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Ceit looked up at the snowy peak of Suilven as she readied herself for an early mornings hunt. Her father was busy with repairing the boat after the harsh winter and her mother was busy searching for herbs in the forest. The snow had finally melted and already the land turned green as the...

The heat of the forge lit up Huldah's face as her hammer came crashing down on the molten ingot held on the anvil. The sun had slipped below the horizon long ago yet she still stood there toiling on a project of her own. There was more than enough work to keep both Huldah and her father busy...

A stark scream after the crack of a hammer pierced the darkness of Ariadne's cell. Each proceeding scream lessened a bit as the latest victim of the wheel succumbed to the pain of their crushed and twisted limbs. Perhaps one day soon it would be her turn to die for treason. The cries of...

The hearth had finally begun to draw down after Marie's evening spent tending the bar. The only remaining patrons were Old Ulfur and a handsome young hunter she had never seen before. Ulfur had been a hunter much of his life, though now he mostly just held down a seat in the local inn and told...

Berenice nodded her head in agreement and followed behind her brother and their guest towards the main hall. Despite the young mortals meekness she certainly possessed many of the qualities of a noblewoman, a birthright that Vezina had yet to truly fulfill. Though she knew it would only be a...

Their money having run out and growing tired of living on the lam the pair of star-crossed lovers decided to journey to London. Erasmus as always had deferred to his master's wishes after giving what advice he could. They knew little of the culture in the city they journeyed to though after...

The long and grueling journey had gone on through many months, though Lexwyn's sire would say nothing in regards to their final destination. Now they walked down a well-used road towards a glow in the distance. The glow could only indicate a city beyond any Lexwyn had ever seen. Finally...

Jocelyn grabs the book on fabled Cathay thinking it might have something about puzzle boxes or the like within it's pages. The name Zao Lat sounds rather odd but it is similar to the name Rodger mentioned as knowing about such things. Aubrey was off looking for a map of the city, so now she...

The pair of Lasombra travel through the moonlit streets of London entering through the Cripple Gate where the lame and broken gather to beg for coin from all. The other beggars seem to hang back as an exceedingly filthy but heavily cloaked cripple steps forward to accost them. Somehow Eliza...

The gargoyle looks up from where it sits on the ground, it's sickly yellowish eyes staring out from the hideous stony face. As she stared at the creature a pale but rapidly flickering aura began to form around the creature. Slowly the colors began to come through as she concentrated orange and...

Reaching the outside of the ancient mansion with Muirne, Anabelle notices the full clear moon in the sky. Even as she wonders what omen it might hold Muirne notices her gaze and says. "I don't know much about whoever it is we're after but they seem to be around the docks in Southwark. I heard...

1099 AD; Pont-y-pŵl, Kingdom of Powys. Lexwyn stalked through the freshly fallen snow ever on the lookout for danger. She was starving and there had been nothing in her triggered dead-falls, she had to find something to eat beside the few berries she had gathered or she wouldn't make it much...

1108 AD; Bruges, Kingdom of France. Eve was tired as she trudged through the filthy streets of Bruges with nothing to keep her company but her own thoughts. She barely remembered her homeland in the Pale, though she knew not the true name of her homeland. Her parents little more than a dim...

January, 1110 AD; London, Kingdom of England The sun sets on the dreary snow-covered city of London and it's surrounding lands. The canaille of humanity hurries through the diminishing light to lock themselves in their homes. If only they truly understood what horrors lurked through the city...

January, 1110 AD; London, Kingdom of England The road has been long and weary but at last you see your goal in sight, not far in the distance the lights and towers of London sit. A thick fog seems to cover everything as you make your way closer to the gates of what some say will one day be the...

1091 AD; Amalfi, Kingdom of Sicily. Eliza sat on the lusciously cushioned throne of the main chamber of the Palazzo Guiscard. She was growing bored with waiting for her important visitor, the Marchesa De Valletta. Looking about the throne room did nothing to dispel the boredom growing within...

1101 AD; London, Kingdom of England. Vezina's eyes fluttered open to earth, her earth, it filled her mouth as she tried to speak cutting off any sound she make. The unceasing need to feed hit her and consumed her thoughts like nothing she had ever felt. It was if she had never fed before in...

1094 AD; York, Kingdom of England. Geoffrey quietly led his men through the dark marsh in search of the small band of rebels who had met defeat at his hands earlier that day. Perhaps he would finally gain the recognition he deserved after serving the king so loyally all this time. He had been...

1109 AD; Bordeaux, Kingdom of England. Jocelyn sat in the corner at a table, her lover and sire Aubrey sat beside her as she surveyed the place. Aubrey sat continuously wiping the table as if there were some unseen speck of dirt that he could rid himself of. Besides the burly tavern keep and...

1104 AD; Athens, Byzantine Empire. Mikalis decided to ride past the monastery where his painstaking art would hopefully last forever. As he rode past the monastery he was surprised to see the abbot standing by the gate. Father Obertus waved as he rode nearer and smiled up at him from under...