September 2011
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The Book Is Here
The Ages of Volerum Own the complete adventure now.
Mysterious events surrounding artifacts from an ancient war have begun taking place in the Kingdom of Volerum. The King and Queen have vanished, and their Royal Mage has been killed. Now the heir to the throne prepares for her coronation while suspicions turn to a member of the kingdom’s magical order, and a dark force rises over the...
August 2010
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Chapter 16~ Memories from Eluthane
It had been a day since Laya had fallen to the demons. Jedin and Jerith had been walking on an old road that followed the east shore of Lake Laya as they traveled north. In the distance, they could see the ruins of Eluthane, a city which had fallen in the time of the old war. It had been home to Dezin, the last wizard king to have held the Ice Wand. Jedin had known that Aljen had been an...
Chapter 15~ News from Thainos
Taren had been in Dezol for three days now, and had been hearing reports from the leaders of Merifin and Delary, the other human cities. Things in this world seemed rather quiet and peaceful.
Taren looked down at his desk where his maps were laid out. He ran his finger over the mark that said Thainos; no word had been received from there since his return from Kassadea.
As...
Chapter 14~ The Siege of Laya
It had been two days since Jedin had come to Laya. Things had been quiet with little or no report of demon movement. Jedin spent most of his time practicing spells. Today he was practicing with Jerith, who would attempt to deflect the spell back at Jedin.
“Sae Leerin!” yelled Jedin.
Jerith swung up with his sword to deflect the magic, and a ball of water splashed right next to...
Chapter 13~ The Queen of Porlomase
It had still been dark when Jedin had gotten up to leave. Jerith had agreed to join him at Laya, and Taren was headed back to the Ice World to lead and defend his people and was traveling with them.
The sun was high overhead as they traveled along the lake, and soon they came to the fork where the road to the forest divided from the road to Laya.
“Well, this is it. I’ll be back once I get my...
July 2010
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Chapter 12 ~ From Moira with Love
It was early morning now. The people of the Ice World had celebrated for most of the night, and news of the victory had spread to the other human cities of Merifin and Delary, receiving the same reaction as it did in Dezol.
Jedin, Taren, and Jerith went out while it was still dark, and Jedin lit a few magic lights as they rode out of the town toward the gate. The gate was only about half an hour...
Chapter 11~ To Dezol
Jedin went outside and walked through the castle yard. The day had started rather slowly. Taren had been meeting with his men so that he could leave to report to Kassadea the outcome of the battle at Thainos. Taren had considered sending a messenger to report, but he had not been able to pass up the opportunity to see as he said “this New World” Jedin had found Taren’s remark funny, as Jedin had...
Chapter 10 ~ Conflicted
Jedin pried the Ice Wand form Thainos’ frozen grip. The wand was a straight rod that had the appearance of crystalline metal, and Jedin could feel the power of the wand as soon as he touched it. This wand was different from any that he had ever held; it didn’t simply magnify magic power, but instead it had magic within itself. To Jedin, it seemed that anyone who held this wand could use it to cast...
Chapter 9~ Battle for the Ice World
Moira was suddenly awakened by the sound of trumpets alerting the castle that it was under attack. In the halls, she could hear demons racing through the castle to clamor to their battlements. She made a magic light, and dressed quickly into a dark dress and a black hooded cloak.
Leaving her room, she went out into the corridor, and all but ran to the stairs that led up round the tower to the...
June 2010
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Chapter 8~ The Mountain Pass
Kassadea had been escorted through the gate shortly after they had announced the joining to the Ice Worlders, and by the late hours of the night, a contingency of the Royal Guard’s dragoons had arrived from Laya. Early the following morning, Taren had mustered the troops of Dezol, and the soldiers from the other human settlements had gathered in preparation for a strike against Thainos’s...
Chapter 7~ Oaths and Aid
Taren led Jedin through the town to the south end where they came to a small fort-like castle, and after entering they went into a room to the right of the main gate. The central fixture of the room was a plain desk with maps spread on it. The desk was facing the door, and in front of the desk were a few seats to accommodate an audience.
As Jedin and Taren entered the office room, Jerith and...
Chapter 6~ Fire
Jedin, Kassadea, and Jerith followed Moira through the gate, and found themselves in a wasteland of ice and snow, with Moira nowhere in sight.
“I wonder if this may be the world that the Wand of Ice was lost in.” pondered Jedin aloud.
“How do we find Moira here? This icy snow is too hard to leave footprints,” said Kassadea.
“There’s a town ahead” said Jerith gesturing to some dark shapes and smoke...
Chapter 5~ To the Woods
When Jedin woke up, it was still dark. He had wanted to have time to review his father’s spell book before they headed out. He dressed quickly and put all his things in order to leave, and then he pulled out the spell book.
He wasn’t really sure what he was looking for, but it just made him feel better and more prepared when he had studied spells that he might use. He practiced a few, but time...
May 2010
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Chapter 4~ Laya
Jedin was returning from packing a few things, to meet Kassadea and Jerith at the palace stable so they could set off to find Moira and the Wand of Inheritance.
He still could not believe what had happened at the coronation, and what Moira had said about releasing the seals to the demon worlds and taking power over them. Why, thought Jedin to himself, would Moira do such things? She had always...
Chapter 3~ Fate
Moira appeared in her hidden home in the woods. She was glad that she had linked the stone in her pendant to a stone ball in her small home, so that when she grasped her pendant it would take her to the stone that it was linked to. It had been useful several times.
She set the Wand of Inheritance on the table and went to look for where she had left the pages. The pages she looked for were the...
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Chapter 2~ Coronation
Kassadea had woken up early this morning, and had been busy preparing for the coronation that was to begin shortly.
Maylin, who had just bustled into Kassadea’s bedchamber, was a short and plump woman with graying hair; she had been Kassadea’s nanny when Kassadea had been young and had continued to serve her. Occasionally however Maylin would remind Kassadea that she had once been the one to...
Chapter 1~A Troubled Report
Jedin had been appointed to be the next Mage to the King and Queen by his father, the mage Stoutius, just three years ago. He had been surprised by the announcement. His sister had been by far more naturally talented with magic, often mastering spells quickly, while Jedin would often spend days studying the same spells, struggling to keep up. To Jedin, his magic seemed stiff and rigid when...
Prologue
The Wands
End of the Second Age
“Enter,” said the young princess Kassadea in reply to a knock that came at the door to her rooms. The door opened to admit Maylin, Kassadea’s maid. “Stoutius has arrived, and your mother sent me to see you to the Hall of Roses for the announcement,” stated Maylin. “Thank you Maylin,” said Kassadea with a smile as she stood up to go, “I should not like to keep...