Luna was once the Scourge of the Plains, a ruthless leader of men and beasts, and able to generate terror whenever she was challenged.
Away from her homeland, driven mad from hunger and months of drifting, her army deceased or turned to bad. She now stands at the edge of an ancient forest, a pair of glowing eyes spied on from an elder branch. Something beautiful and deadly sought something to eat in the wilting dusk. [Read more…]
Even the most contented Skywrath is a moody creature, naturally persuaded to seek retribution for the least insult. However, Vengeful Spirit is the essence of vengeance. Once a proud and savage Skywrath scion, Shendelzare was first in succession for the Ghastly Eyrie until a sister’s duplicity robbed her of her legacy. Snared in an assassin’s net, Shendelzare tore free only at the expense of her wings, [Read more…]
Among the high sworn of the Slithereen Guard there is a serious promise often reiterated before battle: No Slithereen may fail. In reality, these words are equal parts promise and enforceable contract, for those who fail in their duty are cast out from the order. To be unsuccessful is to be other than Slithereen.
Once the most highly admired of her race, Slithice for many years governed a battalion of her associates, using her fearsome voice as her immense weapon. [Read more…]
Lanaya, the Templar Assassin, came to her mission by a path of inquisitive examination. In custody of a scientific bent, she spent her early years connected in painstaking study of nature’s laws–gazing into grimoires of magic and alchemy, recreating experiments from charred portions of the Violet Archives, and learns by heart observations of the Keen record keepers. Already quiet and [Read more…]
The monks of Turstarkuri observed the rocky valleys below their mountain monastery as mass invaders march into the lower kingdoms. Ascetic and stubborn, in their remote monastic eyrie they remained detached from ordinary strife, wrapped in meditation that studied no gods or elements of magic. Then the Legion of the Dead God entered their world, crusaders with a sinister mandate to replace [Read more…]
The secluded village of Pole had no awareness of the wars raging in the kingdom. For them, the calm of fishing, and a family meal were all that a full life involved. Yet conflict came for them nonetheless. Joining the able-bodied draftees as they filed passed their homes, the unassuming lancer Azwraith guaranteed to bring peace to his kingdom, and in so doing, his people. Situated with [Read more…]
Born to a regal family, a blood princess next in line for the Solar Throne, Mirana freely surrendered any claim to ordinary land or titles when she devoted herself completely to the service of Selemene, Goddess of the Moon. Known ever since as Princess of the Moon, Mirana stalks the sacred Nightsilver Woods searching for any who would dare steal the sacred luminous lotus from the silvery pools of the Goddess’s preserve. [Read more…]
Drow Ranger’s given name is Traxex-a name well suited to the short, gnomish, rather nauseating Drow people. However, Traxex herself is not a Drow. Her parents were travellers in a caravan set upon by outlaws, whose raucous slaughter of innocents aroused the ire of the calm Drow people. After the encounter settled, the Drow discovered a small girl-child hiding in the damaged wagons, [Read more…]
For dark eons, the comet circled. Held in thrall to a far-away sun, bound by gravity’s permanent pull, the colossal ball of ice snaked through the blackness between worlds, made extraordinary by its dark journey. On the eve of the ancient war of the Vloy, it strike down through the sky and lit a blazing trail across the night-a sign both armies took for a prophecy. The frozen ball dissolved in [Read more…]
Before the olden times gone by, there emerged the druidic Bear Clan. Wise and righteous they were, and centered in their ways to seek an understanding of the natural order. The superior forces of nature saw this, and so sought after the most scholarly among them. Wise old Sylla, clan justiciar and seer, marched forward for his kin, and to him was given the Seed with these words: [Read more…]