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3: An akheri’s prayer
The low rumbling of thunder blended in with the steady pounding of rain against the roof and the window panes. Hawk lay awake, staring at the hearth with his eyes wide open. Occasionally, a flash of light illuminated the room for less than a heartbeat, until darkness reclaimed its domain and left the cabin’s only…
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2: Confession
It was halfway through the first week of Ninthmoon when Ren’i donned his half-plate armour for the first time in a month and assumed his spot next to the captain and the consuls. The endlessly falling rain ran down the helmet and the bridge of his nose as they kept an eye on the proceeding…
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1: The long way home
The sky was under a thick cover of clouds. The whipping, sleet-mixed rain had faded as they’d stumbled their way across the land bridge isle by isle, but the air remained oppressive. The Cape of Mists was worth its name. The air stood still, and they wandered through the canyon in a dense fog that…




