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Memory Archive P013: The Travelling Man

Memory Archive P013: The Travelling Man It was, perhaps, the coldest night he had ever experienced in his life-colder even than his brief stay in the Frostfoot Caverns. The palace was heated quite generously by an elaborate series of enchanted boxes, courtesy of a Witchbaron who owed the King a debt 300 years ago. Alexander Paragon was not someone used to the cold, and so he did not know what to do with himself that night. All he could do, really, was sit by his campfire and wait for the morning- although he feared that at the rate he was going he’d be an icicle before the sun rose once more. The lost prince had wrapped himself in the delicate silk cloak every son of House Paragon was gifted on their 13th birthday. Each cloak was woven by the Queen of Spiders, the result of yet another debt owed to a Balmorrisian King of centuries past. As the twelfth son born in this generation, Alexander’s chances of ascending the throne were essentially next to none. It was doubtful he was ever goin...

The Bedtime Bandit

The Bedtime Bandit by Chester McPuckett Once, there was a dad. This dad was rather sleepy. The sun had gone to bed and he so desperately wanted to follow it. Unfortunately, something was in his way. Well, best not to call it a thing. Someone. Two someones actually. They were his sons, and sleepy they were not. Bumblecroft was a dreary town, a place where nothing happened. It was the place where they resided, however, and the general lack of eventfulness is precisely what landed the dad in this predicament. How in the world were his precocious brats meant to tire themselves out in the day if there was simply nothing to do? Were they meant to exhaust themselves playing in the world's grandest park? Actually, that does sound rather ideal. Unfortunately, said park was two towns over and the closest Bumblecroft had to it sadly held the title of least grand. This was no unheard-of predicament, though. The dad’s parents dealt with it when he was young, as did theirs before him. Parent...