Paragon
‘What a piece of work is a man.’The warden…paused. Auramite boots scuffed ash and detritus, tiny dust storms billowed into the dark, unseen, unremarked. It took Hera a moment to…
Leviathan
Warden Deborah watched the runic wards along the door begin to fade. The old portal of dark basalt began to slide slowly, noiselessly aside. The stark lights of the ancient…
Lockwarden
I carry many keys, but only one held any importance to me then. It was to an empty cell. Deep below the Imperial Palace, there is a terrible place, and…
Guardians
‘Eat.’ A woman’s jovial voice and the soft clinking of porcelain against wood brought him out of his thoughts. Markendaya Orpehus Jangseung, Shield-Captain of the Aquilan Shield, looked down to…
The Penitence Enduring
‘He’s slipping… we’re losing him.’ The voice is distant, part of an abstract memory, dust-covered and forgotten until now. His consciousness rises with the beginnings of remembrance, swimming up from…