Rick Lupaine, the elusive master of the house of Lupaine, returns to the galaxy after spending ten years away, on a mission in The Binding. His first task in reestablishing balance in Nol, is facing off against the mob leader Kelarg who taking advantage of Rick’s absence, expands his gangs influence on colony planet Pilan, exploiting the people and their resources.

BENEATH THE WORLD TREE'S

Rick Lupaine, the elusive master of the house of Lupaine, returns to the galaxy after spending ten years away, on a mission in The Binding. His first task in reestablishing balance in Nol, is facing off against the mob leader Kelarg who taking advantage of Rick’s absence, expands his gangs influence on colony planet Pilan, exploiting the people and their resources.

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POISON IS A FORMALITY

Rick Lupaine, the elusive master of the house of Lupaine, returns to the galaxy after spending ten years away, on a mission in The Binding. His first task in reestablishing balance in Nol, is facing off against the mob leader Kelarg who taking advantage of Rick’s absence, expands his gangs influence on colony planet Pilan, exploiting the people and their resources.

SONG OF DISCORD

Kana and Rolt return to Marak after being away for fifty years and are immediately assigned on a mission to hunt down a graule that has appeared on the planet.

CHASING THE HORIZON

Salia is a ril player, who has risen to the top of her game quite quickly, and while she is happy with the level of success her and her team have achieved, she can’t help but feel like they’ve lost something vital in the process to getting there. Her disappointment leads her to search for a new stage.

FATEFUL ENCOUNTER

Lenol helps an old man with a malfunctioning mechanical leg in the shopping center, and though their interaction is brief and not all that pleasant, he feels reluctant to say goodbye.

PAPER FLOWERS

Sela is a young neglected drereshian, burdened with more suffering than he can handle, but that is life on Deresh. On a scavenging trip, he finds a piece of paper with an image of a flower on it. His new treasure brings him unwanted attention, and maybe an opportunity for something better. “A delicate flower cannot grow on infertile land.”

OLD AND TIRED BONES

The Lupaine receive a request for help from Deltan, an icy colony planet in the Friz system. Rick Lupaine arrives to finds a government on the verge of collapse, and a planet, thousands of years behind the rest of the galaxy in technological development and culture. Using Rick’s arrival as an opportunity, a rebellious faction with fatalistic determination will try to force the planet out of stagnation.

RISING TENSIONS

Cajara and Iclax: the two planet’s which account for the top technological advancements in Nol, are now on the verge of conflict. Lord Galharm and Council member Albih two dreakarians, discuss Dreakar’s unexpected and rising role in the conflict.

FLEEING THE MINE

On the planet formerly known as Ouit, the center of Cajaran-Iclaxian conflict, two brothers, make a daring escape from their Iclaxian captors, and contemplate how their planet got to its current state. They wonder if there will be an answer to their lingering hope.

DUST STORM

Tohin returns home after years away from vislav. As he settles back into his family home, he recalls the terrible storm, and events that lead to him and his sister being separated from their parents.

WALL OF LIGHT

It’s been some months since Salia left Cajara. Now she is on the colony planet Duhan and adjusting to her liberated lifestyle. Though it mainly amounts to aimless wondering. She is buying souvenirs, when a mass graule attack, and a fight for her life, puts her in the position to see a dangerous new path open up before her.

A STRANGER IN THE FOREST

Lipil is an aspiring artist, now forced to work in the Dreakarian palace as a kitchen help because of his father’s debts. He is clumsy, uncoordinated, and every day, becomes more of a thorn in the side of the staff. After a particularly bad accident, he runs weeping into the forest, where he meets a peculiar stranger.

FURIOUS VICTORY

Fintar is an industrial world, by day plagued by pollution and corruption, and by night haunted by the spirits and phantoms of the planet, out for vengeance. Tonight, will be Ailim’s last night on the planet as her family plans to emigrate, however returning home from work, it seems the spirits have decided that they will not let her escape.

THE WAKING RIVER

Rian thinks the day will be just like any other: ditching her sister on the farm to watch reality shows, getting scolded by her parents, and then eating dinner together. The routine is interrupted by guests who claim to be relatives of her mother, but the tension that comes with their arrival speaks to complex relationships, and unavoidable duty.

THE BINDING

Tari and her comrades, Capricorn, Silver, Brel, and Fia, have spent the last ten years in The Binding, fixing a hole in the dimensional fabric, and battling the Dark ones, who attempt to break though to Nol. Rick Lupaine has left to return to Nol, and the five, make a last desperate effort to finish their mission.

SECOND ENCOUNTER

It’s been sometime since Lenol met Mivin, and the encounter is a distant memory. Now Lenol is on Brinner, traveling to one of the only Norvins, the mountain settlements of the native brinarians, that accepts tourists. Among the packed tour buses, and masses of walking visitors, Lenol notices a familiar gait.

BURNING RED

The Planet Juntia is on the verge of a slow painful death at the hands of a blight that is killing off the planet’s vegetation, and Princess Nita has a plan to not just save Juntia now, but to raise the planet to greater heights.