Verity
You wake up this morning as you do every morning, at the sound of the bull grox grunting in the fields. You go through all the essential ablutions, washing your…
The Damned Hound
Demon wolves hunted. They loped across the battlefield, gargantuan legs churning up the earth like gods. Only that they were not true wolves, but iron Warhounds sniffing the air, tracking their…
The Lone Ranger
If the Marshal had still had lips, the top one would have curled in disgust when he saw the shuttle dropping from the stratosphere. But his lips were long gone,…
Honour & Blood
'I was already a man when he came, heralded by a red star in the sky. I had barely proven myself as a part of my ser’s retinue when I…
The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Princeps Maigret
+++After Action Report++++Incident: Loss of Imperator Class Engine – Rubello Arcanum++For the attention of: Lord Warmaster Kincaid++Ancillary Consideration: Fleet Admiral Lanctanius, Exulted Council of Legio Cattalan+-+Interview Subjects+[Princeps Majoris Maigret —…
Di Yu
Prologue Its name was Nyx Infernus. A daemon in the form of a dire wolf dredged forth from Old Night. In my head it ran on four elongated legs ending in…
The Summons
The summons came right after I had my connection ports flushed and cleansed. Half-groggy, with the ports still smelling of antiseptic and my neck feeling tender and sore, I made…
The Corianton Effect
Emergency runes flashed across his vision, warning him of VSG burnout. He could feel the residual energies crackle over his skin. The overload had been sudden and rapid, and would…
Requiem For A God Machine
I am dying. Or perhaps I am already dead. It is hard to tell. My existence cannot be judged as simply as alive or deceased. It is possible I have died many…
The Walls of Iben
Imperator Ajax swung its right arm in a powerful haymaker, lightning cracking in coruscating blue arcs across its fist. The blow connected with the cheek of a Reaver memory-stream inloads…