The Ebonstone Tower sits brooding atop of a droll and forbidding hillock, surrounded on all sides by the ancient Forest of Faengmar. Like a silent sentinel, its cyclopean windows peer out over the mist shrouded valley, ever vigilant; as if to bear witness to the tragic gloom that oppresses the landscape. A pair of petrified giants lean against the ebony structure, their bodies contorted in agony as they mirror their last moments of mortality, as they forever serve as buttresses for the ancient library. The path leading up to the tower winds beneath the extended arm of one of these stone gargantuans before veering around a copse of various shrubs to come to an abrupt end at the foot of a shadowwood door.
Beyond the yawning entrance lies a labyrinth of shelves
stacked with tomes, scrolls, codices, and books of all shapes and sizes,
illuminated by enchanted candles which sprout up to full size as they burn too
low. Seemingly lost in the middle of it
sits an elderly man, hard at work behind a desk of polished calamander; the
warm glow of the fireplace caressing his frail form with its radiance. He glances up over the wire frame of his
reading glasses to regard his visitor.
“Welcome,” he offers his greetings with a smile, “to the
Ebonstone Tower, library of the Vale of Lost Souls. I am Arellon, The Sage and Master Librarian of
this ancient archive;” he gestures with a hand weathered by toil and age, “feel
free to browse around; you’ll never know what tales you’re likely to find.”
The Ebonstone Tower though set in the Vale of Lost Souls on
the Continent of Loren© is not a page limited to
that world as is The Wise Oak© or Whispery Hollow©. Instead this
is where I will post up random stories with genres ranging from Horror to Fantasy,
and even Science-Fiction. I will post
stories from tales that never fully made the cut or even some tie-in fiction so
long as they don’t infringe on any copyrights.
Hopefully you’ll visit me here and come to enjoy the various tales that
are available. If you like any of the
tales that I post, please let me know, I’d be happy to hear your feedback.
Thanks
for visiting,
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