Book I: Paladin's Tale Part 1: The Sanctum ii (in progress)
Wan morning light streamed into the stable. Pivvi's voice urged me to wake, her hands tugging insistently at my shoulder. I rolled over, my mind resisting the call of the waking world until an angry man's shout snapped me to attention. At that moment, I knew.
The man I later learned to be the innkeeper stared down at me from the other end of a pitchfork. His rage only intensified as he saw my face. Pivvi wailed and begged for forgiveness-- for herself or for me, I cannot remember. I muttered something apologetic, gathered what little I had taken into the stables with me, and stumbled, half-dressed and in a daze, to my mount.
This story is a fan work inspired by character likenesses and other works from the Magic: The Gathering trading card game, property of their creator and publisher, the venerable Wizards of the Coast. Reader comments and criticism are always, always welcome and appreciated. (Trivial diversion: Can you guess which "Type 2 deck" is featured in each part?)