Lore - The March of Time
The story of Boots and Ballan, by Winston Wagner
Prologue: A Timely Encounter
He fell. A chaotic blend of static noise and the sound of fabric tearing overwhelmed his ears. Strobing fractal patterns folded in on themselves around him...
Chapter 1: Idol Worship
Ballan peered into the darkness of the temple from above, frowning. Kahya had pointed out a section of the temple that was partially crumbled - there were holes in...
Chapter 2: The Serpent God
Ballan wondered if it was courage or delusion that made him think he had a goblin's chance at chess of getting out of this situation alive. The odds were certainly...
Chapter 3: The Hound of Ill-Omen
So - these crystals. Why are they important? What do they do? Kahya asked as they stopped beside a creek for brunch. Two breakfasts are better than one...
Chapter 4: The Savior Beast
Ballan frowned as he watched an airship with black flags careen away from Ruebenberg at high speed. That was not the leisurely pace of someone out for a pleasant skysail...
Chapter 5: The Guardian
"Holgith does not understand this." Ballan looked up from where he was painstakingly carving a rune into another tree with his only good knife. Every venturer worth their salt...
Chapter 6: The Lord of the Mire
Ballan had decided his wounded leg was worth an extended stay in civilization. A local innkeep had been kind enough to give the four of them room...
Chapter 7: The Plan for the Prison
Once they had returned from Auntie Nub's, they rested for a day or so before everyone piled into Ballan's room to discuss their plan...
Chapter 8: The Prison Break
When the morning of the attempted prison break arrived, Tilda appeared (smugly) with everything they needed to act as prison guards for Holgith...
Chapter 9: A Moment to Breathe
Boots set them down some distance away from the prison, in the shadow of the Western Ward. The enormous pylon, for all its purported magical properties...
Chapter 10: The Holy City
Were you to stroll almost any street within the Holy City of Avony, you would find that it lives up to its name in spades...
Chapter 11: One with the Sea
If there was ever a true indication that Ballan was still far from becoming an Archmage, it was setting foot in Boots' tower for the first time...
Chapter 12: The Cave Terror
The normalcy of the bustling city caught Ballan off-guard as they navigated to the Mason's District. A quarry of white stone dominated...