K.R.Bourgoine’s 4th successive story in Gary Gygax’s Lejendary Magazine will be in print as of May 1st!
This latest story, Meselin and the Lost City, continues to chronicle Meselin, The Master of Lore and Arcana and his dangerous exploration of the crafting of great extraordinary and magical artifacts. This time Meselin is not just witnessing the mystical item’s past he is sucked and trapped into it!
Several long pages of the latest story were written today. Currently it is still untitled. Normally about halfway through writing a story the name just appears. Half the time I start with a name and the other half it just comes along when it’s ready. Each of the short stories in The Acquisitioners: Chronicles Volume One has a very different feel but are still all of the same vein.
The Chamber of the Heart is filled with a good deal of introspection on Macal’s behalf about his struggle in dealing with Lalliard’s highly aggressive tactics and mentality while the world starts to turn into chaos around them.
The Wizard of Fate is the opposite of The Chamber of the Heart and is clearly based around Lalliard and his past. A good deal of Lalliard’s history is shown as he is forced to help the Counsel of Xazarnth, the school of magic, in tracking down a renegade wizard who threatens to betray all wizards to their deaths at the hands of the Lumar Olrmar.
The Shell of Oblight is a pure action-adventure tale that takes the Acquisitioners from Airesbornia, the Plane of Fire, all the way to the ocean depths of Asonia as they battle the wicked cunning elf named Osthen the Cruel.
The forth and untitled tale is a murder-mystery in a fashion that could only be an Acquisitioners story. With some of the other stories being very emotionally delving this story of its own accord became a more lighthearted less dark tale. With neither character collapsing into the misery that so often plagues them. Instead it becomes an entertaining sarcastic story of finding the murderer of their quasi-friend Galem Gorn.
Introspection, Forced assignments, Action-Adventure, and Murder-mysteries.
The Acquisitioners do it all.
The new web server is now up and running. There should be a good speed increase in viewing the website.
Work has been started on what I think may be the final short story that will be in The Acquisitioners: Chronicles Volume One. It takes place right in the heart of Hormul, the home village Macal and Lalliard. They wont have to go far to find the latest trouble that lurks in Aerinth.
I have completed the second draft of The Wizard of Fate. Now based upon a bit of feedback I received from that draft I will be making another quick pass through it to make a few changes/adjustments/enhancements before I send it off to get edited.
Just an update to let you know that a new web server has been ordered. This will greatly help the service and speed of this site. We hope to have it up and hosting in the next few weeks.
…and waiting for the edits of The Chamber of the Heart to come back to me…
I finished another story yesterday. Well at least the rough draft of it. It is another short story for 3rd book in the series; The Acquisitioners: Chronicles Volume One. It is called The Wizard of Fate. I am very pleased with the outcome of it. It is just over 18,000 words long. One third the lenght of The Chamber of the Heart.
The Wizard of Fate is really dedicated around Lalliard and Xazarnth, the school of magic. A good deal of detail and history of Lalliard and the school can be found in the story.
There is a slight delay with the editing of The Chamber of the Heart. The story was to be much longer than anticipated causing the editing to take a bit longer. At the moment it is about two thirds done. I will keep you updated.
Many new updates have been made to the site. The only links not yet working is the Characters page, which I hope to have done in the next day or so.
The story The Chamber of the Heart is slightly off schedule. It is taking longer to have it edited than anticipated, because it is longer than expected. I hope to have it ready shortly.
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