Spellsword of Another Stripe
At this point, everyone knows that once Enigma is bonded to his Companion and achieves Perfect Bond, sometime after the Volpes incident, he becomes an adept spellsword, able to utilize swordplay with his own psionic magic. What is not as well known is that the inspiration...
I Think It Suits Me
On another plane, far from his home, the mind mage has taken on a freelance job to infiltrate a gala where many of its most successful and powerful people have gathered, to collect information on them. If nothing else, it was an opportunity to get...
Surveying the Mountains
To the Magistrum, and the plane of Crossroads as a whole, Planeswalkers are extremely valuable. Many of its inhabitants trace their roots to other planes, their ancestors summoned by the Planeswalkers of old, when they still possessed god-like powers. The Magistrum ever seeks to preserve and...
Stranger from Another Land
One of the trickiest aspects of life as a Planeswalker is not announcing yourself as an outsider. While none of Enigma's peers would ever mention it unless they had good reason, the truth is that they often don't have to. If a stranger shows up...
Magical Mastery
As a mind mage, Enigma is a difficult opponent to fight. For most people, drawing a weapon against him is a one-way ticket to getting themselves mind-controlled. Though he does not kill or permanently damage his aggressors, they will often be left in compromising positions,...
The Prodigal Adventurer
Looking back, even had he not been born a planeswalker, it seemed inevitable that the wolf known as Enigma would have become an explorer or adventurer of some kind. The son of traveling merchants, his parents took him all over the plane, encouraging and nurturing...
A Moment of Solitude
As a natural consequence of possessing the rare talent to travel between worlds, it is common for Planeswalkers to lead lives of relative solitude compared to ordinary people. Even the most well-meaning and open-minded people still have to cross the cultural barrier before they can...
The Martial Mediator
Among planeswalkers and those in the know, there's a truism: No matter the plane, there will always, always be dragons. Crossroads is no exception to this rule. Along with all the other people and creatures who were brought there hundreds of years ago, dragons were...
The Man He Had Become
"Eighty-one… Eighty-two… Eighty-three…" With reach count, the fox-titan gradually lowered himself, feeling the increasing load on his arm as he remained perfectly vertical, raising his body back up to a one-handed handstand before repeating the process. Where the chill of cold mountain air, combined with the...
Tools of the Trade
In the life of a detective, one often finds themselves intersecting with the wealthy and powerful, and there's no better place for that than at a lavish, ostentatious party. Nothing looses lips like a chance to brag about business successes, acquisitions, and the like. Well,...