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The Shadow Rogue Vs The Agents Of Thunder - Short Story - Iothad Adventures

Clearing out an abandoned mansion filled with orcs should be easy enough, right? - The Shadow Rogue Vs The Agents Of Thunder - #ShortStory #IothadAdventures

At the behest of a local hunting lodge owner, and upon promise of reward, The Shadow Rogue and their fellows – a human mage with a tendency toward chaos, a half-elf druid who really should like trees more for a forrester, and Prizrak the trusty shape-changing cat – set out to the disrepaired mansion with every intention of convincing the orcs contained within to move on.

Hopefully this…

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The Ousting Of The Orcs - A Bardic Tale

When a Great Dragon lands in the centre of the Jagh Clan's territory they have no choice but to fight. - The Ousting Of The Orcs - A Bardic Tale #flashfiction #fantasy #fiction

This is the tale of the mightiest foe the Jagh Clan have faced. It descended as a cloud, formless vapour to mighty body. Like the Unblinking Lion descending from his realm to strike the unworthy, or the All Seeing Lady whipping people into the beyond when they prove too weak to care for the children they created.

The beast landed, no warning, in the site of the Great Fire, where most all of…

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Zakariah's Tale - Iothad Adventures - Short Story

Zakariah was denied his warrior's death, necromancy magic has put him instead as an inanimate skull who can only speak in riddles, rhymes, and confusing nonsense. - Zakariah's Tale - Iothad Adventures #ShortStory #fiction #IothadAdventures

Alakir laughed as he held the still warm skull in his hand. “The once proud general reduced to a rambling, nonsensical skull.”

The skull chattered, teeth from its magically attached jaw clacking together in a way that would have hurt if the skull could still feel pain.

“Now so proud now, General Iah. No honourable death for you.”

The skull lurched, as if possessing its own power of…

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A Guard's Tale - Iothad Adventures - Short Story

Being a guard isn't always entertaining, in fact Daniel often finds its quite dull. Then again, dull is probably better than perilous... A Guard's Tale - Iothad Adventures - #ShortStory #fiction #fantasy

Daniel had a really good hand. The faces of a matching royal court smirked up at him. He tried to keep his face neutral as he peeked over at Dave.

Dave’s smirk was as enigmatic and mysterious as the faces on the cards. It prickled over Daniel’s skin like lightning in the air. It twisted his gut. How could Hektor have fallen for this man’s cold unfeeling smirk? How could they both have betrayed…

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