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Arden appreciates your understanding and sympathy. Anyone who sympathizes in such a way with Arden's plight is far less likely to find themselves a victim of soup poisoning. To be (grudgingly) fair about the Savina-heals-Arden bit, of course, Savina's triage is actually sensible. Arden's...

5x03 Rose screamed a warning. The two derro women were bearing down on her from the side corridor, swords at the ready. The party was now trapped between two groups of assailants. Chaos broke out as they each faced the battle in their own way: Mena, who had been frustrated at her inability...

Thank you, StevenAC! I know that Fajitas, ellinor, and I have all, at various times, enjoyed revisiting Welcome to the Halmae through your PDF compilation. We are very pleased that you are giving A Rose in the Wind the same treatment.

5x02 Arden staggered backward, suddenly on the far side of the second pit from the pacing, snarling lizard-dog. The amazing thought that she'd been magically teleported twice within the last hour – once by Signor Octavian and again, just now, by her cloak – flashed distantly across her mind...

*laughing* Yes, yes she could.

Congratulations to jonrog1 and jenber on the renewal of jonrog1's show Leverage! If anyone isn't already watching, you should check it out. Why? (1) It's very good fun, and (2) you get to see what Halmae players are doing with those rare moments of free time when they're not killing derro.

5x01 I believed I was ready for this, Savina thought. As they had entered the derro caves, she had steeled herself for the trial to come. Innocent children needed rescue, and, as a Blessed Daughter of Alirria, it was Savina's duty to help: that got her into the tunnel. Corani was pregnant...

4x05 "Okay," said Kormick, turning to Arden. "Time for some breaking and entering." "Justicar, I wouldn't know how – " "Slave, slave, slave. I see with the gaze of Kettenek. Do you see any point in denying to my face that you're skilled at murderous sneakiness?" Arden opened her mouth as...

Thanks very much, HalfOrc HalfBiscuit! We're enjoying ourselves immensely. Credit where credit is due: the story hour is co-written, 50-50, by me and ellinor both, so I will share your kudos with her (but grudgingly, reserving a few extra secretly for me, good rogue that I am). Since I'm...

4x04 Kormick crept down the tunnel, glad that his eyes were already adjusted to the darkness from the night outside. He kept one hand on the wall for guidance. The other held his crossbow. Beside him, Arden moved like a shadow, but a shadow that was breathing a little too hard, a little too...

Thanks, WisdomLikeSilence! I had way too much fun writing the song -- with help from ellinor as well as commentary from Fajitas on its theological underpinnings. Thanks to said commentary, my grasp of orthodox Halmae religion is now much stronger, which I think we can all breathe a sigh of...

4x03 The group watched Corani in stunned silence as she stood over the executed derro prisoner. Then Mena turned to the dwarf. "Blood has been shed," she said. "Let us see that it was not shed in vain." Arden looked away, only to see the dead dwarves. Between that sight and the summary...

4x02 Mena tried, but she couldn't learn any more useful information from the captive derro. Finally, in resignation, she turned to Kormick. "We'll need to bring him with us, after all," she said. "I am reluctant to kill him until we know more about what we're facing here." "Why kill when...

Excellent point, coyote6. Posting is taking roughly one million years right now. In fact, posting this little comment before the main update was a silly thing for me to do, because now this whole process is going to take roughly two million years. ;) And everyone, back up your files. In...

4x01 "I have an idea," Kormick announced. Mena finished buckling on her new greaves and turned to listen. "We build a small raft," Kormick continued. "We paddle out to the middle of the lake. We tie a rope around the midsection of young Master Octavian. We lower him into the water to see...

It isn't poison. It's more like a sleeping potion. Sort of. At any rate, you all always wake up the next day feeling refreshed and none the wiser, so I really wouldn't worry about it if I were you. Just keep trusting me with the cooking, gentlefolk. Keep trusting.

3x03 posted early, because for separate reasons, ellinor and I will both be away from all internet contact for the next day or two. Pray for us... ;)

3x03 Arden surveyed the soles of her feet before donning her packs. Dust and dirt had seeped into the dry cracks of her calluses, making her soles black. Washing did little to help: the dirt was too deep, and she needed the calluses to protect her feet from ever-present splinters. And...

ellinor has indeed done a great job of capturing the riveting freakiness of this encounter. And (in my/Arden's opinion) things only get freakier... Thanks for the comments!

3x02 “She is able-bodied and skilled,” said Mena. “I don’t see why Arden should not take a guard shift.” Twiggy nodded. “And she has as much incentive as the rest of us to stay safe. Getting attacked hurts her the same as it hurts anyone. Right?” Twiggy looked at Arden, who was cleaning...