II-35 Dominance
The creatures that thrive the most in the Claimed Hells are sadists. There is no delusion about this. Everyone knows. But what people miss is that there are two kinds of sadists. Well, ...
2024-12-12 17:44:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Brent Stinebaker posts
32-10 Warfare (III)
{Fucking called it. “My daughter is prepared to deal with any adversary—” Yes. Truly. The post-divine cognitive assimilator is just any adversary. You threw your daughter at a problem tha...
2024-12-11 18:56:17 +0000 UTC View Post32-9 Warfare (II)
With all things considered equal, a lonesome duelist cannot slay an army, at least not an army worth its steel. Sometimes fools will try to deny such limitations. Heroes are often just fools th...
2024-12-10 19:06:44 +0000 UTC View Post32-8 Warfare (I)
Every Guild has their own philosophy to combat, their own strengths, capabilities, logistical weaknesses, and oversights. But there is one consistency between all guilds: At the core of e...
2024-12-09 19:01:33 +0000 UTC View PostII-34Humiliation (III)
What do you mean the boy is fighting Many-wed? He just got to Preceptor’s Descent. It’s barely been a day—what do you mean people are betting in his favor? And he’s finished the Lodge? ...
2024-12-09 10:46:29 +0000 UTC View PostII-33 Humiliation (II)
By the Harbinger’s cock, I think we have a new contender for Warmaster rising before us.
Do I actually think that? Motherfucker, watch my logs. When’s the last time something like th...
II-32 Humiliation (I)
Many-Wed. Now there’s a piece of work. And that’s saying something considering what I do. Selling guns is one thing, but kidnapping kids from their families and forcing them to be “bound...
2024-12-07 13:55:15 +0000 UTC View PostII-31 Taking a Name (V)
“Came expecting a bloody grudge match that would end in heroic triumph or brutal tragedy. Ended up getting front-row seats to the birth of a new icon in the Claimed Hells.
Wort...
2024-12-06 10:03:49 +0000 UTC View Post32-7 Retaliation
In the case where victory is impossible, your duty is to make killing you very, very costly. Highflame devoted a lot of imps to seeing you all made good soldiers, so you’re not allowed to die...
2024-12-05 12:34:33 +0000 UTC View Post32-6 Heavy Falls the Palm (II)
Oh, wonderful. The pet gorilla is loose again. I wonder how that happened. I wonder how.
Veylis, Veylis, Veylis… Sweet, dear girl, you might have all the implants and modificat...
2024-12-04 18:58:43 +0000 UTC View Post32-5 Heavy Falls the Palm (I)
+Holy mother of fuck, it’s coming down… he’s coming down—Cease fire! Cease FUCKING FIRE! ALL GODSDAMNED UNITS, CEASEFIRE BEFORE YOU GET—+
-Last Transmission of G...
2024-12-03 19:08:02 +0000 UTC View Post32-4 Peace Unchained
A breeze this moment; a hurricane thereafter.
-Ori Proverb
32-4
Peace Unchained
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II-30 Taking a Name (IV)
You can expect nothing and still be disappointed.
-Ancient Evernest Proverb.
II-30
Taking a Name (IV)
Wei's transition from the viewing platform to the...
2024-12-01 19:21:54 +0000 UTC View PostII-29 Taking a Name (III)
There are two theaters of battle being waged at the Bloodgrounds at all times.
The first is obvious: battles between duelists, challengers, and sinners who enter the Bloodgrounds...
2024-11-30 19:34:46 +0000 UTC View PostII-28 Taking a Name (II)
For certain worlds that exist under more freeform Systems, it’s possible to reach a point where your Essence Level goes beyond what your System can support. Usually, these Systems also have a...
2024-11-29 19:06:49 +0000 UTC View PostII-27 Taking a Name (I)
LAST CHANCE TO RESERVE A SPECIAL SEAT AT THE CHERUB’S CORPSE BLOODGROUNDS.
10 challenges set by Mallageis, Count of Envy, and only one prize. Who will claim the Mirr...
2024-11-28 19:07:09 +0000 UTC View Post32-3 Jailbreak (II)
Rescue ops are surgical, dangerous, and rarely worth it. Understand that if the enemy manages to capture one of you, you are expected to engineer your own escape or remove yourself from the equ...
2024-11-28 11:45:27 +0000 UTC View Post32-2 Jailbreak (I)
Two simple rules, Veylis: Never tell someone how they should feel, and never make them feel how you do not wish them to feel. Words are tools that can be used to convey information, but informa...
2024-11-27 11:24:08 +0000 UTC View Post32-1 Flame Beneath Flames
<<Wolfkin to Mirror. Something is happening.
The Stormtree forces I have been embedded with in Tafalis have… turned on each other. Everything is collapsing. All cohesion has been...
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Many more chapters coming soon. Have been improving the plotting process recently. This should result in higher-paced and better-quality chapter releases.
Also, free readers will be able to ...
31-12 Parted Flame, Severed Path
Here’s a statement for all you miserable half-strands down in the Warrens: Yeah, you’re a piece of shit for what you did. Yeah, you should be punished for that. But it’s alright. ...
2024-11-25 10:25:17 +0000 UTC View PostII-26 Settling In
One of the best perks about the Claimed Hells is how much real estate is available. People are always dying there—always—so things get vacant a lot. Furthermore, you can exercise so...
2024-11-24 14:43:50 +0000 UTC View PostII-25 Power Above Despair
Alright, I just want to know one thing. How am I supposed to sell this place? Because if I don’t, I’m going to be fused here forever! Forever! I—I got cursed into being a literal demon-ga...
2024-11-23 17:53:33 +0000 UTC View PostII-24 Settlement
The Claimed Hells has no law
It’s more like an interconnected set of laws put in place by the Harbinger to make sure everyone doesn’t kill each other in the Heights, a ...
2024-11-23 15:43:01 +0000 UTC View PostII-23 Assassination
The Fathoms. A place of infinite possibility, opportunity… and danger.
In the pursuit of nobler goals and higher profits, it is not uncommon for problems to arise; n...
2024-11-22 18:30:06 +0000 UTC View PostII-22 Unsatisfied
We had no idea what the Lodge had planned. And they had no idea what the kid wanted to do. And he had no idea about the queen’s actual state, about what Mepheleon was planning to do.
... 2024-11-21 14:55:16 +0000 UTC View Post31-11 Concepts of a Plan
Listen, I know my enemies have no idea what I’m about to do, because I have no idea what I’m about to do.
That’s why I always win. Because I’m the master of mo...
2024-11-21 10:50:39 +0000 UTC View Post31-10 False Deliverance (II)
You know how the best shot I ever knew died? Caught a cough during a No-Dragon blitz plague. Decided to forego wearing his rig on a trip to his local grafters. Another case: Skullpop, nova Necr...
2024-11-20 12:23:35 +0000 UTC View Post31-9 False Deliverance (I)
“Have you ever regretted what you've done? What you made of your citizens?”
“This is not my sin, Dreamer. This is their choice. In all lives, we fa...
2024-11-19 10:33:21 +0000 UTC View Post31-8 Shapeshifters (II)
History is a blade that cuts both ways, no matter what lies we fill our autobiographies with. No matter what adjustments are made to the texts, a tangible effect has already shaped the world, d...
2024-11-18 12:01:42 +0000 UTC View Post