༺༉❁ Spring 07 year 125 of the third age ❁༉༻ <Sequel thread to this. Though they are still currently in Hespæria, the majority of this should take place in Veiðrbrand, hence the location shift.> Rune would note that Velho was no longer traveling on foot, for beneath his robes flowed a cloud of...

༺༉❁ Summer 67, year 124 of the third age ❁༉༻ <notes> Since Nihilos’ Fall, the Haemora had embraced the God’s creations– Blights– at their first introduction. For them, this had been the gift of Null being bestowed upon their leader. By that point in time, the Arche of Caligony had fully...

༺༉❁ Winter 90 year 125 of the third age ❁༉༻Deep into the night as Winter waned and Spring dawned, Lucia awoke with a start– she'd fallen asleep at her desk within the office that had been erected for her in the past cold season. A fourth of the business’ lobby had been sacrificed for this...

༺༉❁ Winter 82 year 125 of the third age ❁༉༻ <A Frozen Grove in Helheim>A portal opened just below the treeline of a small subsection sequestered within an already secluded Grove, and through it, two more bodies fell– heavily injured and bleeding, but still clinging to life. It then promptly...

༺༉❁ September 7 year 124 of the third age ❁༉༻ <notes>Some time ago Velho had acquired a grovebane from a strange incident not far from Thokkmyrr. Prior to now, he’d been keeping it sedated through Malediction’s Rite of Repose– if he needed any resources from its body, he’d harvest them and then...

༺༉❁ September 10th year 124 of the third age ❁༉༻ <notes>Draugr weren’t exactly a common sight in Ælheim; sometimes, they and other undead were found and plucked from the warring factions in the Ur’Duun for Sundering, but otherwise? Some Fælnir went their whole lives never even hearing the term...

༺༉❁ September 10 year 124 of the third age ❁༉༻ <notes>Lucia was not usually one to do too many favors for others, but she had found the request of a good friend hard to resist. That friend, Velho, had come into possession of some rather interesting pets and, consummate Animist that she was, he’d...

༺༉❁ September 2nd year 124 of the third age ❁༉༻ <notes>“Velho, dear, I think your little experiment has reached its terminus– I hear the boy would’ve died in flames had you not gone out of your way to save him.” Hespæride began, her smooth, dulcet voice laced with the discordant tones of both...

༺༉❁ August 31 year 124 of the third age ❁༉༻ <minor edit at the top regarding buying Aetherite as I had more SP to spend than I thought when I initially wrote this post>In the early evening, Velho began his night by trading for Alkahest– namely Aetherite– in an Æld'Norai-owned establishment. He'd...

༺༉❁ August 12th year 19,212 of the third age ❁༉༻ <notes>Velho’s journey as a Ferrier within Ælheim was wrought with all the pitfalls standard to Scourge, though it was easier for him– and his peers– than being a Scourge elsewhere might be. His path was carefully guided by the hand of his mentor...

༺༉❁ August 17 year 124 of the third age ❁༉༻ <Gore/body horror involved in a Galdr initiation>As the final leg of the summer season began, Æhti had grown increasingly anxious. Velho had told him that he would, eventually, end up in possession of all five elemental Galdr, or he would die in the...

༺༉❁ June 23rd 124 of the third age ❁༉༻ <notes>Over the next few days from that fateful eve where Aster had heeded Velho’s summons, Æhti had done as he had been bade and assisted in the construction of whatever chambers Aster requested. Velho’s skills with sculpting, his rudimentary understanding...

༺༉❁ June 13th year 124 of the third age ❁༉༻ <notes>Not too long ago, Velho's beloved Mother had requested he pay her a visit, claiming she had a gift for her dear son. Upon being informed of this, he hadn't a clue about what he ought to expect– a gift from her could genuinely be anything and she...

༺༉❁ early summer year 124 of the third age ❁༉༻ <Bridging spring to summer + documentation of a few of Velho's personal projects.>For Velho, the previous spring was a strange season– in large part due to his vassal, Æhti. Æhti’s continued kinship with Cælum the dragon led to a precarious...

༺༉❁ May 1st year 124 of the third age ❁༉༻ <notes>Reflexive anger was something that Velho had come to see as a bit of a weakness, too; something he'd endeavored to iron out of himself over the course of his life. When he lashed out now, it was almost always a fully conscious choice. And in his...

༺༉❁ October 11 year 123 of the third age ❁༉༻ <notes>What Velho was doing, in actuality, was helping to mend the wounds a rather vain general of the Trnova Legie had suffered; the woman had been healed previously, but the flesh was warped and her healer didn’t care to minimize scar tissue...

༺༉❁ May 1st year 124 of the third age ❁༉༻ <Sexual themes>It took…some time for him to clear his schedule, but when he did Velho was more than eager to return to the one he’d left to sleep up in his room. Entering the room, he’d tread over beside the cocoon and lifted from where it’d been cut...

༺༉❁ January 3rd year 19,213 of the second age ❁༉༻ <notes>Ever since he'd gained the ability to decompose from flesh to Ash and back, Velho welcomed the skill and frequent use of it immediately upon its acquisition. It was a break from his body, the weight of it, the malaise of it. Scourge, the...

༺༉❁ April 7th year 124 of the third age ❁༉༻ <notes>Abraia looked a bit disheveled from the encounter, but that didn’t matter– Æhti was just relieved to see that she was unharmed. “They are! I…honestly, I’d like to explore these caves more, some time. Like, bring appropriate supplies and spend...

༺༉❁ April 30th year 124 of the third age ❁༉༻ <Mature themes; blood, mild gore, sexual content discussed herein.>Thokkmyrr, the largest settlement in the sprawling darkness of the Hespærian bogs, was as lovely a little city as one could get in such tenebrous environs. With all of its architecture...