Categories: First Chapter

• Chapter One – Page Nine

  ~ The Day Before ~ Jacob and Celeste had been fiddling with the samples they brought back since they woke up. I was now the middle of the afternoon, and they were just getting something out of it. Meanwhile Diogo remained lying in the bathtub, completely submerged. He only came out for lunch, and since then he sat in front of the window observing the soulless life of this friday. Fiona left everyone to go meet with officer Parkson and [...]

• Chapter One – Page Eight

  ~ Two Days Before ~ Diogo wandered the streets searching for a good observation point. He was not wearing the comprehend language ring, so he kept clear to himself that he couldn’t speak with anyone. But people rarely interacted with him. With the occasional intrigued look some people gave him, he mostly just smiled when people acknowledged his existence. Eventually he found a tall building near a place that seemed adequate to his objectives. The building had only 14 floors, [...]

• Chapter One – Page Seven

  ~ Three Days Before ~ “Now, hold it in this position.” Jacob said showing his stance, holding the piece of wood pointing forward. Estela tried to mimic the stance, it was close, but not perfect. “Now, observe, this is a way to keep a high defense. This way you force your opponent to stay somewhat away.” He indicated the distance Fiona was standing. “Now your to main concerns are casting a spell and defending properly, but since for now we [...]

• Chapter One – Page Six

  ~ Four Days Before ~ The small crystal projected an image upwards. The projection showed the blood analysis of all the officers, the mother, the girl, and the hooded man. Graphics filled the air, telling status, elemental affinities, spell power. Jacob tapped into a crystalline screen connected to the apparatus scanning the blood samples, information floated around, reordering itself to show the important discoveries. The girls came through the door, still savoring the sweet taste of pancakes they had for [...]

• Chapter One – Page Five

  ~ Five Days Before ~ Diogo kept a distance ahead of the group, even though he had only a slight idea where they were going. He was still in turmoil. He had in his mind that this mission was going to be simple, come here, identify the culprit, locate his base, kill him and go home. And yet they had barely began. He kept forgetting that searching for an unknown enemy could take years, and he should know better. They [...]

• Chapter One – Page Four

  ~ Six Days Before ~ Jacob got up and walked past everyone. Celeste kept looking over the scroll, and using a reference book she had to try and find something more useful about it. Diogo next to her tried to sleep, but he was a bit uneasy with everything. Tabitha kept an interested eye out the window, she was the least used to travel this high. Fiona and Estela talked about the daily activities of the world. The flight took [...]

• Chapter One – Page Three

  ~ Seven Days Before ~ About 7 a.m. Tabitha woke up, the room partially dark. She inspected the room, and every bed in it. This was the male common room, there were only three girls here, and even though they had the chance to sleep in the girls commons, they preferred to stay with the group. It didn’t bother them to sleep around men, they didn’t understand fully this segregation.  She stretched a bit, and when her eyes focused completely [...]

• Chapter One – Page Two

  ~ Eight Days Before ~ The Floating Hall was the entrance to the Floating Citadel, a citadel built in a moving floating island. The citadel was a special place, reserved for a few monitoring operations. There, a group selected as the best to maintain balance in the world, keep watch over the events, rarely interfering, but sometimes manipulating some of the outcomes. Also, it is where the world keeps link gates to other planes, to other planets, and universes. Entrance [...]

• Chapter One – A Nine-Day Week

  ~ Nine Days Before ~ Gerad walked quickly on the streets of Minfar. He was visiting an old friend, but unfortunately, this visit was strictly business. They would have to catch up latter. The day was sunny, though it was rather cold, the winds blew bringing the northern cold air. The elf only wore a shirt, since he came directly from work, where the temperature was constantly pleasant. He ignored the cold and rushed to the forge. “The Blazing Comet” [...]

• Prologue

  He held his hand high, his strong fingers holding without effort a silver ring. He looked through the ring comparing its size with the moon, Bringing the ring a bit closer  to fit exactly the size of the full moon. The night was beautiful, the air was cold, and the sky was clear. He felt blessed by the night, but then he thought, “One moon?!”. The sudden feeling of nostalgia swept through him. The bed under him felt a bit [...]