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Life's Heart - Published!

My first novel. The first in a star spanning fantasy series. Life's Heart follows our characters during the discovery of the Nightmares return as they come to grips with their growing powers and the changing world around them.

The delay in posts related to my DnD story and worldbuilding showcase was caused by my final push for this moment! I am excited to announce the launch of my new book ‘Life’s Heart’. Blurb Light and dark. Life and death. Good and bad. All things in balance, or so the laws of the universe say. But laws are made to be broken. Darkness is growing once more, its tendrils spreading throughout the…

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Week 3 Showcase: Paruga

A city of few laws ruled by the captain's council of pirates and the three main families that enforce their own brand of justice. Check out this land of lawlessness and danger among the continuing showcase of 'The Free Cities'.

A city of few laws ruled by the captain’s council of pirates and the three main families that enforce their own brand of justice. Check out this land of lawlessness and danger among the continuing showcase of ‘The Free Cities’. The sound of violence is as common as the drunks I step over in the street. If a place was to be free it would be here, though that freedom is at the expense of security…

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Week 2 Showcase: The Red Ushad

A small nation hidden amongst the canyons of Lenwir. Their history is marred in struggle and blood, though they only crave freedom.  Check out this semi-religious organisation and what they truly represent in our continuing showcase of ‘The Free Cities’. ‘Heat burns off the stacks and I catch a shimmer in the air, visible even from down in the coolness of the canyons. The caravan stops, though…

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Light's Talon is a powerful and secret organisation in Venya with deep secrets kept only to preserve the fabric of reality.

Check out this faction in Lenwir and see what else exists there!

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The Tale of the Lizard Queen

A fun writing challenge to create a myth for my DnD world 'Venya' on Worldanvil. Hope you enjoy it!

A fun writing challenge to create a myth for my DnD world ‘Venya’ on Worldanvil. Hope you enjoy it! “Grab it!” A pale brown lizards zips across the sun baked sand, dodging the grasping hands of several children. Footsteps thunder after as each misses and takes up the pursuit, until a small crowd is rumbling behind the panicked creature.  It spies a crack in the side of a wall and dives in, its…

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Session 17 - Don't Make Deals With Fairies

“Ow…,” Misxibis mumbles, pushing herself to her feet. Zipz awkwardly extracts herself from a pile of miniature clothes and pushes her hand through her loose hair, tucking it back into her hood. “Where are we?” she chirps, peering around the cavern. Assorted furniture and objects protrude from the mud walls, meeting a rather unexpected and spotless wooden floor. She arches an eyebrow at her…

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Session 16 - Greenleaf

The midday sun sparkles through the wagon sized leaves of an enormous tree. Pathways, houses and towers peek through the massive canopy and tiny shapes move along the branches like highways. Its monumental size dwarfs all around it, which is no easy feat as walls of purest white stone stand atop a cliff at its base encompassing dozens of seemingly anomalous districts and environments. “Trees…

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Session 15 - A Winding Path

The others share a concerned look, then peer across the vast plains to the south as gust after gust of wind flows across the tops of the tall grass. Not a single homestead or wisp of smoke obscures the skyline with a modicum of life or civilisation.

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Act 1 - Epilogue

Cast far from Sabal, battered and bloody, the adventurers uncover some dark truths in the face of Ezeheli's defeat. Where next lies their fate, and will their road lead them back to Sabal and a confrontation with Galenten. Catch up in time for Act 2!

Waves pound against the base of the cliff, their consistent crashes a soothing reminder of their sudden change of circumstances. “Where are we?” Zipz chirps from her perch atop a small rock. “Home,” Heri mumbles, clutching his chest and staring towards the thousands of huge trees cast in hues of blue, green, red and yellow rising high into the sky along the bluff. A single tree towers above the…

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Session 14 - The Temple of Vidinor

Enjoy the last instalment of Act 1 and discover how the adventurers will free themselves from the dangers of the ancient temple and the man chasing them.

Energy and chatter thrum through the opera house as hundreds of citizens find their seats amongst the magnificence of architecture and magic that plays epic tales across its roof. Misxibis hums beside a set of pristine instruments as she lies across a satin couch, herself draped in a startling black silk dress with flecks of gold and silver that shine like stars with each movement. Amongst the…

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Session 13 - The Path of Life: Part 2

Session 13 – The Path of Life: Part 2

​​The door vanishes and all shield their eyes from the sudden light reflected off gold, silver and hundreds of gems. The circular room rises upwards forever, its top unseeable beyond the distance, and intermittent windows filtered shafts of light down onto the immeasurable treasure piled around the resplendent room panelled in fine mahogany wood.          Zipz begins to breath heavily, partly…

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Session 12

The door shuts with a click. Lush deep red carpet cushions the sound of the party’s awkwardly shuffling feet as they step cautiously down the corridor, certain they have stepped into another world. Maroon drapes cover the purple wallpaper, broken by gold framed pictures of lustful acts, that all bashfully turn away from. The sweetness of incense hangs heavily about them, almost tangible, as if it…

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Session 11 - Ezeheli

Session 11 – Ezeheli

The hum of magic fades as glittering runes across the floor flash with unknown power and dwindle to nothing. The adventurers peer around as warmth enshrouds them, a relief after the nothingness that was The Crystal Path. Darkness is punctuated by the light of ancient and cracked glow globes embedded in columns and statues depicting heroes and gods of incredible beauty, their faces disappearing…