5 stories
From the Deepest Depths
Dakba, a race exiled from the surface of Andoria for a thousand years, sends its brightest student to Coldlawn College, the world's center of education. As he finds himself the center of attention, and pressured to stand as an example of his race, Change is always difficult, but for the Dakba, it will be the most challenging task to integrate into the world above after so long an absence. Forced to eliminate their special, born ability to use magic, it is thought as their exile expired that the age of magic was over. Inside Darynn Ariso, that's all about to change.
The Darkest Knight
Rushed out of Paz at the demand of Darynn Ariso, the world's frightfully powerful master wizard, the group from Briee travel north in hopes to head off any forces who might be in pursuit of the next relic of antiquity. But the journey continues to throw challenges in their way, and the group finds themselves off-course. Taunted by his old friend and fellow assassin Seath, Bertrand heads off to face his destiny, leaving Lessa and the others to follow his tracks through a frozen wasteland to answers no one is ready to know.
A Prince's Promise
After a harrowing encounter with Crimsonscale and Kerack, Bertrand, Lessa, and the rest of the Briee crew find themselves deep beneath the earth again in the kingdom of Paz, an advanced technological city of invention. Governed by Decx Shiffley, a flamboyant and mysterioius prince, it offers safe harbor while the heroes rest. But alarming news from Briee splits the party, and converging details strike concern that more is coming. With more secrets revealed than answers, the group speaks at last with Darynn, the alleged mastermind behind the hunt for the relics of the gods. Unknowingly, they cross over an invisible line they can no longer return from, and all signs point northward.
The Wrath of Crimson:
Gathered by the events in their homeland of Briee, the party travels to unknown shores, all in a search for further risk to their homeland and answers to the loss of their holy relic of the gods. Joined by an exiled drunken dwarf, they find themselves chased across the land by the ancient dragon. The stakes are higher as Bertrand faces execution and Princess Lessa, through a horrific ordeal deep in the mountains of Volruhm, discovers dormant and forgotten swordplay skills. All leads to a stand off with Kerack, and the nightmare he and the forces of evil are capable of unleashing.
Darkness Calling
A retired elven assassin, an elven princess, and a hodgepodge of people band together to unmask a conspiracy to start war between two once-peaceful neighboring kingdoms. What transpires starts the wheels turning on an epic journey that will change them and their world forever. Set in the fictional fantasy world of Andoria, Darkness Calling picks up just before the assassination of King Regemont, the leader of the humans that live on Briee, the westernmost continent on the titular world of Andoria. Looks can be deceiving, and what unravels is the first of many, many revelations.
