Turning Point

The world had changed in the two hundred and fifty years that the Company lay unconscious. Only a dozen awakened. Their immediate impulse was retribution - their blood thirst not subdued by their rest. Aeron managed to bring them to a restrained rationality: "lets understand what happened to us before we do anything else." The… Continue reading Turning Point

The Last Knight

Aeron is still in the midst of the thawing of his soul. Was it love that did this to him? Time away from his Company? Whatever it was, his focus these days is almost entirely on trying to break the blood thirsty thought cycle that his mind keeps bringhing him back to. (Stable Diffusion. I… Continue reading The Last Knight

Upcoming Nanowrimo

October is somehow upon us already and November is soon to follow (typically). We all know what that means! Nanowrimo! I honestly don't remember if I took part last year. I might have spent the month editing previous stories. This time, I'm hoping to jump back into it with the aim to complete a short… Continue reading Upcoming Nanowrimo

A Shade Off Black

The week before Sir Aeron finally felt ready to head back to the Barracks he was informed that "his guest" was waiting for him in the games room. Confused, expecting no visitors today, he enters to find a gaunt woman sitting at the chessboard. Her hair matted, and in patches missing, showing grey scalp beneath.… Continue reading A Shade Off Black

We Cannot Bear The Dark

Sir Aeron's heart isn't entirely blackened. It was a woman who gave him a bit of respite from the gloom of his own making. He'd heard about her through Court, and then began writing to her. Lady Morelli was born up north somewhere as the daughter of a butcher's assistant and loom repairer and so… Continue reading We Cannot Bear The Dark