Selected stories / Survival & second chances
The long walk back.
Bram buys better steel, takes on bigger fights, and discovers that the most expensive part of a defeat can begin after the fighting stops.
A reading path through the forum archive. Introductions by UO Tavern; original accounts linked below.
Steel before confidence
A swordsman's account of returning to the same clearing with a different idea of what keeps him alive.
Anima · · About 2 min read
Good plate is worth more than a good edge — a warrior's reckoning →Your armour is over there
Bram's body is on one side of the wilderness; the healer is on the other. The walk back changes how he chooses a fight.
Anima · · About 2 min read
The long walk back — on dying too far from home →