The Life of Oplentian Criminals
This was another chapter that I wrote in the writing storm of November 2022, covering what Volpes and Azurium were doing while Enigma and Edmund were infiltrating their compounds. It was a good chance to have them play off each other, since I didn't do...
Bold Escape
In the early days, as Volpes and Azurium were establishing their operations, it was important to build up a reputation by pulling off bold, daring acts of rebellion against Oplentian authority. Azurium still had to work to maintain his cover as captain of the guard,...
The True Criminal
This piece from LittleBadWolf in September of 2022 was the perfect compliment to a story I had been mulling over in my head. I wanted to show a more ruthless side to Volpes, to remind the audience that was an antagonistic and villainous force. The...
Volpes, the Revolutionary
While I'm happy with the design I originally came up with for Volpes's debut card, I had a problem with both the mechanical complexity and verbosity of it's text, and my playgroup had a problem playing against it. I wanted to solve both problems by...
A Working Fox
It is safe to say that Volpes is a complicated man, with a complicated relationship with those under his employ. On some level, he has empathy for them, refusing to order them to do any task that he himself would be unwilling to do with...
Leap of Faith
One of the things I was most adamant about was making it clear that although he was the primary antagonist, there were sympathetic qualities to Volpes. This piece from Marsel-Defender back in April of 2022 was a perfect vehicle to tell a story showcasing this. Like...
A Meeting with a Titan
This piece was the first I ever commissioned from the legendary Vallhound back in March of 2022, and a collaboration from my good friend CyberLightning and his dragon Richard. The story was written wholly by him, and I handled the editing. It was fun to see...
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...
Volpes, of Steady Hand
In the months and years following his recruitment to the cause, Captain Azurium brought his experience as a guardsman and soldier to bear, training all those in Volpes's fold in the arts of combat and self-defense. The fox himself, blueprint for all that would one...
Volpes’s Deal
This piece from Marsel-Defender in November of 2021 was the perfect compliment to an concept I had already been writing out, to help explain how an organization rooted in the slums, and opposing the wealthy, nonetheless has the funding necessary to run free clinics and...