unable to mute the younger girl’s enthusiasm by pointing out that the other kids in her class would be too fearful to score better than a shareholder’s relative. Michelle had changed schools...
2022-08-16 22:19:41 +0000 UTC View Post- - - - -
Race: Saurian
Bloodline Powers: Improved Strength, Rending, Firebreath
Greater Mysteries: Fire (Noble) 4, Wind (Noble) 2, Sound (Advanced) 1
Lesser Mysteries: Heat 4, Oxygen 4, Embers 4, Pressure 4, Current/Flow 4
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“Lizard”
The world practically dripped with contempt. Jamise hadn’t gotten down from his horse, his face a thundercloud of anger and distaste as he glared at the traveler...
2022-08-12 06:22:16 +0000 UTC View PostAliens milled back and forth, talking and checking out wares at the small stores filling the inside of the adventurer’s hall. Dorrik stood just behind her, silent as a pillar as Kat looked through the stack of scrolls on the counter in front of her.
The shopkeeper, a green amphibious quadruped, sat on a couch, keeping a close watch on Kat with one eyestalk while the other blinked slowly. Quietly, she looked through the stone plaques in front of the creature’s wares befor...
2022-08-04 05:18:52 +0000 UTC View Post- - - - -
Race: Saurian
Bloodline Powers: Improved Strength, Rending, Firebreath
Greater Mysteries: Fire (Noble) 4, Wind (Noble) 2, Sound (Advanced) 1
Lesser Mysteries: Heat 4, Oxygen 4, Embers 4, Pressure 4, Current/Flow 4
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The journey to Kaddrasall had been eerie and eye opening. Matthus, the merchant sent to handle the trade, was cheerful and talkative, but even his constant chatter couldn’t cover u...
2022-07-25 16:01:15 +0000 UTC View PostThe jet engine roared, sending another rattle through its fuselage as it fought its way through turbulence. Kat’s smartpanel pinged underneath her infiltration suit, indicating that their plane had reached the predetermined coordinates.
She looked over to Whip, nodding once at the faceless form of the other woman’s suit. Whippoorwill nodded back, and Kat took a breath to steady herself before reaching down to grip the red lever that would open the door built into the pla...
2022-07-20 06:20:45 +0000 UTC View Post- - - - -
Race: Saurian
Bloodline Powers: Improved Strength, Rending, Firebreath
Greater Mysteries: Fire (Noble) 4, Wind (Noble) 2, Sound (Advanced) 1
Lesser Mysteries: Heat 4, Oxygen 4, Embers 4, Pressure 4, Current/Flow 4
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Air blasted out of the bellows and into the forge. Almost instinctively, Sam tweaked its oxygen balance ensuring that that coke flared with life. White light flashed as the fire burn...
2022-06-29 15:37:07 +0000 UTC View PostKat opened her eyes. Light filtered into her room. It wasn’t sunlight, she was too deep in the bowels of the research facility for that, but it might as well have been. Recorded bird song chirped from speakers hidden around the room
She stretched, sheets whispering across her body as contorted herself, arms pressing into the headboard of her massive bed before she let her body relax. For a couple of seconds, she stared up at the ceiling. Then, after blowi...
2022-06-27 17:27:44 +0000 UTC View Post- - - - -
Race: Saurian
Bloodline Powers: Improved Strength, Rending, Firebreath
Greater Mysteries: Fire (Noble) 4, Wind (Noble) 2
Lesser Mysteries: Heat 4, Oxygen 4, Embers 4, Pressure 4, Current/Flow 4
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Pothas strode past Samazzar, a massive smile on his face as he walked into the center of his office. What looked like a stone coffin, twice the wind master’s size, stood in front of his desk. Sp...
2022-06-23 18:21:56 +0000 UTC View PostKaleek took a sip from the water bottle, reaching up with one mangy arm to wipe the excess moisture from his face as he passed it to Kat. She nodded gratefully before tipping her head back and squirting its contents into her mouth.
The water was warm and tasted vaguely like iron, making Kat immediately think of blood. Despite the flavor, she swallowed the mouthful, grimacing as she passed the bottle back to Dorrik. They nodded, capping the bottle before slipping it bac...
2022-06-19 16:49:23 +0000 UTC View Post- - - - -
Race: Saurian
Bloodline Powers: Improved Strength, Rending, Firebreath
Greater Mysteries: Fire (Noble) 4, Wind (Noble) 2
Lesser Mysteries: Heat 4, Oxygen 4, Embers 4, Pressure 4, Current/Flow 4
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“Already you’ve learned the second level of wind!” Pothas exclaimed happily, clapping his hands together. “I knew you were amongst the called but this is something else entirely. Certainly...
