Magic and Mayhem

His horse trotted through the wooden palisade, watched by a couple of bored guards. The town of Deadknot was built on the edge of a forest, with half outside and the other half melded with the forest to the extent that it was difficult to tell which part was man-made and which was nature. This meant... Sign in to see full entry.

As he walked down the street Azrael thought about who he should question first. Deciding, he fixed the man’s face in his mind and then called through his slightly strained magic. He felt a thread of his power catch and so he sent his message down it: Indar, be at the Cow’s Head in 20 minutes. NOW!... Sign in to see full entry.

Azrael walked into a circular room. Laid all around the wall and ceiling were white lines made of crystal. They twisted in different patterns and ran into diamonds and other precious stones sticking out of the wall. They seemed to pulse and glow faintly, a soft white light emanating from all the... Sign in to see full entry.

It was raining. Water poured down onto the streets drenching everyone except Azrael, whose magic had risen in response to his fury and was thus generating a massive amount of heat that evaporated the rain before it hit him. After storming through the streets for five minutes, getting looks of... Sign in to see full entry.

“Stop being melodramatic. What’s the problem?” asked Azrael impatiently. “We’ve found evidence to suggest that a magical device is situated somewhere that, if it were to be activated, would destroy the world.” A long silence fell until it was eventually broken by Azrael. “Shit” “My sentiments... Sign in to see full entry.

Azrael’s horse trotted through the massive gates that served as one of the entrances to the great capital city of the kingdom of Majdra. It was a good horse, pure black, but not particularly noticeable, because Azrael wasn’t meant to be noticed. He guided it into the public stables where most... Sign in to see full entry.

Azrael was not, on the whole, having a great day. When most people have a “bad day” they have had a stressful day at work, then got stuck in traffic, missed lunch and were having a bad hair day. However, when your job is to stop dangerous magical disturbances, be they caused by rogue mages, ancient... Sign in to see full entry.