Jhakin has begun his work on the Royal Road. It is... interesting to say the least.
While I, nor anyone save Wathon understands it, it is nonetheless Eydenghar specific.
What weird realms has Jhakin been to?
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1625...
cover for the third issue of the Idle Drifter. The Stills edition. features a skeleton holding a magazine and a mug of ale as a root gator sniffs their bones. in the background are two members of the Last Drink Legion
Cover reveal for our next issue of The Idle Drifter.
While our regular authors drift to their own realms, we are thrilled that other Drifters have sent us their tales. To continue our magazine we will be seeking new voices from the Aether.
Reach out with your tale:
GoblinInitiate@proton.me
After turning in his articles for the next issue of Idle Drifter Jhakin has sequestered himself away.
He says he has a story that predates the perpetual sunset and will soon be releasing it on the Royal Road.
Divines keep you in Sync Jhakin. We look forward to your story.
picture of a monster. a metallic construct avian in nature with four arms and two legs, all completely with talons.
As Wathon keeps us updated on Destination Aurigahm, he sends us this picture from his latest encounter.
Deevi.
Hope he makes it back in time for the next issue of The Idle Drifter.
picture of a page from the magazine titled, Neverending Trust a Man Named Steve. article words: Yeah, we're talking about you, Steve Caulthous. With your tax collector eyes, voice like it would drive a Chronal past the Mantle, and the personality of a drift jelly. You Gerv-licking sewer toast of a man. Which is an absolute shame because, other than Steve, the Necro-Zoa Spa, Massage, and Rejuvenation Resort, is absolutely to die for. Intended for the living and undead alike, their facilities host some of the most relaxing activities there are. There's the Ooze Facility, run by Ralph, the coolest gelatinous cube we've ever come across. His pseudopods released a knot in Halor's shoulders that had been there since before he left Terrish. And we just want to say, there's no shame in crying. There's the Spore Emporium run by a Myconoid named Ed Setter, that will balance even the most unstable person, and ground them into reality. You feel as if you've traveled the entirety of the Drifts without leaving your chair. There's the Mincery run by a Bladvorn named Villy Tan Kartid, that will have you sampling the best gourmet food has to offer. Villy's natural bladed spurs easily slice off serving after serving. There's even a sauna in the Infernal Infirmary that will have you sweating out every toxin and tonic you've ever ingested. The facilitator, a fire elemental name Karnithe, will set the flames to the perfect temperature no matter your physical makeup. The beds, by deevie the beds. Threaded together by none other than the lamballo, Dallianna Erital, from her own fleece. Each cover, pillow, and mattress has her special touch that just seems to embrace you completely. We have never slept so soundly. Which was almost to our detriment. Now, we come to the worst part of the entire establishment. Steve. Deevi-charred Steve. As soon as you walk in, Steve is there. Small journal in hand, a little too close, asking way too many questions, breath reeking of spoiled eel. And the
Ferit and Halor have become a fan favorite Drifters and Realmers alike. Even the ones hunting them.
Which makes absolute sense if you ever meet them.
They have 2 hard rules so far:
Never trust a lady with lavender eyes.
-and-
Never trust a man named Steve.
As The Idle Drifter: Lichburg Edition makes its way into 100 future Drifters' hands, Wathon heads out on an expedition to Aurigahm.
Wathon has agreed to keep us all updated on the Wandering Archive:
Destination Aurigahm
Divines keep you in synch.
For our next issue of Idle Drifter: The Stills, we will be opening a section titled-
Tales From The Drifts
This section will be filled with journals and stories from fellow Drifters.
Please send submissions to The Goblin Initiate.
Not responsible for bounties placed after publication
Wathon has updated the Wandering Archive to include a journal handed to him from Ferit and Halor:
Journal of Steve Caulthous
We hope the readers of Idle Drifter find something useful.
Wathon says the Lichburg section of the Restricted Archives will be finished soon.
As Wathon updates The Wandering Archive we turn our attention to the next issue of the Idle Drifter:
The Stills Edition.
A frontier Realm of dead Nymps, prospectors, bandits and Peacebringers.
Where law is wielded with hex irons, and root-Nektor is worth its weight in gold.
The Lichburg issue of The Idle Drifter has failed inspection by the Corsen Court and is now circulating among the Necros and Zoas secretly.
Obtain a copy before forced revisions become mandatory.
#ttrpg #eydenghar #fantasy #zine #worldbuilding
As the Lichburg Edition of the Idle Drifter comes to a close, we say farewell to S'Rilla.
She has promised to leave a personal letter for our readers and writers.
We suspect it will be… memorable.
We look forward to seeing it upon publication in 2 turns, Lynder 2nd, publication channels willing.
Wathon has insisted I do not alter his articles in any way.
“Even the errors... especially punctuation.”
He claims this is important for The Wandering Archive
As an editor, this chafes me.
So I ask:
Where does responsibility lie?
With the Editor, or the Author?
