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...
Soul of a Tiger, Heart of a Lion
Like many young people his age, Edmund's time at the Magistrum has come to be just as much about discovering himself as it has about discovering the world around him. As an abandoned child on the mean streets of Oplentis, he spent so much time...
A Series of Unfortunate Complications
It was supposed to be a simple job for a detective of his talents: Alarming disappearances from the local homeless population, going back at least several months. Trace their footsteps, see what threads each of the victims had in common, and use that information to...
Summer Fun at the Moonfaire
Between adventuring, training, and various side hustles, Rabrandt is a busy man, always working on something. But one thing he learned in his military days is that everyone needs a vacation, a chance to recuperate and recharge. And now that it's the season for the...
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...
Azurium’s Dear Clara
The story that goes with this piece from Marsel-Defender back July of 2022 has an unfortunate story behind it. I had made the mistake of typing up the story directly in Submission Description box instead of a word or Google Doc on the day it...
Enigma, Psionic Titan
If my memory serves, the first draft of this card was designed soon after I had finished writing the story of Emperor Enigma. The idea was simply to mechanically represent this powerful tyrant who empowers and brainwashes others, but differently than Volpes. Where Volpes subverts...
Changing One’s Mind
This one is probably one of my most popular pieces, and given my audience and the circles they inhabit that's of no surprise. As Volpes so apt demonstrates, I have a fetish for muscle growth and accompanying mental/personality changes. While I was writing the Investigations...
A Knight’s Friendly Challenge
Edmund was never one to walk away from a challenge, even when said challenge came from his mentor's tipsy friend, Richard. The dragon knight is rightfully proud of his prowess on the battlefield, and in a moment of liquid courage-infused bravado, claimed that the tigerkin...