Story Summaries

SERIES
KHARTES SERIES
Khartes is a fictional world with a steampunk, 1930’s theme. It features three floating continents, airships, a unique pantheon of gods, several whimsical races, and a vast variety of cultures. Stories set on this world include: Final Arcanum, Modern Myth, Cadence, and Hysteria.

NILARION SERIES
Coming soon!

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FINAL ARCANUM
Khartes Series
Major Characters: Acacitli, Mirna, Mael, Iver, Veasna, Zero, Kite, Falk, Clint
When Acacitli falls away from his pirate friends on the airship Eurydice, he is forced to band up with bounty hunters in order to stay out of jail. There he finds several unexpected friends and after a mysterious turn of events, they work together to stop the looming Kheman Empire from not only taking the holy land Chanque, but continuing its bloody conquest over the world.

MODERN MYTH – Roleplay-
Khartes Series
Major Characters: Pieter, Dale, Raven, Jay, Reeve, Mael, Safir
One day, exorcist Pieter Klaus is mysteriously pulled from Earth and sent flying into Khartes, luckily landing on the airship, the Siren, and is placed under Mael’s guidance by Captain Reeve. Pieter discovers that not only has his longevity as an exorcist from Earth followed him to this new world, but so have his powers, putting him on the same level as the local Gods. He is forced to find a way back home before the Gods decide to get rid of him, permanently.
Modern Myth is an rpg played between myself and N. Giffin.

CADENCE (formerly Absolute)
Khartes Series/Sequel to FINAL ARCANUM
Major Characters: Verran, Iver, Kuami, Felix, Reeve, Mael, Mirna, Kale, Noah, Zero, Kite
Yet again, Khartes finds itself visited by a blonde man from Earth, but this time it is no accident. Christopher “Verran” Neil, a 25-year-old father, is pulled away from his family and is tricked into freeing Iirer, the Apocalypse God. With the help of a band of mercenaries and their pirate allies, Verran takes on the Scourge, the enemy resistance, and Iirer in order to correct his mistakes and save this new world while there is still hope.

HYSTERIA
Khartes Series
Major Characters: Teco, Persis, Eden, Kys, Acacitli
Teco is a 16-year-old boy with an unusual problem: he has the powers of the God of Death and isn’t quite sure what to do with them. When the world begins to crumble away, he must face his destiny if he wants to save the world and the girl of his dreams.

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EMPIRES CLASHING –Expanded Roleplay-
Nilarion Series
Major Characters: Divad, Llyr, Desch, Jasper, Firn
Based on a tabletop RPG, Empires Clashing is a long-running story about five people who band together, despite cultural and personal rifts, to face the problems the world throws at them and, ultimately, save the world as they know it from oncoming invasion. As they race time down to the wire, what they learn about each other, and about themselves, will decide their fate
Empires Clashing is run by R. Carra, and the other players are myself, N. Giffen, M. Pena, and S. Moore.

THE HUNTER -Collaboration-
Nilarion Series
Major Characters: Gary, Eli, Xeder, Zifahk, Zurine
While on a hunt in Khemar, Gary Wight mysteriously vanished. Only several weeks later did he reappear, claiming demons had kidnapped him and that he had only escaped after killing one of them. When Xeder comes to Gary, demanding that the two work together to get revenge on Zurine, the conspirator of Gary’s kidnapping and murderer of Xeder’s lover, they will have to learn to get over their differences in order to stop Zurine’s attempts to resurrect one of the most dangerous demons in history.
The Hunter is co-written with R. Carra.

ORIGIN OF FEAR –Collaboration-
Nilarion Series
Major Characters: Desch, Nouta, Darri
Origin of Fear is a short story told from half-Volf Nouta’s perspective as he grows up with his younger sister Darri under the care of Desch, a carefree, wandering bard. Everything is fine until Desch reveals his unexpected past and things take a turn for the worst.
Origin of Fear is co-written with R. Carra.

LEGACY
Nilarion Series
Major Characters: Malek, Ani, Xeder, Eli
Malek, the son of King Syranian and crown prince of Kadat, has a lot of maturing to do. He is selfish, arrogant, and closed-minded, hardly the qualities of a good king to come. When rumors about an attack on the crown begin floating around, Malek is placed under the hunter Eli’s care and is forced to accept his faults and change them if he is ever to rule Kadat.

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IDENTITY -Collaboration-
Major Characters: Keith, Adam, Elisa, Lily, Vander
Keith Rowan and Lily Estevo were the perfect couple: in love, always together, nothing could go wrong, at least until Lily’s conspiring brother Vander murdered her in order to take command of the Estevo family, the most powerful mafia in New Chicago. Keith finds himself allying with Adam, the AI, and Elisa, a mutant from the city’s Dead Zones, in order to not only get vengeance, but to stop Vander’s greedy plans to take complete control of the city.
Identity is co-written with R. Carra.

SOPHISTICATED MUTATION
Prequel to IDENTITY
Major Characters: Yori, Isaac, Elisa, Vander
Yori can’t remember his time before becoming a Stigma, a once-human, now mutant twisted by the mysterious Dead Zones in New Chicago. When Isaac Estevo offers to give Yori information on his past in exchange for his loyalty to the Estevo family, Yori is forced to choose between all the power he could ever want and the freedom of choice and morality.

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OLYMPUS -Collaboration-
Major Characters: Kaspus, Vilhelms, Hermes
When Kaspus, a biological scientist obsessed with the limitations of the human body, decides that he wants to try and create his own versions of the Greek gods, Vilhelms isn’t the only person whose life changes forever. Several people are ensnared by the scientist and twisted to his liking, but Vilhelms, Kaspus’ Zeus, is the first to escape, followed by several others. It’s up to him to put an end to Kaspus’ experiments before they go any further.
Olypmus is co-written with E. Stober.

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ALTSIGMA (formally Bells)
Major Characters: Michael, Jonas, Asyele, Tobae, Tireseas, Sindri, Tyr
Dreams were supposed to be very normal, but when young Michael Hayes discovers he has a counterpart in the dream world, the Netherworld, he can never go back to the life he once knew. Now he spends every night battling monstrous Nightmares and other demons. It all comes to a screeching halt, though, when the powerful being Tireseas threatens to take control of the Netherworld and use it for his own purposes. For the sake of everyone’s peace of mind at night, Michael and his friends must stop Tireseas, no matter what the cost.