It is a tradition harking back over two hundred years now; a tradition adhered to and continued despite the ongoing outbreaks of Plague, of smallpox, of political upheaval. Time waits for no man, or for the running of the Monarch's Stakes ( Read more... )

The strange blonde rescued, the unorthodox band of rogues, Royal guardsmen and mutants from another realm have returned to their base camp after a rough ride through damp terrain. Once Hawkeye had ascertained they had not been followed, the collective relief was tangible throughout the assembled. Now they can tend to their wounds and - for at least ( Read more... )

The barracks and associated watchtower along this long-abandoned dirt road have been in disrepair for nearly fifty years. In the last months, with the growing unrest in the rapidly destabilizing Southern Kingdom, and rumblings of a civil war, a large group of loosely-affiliated mercenaries has reclaimed the stone buildings as a base for their own ( Read more... )

( First? A Little Backstory... )