The ogre’s neck snapped with a wet crack, and Xerxia let its corpse fall to the ground as she raised her hands in triumph. Her followers cheered and screamed her name, and the cultists approached and bowed.“A fine kill,” one said. “The Horned Lady is pleased by your prowess, and offers you the next step toward greatness.” The other knelt and slit the ogre’s throat with a dagger, catching the leaking blood in a shallow bowl.The cultists had shown up at the brigands’ camp

It was Founder’s Day in Shadizar, and the Lounging Lamia was packed. From the small oasis of calm near the door, Ori surveyed the mass of locals, hinterlanders, and

travellers feasting and fucking in the inn’s common room. In the centre of the room a large, loud group of orcs, probably up from the quarries for the holiday, were cheering on two of their number as they wrestled atop the table. The winner pressed her conquest down, folded her legs back

Zylralei set down her quill, stood up, and stretched. The sun shone in through here window; it was morning already? Quite late in the morning, by the height of it. She suddenly realised she was extremely hungry – she was quite sure she’d had something for dinner last night, but breakfast had clearly been overlooked while there was history to study.
After filing away her notes she arranged a stack of parchment next to her newly completed chapter and tapped her amanuensis quill, which

“Happy birthday, sweetness.” Emily woke to a voice purring from the end of her bed. She stirred, her eyes blinking open to behold a curvy female figure bathed in moonlight from her open window. Persephone, her friend and housemate, had clearly decided to give her birthday gift the moment the date ticked over.
 
Persephone was nude, revealing that she’d shifted her body into something slightly inhuman. Her eyes shone in the darkness, catlike, and a pair of twisted horns crowned her he

“I’m so hungry!” Lakshmi complained.






“You shouldn’t have forgotten the snacks then,” Hazel said unsympathetically

, “and stop guzzling the water. You’ll only get bloated.”






“I thought you were getting the

“Bai?”






Bai looked up from her meal to see a half-elf approaching her, peering at her face to match to an uncertain memory. The gentle purple glow of the other woman’s eyes was unmistakable.






“Syllin! How are you? Sit down, sit down,” Bai insisted, patting the bench n

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Happy birthday, sweetness.” Emily woke to a voice purring from the end of her bed. She stirred, her eyes blinking open to behold a curvy female figure bathed in moonlight from her open window. Persephone, her friend and housemate, had clearly decided to give her birthday gift the moment the date ticked over.




Persephone was nude, revealing that she’d shifted her body into s