For when diplomacy needs a sharper follow-up.

For when diplomacy needs a sharper follow-up.

It began as a practical weapon from a disciplined martial tradition, forged for balance, reach, and authority rather than ceremony. The steel bears the...

He breaks recruits like blades - some bend, some shatter, few survive.

He breaks recruits like blades - some bend, some shatter, few survive.

At the war camp, his rank places him close enough to politics to understand their shape and far enough from comfort to despise them. He knows when to hold...

The city forgets us. The rivers do not.

The city forgets us. The rivers do not.

Born from rivermen, smugglers, dock laborers, ferrymen, and abandoned undercity districts, Blackwake developed into a fiercely territorial organization...

11 Guilds
26 Peoples
30 Faces
10 Relics
26 Tales

Step Into the Story

Every tale begins with a choice, but stories rarely stay obedient once consequences arrive. A stolen child, a burning village, a cursed relic, a noble lie, or one reckless promise can pull entire lives into motion before anyone realizes the road has vanished behind them. These stories shift through loyalty, betrayal, discovery, survival, and the messy business of becoming someone new. The ending matters, sure, but the middle is where people break, change, and leave scars worth remembering.

The Kitten and the Catpurse
  • Sister Scheme
  • Sweet Distraction
  • Quick Fingers

The Kitten and the Catpurse

In Three Rivers, wealth moves like water, and the clever learn where to dip their hands. The two sisters have grown up surrounded by luxury, secrets, and a father whose influence makes most doors open before anyone asks politely. They know the city’s rhythms: which balconies overlook crowded streets, which merchants grow careless near pretty laughter, and which nobles carry guilt heavier than gold.

Together, they are not quite criminals, not quite innocents, and definitely not as subtle as they think. One draws attention with warmth, charm, and soft-eyed wonder, turning suspicion into fond indulgence before it can sharpen. The other circles the edge of the moment, lifting coins, letters, keys, and the occasional heirloom that looked lonely enough to need rescuing.

Their trouble begins small, almost playful, but Three Rivers does not keep small secrets for long. Every stolen trinket may carry a name, every whispered bargain may belong to someone dangerous, and every smiling victim may be connected to a larger game. What starts as a sisterly scheme for spoils soon becomes a lesson in leverage, loyalty, and the cost of being noticed in a city built on watching.

Ashes Where Answers Should Be
  • Ashen Guilt
  • Sibling Secrets
  • Forbidden Fire

Ashes Where Answers Should Be

The fire has ended, but the village has not gone quiet in any merciful way. Blackened walls lean over streets that once held laughter, labor, argument, and ordinary hunger, while ash clings to every threshold like a witness refusing to leave. In the ruins, two siblings move through the remains of home, bound together by blood, secrecy, and the terrible suspicion that the first spark belonged to them.

Their bond is the center of the story’s wound. What happened between them was not simple, not safe, and not something either can confess without tearing open the last fragile thing they still share. In a moment of reckless passion, power answered feeling too strongly, and an entire village paid the price.

Now they must search what is left for meaning before grief hardens into accusation. Every scorched beam, every familiar doorway, and every silence between them presses the same question closer: was the fire an accident, a curse, a punishment, or the truth of what they were becoming?

The First Casualty is a story of ruin after heat, of forbidden closeness turned catastrophic, and of guilt that refuses to stay buried. The danger is not only what they destroyed, but what they might still be willing to protect from the ashes.

A Reputation at Risk
  • Unspoken Desires
  • Daggered Diplomacy
  • Fractured Identity

A Reputation at Risk

She has spent years becoming the version of herself others could praise without discomfort: gracious, composed, charitable, and useful in all the proper ways. Her smiles soothe courtly tempers, her presence softens hard negotiations, and her name carries the polished shine of someone believed to be above ordinary hunger. That belief is convenient. It is also wrong.

Behind the silk, ceremony, and well-practiced restraint, longing has learned to speak in glances, pauses, and conversations that end too slowly. Her marriage remains civil enough to survive public scrutiny, but not warm enough to silence private ache. When whispers begin to gather around her, the scandal is not only about what she may have done, but what everyone suddenly wants to imagine.

The danger lies in how gently ruin can be delivered. No one needs to shout an accusation when a raised brow, a delayed invitation, or a sympathetic smile can wound with better manners. If the rumor spreads unchecked, she risks losing influence, dignity, access to her child, and the fragile authority she built by behaving exactly as expected.

To endure, she must move through a court that feeds on shame while pretending to defend virtue. Every answer must be measured, every alliance tested, and every secret weighed against the terrible relief of finally being known. Grace may protect her for a while, but it was never free.

Wings Gone Wild
  • Wings hide secrets
  • Justice flies fast
  • Spark before sense

Wings Gone Wild

It starts with a collision - wings, glitter, and a pixie with more attitude than sense. A bustling festival. A wrong turn. And suddenly, you're in the middle of a dragonfly race with rules no one bothered to explain. What should’ve been a bit of fun spirals into something far stranger: a smuggling ring powered by enchanted insects, moving stolen goods beneath everyone’s noses.

The pixie doesn’t mean to get involved. She just can’t help it. With a fiery spark in her chest and an unshakable sense of what’s right, she dives headfirst into the chaos, dragging you with her. Together, you'll navigate high-speed flights, secret hideouts, and some very grumpy bugs’all while uncovering a network that runs deeper than wings and sparkle alone.

The next chapter rarely asks permission first.