In a small town, not far from here, there lived a man who was proud of his vegetables. It was said that his dominance of the largest vegetable category at the local fayre was undisputed. For many years, since he had ceased to work as a tailor in the town and passed that responsibility onContinueContinue reading “The Potato Larger Than a House”
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The Knight Exemplar’s Dream
Vivainne Desegur the Knight Exemplar travelled through a forest in search of adventures, and there she was ware off a well in a clearing. It being coming darkness, she drew her horse near a tree and tied it there and then she did unarm herself and settled to sleep by the well, there being noContinueContinue reading “The Knight Exemplar’s Dream”
The Tale of the Golden Snail
It is well known in some regions that, each season, during the summer months when the snails are at their most abundant, a Golden Snail will come forth and move across the land as all snails will. And it is well known that each year, there are a good number of honest people in everyContinueContinue reading “The Tale of the Golden Snail”
The Convergence of the Days
In a small town, not far from here, a day dawned like many others. In the morning there was a small shower before the sun came out. The children went to school and the men and women worked hard at their jobs and tasks for the day. The bread was baked, and the bread wasContinueContinue reading “The Convergence of the Days”
The Flaming Scholar part 7 The Aftermath
So, after all the events of that night had been settled, the Scholar was spirited away safe and the Brotherhood was deprived of its funds. A second meeting was held by some of the Guardians of the Cave at the farm kitchen where, some days before, they had made their plans. The day was notContinueContinue reading “The Flaming Scholar part 7 The Aftermath”
The Flaming Scholar part 6 – The Rescue
Whilst the first tendrils of smoke from the kitchen were tentatively fingering the various routes into the main thoroughfares of the chateau, the first alarm went up and the sounds of doors opening, and the clatter of shod feet began to wake the silence. The two guards at the gate who had been told toContinueContinue reading “The Flaming Scholar part 6 – The Rescue”
The Flaming Scholar part 5 – Highway Robbery
Meanwhile, as the chateau in the centre of the small town was quickly filling with smoke and the first coughing soldiers were stumbling out of their quarters to raise an alarm, and as two women made their way towards the cell wherein the Flaming Scholar was incarcerated, two vehicles were travelling along the roadway thatContinueContinue reading “The Flaming Scholar part 5 – Highway Robbery”
The Flaming Scholar part 4 – The Diversion
At exactly eleven of the clock the next night, a figure, barely seen in the darkness and shadows that clung to the chateau walls, lifted a hatchway in the roadway that was used to gain access to the cellars of the building, he slipped quietly down into the space below and the hatchway door loweredContinueContinue reading “The Flaming Scholar part 4 – The Diversion”
The Flaming Scholar part 3 – The Reconaissance
As the old couple entered through the gateway of the chateau they were waylaid by the guards. The old fortified chateau occupied the main part of the centre of the small town which was situated on a small hill rising out of the surrounding fields of vineyards. ‘We are come to ask favour of hisContinueContinue reading “The Flaming Scholar part 3 – The Reconaissance”
The Flaming Scholar part 2 – The Meeting
The meeting room was the kitchen of an old rambling farmhouse belonging to the cousin of the Innkeeper. The house was situated in an extremely out of the way corner of the countryside surrounded by flat open fields, which gave a good view of the only approach. It was also not far from the coast,ContinueContinue reading “The Flaming Scholar part 2 – The Meeting”
The Guardians of the Cave 