"Legend of the Twelve Regions"
Fists of Rayje, Part 1
by Edward Bolme
This follows the events of The Battle of Naroom, Part 5, upcoming portions of The Unwanted, the fiction in Book of Ages #3, and the Nightmare's Dawn rulebook.

The Core...

"So how does it feel, Evu?" said Warrada, surveying the newly conquered region of Naroom.

"It feels... good," said Evu. "They take me seriously now. I have respect. And all the jellybeans I want. I can force them to make me more!"

"Excellent," said Warrada. "You made the right choice in joining us."

"I know," said Evu absently. "There's only one thing that bothers me."

"What's that?"

"Every time the Core has risen, someone or something has moved to stop it. I've been studying this lately. Une defeated Agram at the beginning of the Moonlands. Agadon defeated Agram when he rose for the first time. When he rose the second time, that outworlder beat Agram. It's as if some unseen force, some higher power thwarts us at every turn."

Warrada hissed dismissively. "Pure coincidence. Une is no more, Agadon is no more, and that Tonyjones Magi has left the Moonlands. No one is left to thwart us. And even if someone thought they might have the power, that so-called hero would be smart enough to stay out of our way."

"Well that's just it. If that so-called hero were foolish enough to think that he or she might be smarter, why do you assume that hero wouldn't be foolish enough to try to stop us? And if we didn't expect it, we might be caught off guard, and--"

"Shut up," said Warrada irritably.

Read:
Arderial
Bograth
Cald
The Sands of D'Resh
Kybar's Teeth
Nar
Naroom
The Orothe Deeps
Paradwyn
The Underneath
The Weave


What happens next? Read Part 2 "When will you Rayje?"