Captian's Log Sleepless Sleep 3 Apr 2023 The soft night crept over the valley; the strange calls of the nightbirds and the lustful yowls of cats broke the twilit silence as darkness conquered all. I awoke from…
Captian's Log The Last Dragonslayer 2 Apr 202329 Mar 2023 The sepulcher of the last knight is a cold crypt hewn of uncompromising stone. He lies in its center, his bones hidden under his carved image. The supine facsimile is…
Captian's Log The Last Dragonslayer 1 Apr 202329 Mar 2023 "Your world was founded because men slew dragons, defended the people. You are the last of that tradition, worthy of the name dragonslayer for your deed—" "I seek no honors…
Captian's Log The Last Dragonslayer 31 Mar 202329 Mar 2023 The young man's eyes fell, his hands folded; he seemed to be talking more to himself than to anyone at the table—not even to the man clad in black armor:…
Captian's Log The Last Dragonslayer 30 Mar 202329 Mar 2023 The ruin of a great man, standing there, dressed still in the ornamental black armor of tradition, raiment made long ago obsolete by gunpowder, the last aristocrat, his dark countenance…
Captian's Log The Last Dragonslayer 29 Mar 2023 "I have nothing to say. I have no more dreams. I've gone down every path I can think to walk. It's all meaningless. I'll leave it to you to plan,…
Captian's Log Meditations by the Sea 28 Mar 2023 When I gaze upon the ocean and the troubled sky and wish I'd skill to set it down, preserve the infinite in some finite oils—but that was not my way,…
Captian's Log I’m Off 27 Mar 2023 I'm off to the beach, to the shore and sea, to the sands and the waves and the gulls. I'm off for a rest, a little recess, to escape all…
Captian's Log The Initiate 26 Mar 202325 Mar 2023 "We bound him in our blood, and by the ancient words the old man spoke, we brought him back to life. He is us, now, and we are many. The…
Captian's Log Darn It 25 Mar 2023 The wizard cast a ring of fire around himself as the maniacal man in armor stomped into his darkened room. "Why have you come here, knight?" Was knight the right…