Heartblood World Building 14 – Dragons

I like the origins of dragons being morality tales about greed and gluttony, the hoarding of wealth and power making you something inhuman, so I have decided to adapt this for my world! People who hoard anything to the detriment of others are often colloquially called dragons as an insult. Actual dragons are rare dangerous…

Project Artemis – 1

The Vagrant pushed through the debris like a remora looking for scraps from a shark’s meal. The small asymmetric ship gently slid past the larger pieces of debris in the massive ring of it that surrounds the desolate exoplanet below, the massive moon loomed on the other side of the field as they passed between…

The Inquisitor – Ophelia’s Story

The growl of the engine between her thighs died down as the key turned. Ophelia swung her leg off the bike and stretched upward. Her elbows popped as they extended and she felt her fingers crack with a noise like twigs snapping. She shook them loose and pulled her driving goggles down to hang around…

Old Sci-Fi Catharsis Drabble

The stars reflected against the black terminal. Parker lay in bed, her eyes fixed on the small orange digital clock in the corner of the small room. Every second that passed she debated whether it was worth getting out of bed. Her mother would continue to act the same, the day would be the same…

Old Drabbles

Some old drabbles I wrote awhile ago and thought I’d post. Draken Hunting The dark blue grass undulated in the sea breeze, the chitinous shells of the Draken forming ripples in the long grass. The huge armoured legs move gracefully belying the weight behind each step. The beasts move in a loose herd across the…

Emptying the Dust Cupboard

I’m going to start uploading some of my old writing so if you see some less than stellar stuff coming up here it’s some of my old writing that whilst I’m not proud of I wanted to share here. I’ll be uploading an old story project – WIP named Project Artemis once a month as…

Heartblood World Building 12 – Healing Magic and Disability

So Healing magic is an interesting topic to me, because I hate when healing magic smoothes over everything. You know what? having your leg cut off should be hellish and traumatic, dying shouldn’t be a planned part of battle (Cough D&D 5e), and no healing magic should wipe away the ability for characters to get…

Wasteland Setting Ramble

So this idea came to me when scrolling some cyberpunk art on pinterest. I love the aesthetic of Mad Max Fury Road, I love the outback. I love the dilapidated sand encrusted corrugated iron buildings you can find out there and the mountains carved by time and wind. Mars has always been a place of…

Heartblood World Building 10 – The Order of the Rose and the Fruit of Life

The world of Heartblood is built on the bones of ancient beings, the closest things to gods to ever walk the surface of the land. Each of these creatures, elemental spirits of life, death, rebirth and so many more base facts of the universe and of life. These beings create these base forces of the…

Heartblood World building 9 – The Guardians of Retribution

The Guardians of Retribution are an order of warriors sworn to defend the innocent and fight the dark, they are golden paragons of beneficence and protection. They were founded by Sir Lucius Sanctus, one of the fabled heroes who slayed the lich queen Corymeir and ended the threat of necromancy. He created the order to…