Vessandra Nyx was once the Archmage of the Shadow Weave, a woman whose name was whispered in fear across the Southern Reaches. She had the obsidian spire, the skeletal legions, and a heart as cold as a mountain peak. But after a century of world domination, she realized that keeping an empire together is mostly just tedious paperwork and ungrateful henchmen.So, Vessandra did the unthinkable: she retired.Now living as "Vess" in the salty, fog-drenched town of Siltport, she s...

Rorek "The Mountain" Cleave-Helm has saved the Elder Land three times. He has slain the Void Dragon, broken the Siege of High-Keep, and walked through the Fires of Doom without flinching.And he is absolutely, completely, one-hundred-percent done.Physically battered and spiritually burnt out, Rorek hangs up his axe and picks up a spatula. Using the gold from his final quest, he buys a derelict building in the quiet village he once saved and opens The Empty Scabbard.

Her past is dark. Her tea is perfect.Vessandra Nyx has traded her obsidian throne for a limestone cave, and frankly, she's beginning to regret it.After the explosive demise of her first shop in Siltport, the former Archmage of the Shadow Weave has fled to the lawless smuggling den of Salt-Hollow. Her goals are simple: rebuild her sanctuary, keep her partner Elowen safe, and finally figure out how to keep a skeletal mouse's sweaters dry in a subterr...

The war is over. The lunch rush has just begun.Rorek "The Mountain" Cleave-Helm has successfully transitioned from Warlord to Innkeeper. His knees are (mostly) healed, his Star-Fall Lager is the toast of the region, and he finally has a girlfriend who doesn't try to kill him. Life at The Empty Scabbard is good.It is also entirely too loud.Success has brought crowds, and crowds have brought a new enemy: Capitalism.

Vessandra Nyx, the Archmage who traded a dark crown for a copper kettle, thought she had finally found sanctuary in the salt-slicked caves of the coast. She was wrong. The High Reach has noted the "geological anomaly" growing in her basement, and the High Censor doesn't like anomalies. Especially ones that breathe.Summoned to the imperial heart of the Arbor of Ash, Vessandra is forced to do the unthinkable: she's taking the shop on the road.It isn't a norma...

The sword is mounted. The shield is hung. But the helmet still has one battle left.Rorek "The Mountain" Cleave-Helm has finally mastered the art of the quiet life. He has a thriving inn, a brilliant Druid partner, and a staff of unionized Kobolds who have (mostly) stopped stealing the silverware. The wars of his past feel like a lifetime ago.Until the past walks through the front door.It starts with a mysterious crate left on the porch during a midn...

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