The Chronicles of Aumar: 2Port Valadon, City of Adventures"So where ya headed, Atticus?" Douglas asked."Now that I'm no longer under the mentorship of Professor Erasmus, I need to head to the guild and register myself as a full-fledged scholar.""Ya shoulda became a mechanic. Real honest work with helpin' people. You scribes and scholars do menial jobs, while I help fix ships for land, sea, and air.""And it's us scholars and scientists that give you jobs. If the steam engine never existed, what would be doing?"Douglas smirked as he jumped onto a lamppost and with one hand keeping from falling while the other grasping onto his suspender and smirked as the wind
Dinner with ClaudiaGene walked into the kitchen to see Claudia taking off, of all things, an apron. The entire room was filled with delicious smells that made Gene have his eyes wide open not only because the food looked good but that he never thought of his half-sister as a cook. Oven-fried chicken, biscuits, macaroni and cheese, and peas."W-wow T.C., this looks amazing!" Gene said in disbelief."Yeah, well don't get too used to this. This is your first full day here and I wanted to celebrate. Victor made breakfast this morning so I wanted to do something nice as well," Claudia replied. "I felt like doing something.""You you didn't have to T.C. I wo
The Chronicles of Aumar: 1The Library of ScholarsIn the dank smell of an ancient crypt stood an elderly man adorned in what looked like the robe of a scholar that was emblazoned with ancient runes of the North. With every wheezed breath of the stale air he took in, a young man writing in a book looked at the elder."If you're so worried of my health, perhaps you are done?" quipped the old man."No, Master. Forgive me," replied the young man."You'll be forgiven once you finish transcribing that tome."The young man writing the book is about 25 years old with dark hair, hazel eyes, and a pale but healthy complexion. He is wearing a simple cloak with plain clothin
The Four Princes of BussolaOnce, long ago, there existed a small kingdom surrounded by four larger kingdoms in the land of Bussola. It was peaceful and its people were prosperous, yet it was often bullied by its more powerful neighbors. All that kept the small country from being conquered by its was the king's beautiful daughter, Princess Annabelle, who was loved by many princes and often sought as a prize yet none could obtain her.One tragic day, however, the father of Princess Annabelle died in his sleep and left no male heir to his throne. The princess had to marry a prince or her country would be engulfed in war.To ensure she would marry only the best prince, s
Death of HumanityThe planet: unnamed.Atmosphere: breathable.Flora and animal life: varied and edible but sparse.Survivors: twenty people.State of ship: beyond repair. All available energy is supplying the emergency beacon.It was supposed to be a colony to rival the colonies on Mars and Venus, the first thriving city outside of our solar system. What is the reality? Hundreds of people dead, many having burned alive as they entered the planet's gravity as their ships were incinerated and became nothing more than the lost wishes of false shooting stars. We're light-years from home and don't have enough people to create a sustainable population. Our onl
Epic of Amestres: EpilogueThe year 410 of the Republic was its last year. The following year was Imperial Year 1. It was in that year that Emperor Amestres Primius found himself a wife, the beautiful Lady Etria, at the age of 26. Hundreds of women tried to wrestle Amestres and pin him down, but only Lady Etria was able to do so. Their marriage in 1 IY began what the bards and poets called "the greatest romance in history" for no woman could make Amestres happy but Etria nor could his anger be seen more passionately than when his wife was insulted. The top generals under Amestres soon began their own families, with Vale and Kineass becoming the top government officials
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