2022-06-15 07:57:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe flickering rainbow lights of the dungeon portal faded away, depositing Kat in a stone room with three exits. A half second later, Kaleek appeared behind her in a flash of multihued light.
She frowned, walking up to where Dorrik stood, one of their upper arms stroking their chin thoughtfully while contemplating the three wooden doors. They stood for a moment in silence until Kaleek ambled up to join them.
“There aren’t supposed to be three doors,” he said conv...
2022-06-14 04:06:19 +0000 UTC View PostTree bark and dust pattered down on Kat like unwelcome rain. She grunted slamming one of her climbing pitons into the side of the tree before glaring upward at Kaleek. The big otter was clinging to the side of the trunk with an ease and agility that seemed to ignore both his size and the heavy steel armor that covered him from neck to ankle.
He clambered down toward Kat, tearing another wave of moist wood from the tree. She ducked her head to the side at the last secon...
2022-06-13 17:59:47 +0000 UTC View Post- - - - -
Race: Saurian
Bloodline Powers: Improved Strength, Rending, Firebreath
Greater Mysteries: Fire (Noble) 4, Wind (Noble) 2
Lesser Mysteries: Heat 4, Oxygen 4, Embers 4, Pressure 4, Current/Flow 4
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Sam’s backpack landed on his bed with a muffled thump. A second later, the Saurian joined it, plopping down onto the cushioned cloth and slumping backward. Above him, the wooden frame of the upp...
2022-06-10 17:32:45 +0000 UTC View PostIt's been a while since I posted a general upda
2022-06-07 17:51:59 +0000 UTC View PostThe helicopter didn’t even come to rest. Instead, Kat slammed the door open, wind whipping at her stylish skirt as she hastily cast Levitation on herself. Somewhere behind her, Heather was shouting, but Kat didn’t pay her any mind.
She kicked off of the metal floor of the helicopter, sailing through open space for a second or so before landing in a roll inside the penthouse. There were still some hints of fire clinging to the rooms wood paneling, but the force of t...
2022-06-07 17:41:46 +0000 UTC View Post- - - - -
Race: Saurian
Bloodline Powers: Strength, Rending, Emberbreath
Greater Mysteries: Fire (Noble) 4, Wind (Noble) 2
Lesser Mysteries: Heat 4, Oxygen 4, Embers 4, Pressure 4, Current/Flow 4
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“It’s out of range,” Samazzar whispered, opening his eyes. “We have to move now.”
He stood up, the glistening obsidian trunk of one of the strange trees within easy reach. On either side o...
2022-05-31 15:40:38 +0000 UTC View Post“Are you sure that the reservations are in order?” Kat asked, nervously smoothing an imaginary wrinkle in her knee length skirt. “Maybe we should call again to make sure that the restaurant has everything it needs? I don’t want there to be a last second issue with the security detail or a food allergy-”
“Shush,” Emma replied, placing a hand on the top of Kat’s head to hold her still as she applied a sponge to one of her cheeks. “Heather has checked th...
2022-05-28 18:26:43 +0000 UTC View Post- - - - -
Race: Saurian
Bloodline Powers: Strength, Rending, Emberbreath
Greater Mysteries: Fire (Noble) 3, Wind (Noble) 2
Lesser Mysteries: Heat 4, Oxygen 4, Embers 4, Pressure 4, Current/Flow 4
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Samazzar took a deep breath. The air had a chemical scent to it, like he was sniffing freshly treated glass or drying paint. Still, that was infinitely better than the usual fumes that wafted up through t...
2022-05-25 16:58:04 +0000 UTC View Post- - - - -
Race: Saurian
Bloodline Powers: Strength, Rending, Emberbreath
Greater Mysteries: Fire (Noble) 3, Wind (Noble) 2
Lesser Mysteries: Heat 4, Oxygen 4, Embers 4, Pressure 4, Current/Flow 4
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Adam Joosen slid into the table across from Samazzar, a worried look on his face. The saurian picked up a heavy wooden mug, cocking his head slightly to the side as he brought the glass to his muzzle to take a ...
2022-05-24 01:52:20 +0000 UTC View Post- - - - -
Race: Saurian
Bloodline Powers: Strength, Rending, Emberbreath
Greater Mysteries: Fire (Noble) 3, Wind (Noble) 1
Lesser Mysteries: Heat 4, Oxygen 4, Embers 4, Pressure 4, Current/Flow 4
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Samazzar let his eyes close, instead turning to his mastery of wind to perceive the world. His clawed toes scraped against the slate shingles of the roof. Fifty paces to his right, Takkla was creeping aro...
