1. Asher Vanak-Duth

    Open Get Out of My Swamp

    His hair was tousled again, and again Asher flinched at the raised hand -- but this time, he had a knife. Half-cut filet hung off the catfish as Asher spun round on Rois, a flash of panic in his eyes. He came to his senses and stopped the blade with plenty of distance still between. But the...
  2. Asher Vanak-Duth

    Open (Himbo)dy and Soul

    The Knights of Anathaeum were supposed to help people around the Vale with magical things. Asher had come to the Monastery seeking aid on behalf of his village - but when he arrived, it seemed like the ancient weave-knights of yore were in the middle of a party. The smell of sweets and fried...
  3. Asher Vanak-Duth

    Open Get Out of My Swamp

    Asher was paying attention to what the other man said. He really was. But there was something about the second pipeful of tobacco that was bothering him. His brow furrowed as he watched the retrieval of the pipe, the pinch of leaf and press of thumb to pack the bowl. And it wasn’t the stink...
  4. Asher Vanak-Duth

    Open Get Out of My Swamp

    It was over. Asher still wasn't quite sure what 'it' was. A sting was pulsing with his heartbeat across his chest, like he'd been sunburned, and the heat in his midsection was slow to dissipate. Muddy boots stopped him from turning into a lump. He wanted to pull his legs up and wrap his arms...
  5. Asher Vanak-Duth

    Open Get Out of My Swamp

    Instinct moved his forearm up to catch the snap of wild maw -- but there was no rows of teeth to meet flesh, just a big, heavy man putting all of his weight against him. Asher wasn't sure what to do about that. The flinching gesture was quickly caught and brushed aside. He was pinned on the bed...
  6. Asher Vanak-Duth

    Open Get Out of My Swamp

    The man's eyes glinted in the dark like a cougar's. The big cats were probably the only creature in the woods that Asher was afraid of. Cougars climbed up trees, and they stalked for a long time, and even when they looked lazy dangling their paws in the sunlight, they still watched you. Deva...
  7. Asher Vanak-Duth

    Open Get Out of My Swamp

    Asher was deep in thought for several moments, a clarity come over him post sneeze. The fidgeting of the man beside him went unnoticed. He was looking at other things. Like the rustle of branches that swayed high above the spiked walls of the fort. Or the way the rain water flowed from boot...
  8. Asher Vanak-Duth

    Open Get Out of My Swamp

    Asher flinched at the raised hand. His reaction time was too delayed to avoid the hair tussle, but still he scrunched his shoulders up and tried to duck away, more out of instinct than annoyance. One could argue that Asher's half-head of hair was already ruined, but he still attempted to smooth...
  9. Asher Vanak-Duth

    Open Get Out of My Swamp

    Yes, it's real gold... Fingers were quick enough to pluck the coins from offered palm. Asher thought about biting one, but noticed the soft dents along the edges from a dozen other sets of teeth who'd had the same doubt. So he only nodded and slipped the coins into his left boot. He was glad...
  10. Asher Vanak-Duth

    Open Get Out of My Swamp

    "Oi, another one," the guard said, incredulous. He waved a bony hand at the newcomer to have him come over too, an ineffective motion as the red-eyed stranger kept walking to the center of the square. "Hey, you need to stop for inspection! This ein't a bed n' breakfast!" The guard huffed...
  11. Asher Vanak-Duth

    Open Get Out of My Swamp

    Asher looked down at the letter in his hand with its stamped seal, then up at the colorful banner hanging from the outpost wall. It was unmistakably the same. An armored hare on a burning background. Spurs and sunflower bared. That rabbit looked angry, even more so twisting in the breeze like...
  12. Asher Vanak-Duth

    Asher Vanak-Duth

    Asher hails from the village of Wend, in the west of the Vayden Wilds. That is not the place he was born, but he has lived there for some years, and the villagers know him well. Once a joyful and spirited young man. A recent injury has left Asher with most of his memories gone, and his...
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