Welcome to Dargon
Welcome to Dargon! Dargon is a small, out of the way fiefdom of the Kingdom of Baranur, situated in the extreme northwest corner of the world. It's separated from the rest of the kingdom by a vast wood and a minor ... [Read more]
Past Stories
Drunken Treasure – A Sea Story
Two ships sat abreast, gently rising and falling on the waves of the Valenfaer Ocean a few leagues to the north-east of Dargon. One was a small fishing boat, the ... [Read more]
Death Blooms Part 1
Filth, in every color, size, and dress comes through those doors. They pass thresholds of the Guard and proceed down to the dungeons to wallow in their own shit and ... [Read more]
Cursed 2
Dead men were not an uncommon thing in Dargon, whether the corpses turned up on the beaches or the streets at the heart of the city. What was unordinary, however, ... [Read more]
Cursed 1
Blue waves of saltwater rose from the Valenfaer Ocean and then sprinted up Dargon's beach to surround the ankles of two young boys. The sun reflected off the rollicking surface ... [Read more]
Ol Tamboch Narhin, Thread 8: The Skipping Stone
Circles, loops, spirals, cycles -- all of nature seems to love this shape, from the circle of the seasons to the very cycle of life itself. Curving, bending, swooping ... [Read more]
Insecurities
Birds hailed the morning with their musical language as the Ober sun crested the distant mountains and set the city of Dargon alight with dawn's glow. I led my finely-dressed ... [Read more]
Fleeing Fears
"Blackspot!" The word rang in Padron's ears. A plague! Ol's balls, another plague! He had to run, he -- A hand grasped his shoulder, hard. "Look out, you! Do you want to ... [Read more]
DargonZine 29, Issue 2
Editorial
Writing is challenging. This is not a task to be taken lightly, and certainly not one to go into expecting an immediate level of satisfaction. I can pump out one thousand words a day, but do I feel good about them? Am I satisfied with the quality of the work I've done? Will I ever be? It's as much a battle of writing words on a page as it is of one's ego, because even if I feel like a genius for dumping out text, we are also still subject to the opinion of the masses, or at least our peer review group. There are standard templates of plots and storylines. "Nothing is new under the sun," as they say, and that goes particularly true in writing. The only newness an author can provide ...[Read more]
Current Stories
Death Blooms Part 2
I've carved the hellish pieces out of wicked men until they begged for death. Certainly, I was meant for this. Had I the ability, I'd catch all of them. I'd go back and get the ones before me and I'd flay the evil from their bodies. I feel just and right in dismantling their bodies and minds. But I do not do it for some bastard god. Saren would be in my chair next if I could put him there. ... [Read more]
A View From Above: Fishing
"Kami." Kami woke and opened his eyes, his slight movement causing his hammock to sway. It was dark inside the hut, and from all around he could hear the sound of his family sleeping. No light of dawn intruded through the doorway, but Kami knew it was time to start the day. He paused just a moment, wondering whose voice had awakened him. There was no one near, no one else awake yet. Kami did not believe in spirits, so it ... [Read more]