Battle magic

The contemplations of Joachim Blokk: As my sword drips black now with the unclean blood of another slain fiend, it occurs to me that history will most probably record me a fanatic... as for more years...

I stand engulfed by the moon-magic of a winter eve's dream, Enraptured by bloodlust, and nine fire-gems ablaze, I am beckoned by sylph-spells and the jewelled sword a'gleam, As the great war-fleet of...

I was spawned deep beneath the Pre-Cambrian sea, the scion of a far distant sun... I have traversed the endless stars, and journeyed to a myriad galaxies... The dimensional gates of the multiverse are...

Dover, England: September 1594 (the recollections of a war-weary mariner) Hearken boy; for I would tell thee a tale before we set sail for the Bay of Biscay on the morrow. I was not always called by...

Thoughts of an Iceni gladiator, awaiting the opening of the arena portcullis: Memories of rebellion (Carnage at Camulodunum): Iceni Messenger: Hearken! The Ninth Legion has been put to the sword! The...

The ravens are on the wing! My scramasax is red (stained with the blood of many Mercian warriors), The ravens are on the wing, By Offa's decree I am an outlaw, Branded wolfshead by my own king. (The...

And lo, I witnessed the vast seas rise forth like a great ravenous beast, a devouring maelstrom of cataclysmic fury; and the gleaming spires and citadels of proud, ancient Atlantis were consumed, to...

Altarus: You must learn to control your spirit-form, Xerxes... for by mastering the art of traversing the mists you may effortlessly travel to many places, and many times. Countless secrets will be...

[Legends etched into the ancient stone dolmens on the Dark Moors...] [THE ORACLE OF WAR:] The crows will pick your bones clean... Never sweet the kiss of cold steel. THE EXULTATION OF BATTLE... [THE...

Sorcerers and shamans, weave your spells of war, Ensure our mighty sword-arms are the strongest and the quickest. Entwine us with great battle magic 'til we stand knee-deep in gore, And by all the...