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Peyton Gaillard

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2024

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Art Night (From the Dice Changers)

Peyton Gaillard

Kelly has always been drawn (pun most definitely intended) to historical portraits. The way an artist can capture details in a person's expression and put them on a canvas that used to be blank. There was something about the details in the figure's lips, eyes, and hairline and how it changes based on the historical context, culture, and personality of the artist and their model. Knowing this her family brought her to an art museum filled with tons of self-portraits, portraits of historical figures, family portraits, and portraits from just...

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How the Three Death's War got it's Name.

Peyton Gaillard

It was the start of what many call the Three Deaths War. Kamo has brought its allies to fight the Necromancer of the White Valleys. The Green Swamps had sent some of their best men to fight side by side with Kamo's soldiers. That is until the death of King Shreo. Some say it was an assassin, others think it was his wife herself. When King Shreo's wife was crowned queen the first thing she did was pull out of the alliance with Kamo and make her half-orcs army point their swords toward Kamo. It was a dark day for Kamo. Even worse for the half-...

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The Summary of Princess Zera's Life

Peyton Gaillard

The wind was fresh and blowing against Zera's skin. She had almost forgotten what this feeling was ever since she isolated herself in her room. She had recently given birth to Kera and was told to go outside. It was a nice day. Shining sun, cool breezes, and birds flocking. It should've been a nice day, but the dread of knowing that Kera is not Kamos' daughter, but rather Katose's always causes Zera's head to ache. It ruins any good moment she has with her family. This was no different. Luckily Lira, the wife of Kamos' brother Shelo, was wit...

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Zarmos' Last Voyage

Peyton Gaillard

It was a sunny day. The crew was working hard, the wind was fair and light, and the Admiral was making the final preparations before they were to be sent to fight the newly formed Nocee Empire. Little did the Admiral know it was going to be a miserable voyage. Princess Zarmos III of Kamo was the Admiral of the voyage. She had fought her way to the top, led many ships to victory, and was even feared by the mermaids of the Copper Seas. She fought and slew every race under the sun. Her naval intellect was 2nd to none. This mission was going ...

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The Adventure's Path

Peyton Gaillard

I never should have left home. I've thought about returning but I have gone so far that I can't find my way back. Even though I have made many friends, saw many wonderful places, ate some really good food, and even found some rare objects. I am always on this one-way path. I can never see what lies beyond, I can't ever find out who I'm going to meet next whether it be a new friend, a powerful ally, a new sworn enemy, or one of the deadliest monsters the world has ever seen. I was born along this path, many, many years ago. I started my tra...

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Chris' First Dream

Peyton Gaillard

In the days old, before the Golden Age of Adventures the half-elf Chris was a raging warlord. He slaughtered cities, villages, and families. His bloodlust fueled him, yet it was never satisfied. Then one day when he was outside the walls of a halfling town, he fell asleep in his tent and had a vision from the True God. He woke up to the sound of a downpour when he got out he saw that it wasn't rain water it was blood. He became fearful yet confused. Then a hooded figure appeared to him. "Chris of the House of Slywood. You have accumulated ...

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Katose's Meeting with the Necromancers

Peyton Gaillard

Dear future ruler of KamoI had recently met a necromancer who was caught by a group of adventures. I asked him several questions, like "how are you?", "what were you doing "and he kept answering "I can't say it." I was about to give up when I got the idea to turn into my dragon form. I asked the head guard if I could take the prisoner to the top of the castle or even the outskirts of it. He agreed, but only if I was "supervised" by him. So we went to the courtyard with the prisoner and I became a dragon and picked both of them and we first w...

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Laraganus Proposal (From the Book of Shiv)

Peyton Gaillard

It was only a couple of days after Shiv, Mer, and Heraptis finished uniting the half-orc Chrisstens under the same theology and fundamental beliefs that a feast was held to celebrate. During the feast, many people came up to the trio and thanked them for the peace and knowledge they gave. At the height of the feast, the self-exiled warrior princess Laraganus came in. She was alone, her iconic spear in hand. She marched straight to the trio. At this point, everyone fell silent since it had been almost 50 years since she had last shown her fac...

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Outer Conquests III

Peyton Gaillard

I was not emotionally prepared when my kids showed me the new trailer for Outer Conquests III. When I first watched it, I was amazed at the detail of the characters, the story seemed epic, and the nostalgia was real. I was blasted back to when I was a child playing the first Outer Conquests game with my siblings. I remember pulling all-nighters with my brother as we took turns trying to get the highest scores possible. I realized then that I have the same chance to expose my kids to the old games. Give them a new appreciation for the new and...

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The Orphan (A Dice Changer Short Story)

Peyton Gaillard

I hate it when people say "I wish we could go back to the good old days". I hate it because I think people want to go back to when they were ignorant of how awful the world is. They want to escape the chaos of life by going back to their cozy childhood homes. yet they forget that if such a power was possible people would be even worse. Freed people would go back to being slaves, and many would go back to reliving their traumas. Only the privileged and spoiled think such things, but I, and many other freed people would cry at the idea of goin...

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Runaway (A Dice Changer Short Story)

Peyton Gaillard

"You can't run forever" Those were the final words spoken by Goldleaf's father before Goldleaf left to be a Chrissten paladin. Goldleaf had dreamed about how he would be a paladin to bring justice and mercy to all people. He had thought his elfish lifespan would be enough to evade those words. Now he was in the mind of a 16-year-old boy in a different world with technology and no magic. He felt like his connection with his powers shattered. Then the words rang in his head "You can't run forever" Had that been what he'd been doing and didn't ...

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First Day of Training (A Dice Changers Short Story)

Peyton Gaillard

It was five in the mourning when Nick went to Arron's door. He was wearing workout clothing and even had athletic gloves in his pockets. Nick knocked and could hear the dogs muffled barks as they came to the door. Arron opened it. "Whose ready for our first day of training?" Nick asked in a sarcastic optimism. "Nick it's five am. Why can't we wait until after school?" Arron said begrudgingly, he was still in his pjs. "Because I've got swim practice in the afternoon, and have to do homework after that," Nick answered. "Fine, but can I at leas...

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The Love Story of Shib and Silvertree Spears

Peyton Gaillard

"We have all the time in the world." said my wife as we stared into each other eyes, as we have hundreds of times before. Of course, she was speaking from someone who is a half-elf, half-orc whose sense of time does not quite align with people like me. See, I too am a half-orc but my life expectancy at best is 65-120 years old, my wife's though is nearly 500, it also does not help that she is already 193 years old. Meanwhile, I just turned 21 almost a month ago. So, how did we meet you might be asking. Well, it kind of depends on who you ask...

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Katose's Plan Entry (Kolora: The Lost Druid )

Peyton Gaillard

Dear future ruler of Kamo, For a long time, I have tried to find a way to unite my country of Kamo with the White Valleys and their necromancers. Now, I have an idea. If I could somehow have a future heir to the throne of Kamo be raised in the White Valleys then perhaps this future heir, like you, could make this union a reality. However, for this to work Princess Zera's marriage with one of the half-orcs must not happen. As much as I like the idea of the Green Swamps and Kamo being untied, marriage is not the way to go. A half-orc, human hy...

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