Seeking a Different Future
While Aziz and Gethak had been engaging the two Royals, Ky had been pondering how he was to get out from under the table. Then the waitress had arrived with a new mug of ale for Aziz. Not one to Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter One, p13
“So… Thou art the interloper?” He tried his best to speak the language humans called Karth, though it had been many decades since the last time he had found need to use it and suspected that his pronunciation would be Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter One, p12
“Would you take your eyes off that woman already, boy?” Aziz grumbled, grabbing hold of Ky’s shoulder and pulling him away from the stage. The two had taken up residency at an inn, graciously paid for by the Royal Court, Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter One, p11
Ghaba Ghobbok, Liberator of Kor, loathed the Astral Sphere. It had no spirits to speak with, leaving him to feel quite lonely when he visited. The completely alien dimensions did not make the place easier to attune to, either. The Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter One, p10
She sat quietly and gazed at the collection of creatures before her. They were the various leaders of the forestfolk in Wyrm’s Wood, as the humans called this part of the forest, and had gathered around the underground pond serving Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter One, p9
He stood quietly on a balcony overlooking the only entrance into the old city, the Gilded Gate of the aristocracy. He was leaning on the rails while calmly smoking his pipe and watching the crowds below. Merchants attempting to hawk Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter One, p8
A massive shadow loomed in the whiteness, a great black rectangular silhouette. Smiling to himself, Sethian moved over to it and rested his mostly intact left hand on its smooth stone surface. The imposing obelisk contrasted sharply against the rest Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter One, p7
She woke to the soft chirping of birds only to have her senses overwhelmed by the forest’s sounds and smells a moment later. Her muscles were stiff and ached with a need to move, but when she attempted to flex Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter One, p6
“Bloody gnomes,” Aziz grumbled to himself. He was holding up the axle of the wagon using a lever, waiting for the gnomish driver to fix the wheel. He was ankle-deep in mud, for though there had been no rain today Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter One, p5
A scream pierced the white wisps of fog, cutting through the serenity of the place as a sharp blade through unprotected flesh. The scream seemed as though it would not stop but just kept flowing from the lips of the Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter One, p4