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Chapter 290 Bredan woke suddenly with no idea where he was. It was dark, and the air was thick and stale. He felt pain, a lot of it, but it was diffuse and he didn’t feel as if anything was broken. There was a pressure on his body, as if something was holding him down. He tried to move...

Chapter 289 The giant ape reached for Rodan, but the tiefling jumped aside and slashed out with his sword, slicing open the flesh along its knuckles. The creature roared in pain and swept out its other lower arm, knocking him flying. He hit the ground and skidded to a stop about ten feet...

Chpater 288 For a moment the collapse of the plaza overshadowed even the still-deadly presence of the giant ape. Xeeta could only stare at the hole in the ground where Bredan and two other members of their company had been standing just moments ago. Several of the pillars had collapsed as...

Chapter 287 The appearance of the massive ape shook the adventurers, but they had no time to deal with it as the girallons hurled themselves into melee range. Quellan’s warning had given Glori a moment to react before the pursuing girallon overcame her. She instinctively strummed her lyre...

Chapter 286 Xeeta recovered from the dramatic and sudden appearance of the four-armed ape-creature first, blasting it with a series of scorching rays. The girallon screamed as the first pulse of fire scorched its side, but it reacted quickly, launching itself forward over the rubble toward...

Chapter 285 Dawn found them marching through the jungle once more. Progress was again slow. A thin fog hung over the landscape well into the morning, giving the place a sort of ethereal presence. The companions were more alert to potential hazards lurking in the mists, especially after Rodan...

Chapter 284 For a moment the creature and the companions just stared at each other. The dense jungle growth made it difficult to make out any details of the creature, but they could see that it was huge, well over twenty feet long. After what felt like minutes but what only a matter of a few...

When preparing Weltarin I drew inspiration from my old Isle of Dread story. * * * Chapter 283 Kosk awoke feeling stiff. There must have been a rock or a bit of protruding stone under his bedroll, and it felt like a part of it had gotten under his skin and taken up residence in his muscles...

They're still just shy of 9th level, so no commune yet, though Quellan will have cause to try a divination a bit later in the story. * * * Chapter 282 The route down was not especially difficult, though Rodan’s chosen path frequently came close to sharp drop-offs that had them all treading...

Chapter 281 The ground was too hard for digging, so they buried Elias under a cairn of piled rocks. By the time they were finished the sun had risen fully and it was time to get moving again. They shared out the fallen soldier’s gear, the sailors dividing his armor and weapons between them...

Chapter 280 Bredan woke suddenly, his chest heaving as he fought back an intense sensation of danger and alarm. He struggled out of his blanket and almost struck his head on the low roof of the cave before he remembered where he was. He slumped back, trying to recover his equilibrium. It was...

Chapter 279 The wind was, if anything, stronger further up into the mountain pass, the gusts screaming as they tore through the narrow space between the steep stone walls. Kurok knelt in a small hollow just off one of the many twists and turns in the ascent. The loud noises of the wind were a...

Chapter 278 The wind continued to blow deep into the jungle night, the shifting gusts causing hollow moans to sound from the caves within the canyon. Wisps of cloud drifted across the night sky, obscuring the stars and the thin slice of moon that hung low in the sky. The constant sounds and...

Chapter 277 The next day the journey became even more difficult, as the terrain grew more rugged and the trail became even more of a will-o-wisp. The company trudged through densely-overgrown ravines, clambered over steep ridges, and forded stagnant pools that were thick with clinging muck...

Chapter 276 Kosk pulled himself a bit further up on the thick trunk of the fallen tree and peered through the scattered undergrowth between them and the clearing. “I don’t see anything,” the dwarf said. He looked over at Bredan and Glori, who both shrugged. Mrrik couldn’t understand their...

Chapter 275 Natak moved with such unexpected speed that the fight was almost over before it began. The dragonborn’s wings pulsed as he leapt forward. He might not have been capable of flight, but it was enough to carry him across the twenty paces that separated the two combatants in the blink...

Chapter 274 Bredan’s companions emerged from the shelter of the forest’s edge and followed him out into the meadow. Mrrik and his scouts accompanied them. The sailors were the last, but after a look back at the trail behind them they moved to join the company. The rumbling coming from the...

I could have sworn that I'd posted this one already... must be just another side-effect of the advancing years... * * * Chapter 273 The day was overcast and muggy as the column set out from the tabaxi settlement. With the three sailors joining the group they now numbered eleven, not counting...

Chapter 272 Dawn found the members of the expedition gathered on one of the lower platforms of the tabaxi village, a scant thirty feet above the forest floor below. Each of them checked and rechecked their gear, including the leather packs provided by their hosts that contained food and gourds...

Chapter 271 The tabaxi village was an odd juxtaposition of traditional structures and three dimensionality, tied together by a complex map of bridges and rope lines, branches bound together or otherwise shaped to form avenues, and in more than one case dangling vines that the inhabitants used...