I remember when the old man would sit by the fire and talk to us children about the big world out there, about monsters, of wars, of kings and of great deeds. Those days seem distant now, but the stories he wove were as real to me as you are standing before me. Little did I know that those stories were not just there to pass the time, but actual preparations for the world out here.Since... [click here for more]
I was born under a fortunate star, into a family of means on the coast. My father was an artisan weaver, and my mother sold arms. My father died when I was still very young and my mother remarried. My step-father was a cruel but successful man, much like my younger siblings came to be. I was unhappy, and instead of devoting myself to the craft my mother and step-father insisted on for me I spent my... [click here for more]
A heavy stone smashes into the side of the hut, ripping a hole through the wall. A man inside gives a shout, grabs his spear and charges out, but is cut down by the woman hidden just outside the door. He falls, whimpering, as a torch is flung through the hole in the wall of his shelter, setting it ablaze. The fire seems to be hesitant, faltering and not catching on, and the woman, pulling her long... [click here for more]
In the outlying province of Grazegold a crazed warlock has set up his abode, and is terrorizing the area with fire and bad dreams. Your charge, should you accept it, is to find this warlock and end his reign of terror. The last man we sent went mad from lack of sleep, whimpering about the rats that crawled on him. Clearly we need people of sturdier stuff.Circles Disrupted is an... [click here for more]
Outside the city of Fireground there is an old mansion which used to belong to the Count Heran Joiu. He left the manor some forty years ago, under mysterious circumstances, and it has remained empty ever since. Noone has taken up residence in the remote dwelling, and it has fallen into disrepair. During the time of the Count's occupancy several children disappeared from the nearby villages, never... [click here for more]