New Clothes
I awake to a new type of stillness. A new silence.
Not the silence of sleep, nor of tombs. This is the quiet of absence. Of something once vital, now void.
No air fills my lungs, yet I remember my breath. No blood moves in my veins, yet I feel a phantom pulse in the hollowness of my too still chest. I remember the warmth I once held, yet now feel...nothing.
My flesh is preserved, but not by life. I am something else now.
In this cold serenity, I find disgust in the only part of me that remains. The only piece of myself unchanged. My magic has advanced far enough that replacing it should be simple. But still I hesitate, staring at that flicker of familiarity, hating it for what it reminds me of: what I was. Who I trusted.
I was only briefly dead. In those few minutes, there were no words of grief. No soft mourning. No thanks. Just hands — quick and clever — stripping me bare. No rites. No rest. No pause for thought.
Parkeh could have returned me. Of this they knew. But I was told that they’d decided to let me lie cold, for the most part. That my ways were…too grim.
Too grim. And yet, here I am — risen again. And where are they? Still running, still fumbling in the dark for answers.
Did I not earn a second chance? Is there no redemption for those who wade through rot so others may walk on stone? Maybe there was justice in my death, in my efforts to work together. But I saw no scales. Only hands, reaching. Ants to sugar. Bees to flower. Flies to shit. Grubby fingers to a dead man’s pockets. So my treatment went.
In this new serenity, I still find disgust in the only part of me that remains.
And yet….
I am returned. Whole in purpose, unburdened by pulse or pity. My breath may be hollow, my heart unmoved, but I see clearer now than I ever did among the living.
I'm confident and resolute in my next steps. And so, as I stare at the ground, my lips curl in disgust at the only part of me that remains.
My magic has advanced far enough that replacing it should be simple.
It's time I get myself a new shadow.
The major events and journals in Erwood's history, from the beginning to today.
New Clothes
I awake to a new type of stillness. A new silence. Not the silence of sleep, nor of tombs. This is the quiet of absence. Of something once vital, now void. No air fills my lungs, yet I remember my breath. No blood moves in my veins, yet I feel a pha...
10:45 pm - 22.05.2025New Clothes
I awake to a new type of stillness. A new silence. Not the silence of sleep, nor of tombs. This is the quiet of absence. Of something once vital, now void. No air fills my lungs, yet I remember my breath. No blood moves in my veins, yet I feel a pha...
04:55 am - 17.04.2025Session 29: An old mystery
05:37 pm - 14.04.2025Session 29: An old mystery
07:00 pm - 13.04.2025Session 28: A court of dark flames
07:40 pm - 08.04.2025Session 28: A court of dark flames
07:32 pm - 06.04.2025Session 27: Occupied
06:20 pm - 02.04.2025Session 27: Occupied
06:20 pm - 02.04.2025Session 26: A city under siege
12:42 pm - 24.03.2025Session 26: A city under siege
12:42 pm - 24.03.2025Session 26: A city under siege
06:03 pm - 23.03.2025Session 25: a dark port
06:53 pm - 19.03.2025Session 25: a dark port
06:12 pm - 16.03.2025Session 24: Shadow and Fire
02:34 pm - 15.03.2025Session 24: Shadow and Fire
06:14 pm - 09.03.2025Session 23: into an invaded realm
10:32 pm - 28.02.2025Session 23: into an invaded realm
10:32 pm - 28.02.2025Session 22: Intai burns
02:30 pm - 07.02.2025Session 22: Intai burns
02:30 pm - 07.02.2025Session 21: The council chamber
10:34 pm - 13.01.2025Session 21: The council chamber
10:34 pm - 13.01.2025Session 20: The Ritual
10:16 pm - 13.01.2025Session 20: The Ritual
10:16 pm - 13.01.2025Session 19: Up from below
07:54 pm - 02.01.2025Session 19: Up from below
03:59 pm - 29.12.2024Session 18: The Truemaker's Forge
03:59 pm - 29.12.2024Session 18: The Truemaker's Forge
07:04 pm - 23.12.2024Session 18: The Truemaker's Forge
04:10 pm - 21.12.2024Session 17: The Great Work
12:14 pm - 21.12.2024Session 17: The Great Work
04:14 pm - 14.12.2024Session 16: Fields of stingers
12:55 pm - 14.12.2024Session 16: Fields of stingers
12:55 pm - 14.12.2024Session 15: From Azul ...
12:50 pm - 14.12.2024Session 15: From Azul ...
04:17 pm - 23.11.2024Session 14: A masked heist
10:28 pm - 17.11.2024Session 14: A masked heist
04:16 pm - 16.11.2024Session 13: A masked heist
05:10 pm - 10.11.2024Session 13: A masked heist
03:54 pm - 09.11.2024Session 12: Answers in the Dark
09:49 pm - 03.11.2024Session 12: Answers in the Dark
03:13 pm - 02.11.2024Session 11: Torbin's Tor
02:13 pm - 20.10.2024Session 11: Torbin's Tor
03:56 pm - 19.10.2024Session 10: Leaving Akek
09:17 pm - 08.10.2024Session 10: Leaving Akek
04:23 pm - 05.10.2024Session 9: Within the mists
11:07 pm - 28.09.2024Session 9: Within the mists
04:18 pm - 28.09.2024Session 8: Clarity and Vision
03:45 am - 08.09.2024Session 8: Clarity and Vision
03:45 am - 08.09.2024Session 7: the Lair of Shattenzahn.
06:01 pm - 01.09.2024Session 7: the Lair of Shattenzahn.
03:52 pm - 31.08.2024Session 6: Creatlach
02:27 pm - 18.08.2024Session 6: Creatlach
04:12 pm - 17.08.2024Session 5: Onward from Den.
11:16 pm - 05.08.2024Session 5: Onward from Den.
03:41 pm - 27.07.2024Session 4: the River
02:04 pm - 21.07.2024Session 4: the River
04:05 pm - 20.07.2024Session 3: decisions
10:34 pm - 13.07.2024Session 3: decisions
10:34 pm - 13.07.2024Session 2: the vault of Sun Doon
10:28 pm - 29.06.2024Session 2: the vault of Sun Doon
04:15 pm - 29.06.2024Session 1: The Tusktrade Caravan
12:39 am - 23.06.2024Session 1: The Tusktrade Caravan
03:47 pm - 22.06.2024The list of amazing people following the adventures of Erwood.
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