The author's quips and comments on making the most of your first submission

Although you may understand my reluctance at providing these details, my friends, I understand also how important this information is to your vetting of my character.

I have the pleasure of working with a small cabal of motivated - partners.

The Big Picture of the World of Nyathis, for the time being...

A tough climb for a source of wonderous healing...

Swords are deliverers of death to the living. This one offers something more to those already dead...

An assortment of cures scattered to all ends of Strolen's domain!

The Grand Forge of Karak is known more generally as the Forge of Woe, for none can use it and remain untouched.

A malaign substance that can bring a lingering, horrible end.

'No my lord!' cried Herithi. 'Have Mercy! Take my eyes instead!' Why did I say that?! thought Herithi, shock registering through him.My eyes? Shalali protect me...

"...I'll be damned if I go within a league of the Girders. Death is there on eight damn legs clicking and chugging away." Ex-salvager Tim McClanny

A bag of enchanted beans. Dare you plant them?

"You may have wondered what lead me down this path? It was the simple observation I made while escavating the tomb of an ancient chieftan If only these bones could talk..."

From the personal account of Meridah Onware, in discussion with Professor Siana Tamar.

Ruminations on the role of Magic and Food.

Representing a primal force of nature which wants to strangle and slay all humanity, to bury their works beneath the roots of trees and their bodies as fertilizer.

30 Different Bullet Types, some classic, some really out there...

An elemental substance of tremendous purity and power.

The Hydra Anemone is a powerful ambush predator found off the hidden Isle of Manjoo. The sorcerous energies there undoubtedly spawning this submarine horror.

What follows is an passage from the journal of the famous Beastiographer Laans Torier

'Many have said the Old Men of the mountain were mere myths, or had been wiped out by the Theosians many years ago, but I am staking my reputation on the fact that they do in fact still exist!'

The school of Entwiners is formed around the art of creating magic with rope and knots.

The icy lands of Sagaris are cold and unforgiving, and the Frost Owl is a manifestation of the dangers of that frigid realm. Of all the fantastic beasts that roam the Sagarian tundra, the Frost Owl is the greatest threat to man.