The Houses of Thunder
This week we travel to the far north and one of the wonders of the world. The houses of thunder are a mysterious pair of towers rising up out of the cold northern sea at the end of the Icewind cape....
View Articletftsb 46 – The Bakery
The City by the Sea has seen an influx of new residents fleeing the destruction of war in the north. There are those who fear these newcomers, afraid they have come to take over the city and drive...
View ArticleIssue 11 – The Island
Out in the middle of the great Glass Sea there is an island that is home to the old Flint Hills Research Laboratory. This lab survived the events that brought on the fall of civilization and has...
View ArticleToys for the Sandbox #47: The Low Spires
Four days ride north of The City by the Sea are tall, thin needles of stone. Here Defric, an orc queen turned holly woman, waits in the Low Spires to meet the person who will bring peace to the north....
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The City By the Sea is a complicated city. Long ago the god presence living there drew the Daashiono to it and they settled in the sea caves beneath the city. Harboring tiny god bits gone astray, the...
View ArticleToys for the Sandbox 49: The Salt Mine
A dwarven forge that long ago was lost at sea is buried now in the Shandilite Desert. Its position in the sand is just below salt mines owned by the God King. The mines are pits of misery from which...
View ArticleToys for the Sandbox Issue 50: The Sea Caves
Is this a Nativity Story? Writ large upon the topography of the coast is the name of Axzevibrish. It’s a sigil, it’s a signal. Is the city ready for its god to awaken? People who live here think the...
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Peace on Earth has been in the works forever, and Sheldrian Cloudsinger has been working on it almost that long. But now Poet Cloudsinger’s efforts to fix the world is getting the black god of anger...
View ArticleIssue 52 The Royal Palace
King Krister IV has a reputation and it’s not such a good one. He’s a womanizer and everyone knows he likes to party. But his City By the Sea is on the brink of war and contrary to what many of his...
View ArticleToys for the Sandbox Issue 53: Wreckers’ Wall
Hey, you – watch out! That’s the Wreckers’ Wall in front of you. You might have heard it’s the most free place in the world, but just don’t think that means you can cruise right in. Warden Hastings is...
View ArticleToys for the Sandbox Issue 54: The Elf King’s Palace
Good luck. This one ain’t pretty. Who knows if it was the Emperor of Shiel who kept the powers of darkness at bay? But it for sure is true that once he made a pact with Kryzcazzca, his whole...
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Look! Right there! What a marvel! The Egg of Wonder is spinning out. It’s pantomiming something! It’s the future! It’s the past! But don’t watch too closely. You’ll miss the love story playing out at...
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This is where the saga begins. Toys will grow out many unusual things, but this is where it starts. This is where the fighting librarians from Ethos set out. This is where the Orc Queen takes the first...
View ArticleToys for the Sandbox 56: Moonshield Falls
Hold on! Vision adjustment! Moonshield Falls is a nice piece of real estate, but training an army here? Those Rebirth of Shiel people just don’t get it. Moonshield Falls is where it all began! The...
View ArticleToys for the Sandbox 57: The Grand Conservatory
Musicians make good spies. They travel. They hobnob with the nobility and they’ve got minds trained to read code. Everyone thinks the Grand Conservatory in the Elf King’s old kingdom is just a...
View ArticleToys for the Sandbox Issue 58: The Mouth of Moonshield Canyon
Xisto is a young rock, cognizant and canny. It’s a dream of his to get some understanding going between the rocks and the barbarians and the dwarven types. He’s even gotten an earth elemental to...
View ArticleToys for the Sandbox 59: The Three Sisters
Old Kings and despots, a queen or two as well, they all call the King’s Club home. Dorrian Wells, a crafty charmer, welcomes all that ilk – people just like himself. After all, he sat upon another’s...
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Ashiba, Master Druid, throws off his body when it gets old and takes a new one. It’s always worked for him and he’s brandished his power at the Gate for centuries. But now the other nature spirits have...
View ArticleToys for the Sandbox 62: Sky Mines of Lowmoon
If you find moontears in those brave new floating mines, just act natural. Don’t let on, don’t tell anyone. Just harvest them. Moontears are worth more to you-yourself-alone, than being the good guy...
View ArticleToys for the Sandbox 63: The Woodsman’s Inn
Wow! You might not have heard of such a thing, but now there’s a map of the future. It’s right here, issue #63, at the Woodsman’s Inn. Maps of the past – histories – they’re all very well, but now...
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