The Easting Reach

The day of Lyla and Desmond's wedding soon arrived. Tethyamarvale had no shrine dedicated to Sune, but Lady Firehair's blessings were scattered throughout the day: the celebratory sun of Summer rose in the early morning, and the Chauntean garden in which the ceremony took place had not began to show...

By the next morning, not one page of the poetry collection had been turned. Aryen accompanied his father to the Frome Farmstead that morning, where he worked in the stables as and when the Fromes required an extra hand. Being the only son of his family, Aryen was not inclined to complain about a har...

“I've never been so giddy, mama. It is only a tenday away – that's all! And, to think, it will be one less day tomorrow.” “So you tell me. Every day! Now do hurry and dry those things, will you?” was the reply, followed by the clattering of crockery as it stacked up on the countertop. “It's only a t...

The path between the Earthspur and Earthfast Mountains has not been an easily traveled one: leave this kind of trailblazing to the Dwarves, that is the conclusion to which I have come. My supplies are failing me, and there is less to forage here. I believe the eastern side of these mountains facing...

The canvas of starlight that gleams above as the waking hours give way to night seems watchful to me. It is not watchful like the austere trees of the forest, or the imperious brilliance of sunlight. Nay, I perceive the stars differently: each commits a fraction of its radiance to the attendance of...

I feel unsteady standing upon the leaky vessel that bears my weight across The Dragon Reach lake. The many miles I have traveled have been unhappy ones for the most part, but they are, if naught else, miles that I have traveled with my own feet. The same cannot be said for miles traveled upon a boa...

Standing atop a nameless hill and looking out over Rauthauvyr's Road, my thoughts turn to pondering how much of the world is covered by road. What worlds are to be seen beyond The Dalelands? To which ones might I travel, and will I find any peace in them? And indeed, is there any wisdom in the atte...

I still linger beneath the receding canopy of trees that marks the borders of Cormanthor. But it is more than the sun can bear. It relents, finally, and leaves me here. The silence and solitude of night has become a more familiar friend to me than the face of man, yet here where the starry shade is...

The Easting Reach attracts travelers from every corner of Faerûn at some time or another. To accommodate the arrival of these new faces, this thread has been set up. New players can introduce themselves here, and the rest of the community can in turn offer their greetings and warm welcomes to these ...

The ever-critical custom portrait thread returns on our new forum. Here you will find a link to the file which carries across the active portraits of our community's characters on The Easting Reach. To the best of my ability, this folder has been cleared of the clutter of Beta portraits that are no ...