- Tales
- of
- Wulfgard,
- Volume
- 1
- is
- a
- collection
- of
- stories
- by
- brother
- and
- sister
- Justin
- R.
- R.
- Stebbins
- and
- Maegan
- A.
- Stebbins,
- set
- in
- their
- dark
- fantasy
- world
- of
- Wulfgard!
- There
- are
- 5
- tales,
- each
- exploring
- the
- background
- of
- a
- particular
- important
- character
- of
- Wulfgard:"Speak
- No
- Evil"
- -
- Whisper's
- Tale
- -
- by
- Justin
Whisper
- has
- never
- lived
- anywhere
- except
- the
- City
- -
- never
- even
- been
- beyond
- its
- walls.
- She
- knows
- it
- like
- the
- back
- of
- her
- hand,
- knows
- the
- long
- faces
- of
- its
- dark
- buildings
- like
- the
- faces
- of
- old
- friends
- -
- almost
- her
- only
- friends.
- But
- there
- is
- a
- new
- gang
- in
- town:
- a
- shadowy
- cult
- kidnapping
- young
- street
- urchins
- for
- an
- unknown
- purpose.
- And
- Whisper
- becomes
- one
- of
- their
- victims."A
- Wolf
- in
- Sheep's
- Clothing"
- -
- Chris's
- Tale
- -
- by
- Maegan
On
- a
- lonely
- farm
- on
- the
- far
- northern
- frontier
- of
- the
- Achaean
- Empire,
- a
- young
- boy
- is
- born
- with
- stark
- white
- hair
- -
- a
- sure
- sign
- of
- witchcraft
- and
- sorcery.
- His
- loving
- parents
- protect
- him
- and
- keep
- him
- hidden
- from
- the
- sight
- of
- other
- people,
- who
- would
- surely
- see
- him
- killed
- for
- his
- dangerous
- abilities.
- But
- the
- fearful
- locals
- are
- not
- the
- only
- thing
- the
- family
- has
- to
- worry
- about:
- something
- lurks
- in
- the
- shadows
- of
- the
- forest
- near
- their
- home.
- Something
- with
- a
- taste
- for
- blood..."Potential
- Energy"
- -
- Lord
- Plutarch's
- Tale
- -
- by
- Justin
The
- House
- of
- Plutarchus
- is
- one
- of
- the
- oldest
- and
- most
- powerful
- families
- in
- all
- of
- the
- Achaean
- Empire.
- But
- its
- youngest
- son,
- Septimus
- Plutarch,
- wishes
- to
- make
- his
- own
- way
- in
- the
- world.
- With
- great
- care,
- he
- begins
- planning
- a
- life
- of
- power
- and
- prestige,
- and
- more
- importantly,
- independence.
- But
- one
- day
- he
- makes
- a
- discovery
- about
- himself
- that
- brings
- all
- his
- plans
- crumbling
- down...
- and
- opens
- up
- a
- new,
- far
- more
- dangerous
- path
- to
- even
- greater
- power."Hunted"
- -
- Caiden's
- Tale
- -
- by
- Maegan
Since
- before
- recorded
- history,
- the
- ancient
- organization
- known
- as
- the
- Venatori
- have
- protected
- the
- people
- of
- the
- Achaean
- Empire
- from
- the
- threat
- of
- creatures
- far
- more
- powerful
- than
- any
- man:
- monsters.
- Even
- Caiden
- and
- Gwen
- -
- both
- highly
- trained
- hunters
- -
- find
- themselves
- outmatched
- when
- confronted
- with
- one
- of
- the
- deadliest
- beasts
- in
- the
- mortal
- realms:
- a
- werewolf.
- It
- will
- take
- all
- their
- experience
- and
- cunning
- to
- survive."Wake
- Not
- the
- Sleeping
- Bull"
- -
- Jörgen's
- Tale
- -
- by
- Justin
Jörgen
- the
- Lone
- Bull
- is
- a
- proud
- son
- of
- Northrim,
- despite
- being
- an
- orphan.
- He
- wants
- nothing
- more
- than
- to
- protect
- his
- home
- from
- conquest
- by
- the
- ever-expanding
- Achaean
- Empire.
- After
- fighting
- skirmishes
- against
- them
- for
- years
- as
- an
- outlaw,
- he
- finally
- joins
- a
- Northern
- army
- willing
- to
- take
- the
- fight
- to
- the
- Imperials
- directly.
- But
- Jörgen
- finds
- that
- real
- war
- is
- not
- quite
- as
- glorious
- as
- he
- had
- hoped,
- and
- he
- may
- never
- be
- able
- to
- go
- home
- the
- same
- man
- he
- was before.