Thea walked into the embassy building first with the rest following in behind her. It was a rather small building compared to the Noble houses nearby, three floors tall just like them but only a few rooms wide. Druvian flags flew outside and within the building, marking it as a place of diplomacy, while the rest of it matched the …

Sinbeni, Port City of Ai’sen Thirteen days later   A dimly lit warehouse, crates and barrels with differing emblem-like marks laying painted upon them, filling it. Within the warehouse’s centre lay a single table, three men sitting at it with two of them playing a game of cards. Each wore light armour and wielded several sheathed blades, not in the …

The Day After   Shizuka wiped her eyes, the sleepiness still clear in her expression as she yawned. Opening them she found herself in the armoury corridor once more, having been woken up early by Erik who walked ahead. She followed him, trying to keep herself awake as she did. She hadn’t caught much sleep, her change keeping her mind …

Alan rested his palm over her head, a white mist forming about his fingers and entering her skin. The healing magic rejuvenated the poor woman, her dried up skin expanding to the norm, her scars also fading away. Her dark eyes draining of blackness, refilling with the green that was hers. Alan stepped away as the woman woke from unconsciousness, …

“Wakey wakey, sleeping beauty.” Said an amused voice as Erik regained consciousness, opening his eyes to find himself laying on the ground within his Lair. Thea and Makaela stood over him, glancing around he saw Nerick and a couple dozen xilfir surrounding someone. Erik groaned as he tried to rise while holding his head, he felt like a mountain had …

The fox hovered in mid-air, watching the three pirate ships approaching firing range of the fourth lone ironclad. From high up in the sky he watched, a silver glimmer in his eyes as he smiled. “The stage is set, now let’s see…Who will step up? And what will you do?”     “Come at me like you mean it.” Alan …

Shizuka woke, glancing around the dimly lit room briefly before pulling herself out of bed. Going through the same routine, waking, washing, eating breakfast and then same as each day before now she’d pick a book out of the small collection on the desk. She’d read until it was time, until everyone else woke up as well. Seeing the mirrors …

Six weeks later…   The dwarven ironclad ship sailed smoothly, long having turned off from Druvia’s shore and now sailing over open ocean, the main continent’s abandoned and desolate half laying to its right and in the distance. And from that direction, under the shadows of night, three shapes were approaching over the water. Another ironclad ship, with two wooden …

Thea immediately knew what she was up against. The sound of something scraping along the ground and stone, the thought-disruptive hissing and the ever-present feeling that something was watching her. Thea was on full alert, standing in the middle of the ruined city’s road. She stood still, awaiting their attack. Not watching, no her eyes were useless in this fight. …

Makaela retreated to the shadows, keeping to corners and alleyways within the ruined city the Lair had summoned around her. Her senses stretched thin, watching for all movement, listening for the smallest sound. Sensing for the tiniest perceivable change in her surroundings. Her right hand clenched around her whip’s handle, her left ready to throw a dagger. She felt ready, …