[accordion id="9cd22de7f9159ae355761a4cfe6b978e" tabs="‹º›{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The Story‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›Lottie has been in Winsome Woods for the past ten years, assuming ten double cycles of two seasons equals a year. She‹³›s learned many spells but has reached the limit of what the Winsome tree can teach her. Nothing she‹³›s learned so far offers an escape. Surely, someone beyond the arrival stone is looking for her.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›},{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The Characters‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›Lottie: a witch who‹³›s been trapped in Winsome Wood since she was ten years old.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Jag: the most recent arrival in Winsome Wood. He didn‹³›t know the spell that would let him out of the arrival stone enclosure in time to avoid the automated spell his arrival triggered. Now he is stuck there as well.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›},{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The World‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›Winsome Woods supplies everything its inhabitants need. That‹³›s fine if you like to be alone, are comfortable with one hectare of space, land limited to a few animals and one human, and don‹³›t mind the memories from before your arrival being a blank.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›}‹¹›" hide_on_desktop="false" hide_on_mobile="false" animation_on_scroll="{‹²›animation_enable‹²›:‹²›no‹²›,‹²›yes‹²›:{‹²›animation_type‹²›:‹²›fadeIn‹²›,‹²›animation_delay‹²›:‹²›0‹²›}}" __fw_editor_shortcodes_id="5f708cae4807a8bda33a274ff70783ab" _array_keys="{‹²›tabs‹²›:‹²›tabs‹²›,‹²›animation_on_scroll‹²›:‹²›animation_on_scroll‹²›}" _fw_coder="aggressive"][/accordion]

The post Under Winsome Magic first appeared on L. Darby Gibbs ~ Author.

[accordion id="78637a7fc1bbf686cc1007aec53ccfa5" tabs="‹º›{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The Story‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›A cryptic prophecy builds both trust and deception as Kambry faces her coronation. Who is the confident who will betray her? Which man has the right to be king? Kavin magic could reveal the truth or hide a lie.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›},{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The Characters‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›Kamberly Do Brode - shy keeper of records of Paddly Run who accidentally is drawn onto the path to Kavin Castle.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Prince Russal of Kavin Wood: Rules the Kavin realm and controls who enters and who leaves. No one he has met since the murder of his parents has proved trustworthy.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›},{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The World‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›The world of Kavin Cut includes a hidden kingdom within a forest. Legend claims that with the correct words sung, Kavin Forest will offer haven to anyone who needs it. No one has ever returned to confirm it.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›}‹¹›" hide_on_desktop="false" hide_on_mobile="false" animation_on_scroll="{‹²›animation_enable‹²›:‹²›no‹²›,‹²›yes‹²›:{‹²›animation_type‹²›:‹²›fadeIn‹²›,‹²›animation_delay‹²›:‹²›0‹²›}}" __fw_editor_shortcodes_id="2ec0f0e3abacb5fbfa847f71c94450a6" _array_keys="{‹²›tabs‹²›:‹²›tabs‹²›,‹²›animation_on_scroll‹²›:‹²›animation_on_scroll‹²›}" _fw_coder="aggressive"][/accordion]

The post Reign Queen first appeared on L. Darby Gibbs ~ Author.

[accordion id="78637a7fc1bbf686cc1007aec53ccfa5" tabs="‹º›{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The Story‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›Left on her own to protect the realm, Kambry faces a promise that no guard is canny enough for the trouble in her future, and the king‹³›s enemy knows more about the kingdom than she does.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›},{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The Characters‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›Kamberly Do Brode - shy keeper of records of Paddly Run who accidentally is drawn onto the path to Kavin Castle.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Prince Russal of Kavin Wood: Rules the Kavin realm and controls who enters and who leaves. No one he has met since the murder of his parents has proved trustworthy.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›},{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The World‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›The world of Kavin Cut includes a hidden kingdom within a forest. Legend claims that with the correct words sung, Kavin Forest will offer haven to anyone who needs it. No one has ever returned to confirm it.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›}‹¹›" hide_on_desktop="false" hide_on_mobile="false" animation_on_scroll="{‹²›animation_enable‹²›:‹²›no‹²›,‹²›yes‹²›:{‹²›animation_type‹²›:‹²›fadeIn‹²›,‹²›animation_delay‹²›:‹²›0‹²›}}" __fw_editor_shortcodes_id="2ec0f0e3abacb5fbfa847f71c94450a6" _array_keys="{‹²›tabs‹²›:‹²›tabs‹²›,‹²›animation_on_scroll‹²›:‹²›animation_on_scroll‹²›}" _fw_coder="aggressive"][/accordion]

The post Nock Arrow first appeared on L. Darby Gibbs ~ Author.

