The Third Kingdom: 2025

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The Third Kingdom

Origins

"Every Tale has a Beginning"

Every tale has a beginning. The Third Kingdom, the greatest and most powerful kingdom of our day, is no different. Like the Phoenix rising from the ashes, the new kingdom was born from the ash of centuries of warfare and destruction. From the two old kingdoms, destroyed by hate, envy and greed, came a group of brave pioneers. Twelve brave knights lead their families into the dangerous unknown in search of a pass no one is certain exists. They must endure barren hostile lands teaming with disease, curses, bloodthirsty raiders, inhuman creatures, and the evilest of all, the White Wizards. These intrepid souls must risk everything to give themselves and their children a new way of life, a new hope.

Forced to traverse thousands of miles across inhospitable lands, they must face the remnants of the ten great evils. These evils, cast by the White Wizards centuries ago, still curse the lands and its people even to this day. If the people are to find salvation, they must cross raging rivers, navigate a maze of ancient ruins, combat giant creatures, endure illness, injury and the long torturous journey across the desolate plains. Then, they must do battle with the last of the White Wizards, a foe no mere mortal has ever defeated. All will suffer greatly, and some will not survive to reach the hopes promised in the new land, but all push ever onward, for there is no turning back. Hope lies just beyond the suffering in this epic tale of adventure, and ultimate salvation.

Saturday, February 1, 2025

The Nawkers

The Nawkers

An Item of Great Worth

You probably know nothing of the Nawkers, which is not at all surprising. Timid, reclusive, and if we are being honest, not especially memorable. An adult Nawker will only reach the average man’s waist, perhaps an inch or so taller. They are not known to be fast, or agile, and well, they are not especially strong either. The Nawkers don’t use money, don’t mine for jewels and in reality, have nothing the outside world would consider of any real worth at all. Which, as chance would have it, is exactly the way the Nawkers prefer things to be.

Few outsiders can understand or appreciate the Nawkers ways. To the Nawkers, it is simply their way of life. A way of life that has not changed to any appreciable degree in nearly a thousand years. Bound by their code of strict honesty, humility and their extreme fondness of being left alone, the villagers live a quiet and most would say boring life. It should therefore come as no surprise that the entire village was plunged into complete chaos when an item of great worth came into their midst, in a most peculiar way.

Now, two young lads, Younger and Barrow, are given the simple task of disposing of the item. A simple task it might be, but in the world of the Nawkers, the simplest of tasks can present the grandest of problems. Sent out into the world of the big folk, the boys must trust new friends, overcome many dangers, and stay true to their ways if they are to accomplish their task and return to their simple life. However, few things are ever as simple as they seem when you are dealing with an item of great worth.

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