Category: Content Posts
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Nara’s Story
by Ross Hightower in Issue 122, March 2022 Somehow, Nara pictured the life of a novice of the Seidi differently. When she was a young initiate in that magical sisterhood, she imagined herself protecting the weak, a bulwark against evil and greedy forces. Escorting an Imperial tax collector didn’t fit into any of her fantasies.…
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The Death of Rovanmoshan
by Phillip Yeatman in Issue 122, March 2022 A man in shimmering robes of gold and silver plunged through the fog. The shadow of a ferry bobbed at the end of the road. Three figures followed at a distance and paused as he stepped aboard. “This is your time,” said Sturya. She was the hammer.…
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Unexpected Defense
by Alcuin Fromm in Issue 121, February 2022 Emmick slapped the bar with a wrinkled, calloused hand and roared with laughter. It was a hearty, booming sound that filled the air and seemed to lift and drop the Cerulean Sky Tavern in time with the man’s broad, heaving shoulders. The tavern keeper smiled from behind…
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A Coin Has Two Sides
by Sean Jones in Issue 121, February 2022 “Does anyone see the paradox?” asked the black-haired man in the charred, quilted armor, the crossbowman who sat atop the vanquished lich’s white-marble bier. He gestured with his pine-pitch torch, brandishing the only source of illumination in the half-dome of the sepulcher, the floor’s scattered gems winking…