Zephyr , These are my last words to you. You have acted upon your fears and paranoia, and have struck first against me. In truth, you have done more harm to yourself, and have saved me the trouble of one persistent problem. Rest assured, I shall destroy the rest of the jungle, and create a new one ...

If you are so keen for your annihilation I shall give it to you. I have never dictated to any other religion on Eiran that they need to pay any price to use the Sun. Only those who accept my one true faith have been made to sacrifice to me, in order to receive the benefits of my love. Likewise, I ha...

Eztlicoatl, though I would agree that you are under no obligation to grant Zephyr time that his followers may leave your lands, I would ask why you do not grant such a request. You have addressed the Great Serpent with respect, for this I deign to respond. I do not allow the Lord of the Forests the...

I said I could get them out without any manifestation of my power. At least those who would rather come to Shaldir than risk remaining on Kunis. Do you or do you not grant me the requested time to do so? No. And, again, would you prefer to destroy Cook's Woods, or would you prefer me to do it? If y...

Eztlicoatl, I respect and support your claim to these lands. Question: will merchants be allowed to trade and travelers be allowed pass through unharmed? Those who come to trade will always be welcome, though they will be subject to the laws of my faithful. Any who pass through these lands mentioni...

Devils and posturers, tricksters and idolaters - the voice of God shall now be heard. Let it be known that, without exception, no false faiths shall be suffered to feel the warmth and embrace of the Sun upon the continent of Malyth. This natural state of affairs, designed for the better prospect of ...

Wicked envy grips the hearts of mortal creatures, and false creeds infect the minds of the unguarded. Beyond the safety of Malyth all manner of beasts turn to the worship of devils whose corrupt souls are weighted with so many lies that they heap them upon mortal minds to reduce their own burden of ...

“Curse this stinking jungle, and curse these retched savages!” “Shhh! Brace up, Bartolome. Save your breath”. Bartolome was dieing, and Juan knew it. They were the only two left. The Spirit of Fortune they had found listing on the river, abandoned; signs of a struggle were the only trace of what bec...

[ The Sun blazes with fury, and the Gods of Eiran hear an otherworldly voice - soft and hissing, seemingly strained by a great weight of pain ] I have never addressed the clutch of devils and pretenders known as the Pantheon as a whole before. Many have heard my voice, or read my signs. Now, all sha...

We the undersaid, all soldiers, Bernal Alvarez Alonso Gavila Bartolome Brescia and two undersaid, all sailors useless piss dribbling cowards as useful on land as their boats are and good only that they cannot read a word to see what we have gone and writ here, Juan Olmedo Yanez Trujillo Declare the ...

The sun arched inexorably to its zenith. While the jungle howled a foul triumph of bestial screeches, the heat of the sun blasted forth with fury. The shirts of a half-dozen dead sailors would have clung to their flesh from sweat, if they had not already been soaked red with the stain of spilt life....

Journal of Mercuse di Montressor, second expedition in the jungles of Malyth, south of the Great Range: At last we are free of this accursed jungle. The savages here call it Zallic, place of evil , and having journeyed through it numerous times now, it is evident why its namesake is thus. Dangerous...

Journal of Mercuse di Montressor, second expedition in the jungles of Malyth, south of the Great Range: Summer, I have dizzying moments of terrible clarity. I want to turn back, to undo all the insanity I have set in motion. But I look at the mire in which I am set and, to turn back now, would seem...

No living thing exists without the life of something else to sustain it. Where there is creation, there is also destruction. The thirst of any man or beast can never truly be quenched until it dies. Where once had stood hundreds of miles of jungle, a great stone road had been hacked and laid. Stretc...

Shadows twisted and writhed like serpents, dancing wildly across the Spirit of Fortune and her crew. Illumined through the sails, men’s silhouettes loomed and curled - giant skeletons and ghouls stalking wherever light threw them. The River Spear cracked and burnt, beams popped and hissed, the whole...

Captain’s Log, the Spirit of Fortune Spring, Jungle of Malyth The crew are terribly afraid, and have come in private to petition me to assume authority over the expedition, and to order an immediate return homeward. Though it may condemn some to trial on return, I must make an official entry into t...

thefirst wrote:No, though I realize for most people, images of serpents, represent danger, or some kind of deception, but I have never, in my life, viewed them as such.

An enlightened thinker . . .

Journal of Mercuse di Montressor, second expedition in the jungles of Malyth, south of the Great Range: Spring, Fifth Week of Journey, The horizon is a pall of grey and black, smoke hangs thickly in the distance, a funeral shroud over the limits of the jungle. Something burns. We plunge ever down t...

Journal of Mercuse di Montressor, second expedition in the jungles of Malyth, south of the Great Range: Spring, Third Week of Journey, Last night, Francisco Dialvo went missing. The men have been sent into turmoil. An hour after dawn, we came across a small village beside the river, and we set upon...

Journal of Mercuse di Montressor, second expedition in the jungles of Malyth, south of the Great Range: Spring, First Week of Journey, Winter in the Jungle of Malyth is very mild. Travel is fast, and as small of a burden as can be imagined in such wild environs. It is my everlasting frustration tha...