What Remains of Vyrroltea

Pleasant Conversations with a Pair of Captives

Denlo, with the help of Alessari and Sister Hilan, brings the unconscious prisoners into the belowdecks. Settling the pair on beds, Den perches across from them. He doesn’t like wearing the masked helmet on the ship, it gets a bit warm and sweaty wearing that much leather, but he does not want them to see him as a person. He wants them to understand, when they wake up, that he is merely another force of nature. He notices the pair are still milling about. “I have this. Help

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Sep 118 min read

Felazo Ambushes an Attempted Ambush

The walk is relatively uneventful as they carry their rowboat back to the ship. Coming along the end of the path, where the cavern lets out onto the island, Den furrows his brow and holds up a hand. Everyone stops. Felazo notices the noble scion has her bow drawn, an arrow waiting on its string. Slowly the three of them shuffle the boat to the side of the path, setting it down and having the prisoners hide behind it. Felazo nods, smiles a wicked grin, and pulls out his book.

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Aug 149 min read

Awakening on a Clay Beach

Alessari ud Tise’el feels groggy as she stirs from a forced sleep. Something weird happened. She was focused, in the middle of them being ambushed, when everything started to slow. Looking around, she’s no longer in that field of a valley, but now on some kind of beach. No, not just some kind of beach. The shore of the island that the temple is on. So they haven’t left yet. Her crew are around, Ren and Felazo treating some minor wounds. As well as two others, tied up. And scr

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Jul 108 min read

A Hastily Concocted Ambush in the Hills

Sister Hilan follows the rest of her crew up the rope, but not before taking one last look around the strange temple. It has brought up some questions, but not the heart of the one. No more insight into the change. Why magic itself shattered. The books Felazo found may well bring more knowledge on that time, but it seems as though this place was not expecting whatever happened. She shakes her head, and begins to climb up the rope. As I reach the top, Felazo is waiting by the

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Jun 129 min read

Renalt Reflects on the Rewards of the Religious Repository

The door to the final room swings open. Renalt smiles, pocketing the golden key. He can’t help but wonder what lies behind the massive, heavy door. It was protected, after all, and kept locked even when the only people in the hall were those who lived here. Or, at least, those whom the people who lived here allowed to come and go as their god pleased. Probably means it’s more than just a gold vault, as being trapped during whatever event happened related to those corpses lock

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May 88 min read

Denlo Takes the Burden unto Himself

Den slides down the rope that his captain had let into the gap in the temple wall, and quickly realizes it isn’t in the wall, but the roof. Soon enough, his foot starts dangling. From the looks of it, a good bit from the ground. Maybe a person’s height, maybe a bit more. Best to know before the blind folk come down. The massive Elfi’ika lets go of the rope, dropping smoothly to the floor. His leg hits the ground harder than he’d have liked. He misjudged the distance a bit. Cl

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Apr 108 min read

Felazo Speaks with Sister Hilan Comparing a God and an Aspect

As the silence consumes the valley, the crew stops for a moment. Sister Hilan, looking towards the statue, seems deep in thought. Felazo watches the young scion approach the good sister, to clean and deal with her wounds, and so he heads over to lend some aid. He does his best to help organize and swiftly hand off her tools as she works, but the young woman seems distracted. Both of them actually. Eventually, the monastic warrior speaks up. “It’s odd, this predates our arriva

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Mar 138 min read

Hunting and Slaying the Okraten-Bears

Walking across the clay beach, Alessari ud Tise’el tries to avoid thinking about her companion’s concerns. Focus on the present, and she can concern herself with the ship-beast that might have expanded its hunting ground. As they cross the clay beach into the brush, Sari turns to Renalt. “So, which way was it to this dome?” Ren frowns, looks back towards the previous island as though trying to find the camouflaged watchtower, then forwards towards the brush-covered hills. “I

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Feb 138 min read

The Journey through the Woods and Waves

The walk back to the underground cavern which held the port is rather uneventful. In the back of the group, as they walk, Sister Hilan notices Renalt and Denlo starting to whisper. The monastic sister dismisses it though. After all, they did so frequently. It’s likely a discussion of how to do something less than legal, she guesses about one of the odd miscellanea that the Elfi’ika picked up in that watchtower. She trusts that, if the discussion were to turn to any topics of

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Jan 98 min read

From the Archipelago's Watchtower

The walk through this forest was not Renalt’s favorite time. Not due to any discomfort of walking several miles through the dirt, but rather because nothing happened for quite some time, but they were also trying to be quiet to avoid any potential dangerous, unwanted attention. Which means he hadn’t been able to practice or write but also hadn’t been gathering any new material. But now, they come upon a tower, in a clearing. Ren looks to the treetops around him, but no one i

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Dec 12, 20258 min read

Arrival in the Littoral Caves of the Archipelago

Below the decks, Den enjoys his breakfast while lying back on his hammock. He learned growing up in the kinslums that one should always catch sleep whenever they can, especially just ahead of a big job. And whether their boss was willing to admit it or not, this would be a big job. The last cube was a personal house of some dead guy, and it had several dangerous threats. Assuming the sites that survived to modern day are at least of roughly the same power, the chances of this

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Nov 14, 20258 min read

Felazo Guiding the Ekzokia to the Archipelago

Leaving port and heading heartward, Felazo is entirely unsurprised by the lack of disruption in the afternoon. While piracy can, at...

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Oct 10, 20258 min read

Alessari's Memories, Daydreams, and Duties

Alessari greets the monastic sister as she steps aboard her new, albeit temporary, home once more. “Sister Hilan,” she says with a hug,...

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Sep 12, 20258 min read

Renalt Selling the Spoils in Hetha

Renalt makes his way to their room. Heading over to a corner, he quickly draws up a note, signed with the seal of some local friends he...

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Jul 11, 20258 min read

Reuniting At The Docks

Leaving the inn after their meal, Denlo heads into the twilight on the street. From behind him, Sari complains. “You didn’t have to shoo...

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Jun 13, 20258 min read

Looking for Logbooks from an Old Friend

As he walks aimlessly through the streets of Hetha, Felazo begins looking through his journals. He’s certain that the Squall lives here,...

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May 9, 20258 min read

Establishment of a Plan of Action within Hetha

It feels interestingly nostalgic to be in a fine dress again, Alessari can’t help but think as the trio who managed to avoid the curses...

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Apr 11, 20258 min read

Visiting the Temple of the Cold Fist in Hetha

Ever since the crew of the Ekzokia fought and slayed the long-dead dwarfish pirate, Sister Hilan has felt off. Ill. The last day passed...

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Mar 14, 20258 min read

Renalt Readies to Return to Hetha

So, they were to be travelling to Hetha. Renalt absentmindedly drums his fingers on the deck as he thinks. It’s been some time since last...

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Feb 14, 20258 min read

Denlo Prepares to Visit Hetha

Denlo watches from the shore as they load the coffin onto the ship. And he watches as a cloudy, dark mirror of himself begins to row...

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Jan 10, 20258 min read