Last updated: 23rd June 2002
The game begins in Ambyrmont 1098 as Venezea/Ylian, Uther, and Seiter start their third year at the Great School, but first some background...
Schisms
Because everyone needs a traumatic event in their lives.
First Day
Remember your first day in school/college? How big it all was?
Legacies
The problem with good teachers is they have students intent on clinging to their ideas.
(See also Essays by Brian)
Truth or Dare
It's a dangerous game.
Game 1: The Task.
90 out of 100 ain't bad but 96 is better!
Vlaardoens and Belcadiz? It would never happen!
Is that a Stirg in your cactus or are you just glad to see me?
Game 2: The Dragonsword.
101 ways not to study when you know you should.
A cleric? In the Great School of Magic? Get real!
How many Commissars does it take to sprout some Dragon wings?
Game 3: Indoor Fireworks.
Things, strings, and cacao beans.
I smell a rat...
Try not to step on the children.
Game 4: Silent Images.
No magic, no fun. No fun at all.
Footsteps that should never be followed.
'Is there anybody there?', said the traveller.
Game 5: Things that Shouldn't Be.
So many things not to like...
Praise Be the Shepherds of Rad! (And may they be butchered no more)
When someone asks do you like Earth Magics, you say YES!
Eyesore
You can't always choose what you get to see...
Game 6: If You Build It...
What's in a name?
*sigh*... He's so dreamy!
Photographs and letters but no memory of the time...
Game 7: Sometimes You Just Gotta Split...
Mmm, pretty sunsets.
Conga!
The urges of things that fly...
Journeys
Eva has a word or three with her star pupil.
Game 8: Duels
When not to say 'I go there'.
New ways to cut bread.
I met my sweetie, his name is Master Li...
Aftermath
Well there's bound to be repercussions when you're accessory to murder...
Game 9: Duals
There's nothing to fear in the dark but what you bring into it yourself.
How do you like your stakes, Sir? Well done and chargrilled a speciality!
Being the toughest in the party ain't all it's cracked up to be...
Going Places
Ylian and Kyrion have some re-evaluation to do.
Game 10: The One That Was
We're off to be a wizard! Is the Great School testing area paved in yellow?
Ever feel like all your questions are twenty years too late?
It's all about... well spirit actually.
Game 11: It's Gonna Be a Happy New Year...
Radiance, shrinking plane; Radiance, shrinking plane...
There's a lot to be said for a firm handshake.
Who said Dramsoc were good for nothing?
Game 12: Loss
Things you don't wanna see while crawling around in the dark.
Introducing trouble.
When someone asks do you want to be a Dragon, you say YES! (This time).
Sisters of Soul
Lots of people being helpful in getting Ylian over the things Lost said...
Game 13: When First we Practice to Deceive
I may be a giant spider but he's the Son of War!!
Too much study make Seiter a paranoid boy. Just cause is completely irrelevant!
Trust me. I'm a Dragon.
Game 14: Moonlight Sonata
Vene and the bumbly (mad) old men.
You can't keep a good Se Suan down (or a bad Szechuan...).
Desriana learns the golden rule. Never trust a dragon.
Rose Petals
Ylian returns to her web to sleep off what's left of the red moon.
Game 15: Out of Sight
Voices in and from the wilderness...
Get a job!
POP goes the Dragon!
Game 16: Out of Mind
Bad fashion accessories...
The difference between guilt and innocence
Could the new Dragonlord please raise a limb?
Someone to Watch Over Me
Louis finds Vene acting a little too concerned over Boris' one armed body.
Game 17: Bad Relations
Secrets within secrets within secrets...
The true meaning of 'family business'.
Not a friend in the world, aye?
Game 18: Progeny
Always good when questions are asked before stomping!
Why the colour of a cage does matter.
Opals are not a Dragonlord's best friend.
Interregnums of the Mind
Eva gets some answers, Ylian gets some grief, and Vene gets embarrassed.
Interregnums of the Heart
Boris shaped holes and some old chestnuts.
Interregnums of the Soul
The ritual of self examination.
The Story So Far...
Character lists and condensed plot summaries of what's happened to date.
Game 19: Alignment
Nothing to see here. Everything's just fine...
Mmmm... glowsticks.
When dead people strike back!
Game 20: Wonderland
I have to stand as far as possible from that mysteriously appearing crater now...
Obscure birthmarks to look up on a sleepless night...
Elfboy returns!!!
Game 21: Fren
Craziness isn't hereditary, is it?
Have scissors, will cut.
Remind me again why we brought the Dragonlord?
Game 22: Homefront
Civilisation? Who needs it?
Who wants to be an Orcish pin cushion?
That's why we brought the Dragonlord.
Game 23: Corruption
Searching one's soul is so much easier when there's only one.
What do elephants and spiders have in common?
He ain't heavy (anymore) but he ain't my brother.
Game 24: Causes
How to earn brownie points with a potential mother-in-law.
That's no red head!
Relativity. Beer. Relativity. Beer.
Game 25: Time Waits for Nobody
Zito Reecho Monto Ray
We all live in a Neutrally aligned city. Ouch!
I'm due how much back pocket money?
The 14 Verses of the Refuge of Stone
Aka Gordon writes a sacred religious text.
Game 26: Flight Paths
Bedtime reading.
Another good reason not to buy a pet kobold!
Follow Mr Spoon...
Game 27: Out There
Fair swaps...
Unneccessary dreams...
...and Agreements.
Game 28: The Things We Handed Down
Wishing the undertow would stop...
What's the penalty for Grand Patricide?
Unnatural interfering looter!
Brave New Soul
Vene starts to deal, Eva makes a decision, and Moskva isn't happy.
Game 29: It Just Might Be A Lunatic You're Looking For
Sometimes it does work to just ask!
The games may be over but the War has just begun...
So that's what a Draedin looks like.
Game 30: The Council of Eva
Speech making lesson one: Pick your audience!
Reasons to avoid reflective surfaces.
Sudden insight.
What Matters Most
I have... an Idea...
Accomodations
Vene gets to work on Eva's project and chats with her about things Herathian.
Game 31: Broken Treaties
What are issues but to be dealt with?
There's only one God; There should be two or three.
Never tickle a sleeping dragon?
Game 32: Preparation
Was it worth it? Those lines sure are blurry...
A day at the races?
Boom today.
Prices
With a little help from Shaya a Commune with Soul spell, Vene and Ylian learn the fine art of compromise.
Game 33: Lifeforces
Break a circle, gain a ring. Sounds like a fair deal!
I have a theory, it could be dragons, big circle dragons and something's not quite right there...
There are times when it is Not Good to be a magical creature.
Baba Yaga's Letter
Coz Gordon likes to goad.
Jan's Will and Epitaph
Pop over to Brian's page for a look...
Game 34: Eye of the Hurricane
How to kill your teacher and get away with it.
The healing power of Radiation.
Never trust a teacher killer - especially if they're your teacher!
Game 35: Endurance
And then there were two.
Faith manages.
Tasty treatys for three in only ten minutes!
The game is over... except for the epilogues!
Tangents
Part One: Serenity.
Rebuilding takes time - even when you've got Aasla ready and waiting. It's 28th Kaldmont 1101 and tomorrow will be 1st Nuwmont 1 - the beginning of a new era.
World in Flames
The original logs.