Leering skulls, purple light burning in their hollow sockets and black mist rising from their bones, the skeletons were a fearsome and unnerving sight. Elinon suppressed the urge to physical...
2025-11-25 00:40:33 +0000 UTC
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How were we supposed to know they would turn on us? After so long, fighting side by side, building up our communities together. We trusted them. They trusted us.
Even thou...
2025-11-25 00:33:39 +0000 UTC
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Sometimes, a monster needs to be taken care of. This is a universal truth for everyone who makes their life in the Dungeon. By their very nature, monsters are territorial and eternally h...
2025-11-25 00:22:19 +0000 UTC
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“A wise investment,” Merchant nodded sagely, her glasses glinting in the dim light of the ship's stateroom. She gathered up the documents from the table in her front claws, stacking them neatly...
2025-11-21 01:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Just how much magick did the damned Necromancer have access to? Fire roared into the sky once more, arcing high overhead before plummeting down to vanish into the darkness. Plumes of golden ...
2025-11-20 01:00:14 +0000 UTC
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Green Mountain is both more, and less impressive than I thought it might be. I mean, it’s hard for these places to not be impressive, given the way they're built on the slopes of mountai...
2025-11-20 01:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Turns out that word has leaked from Green Mountain that we are taking delvers alive as much as we can. As a result, this lot were happy to throw in the fight after witnessing the power of the singu...
2025-11-19 01:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Once again, the remote town of Foxbridge was enshrouded in a thick miasma of darkness, blocking all sight of the horrors within. Mage Captain Elinon, gathered with his regiment at the rear o...
2025-11-18 01:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Singularity is a heck of a spell, if I do say so myself. Earned for reaching the next rank of gravity mana speciality, it’s definitely one of my personal favourites and packs a heck of a punch. T...
2025-11-18 01:00:04 +0000 UTC
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[Master, the nameless have found something. A large ambush. Hundreds of delvers have gathered and laid traps for you. Would you like me to reach out and destroy the FILTH?]
[Uh, no, that’s ...
2025-11-17 01:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Hello all!
Hope everyone has been well! I know that's not a guarantee with so much unpleasantness all over the place but at least here I can endeavor to keep things light. Unless I'm posting ...
2025-11-10 08:36:27 +0000 UTC
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The nameless one wasn’t used to being out in the tunnels in this way. Some of her sisters, those who served as soldiers and scouts during their hours in the light, were doubtless more comfortable...
2025-11-07 01:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Merigold didn’t especially want to be part of the discussions around the table in general Crow’s tent, but as the representative of the Imperial Court and head of the Special Administration, sh...
2025-11-06 01:00:07 +0000 UTC
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“Ah, if it isn’t my favourite resident of Green Mountain. So nice to see you again, Ms Alice. Or is it Mrs?”
Once again, in the boat, greeted by obsequious, yet somehow mocking brathian...
2025-11-06 01:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Frederick felt like his heart had locked solid in his chest. Every nerve in his body screamed in terror as the giant beast loomed over him. With such overwhelming power, he could feel the monster...
2025-11-05 01:00:08 +0000 UTC
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The delver economy is an interesting case study in and of itself, since there are so many possible revenue streams and an inexhaustible demand for their services.
To start with: ...
2025-11-04 01:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Tyron was furious. More than furious, he was incandescent with rage. Were he not occupied with the coming battle, he would have been kicking and spitting, lashing out to try and find a way t...
2025-11-03 06:43:02 +0000 UTC
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[Oho! Almost got me there!]
[Wow! Nice try!]
[You’ll get there one day, champ! I believe in you!]
[If you fully believed in yourself, you would have got me there. That’s motiv...
2025-11-03 01:00:04 +0000 UTC
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A sighting of the Necromancer didn’t interest General Crow as much as she thought it might have.
“We were already fairly sure he was in there,” he told her, brows raised as...
2025-10-31 02:38:19 +0000 UTC
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Merigold was never happy when she was summoned by General Rasmus Crow. A competent and incorruptible soldier of the Empire he might be, and she didn’t believe he held any ill will towards ...
2025-10-31 02:37:47 +0000 UTC
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Of all the organisations separate from the free cities, kingdoms, empires, trade federations and territorial associations in the Dungeon, the most well-known and impactful is the Abyssal Legion...
2025-10-31 01:00:20 +0000 UTC
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“What are those fools doing out there?” Frederick demanded. “If any of you are planning some sort of hairbrained, idiotic assault, you better tell me right now so I can kick you in the face!...
2025-10-30 01:00:04 +0000 UTC
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It wasn’t easy for Merchant to get in touch with people from the Church of the Path. It wasn’t easy for Merchant to find someone willing to admit that such a person even existed on Green Mounta...
2025-10-29 01:00:11 +0000 UTC
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Another negotiation with these ants. They were relentless, Alice had to give them that. Diplomats, as if monsters having diplomats wasn’t an utterly absurd notion, had been sending daily messages...
2025-10-28 01:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Just… what is going on here?
The ant in front of me is unlike anything I’ve seen before. Fancy-looking clothing, gold jewelry, glasses. It’s not over the top, but it’s enough...
2025-10-27 01:00:06 +0000 UTC
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So much happening in the world of Chrysalis right now, my head is spinning!
Again. WIP.
The merch guild, who are working on the Chrysalis line, are giving me basically total control on ...
2025-10-24 06:20:41 +0000 UTC
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“Eldest, do you really intend to sell the delvers back to Green Mountain?”
“Of course, why wouldn’t I?”
Sloan seems to have reservations about my strategy.
“Won’t th...
2025-10-24 01:00:04 +0000 UTC
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The first thing Tyron felt when he opened his eyes was a rush of anxiety. Had the Empire come as he slept? Was the horde intact?
After a few moments to gather himself, he was reassured...
2025-10-23 05:24:27 +0000 UTC
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What should I do? Should I cook him? Slowly roast this priest while turning him over a spit? Or boiling? Boiling is good! The flavour of evil and corruption will permeate the water and we can use i...
2025-10-23 01:00:03 +0000 UTC
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I’m sure they expected me to retaliate, but I’m not sure they expected something like this.
My chomp sucks in the gathered dust, eliminating the cloud and revealing the scramblin...
2025-10-22 01:00:03 +0000 UTC
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