June 2023

Scrape. Scrape scrape. The spoon strikes the sides of the bowl with force as it gathers gruel. Weak light, so alien in the Depths, fills the tunnel. Shadows wrap around the creature holding the spoon. Dark leathers drape from its hunched shoulders. Purple eyes look out from a darkened alcove at the assembled elves. It […]

Tharan is fairly certain he’s dying. The pain sears through his entire being. He has just enough focus to attempt to heal himself. But what must be poison of the highest potency continues to fester and eat away at his skin. He has never endured pain like this before, not in all his long years.

Alkara edges down the darkened tunnel. Dre and Chiron slip in behind. She peers into the void and small variances of shapes greet her. Tinges of needlepoint stab around her eyes. Dre’s potion helps a little but the tradeoff pains her. Castoff items mark the absence of their Harvester owners. Dre taps Alkara’s shoulder, “They