If Only It Were A Dragon [Chapter 12] When I came down from the top of the gatehouse, Sacher offered me a near-silent clap of his hands. “Good show, Sir Gladius.” I took a bow, arm stretched across my stomach like the actors in one of those boring plays at the theater. “Yeah, well, somethingContinue reading “The Men at My Side”
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Love Thy Enemy
If It Were Only A Dragon [Chapter 11] The long march from the city walls up to Hightown and the castle district was enough exertion to free me from the cooling effects of the alchemist’s potion. I even regained feeling in my toes and fingers. Eriques was along with me the whole way, filling meContinue reading “Love Thy Enemy”
For a Magical Thirst
If It Were Only A Dragon [Chapter 10] The elf gathered us inside the halls of the barracks, right at the center around the stone ground of the cooking pit. He held a couple of vials of the alchemical tonics in each hand, pulled from the full pallet outside. “Greetings all, properly and for theContinue reading “For a Magical Thirst”
A Doorstop Delivery
If It Were Only A Dragon [Chapter 9] The march back from the old capital seemed longer than the journey there. I felt as if magic had failed us. Not that I was expecting for it to do much in the first place. Apart from their elemental powers and their possible undead armies. But weContinue reading “A Doorstop Delivery”
A Dead King
If It Were Only A Dragon [Chapter 8] We followed the ruined cliff side for a while longer until a semi-intact stone stairway availed itself to us. It took a nauseating turn down a steep incline, seemingly carved out of the soft, perilous sandstone wall. The bottom reaches of the steps were near impossible toContinue reading “A Dead King”