Excerpts from the Portfolio of Fantasy Fiction Writer,

Excerpts from the Portfolio of Fantasy Fiction Writer, Garbriela Bergstrom ’27 genre: Fantasy title: "Dweller's Guide to Roygaia" setting: Roygaia, a fantasy world not connected to Earth characters: Tremiyth, from the Gemata Region of Roygaia, and Rockalse, from the Exiled Dunes Region of Roygaia

“The inspiration for these scenes was from how much I enjoy fantasy genres and themed games inside fiction. Since I am always imagining a number of different fictional characters, moments, and mini-stories inside my head, I decided to actually write one of them out for the real world!”

~ Gabriela Bergstrom

from Tremiyth’s Point of View (POV)

He landed this annoying shift. Again.

Now standing at top of the guard tower in Gemayta, the crystal region of Roygaia, he now had to stay in place there for even more hours. He could have been out foraging for special runestones in the caves, especially during the night when it was the best hour to spot them. But no! And all because someone from the Unwanted Region had given an attempt to attack Gemayta.

Why Unwanted loved to try and attack regions, he didn’t know. All that was figured out from ones previously captured is that there was a need for a shard from the Portal of Eternal Light. There were no more answers forced out other than that conclusion. Now, there was an increase in the number of soldiers in its location.

Even though his job was in Gemayta’s army, Tremiyth had never seen someone from the Unwanted region before. Once he had hid behind a few shelves in order to get a glimpse at whoever was captured, but was found before the interrogation began. Any time he asked about what they were like, the reply always was, “They are terrible people,” they can “never be trusted,” and “they look like the walking dead, all covered in sand and musk.” The last comment was the most frequent among everyone. Although, what is the difference between the looks of the Unwanted and the rest of Roygaia? People in Gemayta are literally walking crystalized stones but in a humanoid form. So are the ones in the Fallowood Region, except they’re walking plants and trees.

from Rockalse’s Point of View (POV)

No.

No, no, no.

NO.

Someone saw him.

Just when he finally made it out of that dumb holding room, he had to get himself caught. So now he had no choice but to lose this guard in the runestone caves. And if it came to worst, they would be perfect for getting rid of them.

For once, Rockalse was glad that no one knew the real use of runestones. They were great for defense and currently have no selling price, which makes it easy to get hold of one. But if any other region besides the Unwanted knew about runecasting, how the tables would turn. The Capital would take control of every runestone cave, shut off their free use, and only allow access to those stuck-nobles that live there just for another gailem in their pocket.

His older sister, Raiden, was now back in his designated region; she had revealed her finding of the real properties of runes a couple months ago. She didn’t tell how, why, or when -- just that she did. And the more mysterious part is that Raiden never even spoke a word. Ever. It was confirmed that she was mute since the beginning of childhood. To randomly talk about runecasting while not speaking forever gave him suspicion.

And then to send him on this little vacation? Now that seemed very off.

Rockalse kept running down the caves, still hearing fast steps behind him. Clearly sprinting from the guard wasn't working, so it was time for Operation Runestone Fight Ring.

He snatched off a rune near him on the wall. Its color was a deep gray with an encryption. According to Raiden, this one said “sage of the stone.”

Quite a convenience for a fight in a cave, don’t you think?

Rockalse hid behind the next corner of the passage and waited for the guard to get close. During his wait, he snapped his fingers in order to activate the rune. Once there was a shadow starting to loom across the other side, a unique hand motion with a flick of his hand controlled the stone walls. They surrounded the guard, then turning his hand into a fist, the stone morphed into a cage with the guard inside.

Leading the stone again, it changed itself to a smaller hand behind the guard and knocked them out.

Score.

Now what was he gonna do with them?