Category: Stories of Tyryn
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Ascent to the Spire
The wind whipped, carrying flecks of sand which battered Eurus’s already weathered face. He donned his goggles, and scanned the sky. Heavy billowing mammatus clouds rolled in from the west. Eurus had only visited Astire during its many dry months, and had never seen one of its rare summer storms. Today, of all days, the…
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Lurelat Eventide
The crackle of the inferno drowned out the muffled screams of the townsfolk who fled their burning dwellings. A ghostly reaper with an ethereal dagger and a transparent cloak sprinted through the streets, stabbing the victims who were too distraught by the chaos to protect themselves. The demon harvested their souls and drank them into…
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Lurelat Morningtide
Lucca was shaken awake from a bout of turbulence. His head still ached from the revelry the night before. Realization set in that he had never slept on a ship before, not since getting off the Gallowei as an infant. He had ridden in the pilgrimage vessels a dozen times, and had even flown one…
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No Lesser Darkness
Crucio Alvarez threw another pair of bones onto the hot plate, which danced and hissed in the mint oil. The laboratory erupted with a din of screaming crows, who shook and rattled their cages as they smell of their burning kin filled the room. Crucio peered deeply into the smoke, trying his best to ignore…
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Oasis Surveyor
Dejected, Vikus brought the Rotohopper down at a watering hole. He stepped out of the hatch, dusted off his uniform, and turned back to his men. “Find a place to park, then come join me. We’ve all had a long day.” Mutterings of ‘yes sir’ came from behind him as he approached the wooden door.…
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Readings from the Book of Prominence
In a time veiled by the enigma of yesteryears, Tyryn was a world enshrouded in the pall of relentless strife. From the time they learned to traverse the seas, the people were driven to conflict by an instinct to survive. They waged a never-ending war where the echoes of battle songs filled the air, and…
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The Great Quest
His heart sank. As Ramorand Ulysses returned to his quarters from dinner, he spotted the green envelope slipped under his door. He knew its contents all too well: deployment orders. His tenure aboard the Fleetship Gallowei was over. He was to be deployed to one of the planets in the Dosar system that they had…
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An Orphan’s Chance
In the arid hinterlands of Cenetal, amidst the ancient and weathered landscape, stood a secluded monastery. It was within these walls that Lucca and Unya found solace and sanctuary after tragedy befell their young lives. Orphaned and bereft, their parents’ untimely demise left them adrift in a world unknown. As humans in the nation of…
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A Brief History of Tyryn
Tyryn is the third planet from the sun, found in the goldilocks zone between Bindoff and Usane. It has ample oceans, and temperate enough weather on most of its landmasses to support a substantial native population. It has one moon, named Lurelat, which contains its own sparse population, none of which is native. There are…