(1) Chapter 3: Strength in Numbers

Because of our origin from a mana-starved planet, the arcane was, and still is, a strange thing to us humans. Not to say that we don’t have talent with magic, as we absolutely do (some more so than others), but our lack of experience with it definitely put us as a disadvantage at first. Wilfrid Pember – Historian – The …

(1) Chapter 2: Fortunate Meeting?

Fools and hopefuls alike picked the hard and extreme tutorials. Suffice to say, they had also unknowingly picked the locations of their graves. Wilfrid Pember – Historian – The Start of the Apocalypse ____ Gripping the spear in one hand, he set off towards the nearest monsters: the thunderfoot boars. The axe and buckler kicked out in front of him …

(1) Chapter 1: The Apocalypse

When the Apocalypse began, we were all drafted into the tutorial. Many of us thought it was a joke at first, a prank being recorded for our friends and family to watch on the telly at home. It wasn’t. Wilfrid Pember – Historian – The Start of the Apocalypse ____ Silas woke to a baby blue sky and not to …

Prologue: A cold Night

Peering over the rusted guardrail, watching the still, black river below, Silas wondered if he had the courage to jump. He would fall with his arms swinging as the biting wind forced up his mouth, tearing the scream from his throat. Then, impact. The splash would wash away as he struggled below the surface, fighting the icy water’s embrace. Regardless, …