Category: The Calamity

The doors that led to the queen’s chambers led to the main hall. From the balcony, she could see the ballroom where the nobles of the line would have constant parties. Dancing, eating, drinking and gossip. Dresses and suits of a style no longer produced in the land and a closely guarded secret.

The hallway was lit with chandeliers from the ceiling and torches along the walls. The floor of the castle was covered down the middle with red carpet, smoothed by one of the many servants that lived there. She passed a window and the sky was dark outside. She couldn’t even see the stars from this […]

“Alright Alistair. You got this. Just focus on my face.”

Vincent’s horse was antsy. The way he was stepping back and forth slowly tail swishing despite the lack of flies. The sun was just coming up, early in the morning. The beige beast threw his head back, shaking his mane of dark hair. On either side of his head was a harness with long bars […]

Somehow all bars were the same. All of the same dark wood, all with the same tables. Most strained with alcohol, piss, water, vomit and spit. The floors a worse of variant but with flecks of food kicked and smushed into their boards. The lights were always dim and yet abundant enough to give a […]