Rogue's Nightmare
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After nearly perishing with his companions in the sprawling ruined necropolis in the hills outside of Kos City¸ wily rogue Paros walked away with the biggest score of his life and was able to set himself up with the alchemy workshop he had always dreamed of. He brought back more than just loot¸ however¸ and since then his actual dreams¸ and increasingly even his waking hours¸ are haunted by the shade of the beautiful woman he encountered in the subterranean catacombs. Now¸ he must seek out a means of exorcizing himself of the unquiet spirit before she can further disrupt or even ruin his life.
"Rogue's Nightmare” is a self-standing swords-and-sorcery fantasy short story by author R.M. Aislin that takes place in the Swords of Kos Fantasy Campaign Setting¸ a Dark Ages fantasy milieu set in the Mediterranean and the lands surrounding it. A century after the old world was plunged into chaos¸ reawakening magic and all form of ancient races and monsters¸ the worshippers of Gods and Titans battle each other¸ nations struggle to survive and flourish¸ and adventurers descend into the ruins in search of wealth and forgotten knowledge.
After nearly perishing with his companions in the sprawling ruined necropolis in the hills outside of Kos City¸ wily rogue Paros walked away with the biggest score of his life and was able to set himself up with the alchemy workshop he had always dreamed of. He brought back more than just loot¸ however¸ and since then his actual dreams¸ and increasingly even his waking hours¸ are haunted by the shade of the beautiful woman he encountered in the subterranean catacombs. Now¸ he must seek out a means of exorcizing himself of the unquiet spirit before she can further disrupt or even ruin his life.
"Rogue's Nightmare” is a self-standing swords-and-sorcery fantasy short story by author R.M. Aislin that takes place in the Swords of Kos Fantasy Campaign Setting ¸ a Dark Ages fantasy milieu set in the Mediterranean and the lands surrounding it. A century after the old world was plunged into chaos¸ reawakening magic and all form of ancient races and monsters¸ the worshippers of Gods and Titans battle each other¸ nations struggle to survive and flourish¸ and adventurers descend into the ruins in search of wealth and forgotten knowledge.