#inktober2026 21:HERO They say he led the charge at Silver Shoals, saved the day- I was there, he didn’t lead shit, and he sat on his hands, scared for hours while men died. Some fucking hero…

#inktober2026 19:CONFUSED A squad of Chiropt mercenaries were sent after the thieves who stole the cart. But whoever the thieves were, they had some skills-some kind of thaumaturgy that deadened the Chiropt tracking

#inktober2026 18:FLIGHTLESS Ornies are faster than horses, though they lack the range. Trained to stab with that spear point helmet, they also know how to span a huge crossbow

#inktober2026 17:CONTRAPTION I watched him for weeks, wrapping wire, tinkering with that clockwork controller, fitting the straps. The first time he switched it on, I felt such a surge of thaumaturgic energies it set my teeth on edge

#inktober2026 16:GANGLY Maybe two-dozen men have met the Fair Folk and returned to tell the tale. Every description is different, but pretty much everyone agrees that they’re long-limbed, almost gangly

#inktober2026 15:HOORAY The timing was perfect: as the siege towers reached the wall, the terramancers broke through into the keep. Duke Lyruck led the charge through the tunnel, and when the battle was over and he stood at the battlements, the cheers were deafening.

#inktober2026 14:LADY The Lady Jessaroe of House Nabil remains unmarried. I wonder how long her father will let her keep scratching out runes and playing with magicks...

#inktober2026 13:FLIMSY These thaumaturgic constructs are just leather and some brass rods wrapped around a plank of wood with some sigils, but they’re fast and those blades are sharp. You can break them apart with your bare hands, but they never attack alone

#inktober2026 12:TOSS I’d never used a thaumaturgic grenade before, but I’d seen them used at Ebbteg and the Battle of the Bridge. If you weren’t strong enough with your throw, the wicked magicks inside would kill you along with the enemy.

#inktober2026 11:RESCUE This is the largest sweetstone deposit anyone has seen in years. That was a small detachment we killed, reinforcements must be one their way right now. We have to secure this cave, hold out until our own troops can arrive.

#inktober2026 10:MYSTICAL He’s been in a divination trance for two days. Attendents work the sweetstone pump and keep his pipe topped up and lit.

#inktober2026 9:RAM These creatures come from far the East, past the great desert. Once they arrive in Gadil, they are cruelly fleshcrafted into living battering rams, driven into enemy fortifications at speed, crushing everything in their path.

#inktober2026 8:STINKY The Brothers of Everlife descend on the field after the battle is over, choosing the best corpses for re-life. A copper nail with a pebble of sweetstone will get the dead moving again, but it takes the skillful hand of an artist to make the spell permanent

#inktober2026 7:PANIC You feel it first, before you hear the song- dread, sorrow, fear, deep in your bones. Those godsdamned Shrieking Sisters, I’ve seen their songs make a whole pike-line crumble into panic, drop their weapons and flee.

#inktober2026 6:OGRE We used to use ogres as berserkers, get ‘em all crazy with sweetstone and let ‘em loose. Well, muskets and guns got better, so now we mostly use ogres as mules. Tried teachin’ em how to shoot, but they never could get the hang of it.

#inktober2026 5:SMACK The Lords of Gadil undergo extreme fleshcrafting as they raise in rank, often reaching almost eight feet. They treat their thrall-hounds quite poorly, with corporal punishment being the norm.

#inktober2026 4:CACTUS We woke to find the valley choked with spiny plants that had seemed to sprout overnight. Their hides are tough, the smell of their sap makes men dizzy, and the spines are hellaciously sharp.

#inktober2026 3:MINIATURE Ever since the defeat at Cryptpins, the King has spent all hours of the day with his model battlefields. He’s commissioned a dozen new ones as well.

#inktober2026 2:RELIC The forearm of Saint Sarun is shown during the Feat of Chains, and dense crowds of adherents fight for a glance of the sacred relic, hoping that some its grace might bless them.

#inktober2026 1:APPLE Before the Starfall, the kingdom of Noril was a small vassal state, famous for its orchards. Empowered by new magicks, soldiers of the golden apple swept across the lands, greatly expanding the kingdom.