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The Third Gate: Chapter Twenty

“Are you ready to learn some new spells?” Meadow asked. Dusk said that she didn’t think she was, but I nodded. 

Meadow tipped her head to Dusk. 

“That’s reasonable. ...

The Third Gate: Chapter Nineteen

The combination of Beast Mage Soul and Magister’s Body had become the foundation for my role as a beast mage, which I was embracing with gusto. More than that, it acted as a powerful support for ...

The Effaced: Chapter Eighteen

Hadiya pulled the automobile into a garage – a real garage, intended for nothing but holding automobiles, as luxurious of a waste of space as I could imagine – and rune covered plates of thick,...

The Cursed Legacy

The early story of the Countermage is seen as a tragedy. 

Born in the southern parts of the Elohi continent during the Sun and Moon Queen’s crusade to root out the petty tyrants of the...

What If: Part One

Asked By Doug Driggs: What if Evan and Osheen switched places, and Evan was born a Roark and Osheen was an orphan adopted by Aldvarri?

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Evander Roark ...

The Effaced: Chapter Seventeen

With one stream of my consciousness, I was walking with Kelly, slowly making our way through the city, keeping on the move so the constables didn’t suspect us, and so anyone tracking us would hav...

The Effaced: Chapter Sixteen

Kelly was screaming behind me, but I didn’t have the time or energy to care. I spun out a series of spells, one using my experimental rune bond, focused on myself, and the other a metal spell, al...

The Third Gate: Chapter Eighteen

For those of you who got this notification twice: There was the small but important matter of his ascension treasures that I accidentally skipped. Sorry!

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BMSMBC, aka the Beast Mage Soul and Magister's Body Connection?

Malachi really needs to come up with a snappy two-word name for his full-gate spells...

Also, I'll note that since there are two yes options, a vote for either one counts as a vote for ye...

The Third Gate: Chapter Seventeen

The last month of recovery before I could use my magic passed quietly but contentedly, Last-Breath turning to Final-Ice without any fanfare. 

I wound up splurging and spending some of my...

What If?

This was inspired by John Bierce's (https://www.patreon.com/johnbierce/posts ) what if!

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No r...

The Third Gate: Chapter Sixteen

The following week was surprisingly busy for us. Olive completed her checks on Dusk and me, and after allowing our spirits to be scanned and copied into the wards as – still painful for me, but n...

The Third Gate: Chapter Fifteen

“Of course I’ll be there,” I said. “If it turns out that I’m supposed to have a magma estragon as a familiar, then I’ll take one. If I’m not fated to, I won’t.” 

Dusk a...

The Effaced: Chapter Fifteen

I found myself riding in an automobile for the second time in as many days, and contemplated just how strange my life had become.

“This an alright point for you sirs?” the man driving the...

The Effaced: Chapter Fourteen

The Contractor and I sat across from one another at a small, but lavish, wooden dining table as a servant who I thought was probably a demon, but wasn’t entirely sure, poured us drinks. I held up...

The Effaced: Chapter Thirteen

I paused for a second, as I expected that a lone figure would probably be on my side. It didn’t stop me from preparing my defensive spells, of course, but I didn’t attack. 

“That�...

The Third Gate: Chapter Fourteen

Octavian waved us through the gates, and we passed by some vendors selling assorted snacks, even though it was early in the morning. There were the classics, like pretzels and iced drinks and popco...

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This is going to be a big vote!

The Third Gate: Chapter Thirteen

We bartered back and forth for a bit, before Kene and I finally accepted that we would each take a suitable item for ourselves if there was one, as well as an eighth of whatever was there.

Af...

The Third Gate: Chapter Twelve

Kene and I spent the following week wandering through Delitone, doing all of the fun, tourist stuff that I didn’t think I’d have had the opportunity to before. We looked at the massive ward wal...

The Effaced: Chapter Twelve

Eighteen years ago, I stood in a training room, Aniseed standing across from me. My mentor was spinning a staff in one hand, while she kept an eye on me. Water was condensing out of the air along t...

The Terrible Date

This is a continuation / follow up of The Serpent and the Siren

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Emery studied Ian as the other man slurped up a spaghetti noodle into his mouth. Ian had asked him something a moment a...

The Effaced: Chapter Eleven

I could feel it the moment the Undercity and the Fallen Void began to intersect. It was… strange. A faint tingling along my spine, and something in the primal part of my brain that shouted that I...

The Effaced: Chapter Ten

While I charged up Zone’s aura crystals, I considered what, exactly, my next move would be. 

Those private military people had shown up ready for a fight, and armed to the teeth. Given...

The Third Gate: Chapter Eleven

No vote this week, I'm afraid. Hopefully, it should be back to normal soon, but right now, there's a lot of groundwork being laid.
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Without much to do in Delitone until ...

The Third Gate: Chapter Ten

The following morning, I emerged from Dusk’s realm to see Ikki sitting on a park bench, reading a book. The moment I stepped out, he shut the book and nodded. 

“Before we begin with ...

The Third Gate: Chapter Nine

While Meadow and Ikki went to make a reservation for dinner, Kene, Dusk, and I made our way towards the dragon sanctuary, which was… Disappointing. 

Not that the sanctuary was disappoi...

The Effaced: Chapter Nine

A moment after the door shut, lights blazed across the wall as layer after layer of wards engaged, wrapping the entire room in a cocoon of protective magic. The attention diverting ward that surrou...