Whispers in the darkness. Silence. A wispy disembodied feeling.

I feel like I’m dreaming. My body is but a faint wisp. My eyes are heavy… But I have some shred of instinct left. A sense I could wake up in a body if I tried hard enough.

I crawl my way up from the dream. My body has a sudden weight to it. I open my eyes.

The world sounds extremely clear, and my eyes feel strange. I look

A boat docked at the small lizardfolk town of Choones. Like most lizardfolk villages. It consisted of many floating buildings. Made from wood and leaves and tied together with vines. Anything more fanciful would lack the buoyancy their dwellings required to achieve the unique free-floating state.
 
 
On the boat was a party of adventurers returning from their latest grand adventure. “Arra. You sure you don't want to come celebrate in town with us?” The group's draconian bard as

Stardate 11th of march. 2215?
 
 
Amelia looked at her watch annoyedly. The aliens she was supposed to meet with were late. She checked her papers again to occupy her mind while she waited. “Incident report. Ambassador De Man has gone missing. Representatives of alien species X:01 have been summoned to explain the circumstances surrounding his disappearance.
 
 
The door on the other side of the room slid open. The chitinous aliens walked in and took their seats. They

The steamspire arena. A place where the people of the city could go to distract themselves of the daily grind within the city walls. A place where monsters and demi-humans fought for fame, wealth and a chance at freedom.


In the underworks, two new arrivals were being briefed about today’s fight. Both of them had been taken from the wilds by the arena’s hunters. And now one of them could find a chance at a new life. All they had to do was go into

“Are we there yet?” Alinza asked. The elf had always been rather impatient for one as long lived as herself. Enthor groaned in annoyance. “We’ll be there when we’re there you whining twig!” The dwarf and the elf glared at each other for a tense moment.


“Whoa there!” Garude intervened. “I’ve seen rival warlords with less mutual loathing than you two. Can you finally just both get a weapon and fight i