The common perception of bards typically portrays them as mincing fops playing lutes and lyres and jotting down poetry, or capering fools entertaining others with pratfalls and buffoonery, or even as skulking knowledge brokers who engage in skullduggery in their pursuit of information. No matter which way you slice it, most bards will never enter the halls of glory the way that noble warriors do, for... [click here for more]
Verland is burning to the ground. Families huddle together, staggering through smoke-filled streets, shielding their faces as ash rains down around them. Others run screaming in fear, flailing wildly as cloaked riders on horseback gallop past, stabbing with swords and spears. The raiders carry vicious weapons, their faces hidden in the shadows beneath the cowls of their cloaks.You feel... [click here for more]
The soul is a tricky thing to manipulate, with the greatest extent most folk will get being returning someone's soul to their body, questioning it through necromantic ritual, or binding it in service for all eternity. But for a precious few, the soul is something more; less an extension of the self and more an addition to it, able to manifest and manipulate the very essence of others for your benefit... [click here for more]
