Month: April 2021

“Prepare to fight,” Jade said under her breath. “We have been found out.” “I don’t see the King,” said Lumira. “Or any other Sloan.” Jade slid quietly down the pile of coins and Sang back: “I’ll try and locate them, you distract the big guy.” Lumira winced and looked from Jade to Morn, at whom she started gesturing for them to come over.Morn jumped over the pile of coins and let out a fierce battle cry. From between the coins, small bugs crawled out and swarmed. Jade had no idea how she was going to find anyone while the floor…

The giant gate creaked open and light streamed through the small slit. Jade squinted. She felt the vibrations of his footsteps before she could make out the black clad figure standing in the doorway. “Thiago!” said Iratus. Jade looked at the orcs. She didn’t need to speak Stare to read off their faces that they recognized the man in black. Despite his mask. “Who is Thiago?” Acantha asked. “We travelled with him, Morn, Kevins and I,” said Iratus, “We parted ways because he wanted to return to Avron.” “Avron?” Jade was as puzzled as Acantha. As far as she knew,…

Acantha was on fire. In both the most literal and most painful sense. Jade dropped her blade and ran towards her friend while reaching for the water barrel on her back. She slipped it off her shoulder, lifted the lid off and threw the contents over Acantha, dousing the fire with a stream of water. “Aaghhbrfhrl!” shouted Acantha. She heaved. Eyes wide open. “You’re ok,” said Jade reassuringly, holding the barrel up high to aid the continuous stream of water in Acantha’s direction. She checked her friend for burns. “Show me where it hurts.” Acantha pointed at her chest and…

Iratus pushed Morn out of the way as two halberds fell down with an oddly synchronized thump. The gray statues on either side stepped off their pedestal and raised their weapons. Morn threw their axe at one of them while Iratus raised first his fist and then one of his eyebrows as if daring the creature to take another step. “Guys,” said Jade, turning around, “There’s two more.” Jade pointed at two statues running towards them with their swords out. There was something off about them, thought Jade. With her eyes, she saw two faceless statues made out of a…

“Go on,” Jade said, blade in hand. Lumira opened the door. They heard something inside. Something was gnawing. It stopped as the door creaked. Jade pushed past Lumira into the room. Rapid footsteps. A hiss. “Watch out!” screamed Acantha. Lumira heaved her spear up high and threw it at the creature that Jade had locked blades with. “Thanks,” said Jade as it dropped to the ground. Meanwhile turning to catch another incoming blow. She knew these creatures. They had fought them before. The followers of the Sun where all the same. The fighters either spewed poison, had grappling pincers or…