A dozen men sat around the campfire as the snow piled up around them. Heavily covered in furs they sat at ease enjoying the warmth the fire gave. The camp lay deep within the great northern forest of the Hundred Kingdoms, a land that oozed a primal nature from within its depths. All around stood massive evergreen trees, which if not for the ( Read more... )

With that the meeting devolved into a series of debates on minor issues, with each man leaving as soon as he felt his business was done. Soon all that were left were Baris and Kelton. The Seneschal wandered over to the window and looked out over the palace grounds. Behind him Kelton paused from shuffling papers around and straightened up ( Read more... )

The dwarf bowed slightly in thanks, then resumed loking through the maps ( Read more... )

The last to arrive, Count Loris the spymaster, had just settled into the overstuffed red chair brought in for this meeting, bringing the full Regency council together for the first time in two weeks. Though they were each in constant contact with each other, it was getting increasingly hard for the men to all assemble at once. All the men looked ( Read more... )

The Imperial Palace, Duusala, Dec. 19 ( Read more... )

The camp grew quiet at that pronouncement. Hron leaned back against his pack, considering the messengers words. “I speak for the Wolves, we will of course answer the call. Though I would like to know who has so angered our Lord that he needs all the clans to fight?” Young Nuel answered as well. “As I speak for the Gryphons, I can tell you that we ( Read more... )

A dozen men sat around the campfire as the snow piled up around them. Heavily covered in furs they sat at ease enjoying the warmth the fire gave. The camp lay deep within the great northern forest of the Hundred Kingdoms, a land that oozed a primal nature from within its depths. All around stood massive evergreen trees, which if not for the ( Read more... )

Two weeks later, Near the border between the Grimlund and the Sein ( Read more... )

One hour later ( Read more... )

Looking over his men he saw that mixed in with the mud covering them, there was quite a bit of blood, though thankfully most of it seemed to be the foes. One of his troopers had died, stabbed through the throat, and another seven were wounded, though none life threateningly so. Only three of the raiders had escaped, and Kivr and three other ( Read more... )