Nice posts guys.

Chromane, it's not a huge deal, but I [i]do[/i] have a map with all the towns labeled. Sanctum can just be another settlement near Blanche, but it was kind of unnecessary to make up another one.

Thess, I'd appreciate it if you would write consistently in past tense. Everyone else is in past tense, so it'd be odd for one of us not to be. There were also a few instances you briefly flipped between past, present, and past again.