By Chris Hvidsten
A new day has dawned for Dalan, now an exile from his Clan…cut, bleeding, and beaten thanks to the Shatlia. He takes stock of his situation and, after tending to himself, soon discovers that someone – or several someones –...
The day has finally come, and Dalan is released from the hospital into the care of…a Clan Acolyte. Given how close his family had been during his recovery, this leaves him feeling a bit unsettled. It isn’t until he finally...
Dalan’s road to recovery has been anything but fun. His new cybernetic implants are integrating with his body, but slowly. During one session, the young tiger discovers a terrifying side-effect of Dr. Sheck’s treatment option, and finds his predicament even...
Dalan wakes up in the hospital after the attack. His mind reels at how much time has passed, and more importantly, what has happened to his body. Now awake, Dalan begins the slow, painful road to recovery.
In this chapter: We are introduced to Dalan Kalamar, eldest son of his father, and second in line for the title of Clan Elder. On this night, the majority of Dalan’s Clan is bearing witness to his father participating in...
In This Final Episode: Dalan tries to deal with the aftermath of Te’Ki’s departure and death, as well as the knowledge that the Rondoki most likely possess the Ka’al P’ack. He finally realizes the only viable option left for him...
In This Episode: Te’Ki comes to an important decision that will leave Dalan wide open to become what he’s meant to…but at a terrible cost.
In This Episode: The aftermath of Dalan’s intervention prompts an encounter with his Grandfather, at which point the young tiger relates his and Te’Ki’s suspicion about the Ka’al P’ack’s fate. Dalan also learns what price he may have to pay...
In This Episode: Autumn is in the air, and as Dalan’s thoughts turn back toward resuming his schooling under his new identity, he still wrestles with his feelings about how to deal with the suspected reasons behind his exile. His...
In This Episode: Dalan struggles with his conflicting thoughts. While part of him wants justice against those who wronged him, the other part wants to carry on with his plan to take he and Te’Ki away from Bengalis at first...
In This Episode: A potential bomb threat shuts down all operations at the docks, and Dalan is tasked to help locate it. As he investigates with his assigned team, he learns a bit more that pushes him to begin asking...
In This Episode: Things have settled down once more between Dalan and Te’Ki. Dalan begins to feel more comfortable in his life both as an exile hiding in plain sight, and as Khrasa’s student. Tomas and Dalan finally meet, and...
In This Episode: Dalan’s internal conflict over what he did in that alley finally catches up with him, and in his frustration he awakens one of the aspects of training as a L’au Tari. Thinking this to be some kind of...
In This Episode: In the aftermath of the massacre in the alley, Te’Ki finally shares with Dalan the truth about her past: a journey of torture and abuse only for her to finally break free and eventually find her way...
In This Episode: Dalan and Te’Ki are trapped in an alley by a group of thugs who apparently know the cougar quite well. However, before more secrets are revealed, one of them makes the single worst mistake he could ever...
In This Episode: The night before he’s to leave again for another mountain retreat, Dalan decides to take his new love out for a night on the town. While they’re out, Dalan encounters both an echo of his past, and...
In This Episode: Dalan and Te’Ki spend the night learning about each other’s origins and end up talking through the night. As time progresses, Dalan begins to develop feelings for the cougar, only to have those feelings drive him into...
In This Episode: Dalan’s Grandfather and the Elder of his Clan, Won Ch’ang Kalamar, has broken Clan law by coming to visit his exiled grandson. However, Dalan learns that this isn’t the first time he’s done so. The tale that...
In This Episode: The time for Dalan’s first mountain retreat has come. Risking the budding relationship between he and Te’Ki, he reveals that he’s training in the forbidden art of the L’au Tari before accompanying Khrasa to the mountains. Once...
Greetings. If you’re new here, then thank you for stopping by. If you’re returning to the site, then welcome back. Thanks to the blog-pocalypse that happened, I’m starting fresh with this site, beginning with the promo audio for ‘Outcast.’
Meet Dalan Kalamar, the eldest son of his Clan, and destined to someday bear the mantle of Elder of the Tiger’s Paw. At only 12 years of age, his eventual ascension is still many years off, but his life is...
In this Episode: Dalan awakens in the hospital, surprised to be alive. He tries to come to grips with several startling revelations about what happened to him, and that his journey has only just begun.
In This Episode: Dalan’s road to recovery has been anything but fun. His new cybernetic implants are integrating with his body, but slowly. During one session, the young tiger discovers a terrifying side-effect of Dr. Sheck’s treatment option, and finds...
In This Episode: The day has finally come, and Dalan is released from the hospital into the care of…a Clan Acolyte. Given how close his family had been during his recovery, this leaves him feeling a bit unsettled. It isn’t...
In This Episode: Dalan awakens the next morning after his exile and subsequent beating at the hands of the Shatlia. He begins to take in his surroundings and discovers that the dwelling to which he’s been condemned is not as...
In This Episode: Dalan arrives at a warehouse where exiles are welcomed. There he meets Silas, who explains the nature of the warehouse and how the life of an exile can be better than one thinks if one is careful....
In This Episode: Dalan awakens the next morning after defying dogma and burying the three exiled kittens. Suddenly his dwelling is invaded by a creature of legend, only for him to learn that he’s been watched since he was in...
In This Episode: Dalan’s new house guest is somewhat less than impressed with her new situation. She questions his diagnosis about her sickness, and Dalan storms out of the dwelling, not in a mood to deal with her. While he’s...
In This Episode: It’s Dalan’s first day on the job as a dock-worker for the Karalla City Port Authority. Under the guise of Darien Kain, he learns the ins and outs of the job, but once again witnesses the darker...
Hello Outcasts. Just a quick update on things here. First off, as usual, thank you all for your patience and continued support as I work towards the home stretch on ‘Outcast.’ I can finally see the end now…just a little...