The Archives
Stories
Vignettes, lore, and short stories from the mind of Matt Gilbert
vignette
A Half-Step Ahead
A phase elf walks the forest paths of Ruhar with a secret call at her ear, a companion at her side, and an encounter in the clearing ahead that none of them yet understand.
vignette
Eloryn Vale
A wandering scholar with mild manners and a hidden hunger for ascension beyond mortality.
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Garrin Vosk
A wandering soldier who drifts through the world with his hound Barrow, answering when Triste calls.
short story
Rollo
A svirfneblin from the deep caverns of Kraaz'Duun climbs toward a single beam of sunlight and finds himself in the forests of Ruhar, waiting for a quest worthy of the light he was certain was meant for him.
vignette
The Apostate
A young priest's prayers fail to save a dying child. Decades later, in a forest a world away, his hands burn with a light that was never the gods' to give.
Lore
The Known World
A map of Vaelloss — the world, and the three countries within it whose stories have begun to be told.