Chapter 90: Companion’s Sacred Pact with The Light Congress

Gate: A Torch’s Shadow I entered Hades’ coffin and found myself chained to my Shadow once more. In the dark of the cave, Shadow gave a final scream and started to tear at her side. “This has gone on long enough. If you will not let this new form out,” she said. “Then I will.” […]

Chapter 89: Disaster and Dancing in the Fields of Helios

Gate: A Sunset I opened Hades’ vision gate and beheld Merlin on a high plateau overlooking a field filled with horses whose mane and tails flamed with the light and energy of the noon day sun. He shaded his eyes to better observe his wooden puppets carefully maneuvering among the creatures, counting their number and […]

Chapter 88: The Continuing Nightmare of the Lord of Death

Gate: Hades’ Coffin I stepped through Lord Hades’ gate and stood in a world of dust bounded on all sides by darkness. In the skies above this barren place, giants made of stars fought each other with weapons made of madness or wrestled with their bare hands. The sound of their perpetual struggle filled my […]

Chapter 87: Beginning the Dream of Hades

Gate: Lord Hades, god of the Underworld I entered the vision gate and found myself among a running herd of horses. When I realized where I was, I reached out and held onto the sides of the creatures so that I would not be crushed beneath their churning hooves. We ran for a time, as […]

Chapter 86: Changing the War Against Heartbreak

Gate: A Broken Heart I entered the vision gate and found myself moving to tribalistic music in the center of a crowd of dancers just like me. The spirits of men and women were dressed in brightly colored feathers and sported orange bands around their arms and legs. All of a sudden, Shadow appeared in […]

Chapter 85: The Haunted Eyes of the Gundestrup Cauldron

Gate: Violet Eyes I stepped through the vision gate and found myself standing within a cauldron. Its metallic walls rose through the mist within its bowl which was filled with multiple versions of the Horned King. They were milling about until Badger and I entered the space at which point they all froze in place […]

Chapter 84: The Transformative Tears of Cernunnos and the Other

Gate: A Holly Bush I passed through the vision gate and found myself on the back of a stag, racing through a forest. A pack of bloodhounds nipped and bayed at the stag’s heels. I held tightly to the neck of the stag and felt him shuddering with exhaustion, tiring more with each step. “This […]

Chapter 83: Into the Gundestrup Cauldron

Gate: Gundestrup Cauldron I passed through the vision gate and was nearly run over by a herd of deer. The animals bumped into me as they rushed past into the standing mist. Just as quickly as the creatures had appeared, they were gone. Then, within the fog, a boy with antlers and eyes like two […]

Chapter 82: Loki’s Trespass and Further Mysteries

Gate: A Mountain Stream I stepped through the vision gate and found myself falling through the air. Far beneath me, I saw a mountain stream, burbling down the slopes from the heights above and I was on a trajectory to land upon it. Within the stream, a gray wolf and a badger waited patiently for […]

Chapter 81: The Unhappy Goddess and her Hammer

Gate: A Turtle Shell I stepped through the vision gate and saw a white rabbit being chased by a pack of ravenous wolves. The rabbit ran until it could go no further then it bolted down a hole that appeared in the ground. The wolves scrabbled and bit at the hole but the rabbit was […]