Mikel Skräskyddsling wound his way up the tower of the Guild of Aeromancers, finally reaching a nondescript door. He rapped on it, and after a moment Isak Akessen opened it and stepped into the hallway. Akessen was the Guild’s seneschal, … Continue reading
“A letter from home?” Mikel asked baldly. “Where did you get this?” Anja demanded. “And why did you open it?” “It wasn’t for you,” Mikel said sharply. “It came to the Guild via the Council. We’re not even necessarily obliged … Continue reading
There was a sound like thunder, and Rakel and Two appeared in the safehouse. Rakel tripped and swore, kicked at one of the chunks of stone scattered around her feet, and regretted it instantly. She’d apparently left a pretty fair … Continue reading
The square was perhaps one hundred and fifty yards across, divided into rings by broad avenues by lines of trees. The bank stood alone in the middle. A few of the paths ran straight from the outside edge of the … Continue reading
Sorry it’s late. I didn’t have Internet access when I thought I would today.
Eirik blinked, nonplussed, and the man was gone. He spent the rest of the day deep in thought, and over the evening meal saw that his mother was watching him more intently than all the portraits on the walls put … Continue reading
Human culture had developed in a land of long winters and little daylight, and even when it found itself transported to a land of mild winters and sufficient daylight during the long servitude to the elves, it had not changed … Continue reading
As the sun inched down toward the horizon, Anja walked along the boulevards of the High Quarter toward the Guild of Aeromancers, a smile playing at the corners of her mouth. So far it had been a day of ups … Continue reading
They’d been on the road for half a tenday before the aspirants began to tire of each others’ exclusive company. It was a gray, shadowless day, and rain fell in sheets to muddy the road. The horses were having a … Continue reading
The sun rose to find Eirik out of bed and already making preparations to leave. He had decided to leave most of the finery he preferred behind in favor of travelling clothes—brown shirts and trousers, mostly, with an overcoat and … Continue reading
