The Great Swamp was a group of marshes, swamps and ponds that intertwined in the lowlands among the forest at the base of the Applomean mountain range. This meant that there were large areas of firm, solid land hidden within marshy areas, muskeg and quicksand. Travel in the Great Swamps was a dan...
Compared to the badlands, and his old village of Lagvon, the city of Draisha was a sea of humanity. Each time Bazur visited, it seemed he’d never seen so many people in one place before. It was a lively and dangerous city known for its brothels and other sources of entertainment. Bazur knew many ...
From the backyard of their new home, a small path led down to a sandy beach nestled into an old smuggler’s cove.Nathan and Ava sat together, simply watching the waves. It wasn’t their pond back in the woods outside of Elderwood but it was secluded, cut off from the city by the high rocks and dens...
said Sharon. “It is one of the things I miss most about home, walking down to the orchard and then going for walks in the forest and picking flowers in the meadows.”“Me too,” said Nathan. “It seems like a different lifetime. I like the woods here, but they aren’t the same.”Not wanting to dwell to...
While he had caught up on his sleep, his stomach now needed attention and he could smell the scents of food wafting up into his room. Soron looked around, he did not remember coming into the room. He assumed they were now in Venecia but he hardly remembered rejoining the caravan, and he had only ...