Elizabeth Jones
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Aldrich woke up in the base which felt so much safer after getting rid of all the hidden dangers. It felt like it took so long. And it did. Alas, the preparations for going down to the Unseen Hand's underground prison laboratory were almost complete. He was moving carefully but not being lazy. He was halfway done with the journal, for the past week he was spending all of his time in the nightmare realm reading, studying and practicing control over Aurora and Ether. At this point in time he learned many…-
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The grey orc were the direct spawn of Orcalacth the lord of Blood and Savagery. They came with him from the Dread domain. Before then grey orcs didn't exist in the world, but even after the Liberation war, they inly managed to drive them to the edges and dark places of the world. Over time their numbers grew and were culled and grew again. Just like goblins there was no getting rid of them. They were here to stay. They were stronger and faster than regular orcs, the warriors were born among them more…
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He was not pretending, which infuriated Frank even more. "There were no casualties? That's true but we almost died there all of us. It's only thanks to Altunan that we walked out alive. You find that funny?" "No, no, excuse me. I remembered something funny from a long time ago." Varth calmed down and wiped his mouth with handkerchief, "now back to business. I understand that you are upset, I really do." "But let me be clear, what happens on a quest is out of our hands. We do our best to provide all…
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"The new owner?" Aldrich asked in confusion and then he remembered telling Yasbel to use his share of the profits to redecorate the place and since more than a month passed the money must have come in. Yasbel was really quick to work, the money was put to use almost immediately. Aldrich wasn't bothered by the costs since it wasn't all that much anyway. Besides it also improved the look of the place, looks were always the focus of people. As evidence he saw many more customers in the coffee house. This…
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Aldrich felt like he couldn't breath, he finally understood. There was no False Saint, two brothers were actually chosen. They both had five crests to prove their legitimacy. This is why the people were divided, this is why Voarian and Melowar rebelled, they had an equal right to their claim as the Imperial citadel. This is why many forces including the inquisition decided to sit on the sidelines. There was no right answer. "But, why, why did they have to fight? If both of them were the rightful rulers…
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Aldrich also understood that he made a joke in bad taste. The five families were the families that an Emperor was chosen from within, they were in fact Imperial families. The bloodlines of each of them is carefully tracked and can't just be found anywhere. As one can imagine this is the subject of a long time of consideration and effort. There were times in which these efforts have failed, unfortunately. A long time ago when the current Republic was called the Alliance of the free cities, the magister…
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"Ooh, a rare symbol, not bad." Praised Ayemon while inspecting the symbol. "Yeah, I was surprised too." Aldrich smugly said, feeling proud. "Norge! Come on in her check this out!" Ayemon yelled. "Do you want me to call him? He's on the other side of the—" Aldrich was about to say when he suddenly turned around to see Norge behind him, standing silently. "Good, good potential." Norge nodded normally as if he didn't suddenly appear out of thin air. In fact Aldrich was sure that the door wasn't…
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"Oh, this? Yeah, whatever." Ayemon tossed the envelope without reading it into the trashcan. "Ah, no!" Aldrich hurriedly took it out, "didn't you read this?" He pointed at the sentence 'city council' "it's from the city council, it must be important right?" "Why bother?" Ayemon lit a pipe and smoked, "I know what's in there without reading it, it's something about attending the next meeting for a vote, or asking for favors and the like." "Wait, you're a member of the city council?" Aldrich asked in…
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Aldrich breathed in deeply and coughed on the dust that dominated his entire apartment, he was a little too excited and expected a different welcome. Oh, well. He had to hire a maid to clean it regularly even when he's not here, this level of filth was unacceptable. He started cleaning on his own and then heated up some water for a relaxing long bath. Then he went out for lunch outside since he didn't have any groceries to cook anything today. They all split up and went their own ways, Cole had to take…
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Aldrich wasn't fretting over nothing, it wasn't just the fall that could kill them. Giant eagles had variants at grade one too. It was rare but still a very real possibility, if such a being attacked them from the air there would be nothing they could do. Last time they happened on this flock of giant eagles hunting fish on the sea, their nest was probably somewhere on these cliffs. Aldrich released his and pointed at the eye of the giant eagle on the bridge. His meaning was clear, if anything happened…
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