Issue # 11 December 2011
Angela Hinkle
2

DIE!

A
roll
of the
kelly-green
icosahedron,
so sparkly and iridescent,
decides our heroes' final fates on this evening's quest,
undertaken by our bold adventurers to save the lovely damsel in distress.

Together they embarked on a journey to answer the summons of their kingdom's liege,
his daughter hauled away in the deep velvet darkness
from her cylindrical tower.
Only one sigil
remained to
study.
Hunt
on!

The
mage
peruses
dusty books
pulled from a small bag,
a vast non-dimensional space.
His old finger races along pages laced with names
of men and women long since passed from the mortal plane of the still living and breathing

An exclamation of success erupts from deep beneath his grizzled ivory beard.
Finding the true name of the sorcerer, long since dead,
a destination arises.
Abandoned ruins.
Heading out,
the group
takes
care.

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