The Easting Reach

Though they have forever been an important presence in the kingdom of Impiltur, recent times have made it easy for the inhabitants of eastern Impiltur to forget the role that Shield Dwarves have played in keeping the kingdom safe and proud. Victims of their own isolationist tendencies, it has taken ...

You thought you knew just about every adventurer in this part of Impiltur, but not anymore. Belwarith the Trickster has been causing more trouble: born in Sembia, and infamous both there and in The Vast, Triadists are heavy-hearted at the news that Belwarith has escaped his comeuppance in both of th...

The occasion of Nathaniel Askovar’s departure from the household was greeted favourably by the light of the sun, despite the impending presence of the Autumnal season. Nathaniel took it as a positive affirmation of his decision to depart, and trusted that with the emergence of the sun, his father’s ...

Hreyun Askovar published a journal late that year; two and a half years after Nathaniel’s arrival in the city. Nathaniel was now legitimised with eighteen years of living, and by the standard of some nations he might be considered a man, although by the gender codes of the Lynx tribe he would foreve...

Prompted to the task by Hreyun’s lengthy and stale discourse in the ideals of Azuth, Nathaniel began to take advantage of the extensive library at his disposal to find a deity that corroborated his beliefs as equally as Azuth did Hreyun’s: when his father spoke, he spoke with such sincere zeal that ...

Late one night at the time where Deepwinter turns to The Claw of Winter, the wind was beating around Derlusk like a petulant child determined for the attention of its guardians. Nathaniel was sequestered with his father in the study at the top of the humble Askovar estate, where Hreyun was diligentl...

Time spent in Hreyun’s home allowed Nathaniel access to a limitless supply of documents and books that the minstrel eagerly engaged with. By his seventeenth birthday, Nathaniel was acquainted with many tales of romance, heroism and treachery. Some lacked the tenacity and poetry of others, but each o...

Nathaniel’s fingers cascaded to and fro across the keys of the duskwood piano that jutted out among the mounds of tomes and books that the sage Hreyun had collected. The tremulous effect of his action was a grand melody and accompanying, intermittent harmony, which may have echoed the sounds of the ...

In the time following his first night in Derlusk, Nthanda became a popular member of the Derluskan community. Passionate as they were about music, the working community of the city were quick to praise his matchless talent and eager to learn more about the unusual Shaaran people, who were rarely kno...

As his mother had promised, Nthanda reached the city of Derlusk by midnight on the following day. Although he lacked the legendary stamina of his people, Nthanda was swift like all Shaarans, and his slight frame made him nimble and deft on his feet. Even in the low-light of torches and flickering st...