The moon rippled as the calm lake surface was disturbed by wind. A man slipped into the water feet first, the ripples of his entry making no mark on the surface, evading the men in the watchtower.
He held the air bottle to his lips, purged the tiny aqualung, and dove into the black water. No [...]
Dappled lights played across its armoured hide as it lumbered slowly through the thick forest. It did not know where it came from or how it got here, all it knew was it was sad.
It had all it needed to eat, it had all of the light and air it needed for its hide to [...]
Rains of blood fell in little rivulets, gathering in crevasses and running down hills, joining up with streams, forming little rivers, then larger waterways, cutting across the surface.
Any who drank it died. It was a poison. No-one knew what had happened to the water, the gods had seemingly taken it away. The people took to [...]
The priest stood shackled, head bowed, staring at the floor and with his eyes burning in impotent rage.
“Horreno Gitvoel L’arnarr” the old man said. The priest grimaced. He hated his full name. “Priest of the mighty god Rend (Emperor of the ninth moon, subjugator of Klorn, guard of the burning chasm). You have been found [...]
Honour turns to dust as time goes on.
That shocks you, I can see it in your eyes. To be honest I’m amazed that you can even process what I just said, this society is so focused on the value of honour, on sacrificing oneself for one’s lord.
But you have not lived as I have. You [...]
“We will defy this, my brothers!” I roared over the massed crowd. A few were quiet and listened but most carried on talking, arguing about the demand for surrender that had come from the east that very morning. I continued screaming into the wind.
“We will defy those who threatened us, those who wish to destroy [...]
The sun shone down, beating into their backs. Oje looked with trepidation across the plains, and then to the faces of his twenty-four comrades. Some were obviously fearful, others were grim.
The Grintarrion was often called a desert. This seemed odd to Oje when first he saw it, for the plain was covered with grass and [...]
The shades shifted, their susurrations seeming to shine in the shadows.
K’tharl twisted his head around, listening to the silence. He had been told the cavern was in darkness, but that made no difference to the blind swordsman. He walked slowly into the cavernous room, the echoes of the shades voices bouncing from wall to wall [...]
They stood in a dusty plain, a few patches of grass poking their heads through. The horsemen were arrayed in an enormous host, and all stood before the massive creature, aghast at its words.
“Never!” Mikahil roared to it “I will never submit to your will, and neither will my people!”
The monster seemed taken aback. Its [...]
The rusty metal plane burst out from crimson clouds, banking and pitching wildly in hope of avoiding the streams of bullets that roared passed it, tracer shells streaking in the air. The spitfire had already lost the tip of one wing, and Marshall was having trouble keeping it level. Behind him, the dragon roared.
All this [...]