*~The peaceful smile of the woman before you is at once calming and a curiosity; her normally olive eyes are transmuted in this moment, wreathed in what appears to be flame. Regardless, she is serene, somehow ethereal and earthy all at once… a paradox. She nods and gestures to the thick pillow on her left.~ * “Welcome, friend,” the alto voice murmurs softly; “I understand you wish to hear the tale of She Who Dreams.” Taking your silence for agreement, she places her hands carefully upon her knees. An observer might note with mild amusement that the position of her […]
RP: Shroud of The Avatar (backstory/introduction)
For those who know me, the notion that I’m posting this is far from surprising. I am an MMO gamer of long time (22+ years! More if you count MUDs, MOOs, MUSH, and of course, BBSs..sss…ss.zzzes!), and I have yearned mightily for a successor to the games that I ENJOYED that time and advances of technology have rendered me too jaded to now enjoy. I watch the announcement of new games across the Internet closer than is comfortable to tell you; their descriptions are woefully thematic and similar. While I am happy people enjoy MOBA style gaming, and I am […]
Suadade, too.
I used to love role-play. From pen and paper and D&D all the way to the MMO, I loved the sense of shaping a character who could be the best of me and, perhaps, benefit others in the process. For a time, it was simply bliss. Then, as with all things, it changed and became one of the most horrific and heart-rending experiences I’ve ever had in the digital domain. The details matter less today than once they did. If you allow yourself to be put upon a pedestal, you will slip, you will fall, and it seems that many […]
The Journal & Journey of Brazen Phoenix (Warhammer)
~late evening, Nordenwatch~ It is a curious thing, the manner in which peasants become peacocks when the soldiers are nearby. Throughout my time with the Griffon Order, through the first villages and warcamps I’ve visited, almost without exception, the local peasantry stride and whoop as if they have won the day when a battalion arrives with news of distant victories. I suppose if one is used to a life of farming and mercantile – where the biggest risk is whether or not that woven fabric you spent this year’s harvest money on will sell – it must seem exotic and […]
Character Study: Siobhan ‘Brazen’ Kislevskaia (Warhammer)
Name: Siobhan ‘Brazen’ Kislevskaia Age: late 20’s Birthplace: Kislev Description: Brazen is a tall woman for being a female human, standing about 5’9″. Her chosen career is apparent in the flame red hair and slightly smoky aura that seems to follow her movements. She is a lithe and tone woman, quick to smile, laugh, or anger. Her moods are spontaneous and often arrive or depart without warning. A confident and somewhat brash individual, she shows no demonstrable preference for companionship, even as she has no apparent distaste for people. Loyal to the point of foolishness and kinder than her initial […]
The Journal & Journey of Shandala Truesong (Warcraft)
The soft knock upon the door received an equally soft reply, “Come in…” The courier entered with a bow and handed the small, folded vellum to the priestess. Without need of more, he spun upon his heel and strode from the room. The Kal’dorei woman chuckled softly, remembering the man’s arrival as a boy courier and how many times they’d argued over ‘proper etiquette’ and how many bows he needed to give or whether or not it was required or seemly to speak during the course of duty. Still smiling, she walked slowly back to her desk, slipping a slender […]
Closing the door – A memory in two dimensions
this, the last conversation on the last night… and the first.
Shandala’s Lament
“We are bound,” he said to me his voice, gentle, his touch, tender in it, all fear of joining, lost great sigh of relief and thankfulness its wind stirring hope which had all but died fanned it to full and flickering flame I accepted the truth of his saying found the delicate knot of it within cradled in every moment since deep delight for its presence a redemption i never thought to know many clouds have passed over the shared sky since that instant in which hope rekindled moments of anger in which we cut one another limping apart to […]
of moon festivals and memories
i sat in moonglade tonight, the festival all around, and thought i was going to have the most marvelous night. instead, as i sat there, memories. memories of happy times and smiles and tales by another fire. memories of names long gone and presence withdrawn and the ache ofwishing i might once more seen them moving slowly toward me through a throng of pixels and particles. malkura, oviel, cassielle, beregrond, talshalan, miira, fedartairin, arthullius, and others that i remember even if not by their chosen names. i am surprised how immediate and throbbing this ache. it has been a full […]