vashina, by l frank turovich
Synopsis: Hieronymus is dragged before the Overseer Ryuzheniah, leader of the Nest, and interrogated. Archer follows hoping to rescue Hieronymus. The Nest Mother is informed of the intruders. (~3597 words)
Glossary: Eupsilion, Ryuzheniah, Nest Mother
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Background: If you’ve been following my posts you know that I was having a heckuva time completing this chapter. I knew most of what needed to happen here but something was truly missing and leaving a gaping hole I couldn’t seem to jump over. I thought having a week off over the 4th of July weekend would get me past the hump, a critical portion of the story, but while I wrote a lot of scenes in four different chapters, this one was still empty.
Finally, finally, on Tuesday morning I woke up with the answer. Yippee! It was 5AM in the morning, but I jumped up and ran to the computer to start writing. Before I went to work I added 600 words to the chapter. After work, I added more for a total of 1137 words by the end of the day, and the chapter was done. Came home today, did a read through and some editing, and have now released it.
Image: A vashina, a fairy creature introduced into my D&D campaign set in Bulinnärm when I was the DM. I forget what her capabilities were but liked to draw the unique monsters and NPCs my players encountered as often as I could to show them at the appropriate reveal time.
So far, Archer and Hieronymus have not met one of these creatures, but who knows what might happen in the future.
