Torvi, the Targ warrior, sighed as she stretched out on the hard wooden floor of her rented room. The bed was far too small for the Targ, and it had creaked and moaned threateningly when she sat down on it initially. She did not want to...
The Carnival of Wonders next travelled to the city of Darkhold. Darkhold is the oldest city in the Wilds, having survived almost a millennia after the cataclysm that ended the previous Age of Man. Its main feature is the dark, stark and...
Torvi stood on a small stage in the freak show. She was in her “wild woman of the north” costume, which was just a skimpy halter and loin cloth made of furred bear hide. It was just past twilight, newly dark, but the carnival was lit up...
Lucien winced as he pulled the fake beard from his face. The spirit gum he used to adhere it to his face always seemed to pull a stray hair when he removed the beard. Next came the dark brown wig, then the rubbery fake nose. He...
An unusually thick fog rolled off the river and onto the docks of Emerald Bay. The fence, Gregori, pulled his cloak tighter around him to ward off the moist, cold air. Gregori was short and reedy, with a nervous energy. First...
Torvi shook her head, and the beads and bones woven in her long brown hair rattled slightly. “We are pulling up stakes and moving on right away,” Torvi explained. “But I wanted to come out and give Cardamon a gift before we shipped out.”
The dream is always the same…
It begins, without preamble or prelude or explanation, with Torvi in the middle of a blizzard on a windswept, desolate tundra. The winds are the coldest, the most biting, the young Targ warrior has...
“Stew?”
Famke looked up at the proffered bowl. It looked tiny in the hand of the Targ woman holding it. Famke nodded and accepted the wooden bowl.
“Thank you, Torvi,” Famke said. “I do find myself a bit...
“Your assignment is to observe and report only,” Director Ballentine said, emphasizing the qualifier. “As a Sentinel, you are the eyes and ears of the Society. You are not prepared or able to defend yourself against a cleric, mage, or...