Tales of Totems Posts

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…

In a blueish puddle on the desert floor lay five, what looked like, eggs. Bito picked them up, ignoring the fact that they were covered in bile. Or perhaps he just wasn’t that bothered. The water serpent cradled them in his hands and they started hatching. Five tiny, translucent snakes crawled out of them. “These three sneaky snakes will locate the Sun for you.” He put them down and they disappeared into the sand, or perhaps they had evaporated into the air. It was hard to say. “I will also give you this.” He held a vial. Jade did a…

Jade knew what she must do, the last time they had spoken to Bito, they had been in Morpheus domain. The Watergate had already commenced and there had been no way to stop it. Their homes were destroyed and they were forced to migrate to another continent. They were forced to migrate through Hell. Totems had been slain and souls had been lost. That was an experience she did not want to go through again. Not now that they had finally settled down again. Not even to wipe out the Sun. They had a better plan. Jade prayed to Bito,…

“Aaah,” said Acanhta, as they stepped out of the Zauflak palace. “Isn’t it great to feel the sun on your skin?” She reached her arms up to the sky and closed her eyes for a moment. “I need to get home,” said Lumira. “The Sloan are under attack.” “Hold on, how do you know?” Acantha turned to face Lumira. “They prayed to me last night.” Acantha frowned. “And you tell us this now?” “Well, it wouldn’t have made sense to tell you earlier,” Lumira shrugged. “Right? We were in the dungeon.” Acantha shook her head in disbelief.  “We should come…

“Let’s go,” sang Todd to Jembles. The young guard cursed and threw one last look over his shoulder. There was no one out there for miles. The two guards exchanged a glance and started to run. Mano held two silver blades of different lengths in his hands. Silver would surely cut through the illusion, Mano thought. He was pointing one of them at the screaming Chroma when the guards arrived. “Mano, put the swords away,” said Jembles. Bill, a trader with simian features whom the guards let in to the village earlier that morning, came between the two and said…

The desert village Issa was built around a small oasis in the east of the Sloan desert. Its streets were outlined by typical Sloan-style flat-roofed-houses, which allowed for villagers to jump from rooftop to rooftop instead of using the boring streets. The village was surrounded by a sandstone wall with one single gate. The gate was guarded around the clock by two guards. This particular day, the young Jembles was on guard duty together with Todd, a much older Dragoon. Todd had recently bought a house in the village and was closing in on his retirement. The soon to be…

While Brians laughter echoed through the room, Morn put Bet down, relatively gently. As gently as you would expect from someone like, well, someone like Morn. Jade crouched down besides her. “Wake up,” she said. But Bet didn’t. Jade took the water barrel off her back and scooped some water with her hands to splash in Bets face. Bet writhed, the water was causing her pain, but still she didn’t wake up.  Jade looked up and saw Morn slashing their axe at Magic Brian. But the Zauflak laughed and sidestepped the incoming blows, he hopped backwards and Morn stumbled when…