Posts

Showing posts from April, 2026

The Forest

  Korē was leading a detachment of warriors on a patrol along the extreme eastern border of the Empire. The Naga and Lisard folk had been raiding into the empire with increasing frequency, patrols had reduced that attack, but a presence had needed to be maintained. Her unit was lightly armed and armoured, the muggy heat making it difficult to patrol in full gear, a few hundred warriors slowly made their way though the unkept roads of the borders. Without warning Korē feels a sharp pain in her neck, her hand instinctively slapping at the pain. She sees in her hand a tiny spider dead and curled up. She has no time to think before she feels her limbs becoming heavy, her eyes widening as her body collapses under her, falling onto her side on the dirt road.  Fully paralysed she watches as chaos breaks out in her formation, Horse sized spiders barrel into them at speed, cashing them to scatter. Many break and attempt to flee into the trees just to become tangled in masses of webs st...

The War Queen

  The War Queens invasion had been a failure. She had not expected the southern forces to have been so organised and disciplined. They had only managed to raid a few towns before being confronted by the main force, her own troops had not been disciplined enough to not engage them The battle was short, a headlong assault had been repelled and retreat cut off as it fell apart. Ending with the Queen and a large portion of her army captured. Dragged to the capital those she had sort to terrorise now parading her like a trophy. They took her out of the group, followed by a number of her warriors, each one well built and attractive as they were taken to the arena. She tried to struggle against the guards, but it was far too late to get free now. A vial is pressed to her lips as she is forced to drink the contents, burning as it goes down her throat. The effects are near immediate, her and her companions start to feel groggy and uncoordinated. The attendants waste no time in stripping the...