Battles

After looking far and wide, high and low, and harassing many more wild critters, Vairsing found who he was looking for. Or, almost. In his journey, he’d also picked up a handful of other curious kijikaiaku, all wanting to see this mysterious red man and the reindeer with the glowing nose for themselves. Hopefully, in the dark of the night and all the white, near-glowing snow under the moonlight, anything glowing red would stand out. “Does this magic human really give presents to ...

Snowflakes slowly drifted down from high above as a lone Kijikaiaku made their way across the fields. There have been many reports of confused spirits attacking Rudolph and Santa of all things, and Gaia was getting concerned it was going to interfere with Christmas as a whole. Due to her growing concern, she had sent out a few of her Kijikaiaku to find and help the jolly duo, or fend off the attacking spirits. Vartarin is one such Kijikaiaku, thus why he was del...

Many curious things happened on Earth, kijikaiaku themselves being among them. Long, elegant nature spirits of many colors and shapes and sizes, their Gaia-given purpose was to protect this world and everything in it. Even if it meant applying violence and underhanded tactics at times. Vairsing, a red kiji with golden mane, teeth, and rainbow accents, was not one for underhanded tactics. He was too straightforward for that. So it was, when talk of a strange man in red and his horde of ...

“Mommy!” Gala’s ears twitched and she raised her head. That was a human cry, likely from the nearby village. It sounded distressed, something must have happened. “Verse.” “What, I’m soaking in some energy.” “Something’s happening in the town,” the translucent Kiji replied, looking down at her sister, tail tw...

“That’s it,” the dark blue kiji stated. “You all see that?” He pointed at a figure on horseback, riding alone in the valley below. It was a pale rider on a black horse, and though at a distance was hard to make out clearly, to Garreth’s eyes, it appeared to be holding a weighing scale. Eridanus’ lip curled. “I see it. Even from here, one can feel the land it treads on dying. It is not so different from its brethren.” “How are we going to approach?” another ...

It was clear to Eridanus that the others were in no condition to press the fight further. Having called a retreat from the confrontation with the entity called Plague scarcely an hour ago, he was already back on the hunt, alone. Tirloch, Tamashi, and Vrenus were instructed to remain behind and heal their wounds, and to return to the Core to enlist yet more aid. For now, he kept sight of the entity from on high, flying safely out of range....

Not many even knew he existed, other than Gaia and Kokoro. A myth endlessly wandering caves and catacombs, a half-remembered whisper, elusive memory keeper and silent archivist of time. Young, relatively speaking, but mind made ancient by tome and attunement, ever-listening to the world’s ebb and flow, heeding its deep, beating heart. Labyrinth. A name for the lost and unknown, both to others and to themselves. A name of tangled mazes and twisting tunnels, of no directi...