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19. Be Brief

Lieutenant Gar oversaw his small Tricorn company as they tended to their weapons and a large pile of cudgels. They chatted among themselves, quiet but with humor. Above them a stained-glass mural depicted the heroics of the town’s namesake, Galister. Blood flowed...

18. All We Don’t Know

Bog-skulks, as expected, came from bogs. Such places, swamps and other inhospitable environments, produced many of the most fearsome of lurkers. Stories of such things stretched back to the beginning of oral history. An ancient king, before Loiys and the boom of...

17. Step One

A palisade wound around the town of Galister, named for one of the Loiysian heroes of the First War. It began as a fort under his command and, after the war, grew into a village and then a town. Newer segments of wood branched off from the old, original walls, to...

16. Testing Defenses

Lieutenant Lorenz of the Tricorn squared off against Athia in Kamil’s training hall. Lea put the spar together, a little demonstration to assure the Olstin Chapter Commander that Athia could do the job. For that purpose, the city’s other captain and the commander both...

15. Fortifying

The fortification power lent itself to two main applications. In general, practitioners used it for protection. No need for armor if your skin could turn a blade. Most of its wielders used it for that defensive purpose, which resulted in a rarely used ability. That...