Note from the Editor Well, as always in Eydenghar, there's good news, bad news, and worse news. The good news, a great number of peoples read our issue on Anchorage. The bad, most of them hated it. The worse, there are now a few prices upon my head. Apparently, using my real name and not a pseudonym, like the rest of our staff, made me the primary target of ire. The Compendium has expressed multiple "concerns" through writs and other mediums. Tal Hagreeb has become increasingly "interested" in the inner workings of our humble operation. Several Fleet members have expressed a strong desire to see my ribs adorning their ship bows. And, as it turns out, publishing my location and the date i would be there was a poor editorial choice. Thank Lyndt for friends in the Underwake. To the sparse few who enjoy the Idle Drifter, thank you and don't worry, I'm safe for now. Even if they discover my location, it would take more than a few wax seals, stacks of silver, and vials of Nektor to reach me. To the vast majority who loathe our publication, and to those many that wish us harm, get charred. We now intend to delve deeper, scrutinize closer, and double down until we fester within the darkest chambers of your soul. It's flattering, really. Back to the matter at hand. Another Divine Cycle, another slushpile. This time our reporters actually left Anchorage, though that may have been for their protection rather than curiosity. Their scribbles reach me through channels I dare not describe as we haven't met since that unfortunate incident in the Tap. Apologies Haswin, but at least we now know you can, in fact, walk. As this current slush is rife with articles on Lichburg, I have retained a liaison, S'Rila. Their knowledge of the inner workings of this realm will prove promising, and hopefully quell any backlash. So, read on. Enjoy. Or rage and let us take residence within your heart. - Beetcart
As we head into the last harmony of production for Idle Drifter: Lichburg Edition, we have a sneak peek at the first page.
And this rumor from Lichburg:
Akormas has requested his coffin be returned or else.
House Grace and house synn meet at the border between the Ferric Waste and Swirling Swamp. a female vampire and female dread succubus hybrid stand face to face, hands almost touching. in the background are the dunes and swamps meeting and a barge
“Alliances formed in council chambers can be fragile things.
But alliances formed in silk sheets tend to endure a great deal more strain.”
-Carrif
Idle Drifter: Lichburg Edition
Coming soon.
Are House Grace and House Synn truly rivals? Or are the Courts of Blood and Harvest something… more?
'I have already corrected multiple slanderous accusations tossed at the Deathless Divinity.'
-S'Rilla, Third Daughter of the Dying Sisters
A picture of S'Rilla, Third daughter of the Dying Sisters. she is veiled, covered by a dark cloak, and wrapped in mummy like cloth. the background is a necrotech Gothic city.
In an effort to avoid further political upheaval in an additional Realm, we have acquired the services of a Lichburg liaison.
Please welcome S’Rilla, Third Daughter of the Dying Sisters, to the Idle Drifter.
We hope her expertise will reduce the number of people currently seeking our heads.
The Wandering Archive has been updated.
Several restricted Anchorage logs have surfaced.
They concern the Compendium, the Waning Ones, and something beneath the Arborquell.
Wathon left a clue for scholars:
"An Idle Drifter knows the question."
Wathon's archive has a live Aetherian calendar and is slowly being filled with lost and found articles.
The Wandering Archive
#worldbuilding
A Bokoriate female and skeletal lich woman discuss their relationship on a bed as a male dwarf, underneath the bed, reads a copy of the Idle Drifter magazine. Details of note, skeleton motif accents on bed, lavender light glow from Lichburg necrotech.
Idle Drifter Issue 2: Lichburg Edition
Cover reveal. Articles are in, layout is underway.
Expected within the next couple Hymns. (Early Lynder)
The Drifts remember what others choose to forget...
#ttrpg
41 future Drifters have grabbed a copy of The Idle Drifter. Hoping to hear their tales soon.
Issue 2 set to release early Lynder.
Wathon's archive will be updated as he goes through each piece.
Wathon has started his endeavor to catalogue what destroyed logs he can.
He has opened The Wandering Archive for all citizens of Eydenghar.
Wathon has taken possession of multiple logs, damaged and pristine. He is working on opening an archive within the Cycle.
He seems... pleased with their contents.
The Vagrant Sun is reportedly auctioning off "legally found" logs and archives. Some complete, most damaged.
Wathon is investigating.
Brace Alligore, Head of Compendium Maintenance, has stated the fires were, “unfortunate byproducts of newly installed communication tubes between Topcoil and Midport campus libraries.”
“Nothing of value was lost.”
A volunteer patrol from The Vagrant Sun was seen entering Midport shortly after the Compendium library fires.
Witnesses report they were not turned away, and have yet to leave.
The Clerk’s Office has still not issued a statement.
Fires broke out simultaneously at the Midport and Topcoil Compendium campus libraries not a hymn ago. Ten injured.
The Free Fleet is being blamed. The Clerk’s Office has not confirmed.
The Head Archivist for the Compendium, Vellum Herrit, has been “politely asked” to remove Proving Ground records from the Arborquell archives.
Several Noble and Recognized Fleets have been asked as well.
The Compendium denies this.
The next issue will concern itself with Lichburg, the Bokoriate, and the legal obligations of your future corpse.
Submissions regarding the Dead Men are encouraged. Survivors preferred.
