by Gortmundy
Oh yeah! it’s heating up now. You have me constantly refreshing my browser for the next instalment.
Holy shit! Didn't see that coming. Nyx's gunna be devasted and afterwards out for blood. Adair too.
I'm a bit confused where Shalidar is standing. I had the impression that she had reconsidered her alliances after her encounter with the Crone. Cuz if she was still on the side of that evil entity, why would the Crone have let her live?
Speaking of the Crone... Will she regret letting Cassie leave with her broom? Without that broom, Cassie would not have seen thru Shalidar's illusion, and the latter would have left the inn w/o further ado. What a bad stroke of fate.
Looking forward for the next chapter.
- AshFan01
Oh my! While I lament the loss of the two characters, this just opened up cans of both worms and (future) whoopass. I cannot wait for the story to develop.
"I require a more vorpal blade I think."
Maybe you know this and this is an Easter egg, but that's not a real word in a world without Lewis Carroll. Double-checking online TIL that it's actually been appropriated by the DnD crowd and given a meaning, but that itself is a kind of joke. Enjoying the heck out of this story.
I've read Lewis and Carrol (*snicker-snack") and I've run and played D&D and other RPG's for 40 odd years. Great fun and I thoroughly recommend it. Im more a Karl Edwards Wagner and R.E. Howard fan myself.
Can’t lie, I skipped everything before the resolution to the previous cliffhanger. Pretty dumb to leave that there and try to cram in some verbose nonsense in between. One