IV-23 Trust (II)
People don't want to know what hides in the dark.
There's nothing wrong with that. There's nothing wrong with the fear, with the paranoia, with the ignorance. It's there to keep ...
2025-09-21 19:06:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Brent Stinebaker posts
Next chapter will take a bit longer
Going to spend a bit longer on this new chapter. Will have more time to write starting now, and so I'm going to reduce the errors and issues in the chapters if I can. The last few chapters have bee...
2025-09-20 19:11:44 +0000 UTC View PostIV-22 Trust (I)
Most people do not truly understand their own flaws. It is easy to notice what weaknesses you have on a surface level, but past that, your problems are usually systemic and structural, majorly ...
2025-09-19 19:58:08 +0000 UTC View PostIV-21 Councilwoman
“You’re a godsdamned fool… Should’ve left me. I wasn’t…”
“Oh, be quiet, Harlon. This is your fault, you know. I wouldn’t need to risk my life if you would’ve ...
2025-09-18 19:54:15 +0000 UTC View PostIV-20 Terrify (II)
I've always been interested in borders, even as a child. Borders are fascinating things. A powerful Pathbearer can ignore the borders drawn by a weaker nation, for they are beyond consequence. ...
2025-09-17 19:07:11 +0000 UTC View PostIV-19 Terrify (I)
You’re wrong, Shiv. Dead felling wrong. Gods, boy, it’s like you’re not paying any attention at all. The reason why the Swan-Eating Toad works isn’t fear. People don’t cook here becau...
2025-09-16 19:01:51 +0000 UTC View PostIV-18 Decisions
Leadership is made up of three things, son. Vision, choice, and imperfection.
When you lead, you need to sell people on an idea, a path that they can follow. This ties into choic...
2025-09-15 19:17:21 +0000 UTC View PostIV-17 Escape
The most important skill you can all develop in this course is Awareness. Awareness and not stealth. Awareness will teach you about stealth. It will instruct you on all the aspects of Stealth t...
2025-09-14 19:12:48 +0000 UTC View PostIV-16 Riot (III)
…Aside from the Starhawk, the only other Ascendant that holds true subversion potential is the aptly titled Cripple the Strongest. Yet, Cripple will prove to be a fascinating case as it is no...
2025-09-13 18:24:23 +0000 UTC View PostBrief update
Just brief update again: the weird scheduling I warned about has kicked in fully. Have not gotten to cleaning up the latest chapter yet, but I'll get something out in a while.
Maybe next week...
2025-09-12 19:10:16 +0000 UTC View PostIV-15 Riot (II)
Ah! Dungeons and jails! My favorite place to socialize and meet new friends. Naturally, because I don’t like being captured, I usually sneak in myself and hide in the walls.
Yo...
2025-09-11 13:34:42 +0000 UTC View PostA few hours delay for upcoming chapter; will try to resume posting from other two stories starting tomorrow as well.
I'm getting off an odd OT shift and will be uploading in a few hours instead (not a full day's delay, don't worry). I'll also try to get back to releasing Godclads tomorrow as well.
Stay tune...
2025-09-10 15:14:32 +0000 UTC View PostIV-14 Riot (I)
Alright. So. You’ve been captured. First thing about getting captured—tell no one you were a pupil of mine so I can be spared the shame, at the least. There are Pathbearers that say getting...
2025-09-09 19:14:35 +0000 UTC View PostIV-13 Breakout
It is a universal truth that every Marital-Pathbearer has imagined themselves breaking free from prison at least once—if only for the novelty of doing so.
As someone who has es...
2025-09-08 19:29:29 +0000 UTC View PostIV-12 Rubix
There are situations where certain threats are deemed too grave a danger to be allowed to roam free, yet too valuable to kill, at the same time. In these circumstances, the Yellowstone Republic...
2025-09-07 19:39:07 +0000 UTC View PostIV-11 Cell
In my experience, everyone seeks to betray themselves in some way. It is cathartic to confess your sins. It is cathartic to release all burdens lingering in your mind, like extracting an arrow....
2025-09-06 19:12:18 +0000 UTC View PostIV-9 Enough
You should cultivate a certain madness in your heart. To be a good warrior and a great Pathbearer, one must hold two conflicting desires at the same time. A willingness to be gentle and nurse t...
2025-09-04 20:10:38 +0000 UTC View PostIV-8 Prison
Drown in your defeat. Learn to savor the taste. Let your limitations hurt you. Let yourself rage against your failure.
Or you can turn away. It won’t fix anything, but there is...
2025-09-03 19:31:57 +0000 UTC View PostIV-7 Descend (IV)
Have you ever gazed into the heart of an apocalypse? I have. I have seen things inside the mind of Tarrasque so deep, so true, inevitable. It is our inevitable end. They… they aren't born yet...
2025-09-02 19:54:52 +0000 UTC View PostIV-6 Descend (III)
Psychomancy will wound your heart, Uva. There is no way to avoid the pain. There is far too often talk about ethics and rules regarding your skill, but so little about the cost it will inflict ...
2025-09-01 19:22:27 +0000 UTC View PostIV-5 Descend (II)
The main goal of Project Deathless is multifaceted. It is more than just creating an entity that can make the system choke on its own eternal urge to constantly engender war and strife. An enti...
2025-08-31 19:58:04 +0000 UTC View PostIV-4 Delve (I)
Old.
You think I'm on the Auroral Council because I'm old? Let me tell you something about being old, girl.
The system doesn't want you to grow old. The syst...
2025-08-30 19:34:06 +0000 UTC View PostRegular Schedule Will Resume by Tomorrow
Hello. Thank you for your patience. I will resume all writing tomorrow.
This week has been hell. Sorry for the wait. God help us all.
2025-08-29 20:19:17 +0000 UTC View PostDelay extended
Still getting destroyed at work. Apologies. Will try to make up for severe delays. I'll try to deal with the problem by tomorrow.
2025-08-27 19:05:03 +0000 UTC View PostScheduling Adjustments and Applying Feedback
Hello, this is just an update touching base about my currently running fictions.
Before that, thanks for reading and all the responses. I have been looking over some universal feedback (Issue...
2025-08-26 15:18:59 +0000 UTC View PostII-138 We
There's an art to picking out your benefactor in the Claimed Hells, and that's understanding that you're going to be screwed. How much you get screwed is a negotiation between you, your benefac...
2025-08-25 19:04:37 +0000 UTC View PostIV-3 Overwhelmed
Poor, poor Sullain.
Every time I look upon the fool, I am reaffirmed that his life is destined for eternal tragedy. It’s not that he never got the affirmation he needed a...
2025-08-25 18:55:56 +0000 UTC View PostIV-2 Avatar
An avatar of an Ascendant consists of three aspects. The first is a sacred phylactery. They must be in its vicinity to properly draw on the
An avatar of an Ascendant consists of three aspects...
2025-08-24 19:05:42 +0000 UTC View PostIV-1 Grievance (II)
Most Legends don't live long enough to experience the fullness provided by their newfound power and skill. This is because the Post-Legend M
Most Legends don't live long enough to experie...
2025-08-23 19:15:17 +0000 UTC View Post