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A New d’Aramant LATER THAT EVENING-- at roughly the same time that Atrix’s escape attempt turns into an unexpected tryst with Sarele -- Ash, Meeshak, and Nina are met by servants who discreetly summon them to a meeting. The servants lead them to a dusty, candle-lit corner of the great library...

The Scion of the d’Aramants WHILE ATRIX IS being ushered to his family, Mullod and Cannedun bring their human protégé to the d’Syrnon palace. “Old Patriarch Thusis has been a friend to generations of dwarrow,” Cannedun informs Darren. “He’s always interested in adding our stories to his library...

The Palace of the Patriarchs An aerial view of the palace of Lynar, from the many-towered keep of the d'Orbis to the great dome of the d'Syrnons.

Family Business ADGAR AND THE quiet d’Loriad cousin escort Atrix up to the Family keep, up a series of long stairways that culminate near the top of the d’Loriad Beacon. Adgar ushers Atrix into his family suite, gives a quick bow to Atrix’s father, and closes the door behind him. Physically...

This Glorious Campaign THE PARTY SEES the smoke of Lynar rising from behind a low range of coastal hills many hours before turning the last bend in the river and seeing the great city itself. Sprawled along the north bank of the Florin, the capital of Senallin is an expansive tangle of towering...

Patriarch’s Gold AFTER PUTTING UP with Atrix’s smug good cheer for a few days, Ontaya confesses her own affections to Carwyn, a bit stiffly and uncertainly. (Aerdrim isn’t a world where same-sex trysts are widely condemned; most priests, including Ontaya’s own Order, consider them lawful, and...

Gray Dwarrow MEANWHILE, THE EVER-inquisitive Darren has been traveling and working with Cannedun, the tinker and ironsmith of Wildengard – a gentle, quiet dwarrow given to long moments of reverie while working at his forge. Darren has always admired the enthusiasm with which the dwarrow live...

Thanks, Fimmtiu! Hope you keep enjoying it. And actually, I think Nurak has said "Atrices" once or twice.

Humblest of the Sufza THE ARMY OF Wildengard spends several weeks marching down out of the Harak Rim and through the rich farm country along the Florin River. With each week, it attracts new profit-hungry followers: traders, gamblers, whores, tinkers, and thieves. One morning, Ontaya, Atrix...

Thanks, arcanaman! The maps and other images are all hand-drawn, scanned, and hosted for free at photobucket.com. Nina, Master/Mistress of Disguise, was an interesting and often hilarious character. Sadly, his player left the game after the first season of play -- but as you'll see, not...

You’re in the Army Now AS THE PARTY enters the castle, Ontaya notes to her surprise that three hundred men out of the four hundred-strong garrison of Wildengard are already prepared for march. When she asks if they’re getting ready to fight Haraks, a quizzical-looking sergeant says no --...

Treacher’s Ridge WHILE A WILD murmur goes up from the surviving headhunters, Hamber Meadwater shuts and bolts the door of his inn and begins briskly stuffing food into packs. “Right. Carwyn, love, you and your friends will need to leave tonight. The Haraks will be sealing the Rim Road to the...

The First Battle AS THEY REACH the outskirts of Rim Square, the eight friends see a group of five headhunters stalking toward them, headed by Avarin the reeve. The wild-eyed reeve accuses them of disregarding his orders, undermining his authority, and spreading panic around the farms. He...

The Coming Horde ONTAYA, PUSHING DOWN her rising berserker rage, barks out, “No one go after him! Once he has cover, he could easily take us out one or two at a time.” The party members gather, stunned, in Kemeras’ cottage to be healed by Meeshak and Ontaya. They search the bodies of the...

The Steel Torc IT'S A MORNING like many other mornings. Before heading out for some training with Kemeras, Ash, Atrix, and Nina are stopping off at the Brass Hog’s Head -- mainly so Atrix can continue his mutual flirtation with Carwyn, who’s just finished serving breakfast to the inn’s guests...

Dramatis Personae The hamlet of Rim Square lies in the mountainous southern reaches of the Dominion of Senallin, and is the most remote of the Five Villages of the Harak Rim. Its villagers trade with the dwarrow of nearby Rim Hall and (in times of peace) with the barbarian Arawai and...

The initial background The people of the Dominion of Senallin call their world Aerdrim — a name shared by the Senallines' neighbors in the other civilized realms of Aradur, Kedris, Velnar, and Caragon. The realms also share a name for the deity of their world: Ain, the One, the Holy and...

Once upon a time, my good friends and sometime gaming partners orichalcum and cerebralpaladin suggested that I post the synopses from our 1996-2006 D&D campaign as a StoryHour. I hesitated for a few years, mainly because I had ideas of one day publishing novels set in the world of Aerdrim. Plus...