The camera fades in on the Jackson home, years before it burnt down as we find a very young James engrossed in a screen, controller in hand as he gets sucked into various worlds. When I was a kid I … Read More
Complete Silence
In the very early days of Arcadia all but the highest of levels were rife with darkness and decay. Malevolent monsters stalked the seemingly endless nights to torture and defile the innocent and it didn’t matter how many warriors patrolled … Read More
Wolves For the Slaughter
In Arcadia, dozens of innocent people are maimed, broken and even killed by the forces of evil. Of those dozens, one…maybe two survive thanks to dumb luck or the intervention of a hero. But what happens next to those “lucky” … Read More
The Missing Piece
The camera fades in and we see a static, almost faded that reveals a simple family home where three figures are seated over a small table. A young woman, a young man and a child, all placing pieces of a … Read More
The Horn: Of Vengeance
There are many ways to judge the evil festering inside a mans soul. Instruments that can detect anything from the tiniest speck of darkness to those drenched in absolute malice. Instruments that Burning Justice use to protect the very balance … Read More
Scarred Ascension
There’s a saying that every scar is a ghost that travels with you the rest of your days. A mark that haunts every waking moment, a beacon that fuels every action you ever take. For some, it’s the worst … Read More
Fight or Flight
In the face of absolute terror, there’s many different ways people can react. They can completely shut down, they could refuse to acknowledge the truth, they could lash out in complete rage or they could simply run like the wind. … Read More
Speak Not Her Name
I remember the flames like it was yesterday. The inferno raging around us, the fire flickering at my flesh as the smoke filled the air, making it near impossible to breath. The sickening smell of burning flesh as she sheltered … Read More
Coward Butterfly
Have you ever heard of the butterfly effect Colt? The whole ‘a butterfly flaps his wings one side of Arcadia and the other side is destroyed in a cataclysm of rubble and fire’. The idea that something small and innocuous … Read More