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1x03 The hall glittered with celebration. The crystal chandeliers sparkled, the parquet floors shone, and the marble balusters were positively reflective. A long table of hors d’oeuvres stood at one end of the hall, attended to by a bustling – yet nearly invisible – battalion of servants, and...

We have! To follow El-Remmen's sage advice about pimpage, my .sig has a link to the story hour that Ilex and I are writing (following the exploits of the Halmae group, which includes some alums from piratecat's game and jonrog1), entitled "A Rose in the Wind: A Saga of the Halmae." Thanks...

Thanks, Beldar, and welcome! Actually, I'm remiss in welcoming everyone to our little venture. So . . . welcome, all! Hope we can live up to our lead-in! :)

1x01 SIXTEEN YEARS LATER… On the anniversary of her birth, Signora Roseanna di Raprezzi sat in a parlor of her family’s estate in Pol Henna, gently stroking the neck of a small dragon on her lap. Her seven guests waited for her to begin speaking. The few who did not know her stared: at the...

Prologue SEVENTEEN YEARS AGO... Another shower of dirt and rocks came crashing down on them through the ragged hole torn in the ceiling. Screams of terror filtered down from above, as the hideous creature rampaged through the Great Arena of Dar Aego. Giovanna knelt beside Amelia’s body, her...

Thanks for the kind words! We look forward to getting you back. :)

And so it begins Her name is Roseanna Giulietta di Raprezzi. Her friends call her Rose. The Church of Sedellus calls her The Sacrifice. Before she was conceived, her mother sought to save a city by offering up “her children yet unborn” as a Sacrifice of Death. The woman thought she was...

**In addition to its regularly updated form on these Boards, this Story Hour is being collected into PDF form through the generous work of StevenAC. For those who wish to read the collected first 35 chapters in PDF form, they can be found here: http://stevenac.net/rosewind/StoryHour.htm...

Yes, people are okay, although Fajitas is recuperating from the flu. Mostly, everyone is just really busy now. To speculate about the motivations of the archmages' reasoning for wanting the Chancellor job, that was my initial thought as well. But my take is that Fajitas set them up with...

This makes me want to hear about her adventures! Are any of them written up? I haven't explored any of your other writings yet, but now I'm ready to. What's the best jumping-on point? smiles - ellinor (for whom Gilligan will now forever be remembered, um, differently.)

Love the mood and feel of this whole update. My favorite turns of phrase: Plus . . . I'm getting tingly with confrontational anticipation! Thanks as always.

Great update, and great cliffhanger. Thanks for the afternoon-booster -

Nice image. I'm enjoying the story, keep it up! :)

hee! lovely. :)

No need for more spice, only more justice and adventure! ;) and a ::bump:: for continued third-page prevention . . .

Hey! I resemble that comment!

A little bit of Third Page Prevention for ya. Good luck with the end-of-semester excitement, Spyscribe!

Dozens of Dwarven teamsters What a great mental image. And I've got to ask: Do the Dwarven Teamsters have as poweraful union in the Halmae as the human ones do here? ;) Thanks as always for a great update.

In that case, I have a question about sorcerers in the Halmae. Lira sees her talents as a challenge from Ekht... Are most actively religious sorcerers Ekhtian, or are sorcerers more evenly distributed among the churches?