Clash

 

Clash is another small companion piece for A Call To Arms, and will likely be the final instalment until my next project is completely finalised. Taking place later in the overall chronology of the series, it features our first story within the dunes of Dahabi, with Lord Crispin Ellery Labourt and Baroness Serra Celestia Anhera having successfully negotiated a lucrative business contract with a dwarven merchant house. As Crispin walks through town with his betrothed to see what the bustling town around them has to offer, to Serra's constant disinterest, the two come across an amphitheater being used for basic combat demonstrations. Pressed by Crispin to showcase the might of the Anhera name, Serra finds herself squaring off against an elven fighter who proves a dangerous fighter himself.

Clash can be read here.

The above image was drawn by Kent Davis, whose online portfolio can be found here. 

Shadowplay

 Shadowplay is yet another side story to the series of works inspired by Dungeons & Dragons, as a part of A Call to Arms. Set at about the same time period as the previous installment, Through The Castle Garden, Shadowplay takes place within the aristocratic city of Bourret within Seelago. Unlike every other installment, however, Shadowplay focuses upon a rather ordinary civilian rather than an established adventurer, with the merchant's apprentice Primrose Reed getting the main role as she works a stand for her fragile, but budding merchant collective, Red Ambrosia Wares. In the midst of her day, however, Primrose finds herself accosted by an enigmatic traveler named Ash Snyder, a brazen woman who seems to know too much and too little at the same time.

Shadowplay can be read here.

The above image was drawn by ErosPanda, whose online portfolio can be found here.