Scrasamax

Ash Children

Some are called dhampir, others exalt as champions of undeath, and yet neither of these are correct...

Sippenhaft

A voice as supple as silk, a face hidden in the shadows of a hood, yet the words she speaks are colder than the grave and burn more furiously than any inferno.

Chalice of Remorse

There are certain things that need not be said, and events best left in the past, to be forgotten. Be careful what you wish for.

Company of the Broken Oath

Also known as the Oathbreakers Legion, or the Forsaken, this company is often the last stop for criminals, vagabonds and vagrants before the headsman's ax.

Sangreal

It is quoted in the Canon of St. Mancel that once in his life, that every devout soul should make pilgrimage to the holy city of Sangreal.

Sea of Sand

The Sea of Sand is one of the most treacherous and deceitful tracts of waste in the heart of the Djaraha desert.

Calcobrinan Cyclopes

Once noble and proud, the Cyclopes of the desert are now all but dust on the wind...

Equus Vigilia

Many know the image of the Night-Mare, a sable horse wreathed in a nimbus of hellfire sent from the underworld every night to deliver dreams of terror and fear to the living. While this is not entirel…

Latrani Orc

The Latrani are elusive as desert ghosts, dangerous as sand scorpions, and as rare as oases in the wastes.

Seitch Tribes

Brutal are the Seitch raids that come up out of the vast waste of the Calcobrinan desert. They come clad in dusky browns, bearing black iron weapons, raiding for food, water, gold, and women.

The Wizard's Cache

It is a common conceit that banks, loans, investment and other features of the banking and financial system are entirely modern. This is far from the truth, as long as there has been money, there have…

Looking for Love?

Love is a powerful emotion, perhaps the strongest. Love conquers all, don't they say; it's blind too. Love potions, love spells, and the magic of amore could be more common than all the magic swords, …

The Horror of Pamplemousse

Some years ago a dark cult was founded in the Forecastle area of Hahvrensburg. The cultists were defeated by a band of heroes. A month after the heroes left the city and went on about their business, …

The Year of Red Leaves

In the royal year 451, also known as the year of Red Leaves, something strange occured. A star fell blazing from the heavens, in to the Midlands. Imperial Wizardry could be sent to examine the object.…

Hardnan - The Grange Mage

Old man Hardnan had a farm E-I-E-I-O And on this farm there was a dragon E-I-E-I-O Bwah! What kinda farmer has dragons on his farm!

Scrasamax's Guide to Orcs

Recently unearthed this gem of mine, and thought to post it. Its writing predates my joining of Strolen, and I found quite a few interesting bits in it. It is nearly completely written and I am going …

The Deep Well

The well was dug in years beyond memory. The locals still knew to stay away...

Funeral Gold and Grave Silver

Untold years, laying in the deep Sheltered in the sepulchre earth Borne by the dead who never speak Funeral Gold and Grave Silver Beware the gift Beware the giver

Albus Sintaba

'Come in, come in. I knew you were coming. How did I know? Your brother told me. Yes, yes I know your brother died in the war several years ago, he has told me all about it.'

Norbert the Creepy

This might not be suitable for the squeamish or easily offended.