Tag: pride

Play a Dangerous Scheme

Moving among the many townsfolk and refugees, wearing the magical disguise of an old human male in worn farmer’s garb, Egress watched the people of Swinden, as they hurriedly evacuated their town in central Humboldt Bruit.  Those who had already fled danger, were able to take to the road again more quickly, with word of…


Don’t Bother Me, I’m Working

He had no teacher to guide him, but he held the small mallet with confidence, carefully and patiently forming the symbols, one tap at a time. Honee had been right – it was better to do something for someone else.  But she had given him more guidance than she would ever know.  He had believed…


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…