Remove these ads. Join the Worldbuilders Guild
8th month of Ice, 854ME

Sunset

by Galen Alaric Ordesza

The sun is slowly falling over the horizon, the darkness creeping in on us. Closing the last day which we had to prepare for the inevitable. An uneasy tension hanging in the air as Bingtown is set ablaze. Thousands of torches illuminating the major streets and barricades. We've done everything we could, everything thinkable to help as many of us survive as possible. Will it be enough?
 
I'm currently standing in line with my brothers from the Slayers, the Northwind and the City guard. On some of us, the mask has slipped and the nerves have begun to show. A little shake, a stutter. I don't blame them. Some of these people have never even seen the monsters they'll be fighting tonight. Some of these people have barely even held a sword. And yet here they stand, marked for death in the name of this city and the people in it. Fighting for loved ones standing safely within the Plaza.

And here we wait, united. Our faith not in our gods but in those surrounding us. In the people of this city.

Continue reading...

  1. Realisations
    9th month of Storms, 845ME
  2. The Beginning of the End
    5th month of Winds, 854ME
  3. Soaked in Red
    8th month of Winds, 854ME
  4. Respect
    15th month of Winds, 854ME
  5. Old & New Wounds
    18th month of Winds, 854ME
  6. A Haunting Past
    19th month of Winds, 854ME
  7. Bloody Visions
    24th month of Winds, 854ME
  8. Unlikely Bonds
    1st month of Ice, 854ME
  9. Familiar Faces
    2nd month of Ice, 854ME
  10. Massacre
    3rd month of Ice, 854ME
  11. Dark Secrets
    4th month of Ice, 854ME
  12. Signs of War
    4th month of Ice, 854ME
  13. Sunset
    8th month of Ice, 854ME
  14. Sunrise
    9th month of Ice, 854ME
  15. Aftermath Week One
    16th month of Ice, 854ME
  16. Aftermath Week Two
    23rd month of Ice, 854ME