[accordion id="3d9a7f0b660f30cb8895d7baefcac385" tabs="‹º›{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The Story‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›The Void is breaking down.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Grand Lynkyns are uniting, but there isn‹³›t enough to support all the dragons in the Void.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›The schoolmaster of Wisery Towers is on the march with weapons designed to rip power from melders and dragons.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›One warrior may be the key. Or one more Grand Lynkyn. Or fewer dragons.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Trapped by twisted Lynkyn magic, Zyla must survive long enough for the key to turn.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›},{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The Characters‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›Zyla Powerbane, Seguin Duon, Madras Raeven, Thaddeus‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Captain Spear: a melder hiding in plain sight, he keeps his identity hidden while hiring himself out as a mercenary soldier.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Dragons ‹¯›amp; Grand Lynkyns‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›},{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The World‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›The world of Rigaria contains the non-magical, magic casters, and magic melders. It is ruled by a class of casters. Rigaria has been losing magic over the years and has reached a point of destabilization. Some believe this could have been prevented; even more hold the melders responsible.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›When a melder child is identified, the child‹³›s magic is bound as it is believed melders go mad and burn anything and anyone close to them.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Are melders as lethal as the Caster Council asserts? Do Lynkyn Forests only exist in fairytale imaginings? Can melders create dragons out of thin air? Who will defy the status quo?‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›}‹¹›" hide_on_desktop="false" hide_on_mobile="false" animation_on_scroll="{‹²›animation_enable‹²›:‹²›no‹²›,‹²›yes‹²›:{‹²›animation_type‹²›:‹²›fadeIn‹²›,‹²›animation_delay‹²›:‹²›0‹²›}}" __fw_editor_shortcodes_id="24969c529abbe80254d16956318be5e1" _array_keys="{‹²›tabs‹²›:‹²›tabs‹²›,‹²›animation_on_scroll‹²›:‹²›animation_on_scroll‹²›}" _fw_coder="aggressive"][/accordion]

The post Dragon-Eyed Void first appeared on L. Darby Gibbs ~ Author.

[accordion id="3d9a7f0b660f30cb8895d7baefcac385" tabs="‹º›{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The Story‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›Peace is a broom sweep away.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Madness is much closer.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›The Void‹³›s destruction looms. Dragons sacrifice themselves. And a new weapon in the hands of the casters twists love into uncertainty. Loyalty into revenge.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›},{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The Characters‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›Zyla Powerbane, Sequin Duon, Madras Raeven, ‹¨›strong‹˜›Thaddeus‹¨›/strong‹˜›‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Dragons ‹¯›amp; Grand Lynkyns‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›},{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The World‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›The world of Rigaria contains the non-magical, magic casters, and magic melders. It is ruled by a class of casters. Rigaria has been losing magic over the years and has reached a point of destabilization. Some believe this could have been prevented; even more hold the melders responsible.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›When a melder child is identified, the child‹³›s magic is bound as it is believed melders go mad and burn anything and anyone close to them.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Are melders as lethal as the Caster Council asserts? Do Lynkyn Forests only exist in fairytale imaginings? Can melders create dragons out of thin air? Who will defy the status quo?‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›}‹¹›" hide_on_desktop="false" hide_on_mobile="false" animation_on_scroll="{‹²›animation_enable‹²›:‹²›no‹²›,‹²›yes‹²›:{‹²›animation_type‹²›:‹²›fadeIn‹²›,‹²›animation_delay‹²›:‹²›0‹²›}}" __fw_editor_shortcodes_id="24969c529abbe80254d16956318be5e1" _array_keys="{‹²›tabs‹²›:‹²›tabs‹²›,‹²›animation_on_scroll‹²›:‹²›animation_on_scroll‹²›}" _fw_coder="aggressive"][/accordion]

The post Dragon-Eyed Madness first appeared on L. Darby Gibbs ~ Author.

[accordion id="3d9a7f0b660f30cb8895d7baefcac385" tabs="‹º›{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The Story‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›While Zyla follows her lists of impossible tasks, and Seguin waffles between steady companion and tortured flirt, Thaddeus sweeps. Dragons demand freedom, and Madras is feeling she‹³›s the only sane one in the group.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›},{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The Characters‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›Zyla Powerbane, Seguin Duon, ‹¨›strong‹˜›Madras Raeven‹¨›/strong‹˜›, Thaddeus‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Dragons ‹¯›amp; Grand Lynkyns‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›},{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The World‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›The world of Rigaria contains the non-magical, magic casters, and magic melders. It is ruled by a class of casters. Rigaria has been losing magic over the years and has reached a point of destabilization. Some believe this could have been prevented; even more hold the melders responsible.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›When a melder child is identified, the child‹³›s magic is bound as it is believed melders go mad and burn anything and anyone close to them.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Are melders as lethal as the Caster Council asserts? Do Lynkyn Forests only exist in fairytale imaginings? Can melders create dragons out of thin air? Who will defy the status quo?‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›}‹¹›" hide_on_desktop="false" hide_on_mobile="false" animation_on_scroll="{‹²›animation_enable‹²›:‹²›no‹²›,‹²›yes‹²›:{‹²›animation_type‹²›:‹²›fadeIn‹²›,‹²›animation_delay‹²›:‹²›0‹²›}}" __fw_editor_shortcodes_id="24969c529abbe80254d16956318be5e1" _array_keys="{‹²›tabs‹²›:‹²›tabs‹²›,‹²›animation_on_scroll‹²›:‹²›animation_on_scroll‹²›}" _fw_coder="aggressive"][/accordion]

The post Dragon-Eyed Prime first appeared on L. Darby Gibbs ~ Author.

