Month: August 2020

Walking back to the castle, Morn saw their friends standing before the gate. Jade was every so often looking over her shoulder towards the ant creature that Morn had allowed the transfer of ownership of Iratus soul. Though happy that Iratus could now be at their side, it saddened Morn that holding hands with him was just not the same. Morn waved and Jade, Acantha and Kevins came walking towards the two orcs. “Who might this be?” asked Kevins. Morn turned to the blue orc in black spiky armor and said: “Iratus, this is Kevins, remember his robe, not his…

The gate of the castle was open with only one guard standing next to it in black armor. Morn approached and saw that the guard resembled a large ant. It held a spear in one hand and its two antennae twitched before the creature turned its head to face Morn and spoke to them with a metallic monotone: “I am the Voice. You are Morn.” The mandibles moved as the creature spoke. “Yes.” Morn said sourly as they remembered why the Voice knew their name. “You come for one of mine, whom I will give you. In return I want…

Morn ran up a hill and looked around under the red sky. The orc knew that they had little time to spare. The news that Kendoll had given them had been useful, but upsetting. Kendoll had proven himself to be useful and Morn was glad to have the fellow orc under his protection. Just before Morn had returned to Hell, Acantha had asked Morn to take the orcs under his wing and Morn accepted her offer gladly because it helped Morn in gathering all the Chroma back to one people again. Soon, Morn would have an army and they could…

They heard a loud, crackling bang, Jade startled and spilled hot tea onto her lap. She bit her lip not to cry out in pain. Carefully, she put the mug back on the table with the intention of leaving it there, at least until it was room temperature.  “Ah, that is probably Lumira,” said Acantha, “I’ll be right back.”  Acantha walked out and came back with a blue-robed elf with long, straight, black hair that she flicked out of her face with a dramatic gesture and then proclaimed loudly:  “Here I am.”  “Hi,” said Jade with a meek grin. “Girl!…