Worthy looked down on his nephew, asleep in a cot, and brushed the boys’ hair back from his forehead. Not that he was just a lad anymore. A grown man now, Tyron had proven to be every bit ...
2025-04-10 08:08:06 +0000 UTC
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The number of troops on the platform just keeps going up. Even the front lines, which usually have a reasonable bit of space to prevent too many getting covered in mucus spew at once, are ge...
2025-04-09 07:21:08 +0000 UTC
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Every platform was under siege by the Krath. Solant stood in the centre of the command post as messages came thick and fast, a flurry of information that she needed to process rapidly, slot ...
2025-04-09 06:27:22 +0000 UTC
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When my brother came back to us, I knew better than to be happy. If anything, it plunged me into a deeper grief. My brother was no longer with us, the thing that shambled back to the cam...
2025-04-07 05:49:19 +0000 UTC
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Every now and again, another bomb is launched at the platform, forcing me to intervene by firing my own bomb to counter it. I can’t tell if they really expect to actually do some damage, o...
2025-04-07 01:04:55 +0000 UTC
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Worthy’s heroics had helped bring down the massive kin, but there was still a lot to do in order to secure the site.
Shaking his head at his uncle’s antics, Tyron mentally directed...
2025-04-04 22:56:01 +0000 UTC
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Worthy looked up as his sense of danger surged. A useful feat, to be sure, but at times like this, it was a constant distraction. This was a massive battle! Of course there was...
2025-04-04 07:27:37 +0000 UTC
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It took time to agree to terms. As it turned out, the ants were very attached to their ‘Eldest’. Even the slightest concession was weighed like gold, and yet Chyron felt that she was get...
2025-04-03 07:49:09 +0000 UTC
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Commander Chyron felt better than she had in months. Dense mana pulsed through her body, reforged in baptism, infusing her muscles, electrifying her nerves, invigorating every cell.
2025-04-03 06:51:55 +0000 UTC
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The production capacity of the Colony, along with its non-existent labour costs, could have annihilated all commerce within the Dungeon if not for the quick thinking of the Brathian Island C...
2025-04-01 06:16:27 +0000 UTC
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“I never thought I’d see you again, Goszi,” Zluth grinned, showing all of his fangs. “You found your happy retirement, why would you ever leave?”
The old slug extended an eye...
2025-03-30 05:31:16 +0000 UTC
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Magick poured out of the rift so powerfully, Tyron felt he was wading through water. He could see it, could feel it. The hairs on his arm were raised, he could feel tiny shocks rippling over...
2025-03-28 10:27:27 +0000 UTC
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Even walking in a straight line was a significant challenge inside the Broken Lands, let alone coordinating an army of thousands of undead. Thankfully, the simple skeletons were largely unpe...
2025-03-27 07:24:38 +0000 UTC
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Another burst channel. Another one. How many would fail? Cobalt ground her mandibles in frustration, staring at the energy flowing in front of her. There wasn’t the slightest vari...
2025-03-26 07:39:10 +0000 UTC
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Moving through the Dungeon during a wave wasn’t something Goszi ever expected he’d have to do again. It certainly wasn’t something he’d had to do since he was a much yo...
2025-03-26 05:22:30 +0000 UTC
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The monsters of the fifth are unique, as far as this scholar is aware, in both their unusual resilience, and also their irresistible offence. Other monsters might fight with claws, or ma...
2025-03-26 04:03:28 +0000 UTC
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“Lock it down!” Smithant roared, her pheromones blasting away the doubt and confusion that hung heavy in the air. “Get your mandibles in there and work!”
If there was an invita...
2025-03-25 06:08:46 +0000 UTC
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News of the damaged channels reached Solant as she settled into the command post, though she didn’t expect to hear it from the Eldest.
[How are you communicating with them? Are you really a...
2025-03-25 04:14:07 +0000 UTC
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“So how is the fortress handling the mana from the vents?”
“BADLY, JERN! BADLY!” Tungstant roared as she continued to turn a valve with her mandibles.
“Oh, I’ll help,...
2025-03-21 03:24:06 +0000 UTC
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The sublime joy of tea and biscuits was one thing. In fact, Goszi had only grown in his appreciation for the things that so many Krath ignored completely. The ants had continued to work on m...
2025-03-21 02:20:57 +0000 UTC
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Of course, the knowledge that massive quantities of tainted mana are being pumped into the fortress is causing me a little stress. Why wouldn’t it? The Colony has it under control, I’m s...
2025-03-21 01:43:19 +0000 UTC
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Solant was deep in reflective meditation when she perceived a messenger was fast approaching. Not for the first time, she considered implementing a network of mind-mages for near instantaneo...
2025-03-20 06:28:28 +0000 UTC
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Pushing out of the camp was easier said than done. With so many undead within, and the constant threat of roaming kin, it was necessary to evacuate in stages, with the first to leave forming...
2025-03-20 00:23:33 +0000 UTC
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With his status confirmed, Tyron destroyed the paper, ripping it up and chewing the pieces to destroy any remnant of writing on the page. Task completed, he stepped out of the tent and into ...
2025-03-18 10:33:25 +0000 UTC
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Sorry for the wait, these always take me ages. I've left a summary of the new abilities at the bottom so you don't have to pick over the status with a tooth-comb
Despite the ...
2025-03-17 06:16:31 +0000 UTC
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The lich hung silently in the air, unmoving, unblinking, unspeaking. To anyone else, it would appear as if it were simply irresponsible, but Tyron knew better. Through the connection they sh...
2025-03-14 03:43:01 +0000 UTC
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As it turned out, it was possible to work with a native, undamaged core from the fifth. It was just a massive pain in the backside for all involved. Led by the fearless Formo, ...
2025-03-14 00:32:16 +0000 UTC
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The Dungeon Hearts of the fifth have been known to the Legion for centuries. They are one of the most closely guarded secrets of the Krath and, it is theorised, the source of the corrupt...
2025-03-13 03:00:31 +0000 UTC
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Desperate to catch onto something, anything, Zluth flailed wildly, trying to use his arms or foot to grab the walls, except that every time he managed to grab something, it was coated in ext...
2025-03-13 02:31:41 +0000 UTC
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Zluth had never felt anything like this before. He knew about the hearts, every Krath knew about the hearts. They could feel it’s vibrations anywhere in the fifth, could determine the flow...
2025-03-10 05:38:47 +0000 UTC
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