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The lights danced around like glowing fireflies, while the air felt hot due to the moisture of love, sensuality and perfume, with a mix…In the umbral corners of my twisted heart I know only terror of the Crimson Lord I am humbled. -Celina d'Murani Umbral night had…It was a wonderful morning, the sun was shining, birds were singing and the faintest sound of music was carried along on the wind.…Here I provide a selection of poems and writings, each one a study of a different poetic form. Taking different elements of the Wilde…Part One Our story starts in Shanthmark-town, Where deep inside a humble home, The loving husband’s desperate frown Is matched by his despairing moan.…The seasons change in other shades on Planes other than ours And while the forest in the North has cloaked Herself in browns. While…Chapter 4 ========= I readied myself for the evening's festivities, dressing myself in the latest fashion provided by my own Lady Nifilhema who had…"There! It should be working now!" A tall, relatively speaking, rat-like furrikin named Thunkin, shouts over the noise of the engine he has been…Report #78457 NOTICE: THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN CENSORED BY ORDER OF THE STAR COUNCIL. SENSITIVE INFORMATION HAS BEEN REMOVED. Brief: The following is a…-All I See- From the cities of shadows To the bastion of Light. From the Taint and the hunger, To the dawning of day.…Cast: White Hart, Guardian of the Serenwilde Commune Brother Raven, Sentinel of the Gloriana Commune Ladantine VI, Emperor of the New Celestine Empire =========================================================…You may not know it to look at me, but I'm the Warlord. Really. Wielding the power of the Tainted Earth, I run the…Year: 198CE As the cycle of power is wont to do, the Merians of New Celest had the upper hand in their never-ending crusade…-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- All Together Now a comedy by Lendren Starfall -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- SCENE Aetherplex: The spherical chamber is formed from a hollow geode comprised of dozens…A blade hissing in twilight, slicing through fog thin ribbons spiraling down, down lying in a heap on the stone floor A splash of…I walked through the Wyrden Wood one night And came on a most alluring sight A clearing, that I'd not seen before A clearing…Across a flowery field since lost to the Basin, a young goddess travelled through. With each brisk touch of Her hand against the petals,…Portal fresh novice, Walks into Magnagora, Skills to be chosen. Kata, stealth, and more. Herbs? No. Poisons? No. Jewelry? No. Nothing is right. And…=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Episode One: A Plastic Pineapple =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= "Foolish? I think not." "Yes, you are. The idea itself is plain ridiculous. Why in the world…===ACT 1=== =SCENE ONE= SCENE Porch: This well-proportioned porch lies attached to the regal mansion atop a cliff, overlooking the isolated road which flows…================ | Introduction | ================ The world is controlled by cycles. Everything in nature, everything created by the Divine, and everything created by Mortals…While the people in the Basin of Life slept, a meteor silently screamed across the star-pocked vault of the heavens. Tinsels of interstellar frost…~Estar~ ...is the season of beginnings, but for the girl, it is an ending - golden motes of dust shining in the attic as…Mother Night draped her blanket of darkness over the Basin of Life and the mysterious scent of solitude fell with it. Loud chimes rang…I present here two poems, each with its own perspective of the same situation. Not a silver of shadow filtered through the somber hazel…Twisted Strings I am a daughter of the holy light forged from ashes of the fallen glory and bathed in starlit reverence gold, I…why do you weep she asked i could not raise my head for the pain for beauty, i said beauty? then you must weep…The crisp scent of ice lingered just above the smell of burning wood, drifts of smoke rising from the small leather hut nestled beneath…Vincent the Viscanti was an unfortunate soul, on a good day. Fresh out of the portal of fate, little, sickly, and frail, few people…The taint has made me what I am. A vicious creature of Nil, a leader of demons and a scourge of the angels. A…The cold, tainted air bit at my skin as the Ritualist called us forth before the great black gates of the Silent Cathedral. Many…-------------------------- | Furrikin Blues | -------------------------- My fur is wet! My fur is wet! My fur is really, really wet! I shake and shake…"Ofelia's Apprentice" is a coupling of two poems claimed from the diaries of a young Geomancer, Nephi, apprentice of the Maker of Mountains, Ofelia…E E F V M U E B Weave of time and warp of thread E u O F R W I T E…A somber interlude The sun rises slowly up over a small, brown mountain cottage, bathing it in warm light after a long, cold night.…=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The Gauntlet of Life -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= authored and scribed by Hadrian Mother listened when I told her to stop. She didn't usually listen -…Fundamental nine: Combined, imbued in all things More than just blessings. NATURE Acorns become trees Cross hillsides, seeking the sky Trees become acorns. CHAOS…Some days I ponder the workings of the mind behind the haunting eyes of the Slaugh. What sort of tragic ideas and poisoned plots…Hear now the tale of a Wolf and her song For while the tale is short, the story’s begun I hope that it never…We loboshigaru are a proud race of hunters and warriors. 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The cheerful strains of…Sibling Rivalry - A Tale of the Beginning This is a recreation of the Cosmogenesis wherein I have taken a great many liberties and…~ Chasing Moonbeams ~ Mother Moon's light drifts through the trees like a lantern, A silver gleam in the distance, smaller than a willowisp.…I went to Magnagora With the gold that I’d accrued; I met a shaggy Igasho, And he said, “Taint to you.†“T’aint what?!†I…