He Said, She Said: Incarcerated

I wake up in a cold cell wearing only a tattered cloth robe.  There are cells across from me with three other females – one elf, one half-elf and one of a race I don’t recognize.  I ask the half-elf where we are.  She claims we’re in Calimport in Calimshan.  I’ve never heard of this [...]

He Said, She Said: Slaves In A Foreign World

Cold.  Feeling of cold stone on my naked skin.  Memories of the sky swallowing me.  Nausea.  Must fight nausea.  I feel weak, and then I realize the terrible smell there mixing sweat, excrement, urine, and mold.  The nausea must come from here.  I don’t dare opening my eyes, but there are no sounds that I [...]

He Said, She Said: Into the Hornet’s Nest…

Finally, we have made it to Punjar.  I thought the travel would never end. Hundreds of miles, traveling with caravans, fending off bandits and wild beasts… Kord, I need a bath.  A hot bath.  Joelle would need one too.. Some time together in a hot tub would help forget the travel. Hopefully the address given [...]

He Said, She Said: Into the Smoke of Punjar…

My husband I and arrive in Punjar at the Glorious Lady Inn by the piers.   It’s owned by dwarves: Flint & Brunhilda.   They had the best reputation of all the inns in town.  The inn’s tavern is bustling with elves, humans, Halfling, sailors, dwarves.   Flint welcomes us and Andric buys us a room for the [...]

He Said, She Said: Meet Andric Al’Maera, Part 2

My two brothers came to me and held me in their arms.  I could see their eyes full of tears that they tried to suppress.  They were sad to see me go away, but they knew that reading was not enough for me, that I wanted to see the world, see things that I wouldn’t [...]

He Said, She Said: Meet Joelle Al’Maera, Part Two

The return trip to our town was quiet.  I read a book of arcane magic while my mother alternated between sleeping and quietly weeping.  She must have loved my father deeply despite their short relationship.  I wondered what my grandsire saw in the young human warlord that reminded him of my father. Back in the [...]

He Said, She Said: Meet Andric Al’Maera, Part 1

This is awkward, me grabbing this pen to tell you my story… Let’s face it; I’ve never been good with these things.   Oh sure, I can write about military maneuvers, but telling my life, my story.   Of course this is Joelle’s idea, not mine, and what a woman wants… you know the saying… This is [...]

He Said, She Said: Meet Joelle Al’Maera, Part 1

My story starts long before my birth, though I won’t bore you with many details.  My mother is a gifted healer, Lady Alisandra Stargazer, daughter of the elven king, Lord Quinn Stargazer.  My father is Joel Rinn, a soldier from the human town of Jolzin.  They met when our people joined forces to fight orcs [...]