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His Majesty’s Service, Salaman The Magnificent, Chapter 3.1

July 4, 2020 Garden Variety

Onyx hadn’t needed a map after all. An eye and an ear would have been enough. The show that Pudd had described–over her only meal in days–was as he explained, loud and clear. After ducking out of the heroes plaza, … Continue reading His Majesty’s Service, Salaman The Magnificent, Chapter 3.1

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His Majesty’s Service, The Soapbox Theorist, Chapter 2.1

July 4, 2020July 4, 2020 Garden Variety

Onyx hadn’t considered that she could be recognized in Cillandar. And like all things one doesn’t consider, there became a steady increase in the odds of it happening. The realization struck her the same way the icy cold water had. … Continue reading His Majesty’s Service, The Soapbox Theorist, Chapter 2.1

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His Majesty’s Service, The Tinkerer, Chapter 1.5

July 4, 2020 Garden Variety

Introductions were never easy for him. For starters, he had only ever gotten out half of his name in Celn cities, and Cillandar was the worst of them, before someone cut him off or simply walked away. It took him … Continue reading His Majesty’s Service, The Tinkerer, Chapter 1.5

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His Majesty’s Service, Cursed Player, Cursed DM, Chapter 1.4

July 4, 2020 Garden Variety

Foo thought the hardest part of being turned into a rabbit, wasn’t the carrots. In fact, try as she might to remember the meals she once ate, she still wanted those fucking carrots–every single light forsaken time the old man … Continue reading His Majesty’s Service, Cursed Player, Cursed DM, Chapter 1.4

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His Majesty’s Service, Altair Awakes, Chapter 1.3

July 4, 2020July 4, 2020 Garden Variety

It would have appeared, if anyone else had been present, that a large figure wearing full armor stood in the middle of the dilapidated shack. There was a small screeching  sound made from an instrument held by a crookedly formed … Continue reading His Majesty’s Service, Altair Awakes, Chapter 1.3

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His Majesty’s Service, Moths to a Flame, Chapter 1.2

July 4, 2020 Garden Variety

Moths to a flame. That’s what the Celns said when something brought them together. Like this coronation of their king, or barley a little too unsupervised under a canvas on  a cart in one of the dwindling numbers of caravans … Continue reading His Majesty’s Service, Moths to a Flame, Chapter 1.2

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His Majesty’s Service, A Dark Tide Chapter 1.1

July 4, 2020July 4, 2020 Garden Variety

She had come on a dark tide.   The worn bow of the vessel struck the pale rounded stones of the shore. Slipping her feet over the side, the sole passenger slid waist deep into the frigid water of the bay. … Continue reading His Majesty’s Service, A Dark Tide Chapter 1.1

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His Majesty’s Service, Join us in our 3rd ALIND Campaign!

July 4, 2020July 4, 2020 Garden Variety

The new campaign has begun and boy do we have  a doozy. The player characters are: Kaitlyn as Onyx the female human rogue. Onyx has come to the capitol city Cillandar. Why? We haven’t a clue yet! What do we … Continue reading His Majesty’s Service, Join us in our 3rd ALIND Campaign!

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BLACK HOLLOW 8.3 The Dark Island

September 9, 2019September 14, 2019 Garden Variety

The experience of flying upon a dragon was from that moment on, permanently embedded in the deep recesses of Andril’s vast chamber of thoughts. It reappeared in his wonderings, in his dreams, and in his writings many times thereafter. He … Continue reading BLACK HOLLOW 8.3 The Dark Island

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Black Hollow 8.2D The Pest Control Expert’s Friends

September 8, 2019September 8, 2019 Garden Variety

Imagine that you were in a battle on a ruined platform. Around you, like a swarm of bees, shadowy figures move from man to man, striking each down. They are each a  flurry, a blur of death.  Consider the whirling … Continue reading Black Hollow 8.2D The Pest Control Expert’s Friends

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Black Hollow 8.2B More Than A Handful

August 17, 2019August 18, 2019 Garden Variety

Andril and Haryk had their hands full holding back the strange monks. Prince Genoran wasn’t making it any easier and their oftentimes immature friend, the druid, was nowhere to be seen. Genoran and a few of his best and most … Continue reading Black Hollow 8.2B More Than A Handful

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A Crimson Shore 35.2 A Lyrical Ballad of the Heart

July 3, 2019July 3, 2019 Garden Variety

Iricah knew all too well that Thrak would have fought them all, every last two-legged one of them. You see, about the same time that Thrak was standing over Frank’s lifeless body about to make a sack full of Celn … Continue reading A Crimson Shore 35.2 A Lyrical Ballad of the Heart

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