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This is Not Goodbye

“A beautiful morning for traveling,” Fawnlum said. “It would be better spent with you, than seeing you go,” Baneck replied, as he stood with her on the east-bound road leading out of Dumian. Taking a deep breath of the pleasant spring air, she cast her eyes a couple miles to the southwest, where the festival…


Consequences

Fawnlum sat with Baneck at the Lichners’ table, along with Baneck’s mother Amilyn, his father Granholm, Uncle Torsar, Saraty, and her own mighty father, Brajon Raijum. Standing next to the windows were Sienna, Honee, and Nepta. “Ho-ho!  You should have seen it, nephew,” Torsar chuckled. “Fawnlum had to leave, of course,” he continued.  “But ol’…


The Villain and the Toady

Far to the west-north-west, among barren peaks, a shadow entered a cave at the base of a cold, lonely mountain. His magic defeated traps and guard-beasts, as he made his way slowly but surely toward the mountain’s heart, and the lair contained within. The stranger knew his presence was detected by the wards along the…


It’s All Your Fault

There was numbness, and a detachment from the senses.  Air currents carried ash and soot around him.  Baneck tried to breath, but found the air dry and heavy.  A short distance away, he saw a large dragon, dark bronze in color, hostile and menacing.  He wanted to run, but something kept him from it. He…


It’s Fawnlum’s Turn

Fawnlum charged, as if she was going for the chest wound. Felldrake back-stepped, held Baneck out of the way, and breathed another blast of fire at her. The blistering onslaught completely engulfed her, and sent a wave of heat radiating all around for everyone in the crowd to feel. Fresh cries of grief and anger…


He Got in a Couple Good Licks

Baneck held his sword high, and shouted, “Diergon in Victory!” The cheering turned into a furious thunder around him. Then, suddenly, to Fawnlum’s shock, he slapped the flat of his sword against his shield, muttering a strange series of words, as if he was casting a spell! Felldrake narrowed his eyes, and reared forward.  He…


Flashback: Never Trust an Agreeable Man

Fawnlum did not hear her.  She was staring, but seeing nothing.  Looking helplessly on, with her strength and skill useless, her thoughts drifted.  Her mind went back, desperately and futilely thinking of the night before, when she could have prevented this. <*>                                                          <*>                                                      <*> She called in greeting to Baneck, as she walked up to…


The Noblest of Intentions

A collective gasp burst from the crowd, and Fawnlum looked with everyone else, to see a lone figure striding out into the open. Her breath caught in her throat as she recognized Baneck Lichner, her beloved, walking toward Felldrake, carrying a sword and shield. Baneck stoically kept his eyes on the dragon, his five foot…


The Party Crasher

Fawnlum joined the people looking skyward, as a shout went up, and then another. Sabers and axes were raised, and wizards and clerics started the early invocations of spells and gathering power. The crowd drew back as the body descended, its shadow making lazy circles as it claimed the ground.  It made tighter and tighter…


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