Stories

Excerpt from An Alchemist’s Guide to Botany by Ernila of VatoraWithin the verdant forests of Palegate, in the Northlander Isles, grows a tree unlike any other. Its dense, ebony timber…

Excerpt from Beasts of Realida by Sebastien d’OrdailleWhile the name would suggest otherwise, the thin plate beast is anything but delicate. The towering mammal stands at twice the height of…

In the age of the cosmos, there was light. A light of flames that clenched a golden vapour in a firm embrace. Yet no fire burns eternal. As its radiance…

From the fallen fruits of the Decemvirate arose ten deities, each with powers unique and minds alone: Ithlyn, Berefil, Lya, Quinnbre, Kaerlyn, Whahnt, Trahlish, Yrbella, Virmite, and Releriath. Most were…

Far beneath the waves slumbered the ancient regal viper in darkness. But one day, it awoke to shed its skin. For the first time, it opened its eyes and saw.…

Excerpt from An Alchemist’s Guide to Botany by Ernila of VatoraGrass may be amongst the most ubiquitous of plants, but its strange, violet-coloured cousin is anything but ordinary. Purple grass,…

Excerpt from Beasts of Realida by Sebastien d’OrdailleThe giant frog, though far more terrifying, shares many traits with its smaller brethren, thriving equally on land and in water. While it…

Along Mahear’s eastern border sprawls the Gravetop Mountains, a nigh-untraversable region of jagged peaks and steep cliffs. Traversing this terrain is fraught with danger; even a prepared mountaineer may find…