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Would Someone Come Fight Us, Please?

Fawnlum led the way across the Serod stream.  She had not dallied in town.  Despite everyone’s muted misgivings, she led her troupe back into the Windsaeve, bearing Lucas’ new wares.  The view was in black and white and shades of gray.  But it was working just as Lucas said it would:  the thin silver headbands…


Time to Get to Work

“What!” Sienna snapped.  She walked over, looking between the ground and shroom, and saw the truth in the boot prints.  “Explain this,” she demanded. “It’s something that can’t be explained,” Melbourne casually answered.  “There has to be some magic letting them through; although they’re not known for ever having such magic.” “Would not a prisoner…


The New Recruit

“Why?” he asked, bewildered. “I want you to join us as our wizard,” she calmly answered. “You’ll earn your way by fighting alongside us, and get a share of the bounties.  When you’ve built up your stake and I deem it time, I’ll release you from my service.” “Find someone else,” he quickly argued, tenseness…


Now We find Ourselves in This Situation

“Right here!”  Caitlyn chirped.  “Compliments of the captain’s cabin.” The oldest of the men, who was actually younger in the face than the white of his hair suggested, came up to Fawnlum after the cages were open. “Good Lady, thank you for – “ “Wait,” Fawnlum told him, then looked at the youth. “You were…


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…


Enter the Heroine

Fawnlum Raijum, unaware of the despoiling of one fair land several years before, smiled as the breaking dawn of spring illuminated the world around her. Far to the west of the continent of Calador, across the body of ocean known as the Brierren Channel, sat her home in the southeastern region of the rugged island…