DREAMS of a CLOUD
Peruse the many random ramblings of a writer-in-training as I build stories and develop my craft.
22 April 2024
D&D Lore: Karthos, Father Death; Essayna, the Radiant Queen; and Tairen, the Storm King
30 September 2022
Elsenia grabbed one of my arms. “Wait! Please!”
I turned to look at her. “That’s you, crying on the other side, isn’t it?”
She didn’t answer, but her eyes still pleaded with me to stop. I put one hand on her head and said softly, “If I stop now, who is ever going to let you free?”
24 September 2022
Another time, I was poking around to see if Elsenaia had anything she actively enjoyed doing, rather than felt obligated to do, when I heard her scream from my mind.
I popped over, only to find Elsenaia running desperately from a hulking skeletal figure wearing ominous black armor and wielding a scythe.
“Why do you have Death wandering around your head!?” Elsenaia screamed, and she headed straight for me.
18 September 2022
This is the creation story for my homebrewed D&D story. Or, well, the first part of it. I may add more later. It’s been ages since I’ve played, but I do enjoy it, and I enjoy the worldbuilding aspect it inspires.
I’m not the first person to think of Life and Death being a couple who gave birth to everything else, but it’s an idea I find fascinating.