[A letter sits, folded and wedged in the doorjamb of Zaanthe’s room, written on a spare half-sheet of parchment in a slow, crude hand that bespoke lack of practice but also care, each word written painstakingly in black ink. A few smudges from fur marked the page.] Vindacatar Zaanthe: I am sorry I almost hurt […]
[A note is tied around a bottle of something alcoholic, dark, and smelling strong enough to knock over a vrykul, next to a little cloth bag filled with something hard and granular, sitting in front of Jorinak’s door and written in a slow, childish hand.] Jorinak- I am sorry I have been [scratchout] not well resently. […]
Green fire lit the heavens – or, at least as much of the heavens as she could see. She could probably see more heavens if the giant, green-rock-but-not-rock tower with its glowing column of fel energy wasn’t in the way. Or if she were standing up. Or if that alliance soldier wan’t on her face, […]
Metal made interesting sounds; unforgettable sounds. When it was forged, it rang like a bell – she’d been told, once, that the sound of a metal being forged told the smith all they needed to know about the metal they were working. Purity, strength, power – it was all in the ringing of the steel […]
(( Related: Snapped. )) Within the Westguard keep, amid the surroundings of stone, lit torches, and scent of burning oil, Arialynn Dawnfield stood at the war council table, a single document laid out before her. Its letterhead was the undeniable motif of a rose inked in precise dark shapes, stamped at the bottom was a […]
To kill a friend and colleague because they are �beyond redemption� is a concept that is all too familiar with me. However, this Seilic fellow had the option of mercy, one that was never granted to warlocks that were �too far gone� within my coven. This has, in part, fueled a certain fear of my […]
Assured he was sleeping, Etsiyona rose from the bed and out of the room. As she walked her body warned her she shouldn�t be moving; the two near misses with the toss and nearly going over the edge of the tree wrenched her back pretty badly. Ignoring the warning, she wandered around the compound. She […]
(( Related: Coven of the Black Rose. The following is on my WoW warlock, Idella VanBelle. )) Lit by a single candle, Idella VanBelle chewed on her lip as she worked. Spread across the library table were several maps, each of Kalimdor, Eastern Kingdoms, or both. She scratched notes into parchment with her ink-stained fingers: key […]
�Fuck,� came the first waking word from the vindicator beneath the too-thin sheets of his bed in Westguard. He�d come to be fond of that short, sharp expression over his time on Azeroth. It was so very good at communicating his mindset. Gripping the edge of the bed frame with a calloused palm, Zaanthe pushed […]
The Marshal finished making his rounds through the infirmary and started back towards his quarters. As he walked, his mind retraced the battle which had concluded just hours prior. ———– “Shield wall!” He roared, his unit collapsing in and raising a protective barrier. The sound of a thousand arrows rained down upon their shields like […]
Cael gingerly, very gingerly, took the new sword in her hand. It was nothing special, just another replacement for her old one. Her armor was still being worked on, but the sword was ready. Good thing one of us is. The memory of Zaanthe, how very close she had come to outright killing him had […]
“It is said, my child – ” Lorekeeper Xai began, “that in the dark days before the Emperor freed us all, there were great ones, male and female, that laid the path that the Emperor would one day follow. We all stand on the shoulders of those that came before us; we grow in wisdom […]
Koryander took Cael to her room, instead of the barracks. Cael did not resist. She was barely capable of putting one foot in front of the other. The paladin gently helped her get her gore-encrusted armor off, and with a few buckets of water and determination, helped get most of the blood out of her […]
She eyed the wardrobe suspiciously – and then the note. Note. Wardrobe. Wardrobe. Note. Package. The package was pretty, bedecked in red paper with a shiny golden bow, suspciously heavy and wooshy and tasted just a little of magic. The boy who’d delivered it was not terribly suspicious, but then, they never were, were […]
The fires of Westguard burned late into the night. Kvaldir bodies draped and piled on the cliff edge as men and women worked to remove them. They did so with little fanfare, opting to simply push them from a section of cliffside that hung high over the seas below. The frigid ocean swallowed the bodies […]
Wei nudged the door open quietly, carrying a tray. She peeked inside, still dozy eyed, still slightly floury, but better rested then she had been. She had to be. There was so much to do…so much the others did, so much that they *needed*. That everyone did. She saw Kory, leaning against a wall, eyeballing […]
Wallaroo gently guided Janderius into the keep, her own footsteps plodding and heavy. The mage had expended far too much energy, she thought. She had too. The three-spirit manouver was tricky at the best of times, and it had drained her to move those ladders. She could barely think. Certainly not enough to find the […]
Elli prowled the ground, growling, snarling, and snapping at nothing in frustration. Didn�t her new pack understand? You didn�t let a diseased member back in if it was trying to kill the members. No wolf liked killing one of their own, but they did what needed to be done to keep the pack safe. Why […]
Kanta and Anarial had returned to Moonglade after some Traveling. After the Mage Janderius had taken the three back to Ashenvale from the Grizzly Hills, the two hunkered back down in their home. Anarial, having been grounded due to the injuries she had taken in her flank had issues even shapeshifting back to her elven […]
Acid colored flames guided Abathor through the rest of the frozen wasteland. Though it was a small campfire, it was enough to illuminate two figures waiting patiently next to a set of unearthed drake bones arranged in order. One was very obviously Esreiella, but the other was no one he could recognize. Largely because of […]
‘I can recall how it looked to watch the Alliance colors lift from the box. While its container crashed quickly to the sea, the cloak itself fluttered in the air and took its precious time falling into the white caps. Though it was an inanimate object, I felt like it was both taunting me and […]
By popular request, Content Warning: Violence, Teeth Stuff It was a lovely Dalaran day. The kind that left Abathor smiling as he turned a page in the enchanted tome that floated before him. A window was open to his study, letting in a comfortable breeze, warmed with the magic that surround the city of mages. […]
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The greatsword rose and fell with runes blazing a cold blue, dessicated and half-frozen limbs falling to the ground or thrown in the air behind it. Moans and screeches of the undead horde filled the silence, punctuated by the rustle of chainmail and plate armor rubbing against each other. It was snowing heavily, yet it […]
My Dearest Leitha, Words cannot express how proud I am at the progress in your training. Not a week goes by that I do not receive a message from your instructors commenting on your diligence and steadfastness. At times what you are learning may seem trivial, but take my advice to heart and keep it […]