Muscle bound and draped in silk, a figure lounged over an austere stone throne, floating in a void only broken by dancing lights. He smiled. It was a jagged thing, like he had forgotten how congeni...
2024-10-02 20:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostKaius sat on the side of a hill, nestled in amongst the rows of myriad fungus that made up the extensive farms surrounding the underground city. After a few hours of walking, they’d noticed the g...
2024-10-01 20:31:01 +0000 UTC View Post*Ding! Significant Feat of Strength performed under Observation. You have been awarded an Honour: Born for Slaughter*
Kaius stared at the notification, hi...
2024-10-01 20:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostKaius circled the goblin champion at the summit of one of the slight hills that rolled over the fungal farms. Every few seconds it would test him, lunging forwards with a clumsy stab of its pike. K...
2024-09-29 08:02:17 +0000 UTC View PostKaius lay flat, the soft earth of the fungal farms dampening his clothes ever so slightly. Porkchop had hunkered down next to them. He peered over the peak of a soft rise in the fields, staring at ...
2024-09-29 08:01:30 +0000 UTC View PostLying down on the ledge that overlooked the Depths recreation of a lost dwarven city, Kaius focused his gaze on the creature that lounged at its highest heights. He had to know more. Eagle Eye<...
2024-09-29 08:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe final goblin came at him with a feral squeal, swinging its rusted machete at him in a sloppy overhand blow. Kaius parried, A Father’s Gift knocking the short depths-born’s bla...
2024-09-29 07:58:50 +0000 UTC View PostKaius stopped fast at the threshold between the root-bound cave and the carved tunnel, staring at the notification that told him he had entered The Great Warren. Porkchop stepped up next t...
2024-09-29 07:57:06 +0000 UTC View PostKaius rolled the ring around in his hand, staring at the light that bounced off its polished exterior. Resizing.. It was a minor enchantment. Usually used so that artificers wouldn’t have to wast...
2024-09-29 07:56:17 +0000 UTC View Post*Ding! You have slain a Champion: Grimclaw Dreadbeast - level 27 Prowling Displacer! *
Kaius gasped, pain flooding back with a vengeance as the last of th...
2024-09-29 07:55:33 +0000 UTC View PostKaius gasped. Trying and failing to force his shattered body to take in a breath. Every one sent shuddering spasms through the musculature of his trunk. Each one heightened his agony. Brushed muscl...
2024-09-29 07:54:38 +0000 UTC View PostThe guardian prowled around the base of the tree that stood sentinel over the surrounding woods. Despite its thick limbs and stocky chest, it leapt from root to root with lithe agility. Kaius and P...
2024-09-29 07:53:43 +0000 UTC View PostYellow light spilled out from around a bend in the tunnel ahead. It was a welcome reprieve from the washed out drudgery that was Low Light Vision. It also meant a cavern, and he had yet to...
2024-09-29 07:52:41 +0000 UTC View PostKaius trudged through a cave of shattered rock and spearing roots, Porkchop following close behind. It was dark, far darker than the grove had been. The cave moss that had provided them co...
2024-09-29 07:51:40 +0000 UTC View Post*Ding! Sense Illusion has reached level 20!
Kaius gasped in relief, rubbing his eyes. He’d been staring at floating illusions for hours 2024-09-29 07:50:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Kaius crouched over a wide wooden board outside of the church. He’d broken down one of the splintered pews and made a small pile of the flattest and smoothest sections of wood.He had a need for t...
2024-09-29 07:49:32 +0000 UTC View PostHis hands ran over the blade. A Father’s Gift. A fitting name. A weapon that would be with him always, matching his pace step by step. A strangling wave of emotion surged up through him....
2024-09-29 07:45:43 +0000 UTC View PostKaius stared at the sarcophagus. Its sculpted golden lid still hovered next to its open interior, displaying a robed figure identical to the Tomblord he had just slain with Porkchop. After his batt...
2024-09-29 07:44:56 +0000 UTC View PostKaius descended the wide blocky stairs that lead deeper into the mausoleum that had laid at the centre of the glade. Each step was just a little too tall, a little too wide, to walk down comfortabl...
2024-09-29 07:44:09 +0000 UTC View PostKaius stared at the dead howler that was pulling itself along the ground towards him. It gnashed its teeth, jaw clacking with each snap. A wretched thing, just a single arm, half a ribcage, and a h...
2024-09-29 07:42:27 +0000 UTC View PostAfter dealing with the swarm of dead howlers, Kaius and Porkchop pushed further into the maze, more than happy to get away from the rotten blood and viscera they had left behind. They stopped, sitt...
2024-09-29 07:41:16 +0000 UTC View PostKaius watched the brambles that lined the path of the maze with suspicion. Waiting to see if they would lash out in violence once again. He crept forward, getting closer to the spot where he had cu...
2024-09-29 07:39:30 +0000 UTC View PostKaius poked his head out, watching the four undead carefully. Three were garbed in tabards and chain armour, half-helms capping their heads. On their chests was an emblem of a crow pecking at a cor...
2024-09-29 07:38:26 +0000 UTC View PostKaius quaked where he sat, his skin growing increasingly clammy. The strain on his mind from holding four skills, from linking them with the light of his soul, was immense. It weighed heavily upon ...
2024-09-29 07:37:38 +0000 UTC View PostA month. A whole bloody month. More than a month, in actuality. Kaius was sure that his bruises had bruises, Health or no. A whole damn month of being Porkchopâ...
2024-09-29 07:36:02 +0000 UTC View PostStanding in the graveyard in front of the church, Kaius held his sheath in both hands like a sword. It was just as well made and enchanted like the blade itself, so it could more than stand up to t...
2024-09-29 07:34:22 +0000 UTC View PostKaius sat on the cavern floor, jagged rocks digging into his back. The natural stone made a poor backrest, but his chain vest saved him from the worst of discomfort. He’d moved over from the entr...
2024-09-29 07:33:33 +0000 UTC View PostThe sound of crashing water echoed out across the cavern, petering off slowly as the residual noises slowly faded. Faint, but unmistakable, Kaius heard a squeak of panic, almost drowned out by the ...
2024-09-29 07:32:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe figure paced over an endless void. Too-fine silk robes billowed in a non existent wind, pressing close to his body. With every step, a thin stone platform appeared beneath his feat. Vanishing a...
2024-09-29 07:29:33 +0000 UTC View PostKaius sat in shock, the jagged stone that dug uncomfortably into his back entirely forgotten. What did it mean that he was an Observed? That shouldn’t have been possible. It was a c...
2024-09-29 07:27:26 +0000 UTC View Post