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Aeria shot back, loud enough for Caput to hear even as he left. "I don't want payment. " More quietly she continued, "I just wanted...never mind...." She turned and sighed, slumping against the wall. "So now he thinks I'm some Vis-damned sellsword. Fucking great." Turning to the others, she...

Diamantus' face almost broke its neutral expression. Her eyebrow area fought not to rise, listening to what Lea was saying. There seemed to be a totally earnest expression on his face, a clear look that said he was honest about his words. He was convinced of the reality that he would die and be...

Diamantus stepped in before Garus could continue, fixing this stuttering mess of a man with a gaze that was as neutral as possible. Her stance wasn't confrontational, nor was it welcoming. It seemed as if she mostly radiated a desire to investigate, rather than to challenge. "Do you remember...

Diamantus let Garus speak, not bothering to challenge him. He unfolded a history that had the ring of the truthful about it. The heavy set woman’s gaze moved over his face, seeming to look into it and seek answers not delivered by his speech. Those dark eyes of hers flicked over to watch Lea...

As cells went, Diamantus had been in worse. At least it was relatively clean and dry, the space full of enough air to make life comfortable. Under the circumstances, being trapped in a cell was preferable to having a shaman devise some horrifying torture for her and her companion. It took the...

Laermont stood next to Driweus, his powerful bulk giving off a sense of repose, but almost the repose of a great force barely held in check. "Captain? Do we know what to expect from this force we are facing? What can you tell us about their composition? I would be interested to know what data...

Diamantus didn’t rub her throat and the muscles in her face resisted any expression, rigid control being exercised throughout her powerful body. Her voice, hoarse now, was controlled and she raised her head to meet the raging shaman’s and Iszikke’s one at a time. “If what you say is true, if...

The Quaestor watched as the sight of the city drifted past while he stood at the railings. It was impressive and his eyeplates flashed and moved over it as it slid by. There were thousands upon thousands of lights that flickered in the distance. As he watched, his gaze swept over the young...

The chaos and shouting were a wall around Aeria. Events happened so quickly that reaction was not even an option. Her attack had left death in its wake, but what the young prince had done was utterly terrifying. All of these smoking corpses strewn around, so much blood spilled. The contigeri’s...

Diamantus glanced over at Garus, green eyes shaded by a conflicting mixture of emotions, brows furrowed. Her stance was tense, mixing readiness with fear, muscles bunching and loosening as she clenched her fists. Trusting that Etiirshaii would understand what she was saying and speaking before...

Laermont, used to taking control, strode forward to meet the lieutenant. If his face could have expressed anything, it would have shown resolve. His tone was clear and calm as he addressed the man. "My choice is clear. I cannot possibly turn away now. I've been separated from friends who may be...

I concur with Mr. Fin. This is your second approval so consider yourself a member of this scurvy crew. Arr!

The city around them was terrifying and impressive, ancient and eldritch as they moved through it. The lights had seemed to guide them in as they were lead here. Now all around them was silence and emptiness, something sombre and lifeless, except for their escort party and the incandescent rage...

Diamantus followed suit, her face a controlled mask as she threw away perfectly good weapons. First the sabre and as she’d fired her pistols, she tossed them in too. She watched them glumly as they sank under the waves. They were now unarmed, surrounded by fanged horrors and in a situation that...

Looking around, the water boiling with sleek black forms, Diamantus grimaced as blood ran from the gashes and wounds on her muscle-bound body. There were so many of the ophidians that it was hard to see clear water. Her eyes ran in a circle around them, taking in those churning naga before...

The naga youth were a horror as they came in a rush, teeth sharp, muscled bodies rippling dangerously. Diamantus fought on, heavy cutlass slashing and chopping about her, her powerful body seeming to react on pure reflex and instinct, all the years of training baked into that body expressing...

"To what point or purpose?! I like fuckin' breathing! That's the point and purpose!" A further torrent of curses poured from Diamantus, but the attack was on them and there was no more time to swear or think. Reflection was what got people dead and fast. There were three ophidians now facing...

Quaestor Laermont clambered down from the steam dray that had carried him to Virlheim. The sounds and sensations of a fishing village permeated the air from the cries of the gulls to the pungent scent of drying fish to the relentless wash of waves against a cobble shore. Not being human, the...

Diamantus just stared at him, eyes hard and surprised, as the sound of the approaching naga grew louder. She clenched her free fist and glared down at the sitting form of the proud, fierce captain who seemed to have halved in size as he sank down. The sound was terrifying as it implied violence...

Without thought, reacting to a man who would know what his own ship’s pieces looked like, Diamantus turned away and with several powerful kicks of her thickly muscled thighs and pulls of her equally powerful arms, she reached the artificial ice floe that had been created and hauled herself onto...