Book 3 - Chapter 7
“Hogg, what sort of ranged weapons do you have on hand?”
Hogg winced, in the way that a person might if he tried to shrug before realizing that his body still wasn’t working quite the w...
2024-03-22 21:16:06 +0000 UTC View Post
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Book 3 - Chapter 6
Brin woke up the next day to the sun shining straight in his eyes. It was well past dawn, and the sun had long since dried up any dew on the grass, but Brin still felt it in the dampness of his clo...
2024-03-20 22:46:36 +0000 UTC View PostBook 3 - Chapter 5.5
Not a chapter, this is Brin's current status screen.
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Name Brin isu Yambul
Age 13
Race Huma...
2024-03-16 17:50:50 +0000 UTC View PostBook 3 - Chapter 5
“You poor, poor dear. I can’t believe you had to live in a place like that!” Lumina held Brin tightly against her chest, stroking his hair as if calming down a frightened animal.
“I d...
2024-03-15 17:45:29 +0000 UTC View PostBook 3 - Chapter 4
Brin didn’t expect Calisto’s shop to be open on the way back. It was still before dawn after all, but he saw a light on inside. He ran back and grabbed the glassware he’d made for the [Alchem...
2024-03-13 19:18:22 +0000 UTC View PostBook 3 - Chapter 3
The workshop looked exactly like he’d last seen it. Only a few of the tools on the workbench in the puppet-making side of the room had been touched, and nothing in the glassmaking section. Almost...
2024-03-09 00:46:08 +0000 UTC View PostBook 3 - Chapter 2
"I've been learning the Language with the [Enchantress] in town. I understood the words you were saying just now," said Brin.
"Did you? Show me something you can do," said Lumina.
Bri...
Book 3 - Chapter 1
Brin reluctantly entered the temple of the gods in Hammon’s Bog. He immediately felt the urge to leave again before something crazy happened, but schooled himself. He couldn’t keep avoiding thi...
2024-03-02 06:33:31 +0000 UTC View PostChapter notice
Today's chapter will be delayed. I'm still working on it, and it won't be ready by the regular time. I'm still committed to posting it today, and there will still be two chapters this week.
I...
2024-02-28 17:42:19 +0000 UTC View PostStory Update
Hey, just thought I'd check in and let you know my plans going forward. Book 2: Bog Standard Illusionist is finished. I was heavily considering doing an epilogue, but I don't think the story needs ...
2024-02-19 23:23:40 +0000 UTC View PostBook 2 - Chapter 48
The next day, Hammon’s Bog was a flurry of activity. He’d expected to see weeping and depression. He’d envisioned sorrowful and depressed people idly picking through the rubble of their homes...
2024-02-16 21:50:54 +0000 UTC View PostBook 2 - Chapter 47
"Impossible!" said Awnadil. She raised a shaky finger accusingly at Lumina.
Lumina tossed her golden hair back and flashed a sparkling smile. "Impossible, she calls me. I rather like that, ve...
2024-02-15 06:05:59 +0000 UTC View PostBook 2 - Chapter 46
Author's Note: I recently had conversations with several Alpha readers, who had the consensus that I didn't do quite enough to build up to this reveal. I've got a lot of great ideas on ways...
2024-02-10 19:25:46 +0000 UTC View PostBook 2 - Chapter 45
The four of them ran towards town. When Myra was too slow, Davi hefted her over his shoulder, despite her protests. They dashed at a full sprint, at least for a couple yards until Zilly went down. ...
2024-02-07 18:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostBook 2 - Chapter 44
Brin had expected that Myra would be here at the snake pond. Tawna had left a pretty big hint that she’d be coming this way. It was lucky they had Marksi, though, because if Myra was really under...
2024-02-02 20:53:43 +0000 UTC View PostBook 2 - Chapter 43
Brin forced himself to believe they actually had a chance. Despite how much he terrified everyone, Simao wasn’t invincible. Actually, if he remembered correctly, Simao was underleveled for his ag...
2024-01-31 21:20:01 +0000 UTC View PostBook 2 - Chapter 42
After the defenders dispersed, Brin followed Kevim to try to get a word with him. He hung back while Kevim conferred with what was left of the town’s leadership, following along behind quietly. K...
2024-01-27 19:10:47 +0000 UTC View PostToday's chapter will be late
I was stuck in trainings for work all week so the writing fell a little bit behind. Today's chapter will be posted tonight or tomorrow at the latest.
2024-01-26 17:56:17 +0000 UTC View PostBook 2 - Chapter 41
The old familiar cellar looked completely different illuminated by Tawna’s burning cape. On the way over, he’d followed behind her and gotten a good look at it. It was sewn with the same conste...
2024-01-24 19:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostBook 2 - Chapter 40
Balbi the [Laundress]-[Witch] had a caustic personality and made no attempt to hide the fact that she didn’t like Brin at all, but even so she was surprisingly quick to see reason. As a member of...
2024-01-19 18:13:44 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 39
“May I, Father?” asked the deep, monotone voice. The way the figure held the cloak closed, it looked as if he’d thrown it on in a hurry when Brin had knocked on the door. Pants, boots, and a ...
2024-01-17 18:59:32 +0000 UTC View PostBook 2 - Chapter 38
Brin gripped his spear, waiting for the gates to come down. After the battle yesterday, the town had retreated behind the walls and the undead had been hacking at them ever since. Even Bog Standard...
2024-01-12 18:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostBook 2 - Chapter 37
Brin stood in the reserve line, a shield in one hand and a spear with a glass head in the other. Myra had come through with his heat-vision-blocking clothes, and he’d put them on under Perris’ ...
2024-01-10 18:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostBook 2 - Chapter 36
The next day, life in Hammon’s Bog was strangely normal. The milk was still delivered to his doorstep. The [Laundress], the one who wasn’t a [Witch], still delivered his clean clothes, and he h...
2024-01-05 18:43:16 +0000 UTC View PostBook 2 - Chapter 35
They passed through the center of town on their way to the other gate, and the town square was completely packed full of livestock. All of the Pimental’s cows, Odilon’s sheep, as well as every ...
2024-01-03 18:51:48 +0000 UTC View PostBook 2 - Chapter 34
Brin followed Hogg down the streets of Hammon’s Bog, ignoring his attempts to send him home. There was no way he was going to sit around at home when there was an attack going on. The worst was t...
2023-12-28 02:54:25 +0000 UTC View PostBook 2 - Lumina Interlude
Lumina sat on the open window sill of the tower, letting her legs swing over the edge, looking down. The tower was absurdly tall, and only a year ago she would've been petrified at this view, but t...
2023-12-22 19:04:31 +0000 UTC View PostBook 2 - Chapter 33
Basil the Bunny removed the knife from Brin’s stomach. Myra’s shirt repaired itself immediately, and the black cloth barely showed the wetness of his blood.
“Go to your room. Don’t g...
Book 2 - Chapter 32
His initial thought was to check it out himself and then warn Hogg if it really turned out to be a problem, but he’d been burned enough times by that line of thinking that he was finally starting...
2023-12-15 20:16:00 +0000 UTC View PostBook 2 - Chapter 31
"The words you want are <<Sumo Addad>>."
Brin repeated them, only taking two tries before he got them down. Of course, nothing happened. He pulled out a shard of glass and formed...