Seeking a Different Future
The bright hall below their balcony had fallen silent as guards led Ared away, though it had taken much entreatment and bargaining to persuade the spirit to allow him his life – for now. It was broken only by the Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Six, p8
The moment the hard soles of his boots clicked against the marble floor Ared knew something was wrong, even though he was still disoriented from the teleportation. He had expected to emerge in Moreth’s study, which had wooden floors. It Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Six, p1
“Dangerous?!” Moreth stared incredulously at Ared. “What could this boy possibly do against one of my-” “Any magic in the duel must be enacted by the participants,” Ared explained, pointedly raising his eyebrows. Moreth gazed back at him blankly. “He Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Five, p17
The calm waters stretched to the horizon, a myriad small islets spread throughout offering a nigh-infinite number of paths leading to the same place: the door out. Not that Sethian had any need for such paths, relying instead on magic Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Four, p6
The heavy padlock seemed untouched by the ages, holding the armoire securely sealed with its Black Steel and enchanted silver ornaments. Gorm let out a sigh, a quiet lament to the destruction of so fine an object. He hoisted the Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Three, p7
He sighed heavily as he gazed at the reflection in the ornate mirror mounted on the wall. The neatly made bed, heavy with fine linens, stood in the far corner of the dimly lit room, right beside a large wardrobe Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Two, p10
Sethian closed his eyes and let out a long, slow sigh. He had read the same set of glyphs a half-dozen times now, yet they refused to stick. His mind kept wandering back to the encounter with the Collector. The Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Two, p7
The unchanging static of the astral was beginning to grate on his sanity. Sethian gazed at his broken soul, torn to shreds by magic unlike anything he had ever seen. But he was alive, unlike the two companions he knew Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Two, p1
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
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