 | Joe Parish, Rennaissance Man: student, soldier, biologist, survivalist, teacher, cross-trainer, author, poet, camper, RTS gamer, explorer, amateur photographer, philosopher, and confessor. I'm the kind of man that likes to learn, though I prefer science, history, and survivalism. My hobbies include Dungeons and Dragons, writing and reading Science Fiction and Fantasy works, firearms, and the military. Sensitive to cigarette smoke, although I've been known to light up a good cigar now and again. Drink occasionally, and prefer fruit ciders or the occasional merlot.
'Kavik' is Inuit for 'wolverine', according to Walt Morey's book Kavik: The Wolf Dog. 'Khavikanum' (or more traditionally, 'cave canem') is Latin for 'beware of dog'. |
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On the border realms of the universe lies a world caught in the throws of disaster and death. Her many races -- elves, humans, dwarves and others -- battle for survival in a vast war between dragon gods, elemental lords, and demons from the Abyss. This is a tale of three of Abode's warriors, as they try to survive a mystery buried long ago.
I crafted this as a background story to the first kit I ever created, and
somehow convinced three guys to try it out.
An unremarkable assassin finds himself with the contract of a lifetime -- and all the danger that comes with it. Seeking aid in unlikely places, he finds that Destiny can be far more cold and cruel than he, as the gift of magius speaks to his soul.
Written in 1997, this was my first taste of Dungeons and Dragons. The
writing is atrocious, but I had to start somewhere.
Viradovax Karthamos is general and high priest to Five Spears Hold; he and his defend the southern portion of Erlkazar from armies, evil mages, and dark designs. But Vax is unable to defend the sanctity of his mind from a nightmare that seeks to engulf him, until he learns a subtle lesson in life.
Vax was originally intended as a character for the old 'Paladin in Hell' module
for Dungeons and Dragons -- but when the module didn't pan out, the DM decided
to use Vax as an NPC. This, then, is the NPC's story.
Leftenant to Vax, Aradina is a powerful cleric of the Red Knight. A great terror mars her studies -- a fear of heights. And she is thrust into the heart of darkness when she must journey into the High Peaks, there to find the ogre Skysplitter, and offer peace to him, and herself.
The Empire of Valera consists of four worlds, three stars, two-dozen moons -- and 200 billion souls. The Empress was to have been wed in the largest single event in history, and security could not be tighter. Something went wrong. An assassin killed the priest, and the groom, in the middle of the ceremony. The only thing that saved the Empress was one of her body-guards, leaping into the line of fire -- and escaping unharmed. Something strange is going on as the investigation continues into the assassination...
Bah. Sometimes I have to have a dose of SciFi -- no matter how badly
written it is.