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An Adventure In The Castle Of Despair, Part 4

If you haven’t already, you might like to read An Adventure In The Castle Of Despair, Part 3 first. Editor’s note: This is an ongoing story, and sometimes I will probably change my mind about something that has already been posted. In Part 3, I introduced Trevor Deathpriest and Lorenzo Deathpriest. By the time I [...]

An Adventure In The Castle Of Despair, Part 3

If you haven’t read it already, you might like to read An Adventure In The Castle Of Despair, Part 2 The band of Adventurers were nonplussed. “I’m kind of used to riddles being inscribed above the magic doors of castles and caves and whatnot,” said Borgus to the others. “Usually, you solve the riddle and [...]

An Adventure In The Castle Of Despair, Part 2

If you haven’t read it already, you might like to start at An Adventure In The Castle Of Despair, Part 1 48 games of rock, paper, scissors, sorcery, political assassination later (it’s hard to beat political assassination) and Gort stepped out onto the causeway. Had the band of adventurers chosen to use commonsense instead of [...]

An Adventure In The Castle Of Despair, Part 1

Nurl looked up from his worn copy of Snard’s Guide To Evil Architecture with a thoughtful expression on his pointlessly handsome face. “Anything?” asked Borgus Rennan, 13th Level Mage, who had dismounted from his mighty steed and had spent the last 20 minutes tinkering with its throttle. “Nothing much,” said Nurl. “It’s apparently a Level [...]

Into The Valley Of Deathhausen, Part 1

"Okay," said Nurl, a frown solidly clamped to his ridiculously chiselled features, "anyone care to guess what the Hells this is all about?" The three adventurers — Nurl, his Half-Elven flatmate Gort, and Borgus Rennan, 13th Level Mage — were crouched on the crest of a steep hill overlooking the long valley that ran between [...]

There is more than one mountain

"Inside every man," said the Master, "there is a forest, a lake, a desert and a mountain. The forest is where wild things grow. The lake is where deep things live. The desert is where old memories haunt. And at the crest of the mountain is where Enlightenment can be found." He took a sip [...]

Jack, in the box

‘Can’t we talk about this?’ asked Jack. ‘No,’ Jacob said. ‘No more talk. I’m done with talking.’ ‘But,’ Jack said, ‘maybe you’ll get used to it?’ ‘Get used to it?’, Jacob said with a snort. ‘I’d rather kill myself than carry you around for the rest of my life. In fact, I’d rather kill myself [...]

Scene From A Cafe Somewhere, Featuring Two Heroes Talking #2

"So," explained Kenneth The Vacuous, "there the 3 of us were -" "3 of you?" Nurl murmured, frowning down at his crossword puzzle. " – yes, and we were looking at this sword, right -" "Which 3 of you? I thought you usually worked alone?" "- yes, normally, but I met the other 2 at [...]