Fantasy

600 AD - Session Zero
This series will be following, as best I can recall, the events that took place during a D&D campaign that I very much enjoyed. It has been on hiatus for a while now due to various real-life events that have kept the group from continuing, but we all have a decent amount of hope for the future, and in the meantime I should at least be able to piece together the events that happened so far. In this post I'll be going over the basic layout of information from the start of the campaign, as well as the information regarding the character that I played.
By Bastian Falkenrath4 years ago in Fiction
An Empire of Betrayal & Order 1
The dust settled in the arena the two warriors practiced with each other. After everything was said and done, the two figures could be seen still standing while panting heavily.
By Harrys Stratigakis4 years ago in Fiction
Heir of Scales
Far to the east, in the shadow of the Mountains of Mercy, lay the forest of Mehergot. It was an old forest, with trees tall enough that a mounted horseman could ride confidently and without fear of striking a branch.
By Georges-Henri Daigle4 years ago in Fiction
A creation myth
In the beginning there was naught. A cold, peaceful abyss. It was endless as it was eternal. Immeasurable eons would pass and nothing would change, stagnant and empty. There was one moment in this unmeasured time when the unchanging changed. One might say this is the second time began. There was a spark, a light. This light went more eons until a consciousness grew within it. It began to wonder and think. This light began to travel the emptiness and it grew sad. It grew lonely. Out of this solitude, it created the cosmos’ first sound, and this sound brought to life three more beings. We call these beings “Scribna”, the goddess of thought, “Sonos”, the god of sound, and “Muse”, The goddess of imagination. These gods gave the light it’s own name. They called it “Deity”. Deity delighted in it’s new children and companions and they, together, began the creation of the world as we know it. Scribna created the earth and from that, crafted birds and beasts to fill it. She took the hide of one of the beasts and created a journal from that that never ends. From a bird, she plucked a feather and took the blood from the beast to make ink. Using that book wrote the hills and sands and mountains. Sonos sang life into the beasts his sister created. He sang the oceans and waves into being. His voice created the clouds above and the wind in our hairs. He spoke the grasses unto the hills and plains and the magma into the volcanoes. Muse took a branch from a tree and with this sacred branch, she drew the most precious of their creations into the world. She drew the outline of the first man and woman into the sands on a beach. She asked Scribna for assistance to bring them into existence and her sister took her journal and wrote the descriptions of them and as she wrote, they began to rise from the sands, taking on their distinct attributions. Though they were still missing something. They asked their brother to give them the gift of life. He did not want to, after he read Scribna’s descriptions of them. He did not want to give them the freedoms that they were to be granted. He wanted them to have the most basic of intelligence, as was with the beasts of the land and the birds of the skies and the fish of the seas. His sisters begged him to, saying that this would be the only creation they made together. The humans would be the amalgamation of their combined powers and therefore would be the most sacred creatures in the world. Sonos eventually acquiesced and sang into their creations the most sacred gifts he could give them. He gave them souls and free will. He declared that since he gave them the gift of life, he would name them “Ask”, the man, and “Embla”, the woman. The gods gave the humans the task of creating the rest of the world, to live and to prosper. And they did so. They created small villages, cities, even kingdoms. They created art, and stories, and music. They were truly beauteous creatures, indeed. A darkness began to form, however, as no beautiful thing can ever go unsullied. This darkness creeped into one of the gods’ hearts. Sonos began to become jealous of their children and started to give them more direct commands. He began to see himself as their supreme leader. His sisters asked him to stand aside and let the humans live, but once he felt the power he took, he wanted more. He commanded the humans to attack his sisters. Thus began the The First War. This war raged for one thousand years until Scribna and Muse turned some humans against their master and defeated Sonos and his human legions. They sealed him away deep beneath the Sea of Songs, where he still remains. He lay there, singing his songs, and speaking his will. He lay there, creating new things that can only live in the deepest of depths and can not survive the light of day. He lay there, where he must stay for eternity.
By Possum4 years ago in Fiction
"Evil" Queen: Vampire Hunter. Runner-Up in Legends Rewritten Challenge.
Artemisia, newly Queen of Schwarzwald, saw the signs in her step-daughter immediately. The current beauty trents might tend toward fairness and red lips, but not like this. Skin as white as freshly-fallen snow, without even a pink tinge at the cheeks. One might be tempted to call it a deathly pallor, had the young princess not been witnessed running and laughing like any child might be expected...
By Natasja Rose4 years ago in Fiction
Planet Tetro ~ Page 37
We were to have a small meal before we headed back to the cave . It was an extra relief that our backup brought extra rations . Im also going to send another message . Updating the village on the details of the things that happened up until now . I decided to rush my meal , I also wanted to make a secret weapon against the insect warriors . I went back to my tree and brought out my small set of traveling tools . It’s time to adjust my drill , I activated my powers to enhance my engineering . I decided to adjust my drill to become more of a conductor . I’ll also have to use my engineering gloves while fighting the insect warriors . Since my engineering gloves are shock resistant . I’ll also give it the ability to shoot the electricity flow back at the insects using the sense of electron flow . Wait until John and Bulls Eye see this in action ! I was thinking while working on it .
By Terrence4 years ago in Fiction
Dragon Rider
Kaimria circled. ‘There’ he thought ‘there is a little one.’ He scanned the surrounding area looking for its parents. The infant seemed all alone. He circled closer constantly scanning. It wasn’t that he was particularly frightened of the adults. A few he could manage but they were determined fighters especially when defending their babies. This little one though did seem all alone, but maybe it was a trap.
By Mike Cornish4 years ago in Fiction
Seacrest
Seacrest and New Manners Seacrest flew over tall trees and buildings long forgotten. Her beautiful blue scales disappearing into the sky, all but the small crest that was the color of the sea. She hadn’t felt this free in, well… forever. Born and raised in the Underworld, she thought she would never see the sky again. Then the day came when Tempest released her, and Seacrest took to the skies.
By Dillan Rexroat4 years ago in Fiction
The G.A.M.E - Chapter 1
Location: Drecaster City, Endo October 20, 12:03pm “Watch it.” Sebastian hissed when one of the branches that Kody had pushed out of the way swung back once the brick house of a redhead passed, almost smacking the Mage in the throat.
By Anna Miller4 years ago in Fiction
The G.A.M.E - Prologue
Location: Drecaster City, Endo October 22, 9:32pm It was a cool, crisp autumn night as a lone man hurried down a dimly lit driveway. The man was in his late forties, the crown of his head starting to bald due to a mixture of bad genes and old age. He wore a cheap, ill-fitting suit that did little to conceal his beer gut, the light scuff of the man’s faded black dress shoes was all that one could hear in the otherwise dark and quiet length of driveway.
By Anna Miller4 years ago in Fiction
The Eye of Carly’s Hope
Millie and her Aunt sat crouched in that small cave for hours discussing what to do about… Well, everything. They were interrupted occasionally by screeching monkeys, and once by Mark.
By Karen Eastland 4 years ago in Fiction
The Dragon's Child
In a fantasy world of witches and wizards, there lives a dragon who has never seen another creature like himself. One day, while she was out exploring the forest, she comes across a small human toddler who appears to have been abandoned. It was a spooky night, the sort of night where the moon is hidden behind thick clouds and the only sound is the rustle of leaves in the forest. A gust of wind blows through the forest, rustling the leaves of the trees.
By Pam Zee4 years ago in Fiction