Epics of Dakaron (ePub)

YOU WHO HAVE COME TO READ ABOUT THIS WORLD, SEE NOW THE GUIDE I HAVE SET FORTH FOR YOU.

THIS IS AN ASSORTMENT OF STORIES SET IN THE WORLD OF DAKARON, A BOWL-SHAPED WORLD ORBITING THE GIANT BLAME BODY OF ARRES AT THE CENTER OF THE NORAKAD CRYSTAL SPHERE. MOST OF THESE STORIES ARE SET IN THE MAIN CONTINENT, WHERE MOST OF THE POPULATION (AND ADVENTURES) RESIDE. MERRY'S SHADOW IS SET IN THE ELDARLANDS, ALSO CALLED THE FORGOTTEN CONTINENT, WHICH IS CONNECTED TO THE MAIN CONTINENT BY THE ELDARON ISTHMUS.

THESE STORIES ARE TAKEN FROM VARIOUS CHARACTERS, COUNTRIES, AND ADVENTURES. THEY ARE INTENDED TO PROVIDE AN IDEA OF WHAT LIFE IS LIKE IN DAKARON. SET IN DIFFERENT TIMES, DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, WITH DIFFERENT VOICES AND PERSPECTIVES, IT IS NO WONDER YOU WOULD BE CONFUSED WHEN READING ABOUT THESE PEOPLE. REST ASSURED I HAVE FOUND A GOOD REPRESENTATION OF WHAT AN ADVENTURER MUST FACE WHEN TRAVELING DAKARON. I WOULD INTRODUCE YOU, BUT I HAVE THE FEELING THAT YOU VALUE ACTION OVER SIMPLE WORDS.

MOST OF THESE EVENTS WENT UNWITNESSED AND UNRECORDED BY THE MORTAL WORLD. AS THE SCRIBE OF HISTORY, IT IS MY DUTY AND THE DUTY OF MY ASSISTANTS TO BE THE UNSEEN WITNESS.

~ THOTH, THE OUTCAST

Epics of Dakaron is a short story compilation of adventures and characters set in the world of Dakaron, a fictional bowl-shaped world orbited by two moons. Dakaron is a fantasy land that consists of a huge central continent surrounded by several lesser continents and a vast sea full of underwater empires. These stories show a small slice of adventuring life experienced by different characters in different time periods in different locations, all overseen by an all-seeing narrator.

• Ceraph the Psiknight - a noble knight of the mind and his fellow adventurers stumble on more than they expected to handle in a desolate pyramid.
• The Trial of Vertigo - the Lady Nisqa a'Locura was a grey elven sorceress who attempted to defy the Light and was cursed for all eternity, but how much of that was planned?
• Pin, the Lady of Glass - the great diviner Krim faces his former apprentice in magical battle when she infiltrates the Ebon Tower of Math. But how much of that was planned?
• Merry's Shadow - the adventurer-turned-sheriff Merry Glimfeather is forced to confront a shadowy presence to save her town in the Eldarlands.
• An excerpt from the Wanderings and Aventures of Repute: A Swan Song - the bard Swan Ramala agrees to ally herself with the erinyes Desdemona to find a common enemy, who might have already found them first.
• Keep the Reservation - an elegant dinner party one night with the Keepers of the Mists.