2022-05-20 20:51:45 +0000 UTC View Post“There you go Miss Kat, keep it up,” Dorrik said, nodding their head approvingly. “Try to keep the flow of your mana even. Too much will disrupt the spellform and cause it to collapse, and too little will let the arachnogators through the door.”
She grunted in reply, hands spread wide as she stared at the dungeon door. A glimmering fog powered by her mana filled the opening holding back a pair of nightmarish creatures.
Each of the monsters was big, maybe ...
2022-05-18 05:53:41 +0000 UTC View Post- - - - -
Race: Saurian
Bloodline Powers: Strength, Rending, Emberbreath
Greater Mysteries: Fire (Noble) 3, Wind (Noble) 1
Lesser Mysteries: Heat 4, Oxygen 4, Embers 4, Pressure 4, Current/Flow 4
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“Why couldn’t we have used the elder salamander’s blood to evolve again?” Dussok asked sullenly. He was covered in bandages with only hints of his scales exposed to the afternoon sun. As bes...
2022-05-16 04:49:28 +0000 UTC View Post- - - - -
Race: Saurian
Bloodline Powers: Strength, Rending, Emberbreath
Greater Mysteries: Fire (Noble) 3, Wind (Noble) 1
Lesser Mysteries: Heat 4, Oxygen 4, Embers 4, Pressure 4, Current/Flow 4
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Heat shimmered off of volcanic rock, creating wavy mirages above the seemingly endless plains of basalt. Dotting the black rock were indentations where lava glowed an ominous red-orange. Periodically a bu...
2022-05-13 17:01:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe crack of simulated gunfire echoed off of cement and steel, muted slightly by the transparent floor separating Kat from the practice arena. She frowned, hands behind her back as she walked across the open space. On one, Whippoorwill’s pink hair bobbed as the smaller woman hurried to keep up with her. On the other, Heather, a thin but well muscled corporate security officer, matched Kat stride for stride.
Kat’s hand itched as she looked down through the floor at ...
2022-05-09 17:33:12 +0000 UTC View Post- - - - -
Race: Saurian
Bloodline Powers: Strength, Rending, Emberbreath
Greater Mysteries: Fire (Noble) 3, Wind (Noble) 1
Lesser Mysteries: Heat 4, Oxygen 4, Embers 4, Pressure 4, Current/Flow 4
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“What a nice day,” Samazzar said cheerfully, adjusting the straps on his backpack as he glanced up at the cloudless sky. “The sun is shining, birds are chirping, and I don’t have to deal with any humans...
2022-05-04 16:57:17 +0000 UTC View Post- - - - -
Race: Saurian
Bloodline Powers: Strength, Rending, Emberbreath
Greater Mysteries: Fire (Noble) 3, Wind (Noble) 1
Lesser Mysteries: Heat 4, Oxygen 4, Embers 4, Pressure 4, Current/Flow 4
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The leather harness creaked, biting into the scales of Samazzar’s thighs and shoulders. He struggled to keep his eyes closed as he swayed gently in the morning breeze. It was hard for Sam not to worry a...
2022-04-29 14:09:33 +0000 UTC View PostKat wiped her knife against her thigh, scraping dark purple blood against her armor. After a moment of rasping, she held the blade up to the light, grunting in disappointment as the sticky ichor clung to the side of her weapon.
Behind her Kaleek gleefully stabbed his greatsword down, crunching it through the shell of a dead mollusc and spraying himself with violet blood. Kat shook her head, a smile tugging at the corner of her mouth as she shoved her dagger into its sheath.<...
2022-04-14 17:45:48 +0000 UTC View Post- - - - -
Race: Saurian
Bloodline Powers: Strength, Rending, Emberbreath
Greater Mysteries: Fire (Noble) 3, Wind (Noble) 1
Lesser Mysteries: Heat 4, Oxygen 4, Embers 4, Pressure 4, Current/Flow 4
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Samazzar pushed open the door to the bar, letting the flickering golden light of the hearth spill out over him and his siblings. The clamor of dozens of people talking washed over the three of them as they step...
2022-04-07 17:36:01 +0000 UTC View Post- - - - -
Race: Saurian
Bloodline Powers: Strength, Rending, Emberbreath
Greater Mysteries: Fire (Noble) 3, Wind (Noble) 1
Lesser Mysteries: Heat 4, Oxygen 4, Embers 4, Pressure 4, Current/Flow 4
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The rope bit into Sam’s shoulder as Dussok led the way back to the Vereton Academy. Takkla walked between the two of them, one of her hands resting on the bottom of a yellow scarab shell. Around them, t...
2022-03-29 17:42:41 +0000 UTC View Post