It was remarkable how quickly we expanded and how quickly that all changed. Less than three weeks had passed since I took the first city. After Maltis fell, my domain exploded onto the plains, noth...
2024-01-22 17:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostWe marched out of Maltis a week later. We waited that long to be certain Freya and Gallus had a firm handle on the city. In that time, I had created another ten necromancers for my army. Freya told...
2024-01-19 22:30:33 +0000 UTC View PostI felt bad that I didn’t even know the man’s name. He’d volunteered to be used as a sacrifice, though they claimed they did not see it as a sacrifice. When I proposed the spell, Freya had sug...
2024-01-17 17:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostI clenched my teeth in frustration looking through the numbers. I knew they would’ve been much worse if Freya had not been there to support me, and if I had not created the additional necromancer...
2024-01-15 17:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostA relatively simple ritual was sketched out around Ehud. I was part of the ritual, standing at the edge along with a pile of death cores on the other side.
“Okay, when this starts, it will ...
2024-01-12 19:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostInquisitor Cleric of Olattee
Archbishop of Olattee
Level: 175
Inquisitor clerics have ta...
2024-01-10 17:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostBarriers erected by Othniel and Jiar contrasted against the barrage as they held off the assault. I was glad they remembered, because that would’ve been a nasty attack to take head on.
The ...
2024-01-08 17:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostA priest poked his head over the top of the crenulations around the guard building, which was basically a squat tower, his spell already directed at me. I struck first. The priest had made the mist...
2024-01-05 17:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostUndead smashed together, their unfeeling bodies crushing each other. The flesh golem’s tore apart dozens at a time, absorbing them and growing. This kind of brutal melee was exactly what they wan...
2024-01-03 17:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostThe priest struck first. I really hadn’t been planning on chasing him onto the bridge, even after Raven had told me. But when he ran, I decided I just couldn’t let him go.
My precognition...
2024-01-02 17:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostHarris Aeacus did his best to hide his disdain for the lower city. After all, the archbishop had sent him here to carry out his holy mission. He dare not wag his tongue about how the residents of t...
2024-01-01 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe litter stopped in front of us. The four corners were made of carved black ivory, and the roof was made of dark brown wood taken from something called a demon tree. The perfectly muscled living ...
2023-12-29 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post“How can we be so certain that he won’t betray us?” Maxwell asked as we marched away from the fort in the pass.
“I can’t really,” I admitted. “But what I do know is that he alon...
2023-12-28 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostI ground my teeth and took the blow. The barrier projected by my armor shattered, dissipating the attack around me like water. The residual magic still stung, but I ignored it. Leaping into the air...
2023-12-27 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostAs I rushed towards the Paladin, Abimelech noticed and moved to support me. I waved her aside, the mental connection I had with her conveying my intent. I wanted to test myself against this man. I ...
2023-12-26 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostAs I spun the wheel, the noise from the door grew louder, my eye never leaving the drawbridge, Come on, Raven, I thought. If the drawbridge did not fall, this would be pointless.
The...
2023-12-25 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostA pile of bones and flesh lay before me, prepared by my necromancers and already flooded death mana. I cast a simple undead construct, and the bones and small amounts of flesh were picked up, infus...
2023-12-22 17:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostWe marched out of Ostia two days after Aaron’s arrival. It was enough time that the ravens should have spread our message, but also little enough time that I doubted any forces would be mobilized...
2023-12-21 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostI had gotten less experience from the conquering of the city than at Dead Water. It was a smaller city size with a smaller garrison. Still, it had been enough to give me another level and I put the...
2023-12-20 17:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostWhen I came back to myself, I was surprised that I was still standing, having assumed I would’ve fallen down. The big raven on my arm cawed at me again, then flapped its wings, leaping into the a...
2023-12-19 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe door opened, gray light spilling into my mindscape, and Ekwin stepped out. He wore the exact same tailored suit as last time. The world resumed moving when he talked. “Shad’ehki, you know y...
2023-12-18 17:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostMy orders to the troops had been to not kill anyone who was not a threat to them, but still try and contain the populace where possible. Most of the citizens just hid in their houses.
I expec...
2023-12-15 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostI caught the dagger out of the air that Raven tossed to me. I held the priest down on the altar. The powerful death energy contained within beginning to leak out through the ritual. Nothing had fun...
2023-12-14 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostCaptain Core patrolled the street leading past the temple of Olattee when the fog arrived. He was immediately suspicious, as this was the wrong time of year for fog this thick. He was no wizard, bu...
2023-12-13 17:00:35 +0000 UTC View Post“What do you think?” I asked Raven when she came into the tent we had set up.
Raven examined the construct sitting before me. “I think this is your best attempt yet, though it still sme...
2023-12-12 17:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post“This was the start of your great dominion then? And the beginning of the wandering horror?” Marissa asked excitedly.
“You know about that thing?” Ezekiel gave her a wry smile. “I w...
2023-12-12 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post“My name is Ezekiel Verniac,” my voice boomed across the arena and the town around it. The stands were full, the news of the failure of the invasion having already spread when players were &nbs...
2023-12-11 17:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post“What!?” I snapped. Even with my attention directed towards the top of the dungeon, I couldn’t quite sense it like I once did, so I looked at Kellnock.
“There is a large group of boun...
2023-12-08 16:59:06 +0000 UTC View PostDamien and Ilore were on the edges of my mindscape. When I got there, they were working on a ritual in smooth stone. Once I understood it I nodded in approval and asked. “Trying to replicat...
2023-12-07 16:59:41 +0000 UTC View PostAn hour and a half later, and I was already sick and tired of gravitas, foreboding or otherwise. Evidently everything from my relationship with Vito to Kellnock’s level mattered in figuring out t...
2023-12-06 17:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post