Connor Murphy was his father's first son. But his brother Sean would lead the clan after their father's death. It wasn't that Connor didn't want to lead, or that no one would follow him. Quit the opposite on both counts. His brother would lead because Connor would be exiled and disowned. This is the tale of why; it is a story every O'Connor ( Read more... )

( The Courage of a Lamb, the story of Seamus O'Connor )

It's been far too long since I've posted any new fiction here (or anywhere, really) and all the stories I have almost-finished are a) not finished, and b) too long to finish quickly and post tonight.

Given that, I figured I'd start something new, officially. alarin612's done something similar, posting unfinished bits of story to have a record of it, but ( Read more... )

Wielded by Grelore Thistleborne in the Gordainean Age, this greataxe has a wooden pole carved from the severed branch of an ancient treant for a shaft, and a blade of the finest steel, tinted green and dark grey with dye made from dryad's hair and blueberries. Where the blade is fixed to the shaft, twisting vines shaped of the metal and carved ( Read more... )

Glory's Beacon is a +5 Elven Courtblade made of Dreamsteel. This special material, the rarest on Ifrai, deals double damage to undead and evil outsiders, and acts as a Good weapon for overcoming damage reduction. Unlike most courtblades, the blade is straight and it has a classical cruciform hilt. The grip is made of two pieces of Darkwood ( Read more... )

"Nothing insulates us like space. Nothing keeps us safe like proper timing ( Read more... )

In Ifrai, magic is so rare that anything better than a +1 longsword usually has a name and a history. Here are a few mid-level magic weapons with some color ( Read more... )

The Map of Legends is a major artifact created by Kathera Sherand and Rianne the Explorer in their later life. Its purpose is to link all the locations on Ifrai with the legendary events and that took place in them ( Read more... )

I keep forgetting to either post these here too, or change the autopost from KarakSpeaksTrue.com

The rambling babble in the show explains more about the story. Suffice it to say, this is part one of another story set in Mystic Frontiers, the Alternian fantasy setting.

This story will eventually become part of the Wayfarer’s story. I could claim ( Read more... )

At least at putting up a story a day. Last weekend kinda threw me off and I never quite got back on track.

Here's a little more of ( Hammer and Axe )