Hiero Trilogy
Hiero's Resolve
1. Southward Bound
The wind, sighing off the vast, restless expanse of the Inland Sea, carried a fading tang of salt...
2. The Fractured Kingdom
Their entry into the recognized sovereign territory of D’alwah was marked by no fanfare, no welco...
3. The Serpent's Lair
The council of war, held in the flickering lantern light of the loyalist field camp, had been bri...
4. Confrontation and Resolve
The silent detonation of psychic energy ripped through the ancient fortress, a shockwave felt not...
5. Nexus Point
The journey eastward, back towards the precarious haven of the loyalist stronghold, was a passage...
6. Runners in the Night
The valley stronghold, nestled deep within the loyalist-held foothills, became a crucible in the ...
7. The Southern Crucible
The retreat from the ravaged Unclean depot was a sodden, nerve-shredding counterpoint to the stea...
8. Whispers from the Blight
The stalemate ground on, measured not in weeks but in the slow erosion of hope and the relentless...
9. Flight Across the Threshold
The psychic scream of the violated Gaean dome echoed in their minds long after the physical struc...
10. Musterings in the North
The chamber was high and narrow, walled with unadorned, grey stone that seemed to absorb the ligh...
11. In the Taig
The brief, charged council in Abbot Demero’s austere chamber concluded as the first gray fingers ...
12. Battle Morning
The mist lay cool and curtained over the lake, a vast, pearly shroud clinging to the dark water a...
13. Flight Across the Threshold
The silent command to withdraw, born of horrifying discovery, galvanized the small reconnaissance...
14. The Unclean Host
Days melted into a green-tinged, sweat-soaked monotony of silent movement and constant vigilance....
15. Echoes and Awakening
The Taig held its breath under the weight of the moonless dark. Deep within the forest canopy, wh...
16. The Price of Fear
The pre-dawn hours found them miles deeper within the labyrinthine embrace of the Taig, having pu...
17. The Anvil
The Taig, vast and indifferent, swallowed them whole. They moved through its shadowed depths not ...
18. Battle of the Anvil
The air in the tangled network of ravines grew still, heavy with anticipation. Dawn had painted t...
19. The Long Dawn
The silence that descended upon the rocky defile was profound, almost shocking after the cacophon...
20. The Final Reckoning
The chamber pulsed with a low, resonant hum, a sound that seemed to emanate not from any specific...
21. The Turning Tide
The darkness in the Unclean command chamber was absolute, a physical weight pressing against Hier...
22. The Long Dawn
The psychic call pulsed outwards from the wooded ridge, a silent, desperate cry against the backd...