Adam had left and the team were gathered in the lounge, warming themselves by the fireplace. They grumbled and groused, and let out curses when Fritz told them that the man had agreed to be their t...
2025-03-06 02:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostBefore they charged Adam, Fritz stopped his team, calling them to gather around him with a sharp gesture.
Adam smiled and Fritz supposed they had just passed one of his hidden tests. Likely o...
2025-03-02 02:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostAfter sorting out some details and drinking down a few mugs, Fritz and his search party left the tavern and rejoined their team. When they found the other three they quickly explained their deal wi...
2025-02-27 02:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostBefore Fritz and his team began their search for the itinerant tutor, they drew their plans for the day. It was to be Lauren and Cal's first foray into the Thoroughfare Market with the express inte...
2025-02-23 02:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostFritz sat up and stared at the hooded figure behind the rattling glass. He met Sid's bright blue eyes and smoothly slid from his bed, then crept to the window. Lighting flashed, and thunder rumbled...
2025-02-20 02:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostThey followed Nic out of the Nightshark's 'throne' room. Bert strode solidly, while Fritz held himself stoically, despite the hollow weight in his chest that was a remnant of the harrowing meeting....
2025-02-16 02:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post"Uses?" Fritz asked.
The Nightshark turned and walked towards her high-backed couch that served as a throne.
"What can you do? For me," she reiterated.
Fritz focused his gaze on t...
2025-02-13 02:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post"What?" Fritz asked, staring at the scarred man standing under the doorway and out of the rain.
"You heard me," Jagged Nic replied in those tarred and gravelled tones, his smile slipping away...
2025-02-09 02:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe gates to the Palace Ring were taller than those leading into the Sunken Ring. The portcullis was raised and its rainsteel spikes hung fifteen feet overhead like spears held ready, pointing down...
2025-02-06 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThere was a fussy storm conjured in Colette's store, one comprised of her quick clever hands and endlessly-eager chattering. Her two assistants were just as bad, they brandished measuring tapes, te...
2025-02-02 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostFritz arrived home in a rush, and as soon as he was through the front door he strode into the stairway. He called a team meeting with a shout and rang a fist-sized bell that hung from one of the wa...
2025-01-30 02:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostCal woke up to the sounds of birds. Ducks quacked, pigeons cooed, and the other nameless birds let out their high trills. There was not a skulg to be heard. And he was dry and warm, clean sheets hu...
2025-01-26 02:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostFritz and his team started their night's proclivities at an establishment called the Crimson Carp. The large building was nestled in with the other taverns, inns and salons in the Circle of Revelry...
2025-01-23 02:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post--- Authors note --- One year and a day of releases! Very auspicious. Thank you all so much for reading, wouldn't have come this far without all of you! Thank you all again! Here's to another year!...
2025-01-19 02:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostIt was approaching noon and the rain was heavy. The bad weather didn't deter the populous, the Upper Ring was still filled with patrons. They took shelter under the awnings or strode in the streets...
2025-01-16 02:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostFritz and his team stepped out onto wet stone and into cool, morning rain. Another team of Climbers were trying to enter the Mer Spire, but stepped to the side to let Fritz through. He walked forwa...
2025-01-12 02:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostFritz awoke from his nightmares, it was a rough way to wake, but it could have been worse. He was lying on his bedroll, wrapped in a spare sheet of sirensilk scavenged from a previous floor. He let...
2025-01-09 02:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostBiki perched high upon his favourite ledge. He watched the alley. He watched the door. That was his task. It was very important. He fluttered his lovely, dark feathers and stretched his wings. They...
2025-01-05 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post"I'm working on the details, there's much to do on the outside. But within some months we'll be climbing the Rain Spire," Fritz proclaimed.
His team, who had been eagerly listening, nodded se...
2025-01-02 02:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post"I want to open one," Rosie declared, her strange, dark eyes glinting greedily as she stared at the bronze-banded chests set upon the scaled stone.
"I wouldn't mind the chance to open one eit...
2024-12-29 02:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostBert didn't speak for almost six seconds, a bright burst of golden light manifested, surrounding Cal and solidifying into the shape of another gold banded chest. The man opened his eyes, they were ...
2024-12-26 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostFritz looked over his offerings with brow furrowed. Water dripped from his willow branches and he decided to take his contemplations to his pavilion. Out of the rain and under the silvery-grey wood...
2024-12-22 02:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe lunch Cal cooked up for the team as they waited for the sea to cool was a fine feast. Or could have been, Fritz supposed, as he himself couldn't focus on the flavours. It seemed he wasn't alone...
2024-12-19 02:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostFritz let Bert lean on him. The man was heavy, but not too great a burden. They sloshed through the chest-high sea, towards their team who were in the ring of trees ahead, sitting and standing on t...
2024-12-15 02:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostIt was almost offensive how defenceless and clumsy the ugly beasts were. They couldn't leap or dodge, they were slow and graceless. When cut, their slick skin parted as easily as a hessian sack, sp...
2024-12-12 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostSomething sped through the muddy water, a darting, glittering beast. Fritz and his team instinctively drew their weapons as the eel slipped right through the middle of their circle. He only caught ...
2024-12-08 02:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostWith the vote settled, Fritz gave out his next orders.
"We'll rest up, get all of you healed, and make sure you have at least one activation of your defensive Treasures," he stated.
"Ro...
2024-12-05 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostGeorge dropped into his Sanctum, felt the heat of the forge, and saw the orange glow reflected on the swords he proudly displayed on the stone brick walls.
He didn't let himself get distracte...
2024-12-01 02:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostFritz had intended to inform his team of what he had felt from the Doors, but he felt a sudden, vicious twisting in his stomach. Then his heart shuddered. All the energy leaked out of him like wate...
2024-11-28 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostFritz and Bert stood back to back, blades drawn and fists raised to meet the sharks swimming through the soft, white sand. Though Fritz was tired, though he was fearful, he held strong and rallied ...
2024-11-24 02:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post