[accordion id="3d9a7f0b660f30cb8895d7baefcac385" tabs="‹º›{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The Story‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›Zyla had a mission: save the mad melder. Before or after she plants Grand Lynkyn seeds? Before or after she finds Seguin and Madras? Before or after she knows if a kiss was the first and last, or one of many to come?‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Trust or don‹³›t trust her mentor?‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›All while Seguin is off searching for his lost sister and running into danger Zyla isn‹³›t there to help battle.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›She may be a strong melder and an unsurpassed caster, but nothing prepared her for the challenges her heart was facing.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›},{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The Characters‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›Zyla Powerbane ‹¯›amp; ‹¨›strong‹˜›Seguin Duon‹¨›/strong‹˜›.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Madras Raeven: foster sister to Seguin. Independent, open-hearted, and takes no guff from Seguin. Self-trained melder with surprising additional skills.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Thaddeus: once imprisoned in the basement of Wisery Towers. Suspicious and easily driven into panicked states of confusion.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Dragons ‹¯›amp; Grand Lynkyns‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›},{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The World‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›The world of Rigaria contains the non-magical, magic casters, and magic melders. It is ruled by a class of casters. Rigaria has been losing magic over the years and has reached a point of destabilization. Some believe this could have been prevented; even more hold the melders responsible.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›When a melder child is identified, the child‹³›s magic is bound as it is believed melders go mad and burn anything and anyone close to them.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Are melders as lethal as the Caster Council asserts? Do Lynkyn Forests only exist in fairytale imaginings? Can melders create dragons out of thin air? Who will defy the status quo?‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›}‹¹›" hide_on_desktop="false" hide_on_mobile="false" animation_on_scroll="{‹²›animation_enable‹²›:‹²›no‹²›,‹²›yes‹²›:{‹²›animation_type‹²›:‹²›fadeIn‹²›,‹²›animation_delay‹²›:‹²›0‹²›}}" __fw_editor_shortcodes_id="24969c529abbe80254d16956318be5e1" _array_keys="{‹²›tabs‹²›:‹²›tabs‹²›,‹²›animation_on_scroll‹²›:‹²›animation_on_scroll‹²›}" _fw_coder="aggressive"][/accordion]

The post Dragon-Eyed Rogue first appeared on L. Darby Gibbs ~ Author.

[accordion id="dbf3cef797fd9f8b3f6a739021bce2b4" tabs="‹º›{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The Story‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›What starts as a desire to learn the process behind the creation of imbued shards snowballs into mining the memories hidden in Tran‹³›s house shards. Some of those memories are best left alone.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›},{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The Characters‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›Jahl Pratter: High Master Wielder of Chussan Faire.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Donya Marson: Master Wielder of Chussan Faire.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Rouen Marson: Wielder of Chussan Faire‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›There for each other to the bitter end.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›},{‹²›tab_title‹²›:‹²›The World‹²›,‹²›tab_content‹²›:‹²›‹¨›p‹˜›Within the cities of An Faire along the An Mountain range, wielders practice magic, most often using a tile of stone large enough for a person to stand on it. The stone provides the essence necessary to support spells, which can be used for a variety of practical needs.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›A plague occurred sixteen years ago and killed all but a few magic wielders in the town of Chussan Faire. No native wielders practice spells anymore as it is believed that will reignite the plague. The surviving half of the human population are non-magical and have adapted to the loss of practical magic. Businesses have filled the occupations left behind by the decimated wielder clans.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Wielders come of age at sixteen years old and may work as wielders, making their living from their magic. Each wielder must carry his own standing stone, either clan-owned or rented from the local mercantile.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹²›}‹¹›" hide_on_desktop="false" hide_on_mobile="false" animation_on_scroll="{‹²›animation_enable‹²›:‹²›no‹²›,‹²›yes‹²›:{‹²›animation_type‹²›:‹²›fadeIn‹²›,‹²›animation_delay‹²›:‹²›0‹²›}}" __fw_editor_shortcodes_id="5991757081d1b64586bb14aad9d21b40" _array_keys="{‹²›tabs‹²›:‹²›tabs‹²›,‹²›animation_on_scroll‹²›:‹²›animation_on_scroll‹²›}" _fw_coder="aggressive"][/accordion]

The post The Wielder’s Grimoire first appeared on L. Darby Gibbs ~ Author.