Event - Overshadowed Eclipse
The pink and green moon cross each other, creating a window of time that lasts three days and allows for certain rituals. Mysteriously, the event is only ever reported from locations in the Fae See.
Minerals
Manadust is quicksand that has been saturated with mana due to its close proximity to leylines or areas of high mana concentration. Deposits form in circular 10ft diameter "ponds". Upon any amount of pressure being applied, the entire vein of manadust solidifies into manastone. For...
Sunsets and Pyres: A Tragedy
The blacksmith begs for water.
His forge is on fire.
The villagers stand by
Overtaken by solemn silence
Believing the pyre
That presently illuminates
Their collective gaze
Is the blacksmith's
Finest work yet:
Glowing tones of sunset
Scorched and beautiful
As all his...
Location - Gearshift Gorge
A small village nestled in the Republic between a river and the North-Eastern border of Ryke, populated by a mix of Beast and Human. Just over half of the residents have prosthetics, which vary in complexity but appear to be uniform in being mostly fashioned from...
Incubus/Succubus
Colored in violet
Pink hues so quiet
Wings spread to embrace
Intent hid by a pretty face
Behind those immaculate eyes
A mass grave in seductive disguise
Bare flesh becoming warm
Humid breath seeding a storm
Wind howls from parted lips
Mindless kiss and timid sips
Thunder...
Location - Shi Shogunate of the Ginji Domain
Populated area is known as Hisuzuki, a farming settlement that works like a checkpoint between bigger towns and cities, where merchants and travelers rest before resuming their journeys. The Sanmari Tea House that sits near the edge of the village is...
Item - Niji Amulet
Common equipments infused with one of four elements (Air, Earth, Fire, and Water) that generally impacts the martial abilities and style of the ones that train with them. Design may vary but often comes as a flat, circular bronze pendant with a shaped gem set in the center...
Cripple and the Beast
I don't know why it is
That my actions depart
From my earnest desires
Where did I gain such dysfunction?
It's not that I hate myself
And yet, it must be so
Why else would I hobble around
On feet shot through
Time after time?
By my own hand, no less
In crippling myself
Do I...
Location - Gnollbone Village
A former village in the West Empire's north that was inhabited mostly by gnolls until it was burned down by a fire elemental. Some settlers have returned recently with hopes of rebuilding.
Location - Cipactli Forest
Cipactli Forest is a densely forested area situated on both sides of the West Empire-Grand Duchy border. The area is known to be overrun by monsters and has become a popular destination for those that train and enslave such creatures.
The West Empire side of the...
Thoughts of the Smoldering Banner
The melancholy of these walls
Falling amid screams of those
They were meant to protect
I stand on the rampart
The last burning banner
Becoming the ghost of an existence
That was meant to achieve
Some out of reach excellence
To my left and right lay paths
Now...
There once was a god who had spent a great deal of time crossing the many universes that exist. In that time, he had collected many mementos of places that have now faded from memory. Of these trinkets in his possession, he prized three above the others.
The first was a piece of a jawbone from...
Guilt in the Eye of the Beholder
Can you close the eye
That ever looks down upon me?
Unblinking and eternal
It witnesses my actions
Both good
And bad
I didn't mean it
I'm sorry
I'm sorry
I'm sorry
The eye cannot hear
The profuse apologies I utter
It merely watches
Behold
The eye that knows my...
Call of the Role (Player)
How is it I can hear you?
Your voice calls to me
But muffled and distant
As though speaking in a dream
Like a memory only just beginning to recollect
Who are you?
Where are you?
What do you desire?
I ask the questions
Even as the answers come to me
Did I conjure you...
The Wine That Withheld Torment
The slain hangs aloft
His blood runs down
Filling my cup
Drink deep, O drunkard
Imbibe and share in this death
Trembling lips grasp the rim
Channel the wine
Swallow it down
The red runs deep
As do my tears
I was prepared for gall
My lips made ready to scowl
My...