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
A View From Above: The Underground
Simon awoke at first light to the sound of someone moving through the brush not far away. Instinctively he lay still as the person first came closer, then moved ... [Read more]
A View From Above: The Sky Above
Simon's feet slapped on the sand in a rough multiple of the waves that washed the beach. The thin bundle on his bare shoulder bounced in time, and ... [Read more]
King’s Key Part 1
As Ashe Leavenfell eased his aching body from the saddle, he wondered that a dead man could make him travel so far. His life was rarely what he expected. He'd grown ... [Read more]
A View From Above: The Ocean
Simon awoke with a shock, then lay in his hammock for a long moment wondering what had awakened him. The warm island air smelled like smoke, sweat, and sea. Then ... [Read more]
A Tale of Dark Endings
Wherever Vanshans went, Banewood was not far behind. He followed him when Vanshans left his tower in the Darst Mountain Range and traveled to Magnus. Banewood waited, watching from nearby while Vanshans ... [Read more]
Between Mallet and Slab
Battered and exhausted, Gilvelle Marser sat on the cold flagstones and watched the slim man stalk away, thinking about how close he had just come to dying at that man's hand. He ... [Read more]
Port of Call – Dargon
On New Year's Eve, my ship named the Breath of Cirrangill sailed into Dargon harbor with the early morning tide. That's right, my ship. Me, ... [Read more]
DargonZine 33, Issue 3
Editorial
Artists. When inspiration strikes, we create. We suckle from the teats of the muse. That is the classical, almost too-artistic view of our work ethic. But what is inspiration? Who is the muse? A goddess, a lover, or a demon? Does it take the form of a sudden, burning passion to move and create, or the slow, gentle pressure of a germinating idea? I think it is all of those things, and more. So how does one invoke the muse? That is the question. In retrospect, the most actively creative parts of my life have been when I was pursuing creativity on a regular basis. The reason I wrote so much in my university years was because I was in creative environments, surrounded by other creators, influencing and being influenced by each of them. When I did not continue that practice, as ...[Read more]
Current Stories
Justin Complete
Firil 6 – Naia 10, 1019 Justin sat hunched over in his seat and inspected the wood grain of the bar top. It weaved and swirled like deep ocean waves. To fortify this image, the detritus of several meals created a sort of beachfront opposite his seat, and a spillage of ale lapped against it in a littoral front. This diminutive surf was less an effect of Cirrangil's power, and more likely attributed to the sleeve of his uniform ... [Read more]