Vanity shuddered imperceptibly, her past experiences of the two beings before her giving rise to her fear. These two made the souls she collected look like a pittance, and their power was far beyond what she could manage. The mere presence of Hänsel and Grendal filled her with dread, at least mortals didn't have to see what a gaping maw they were ( Read more... )

  "Mistress, display unto me those who have earned thy ire," said Vanity, completing her section of the incantation ( Read more... )

The group of adventurers had been set up in ambush just outside of Amroth. A vast number of traps had also been prepared, both magical and mundane in nature. As there was only one road in the correct direction into Amroth, and it going through a forest, it was truly perfect for destroying the two creatures who had violated Christis' pride ( Read more... )

  Nothing had gone right for Christis since she had met the Telebrath and the Ogre, as she'd taken to calling them. Maybe it was just all the minor things that irked her being more apparent, but that didn't change the fact that Christis had lost. This wrong would be righted, even if it took the infernal powers to do so. To that end, Christis had ( Read more... )

  The numbers of bandits were rather overwhelming, and with only a small area to stop them in, the adventurers were relatively worried. Then again, Christis hadn't really unleashed any of her legendary fury. Slowly, but surely, the wind started to pick up, and the metallic tang of magic being worked started to fill the air. As the next wave of ( Read more... )

  Christis was rather pleased with herself, after all, a villager had sook her out, out of all the adventurers. By the sounds of things, she needed to get a group of adventurers together to kick in some bandits who were causing the village of Aleance some trouble. Given how quiet the evening had been, with only one person coming in and accusing ( Read more... )

  The room seemed rather unsuited for the ritual being performed, the cream walls and the large bay windows really didn't give that ominous a feel. Granted the black robes, and the circle of candles helped to maintain a reasonable atmosphere, but when summoning death, you really want something like a gothic cathedral or some such. Regardless, the ( Read more... )