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The First Coffee
What happens when you wake up? It's a struggle to activate reality, a battle between synapses in your brain and consciousness. Won only...
EldritchMug
Mar 14, 20211 min read
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Not All Is Lost - Prompt 22
With a groan, the weary adventurer sat, pressing his back against a cold rock. He had climbed during the night to gain an advantage...
EldritchMug
Feb 211 min read
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Red Claw - Prompt 21
The rain was incessant. Banging loudly against the roof, pounding the siding. It seeped into the small cracks of the windows, and crept...
EldritchMug
Jul 5, 20241 min read
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Sounds. - Prompt 8
drip. drip. dripdrip. I desperately imagine the water in the cell as the sound of freshly filtered coffee squeezing its way past a new...
EldritchMug
Dec 15, 20231 min read
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Lost Arcana, Chapter 1.3
I explain to Aarir what happened before I interrupted her studies. Her bright red, curly hair bounces as she steps lightly from one foot...
EldritchMug
Sep 8, 20222 min read
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Lost Arcana, Chapter 1.2
Nearly 300 years ago, High Mage Tolef researched the effect of Magic on memory. His intricate experiments were the foundation of our...
EldritchMug
Aug 22, 20222 min read
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A Lesson in Magic, Part 3 - Lost Arcana
Journal of Dev'ti So then, what drives my search? I may be the last mage alive that practices a type of Magic called Rune Magic. Let me...
EldritchMug
Aug 13, 20222 min read
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A Lesson in Magic, Part 2 - Lost Arcana
Journal of Dev'ti Magic doesn't care how much you want to study the intricate secrets of the arcane. It doesn't care about your drive,...
EldritchMug
Jul 16, 20221 min read
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A Lesson in Magic, Part 1 - Lost Arcana
It's cliche in our lands, to claim that "none alive know when Magic first came to be." The truth, as scholars have long known, is that...
EldritchMug
Jul 9, 20221 min read
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Lost Arcana, Chapter 1.1
I write this on the backdrop of a dirty basement, cut deep into the mountainside surrounding a swamp. It smells like decay and fish in...
EldritchMug
Oct 21, 20211 min read
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A Tower - Prompt 20
"Four Towers stand at the corners of the world. They rule the generations, forcing war and misery upon the land. Scholars, Generals,...
EldritchMug
Jul 9, 20211 min read
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Inspiration
Sometimes, inspiration comes from the most unlikely sources. After playing around with the wonderful mapmaker Inkarnate, I was struck by...
EldritchMug
Jun 6, 20211 min read
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A Smith - Prompt 19
"Gah, I hated my old life," Dendre, the smith says. His hands are rough as well as his hair, and a long beard runs down the front of his...
EldritchMug
Apr 15, 20211 min read
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Crater - Prompt 18
Amongst the ruins of a once-great city, the anomaly of the enormous crater was a shock to all those who came across it. Ruinously large,...
EldritchMug
Apr 9, 20211 min read
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A Sphere - Prompt 17
There, between two broken cupboards in an abandoned and blasted home, hovers something completely out of place. A white sphere, about...
EldritchMug
Apr 8, 20211 min read
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Glacial Tower - Prompt 16
Standing alone, across the wide glacier, stands a tower. Appearing intricately carved from the stone mountains surrounding it, ridges...
EldritchMug
Apr 7, 20211 min read
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The Fallow - Prompt 15
The lands blasted of all life stood before him. He mourned for the days past when his travels would take him here. It used to be so...
EldritchMug
Apr 6, 20211 min read
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Heavy - Prompt 14
Alsid gaped at the boulder in front of him. His companion, Shylan, huffed impatiently at him. "You are supposed to be the strongest...
EldritchMug
Apr 1, 20211 min read
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Boots - Prompt 13
With the demon slain, the adventurer sighed heavily and picked up her warhammer. As he cleaned and inspected her own weaponry, the...
EldritchMug
Mar 31, 20211 min read
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The Bustle - Prompt 12
Across the street, the barn raising was going well. Heavy beams being pounded together with sturdy nails, tied to strong rope. The...
EldritchMug
Mar 30, 20211 min read
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