Montalve | June 8, 2010
Close to the witching hour, the streets of Westcrown are as deserted as they could be at any given time. They look lifeless, yet there is a certain rumor of life within them.
Taverns, both licit and not, remain open and from them come the spurs of life. Thugs and thieves of all kinds skulk the night in search of their next hit. Prostitutes fantasize in expensive brothels or tavern backrooms for that patron that would take them out of the streets, either to an honorable life or to one of exclusive debauchery. People of noble and common birth do shady dealings in dark alleys and secret rooms. They all have lookouts and watchers to keep them out of trouble. It is done with good reason.
Well guarded towers surround the city, while patrols of guardsmen and Hellknights search for troubles and illicit endeavors. (more…)
Category: Serial Novel and Novella, White Shadows |
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Tags: Cheliax, Hellknight, Mirage, White Shadows
Montalve | June 2, 2010
Karessa opened her eyes to the same grey and moldy ceiling as the day before and the mocking trap door in it. Her eyes quickly adjusted to the shadows coming from the torch’s fire. The woman twisted tiredly as she forced herself into a sitting position and shook her head. Her shackled wrists in front of her reminded her more of her failures and loss of honor than the cold stone bed or the cell bars set into her “bedroom’s” north wall. (more…)
Category: Serial Novel and Novella, White Shadows |
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Tags: Asmodeous, Belfelgor, Cheliax, Haptmann Karessa, White Shadows
Montalve | April 16, 2010
Hauptmann Karessa double-checked the guard routes one more time before heading to her office at the aisle. The guards had been doubled for the night after Bishop Maxfel Hedrin announced his visit. She felt anxious about the notorious bishop’s sudden appearance. After all this could be her opportunity to impress the top brass of Asmodeus church. Yet this sudden visit worried her. It was not unheard of for the notorious inquisitor to audit the temples’ authorities, which included her, but his visit coincided with some disturbing rumors.
Two days before the Bishop’s arrival a couple of Karessa’s men overheard a woman asking questions about the temple. Her questions and the proximity to the bishop’s visit were too close to the mark to be a coincidence. Unfortunately when she sent her men back for the woman she was nowhere to be found. (more…)
Category: Short Story, White Shadows |
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Tags: Asmodeous, Holy Assassin, Iomedae, Miranda Lushesi, Sisterhood of the Sublime Sacrifice
Montalve | April 16, 2010
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The girl fell, gasping for air and contorting in pain, a couple of meters away from the strength of the infernal blow. But her strategy and tactic had paid off.
The Bishop had expected his sudden movement to take the sacred avenger off-guard. He has miscalculated. As the Bishop had pulled her, she had jumped forward, using the inquisitor’s own strength for momentum, her sword slashing above her head. The weapon had hit Hedrin in the head, embedding itself on his skull and slicing his brain in two as his fist punched the assassin’s chest and sent her away. (more…)
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Tags: Asmodeous, Cheliax, Holy Assassin, Iomedae, Miranda Lushesi, Sisters of the Sublime sacrifice
