Alise and Theo stood on the road west of the square, looking over a plot of land next to the Adventurer’s Guild. They decided on the best place to plant the [Butcher’s Seed Core]. Being so near...
2023-05-05 11:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Hooray Friday is here again.
I have to get back to writing Newt and Demon soon, but not quite yet. So, no news about that. I almost have an ending for it, but I needed a breath so I could mak...
2023-05-04 17:10:43 +0000 UTC
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Theo woke the next morning feeling refreshed. Good experiments within the Dreamwalk, a new ability, and the waving away of cloudy thoughts found him eager to meet the day. Whatever happened, he was...
2023-04-28 11:02:01 +0000 UTC
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Fenian agreed to stay the night in Broken Tusk. His Karatan needed to recharge, and that gave Theo enough time to complete the [Hallow Ground] order. The order was simple enough to fill, but there ...
2023-04-28 11:01:06 +0000 UTC
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Shafts of sunlight broke through Theo’s window, but that wasn’t the reason he woke from the Dreamwalk. Emerging from that ethereal realm was more like stepping from one room to the other, only ...
2023-04-28 11:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Last week was dominated by life events, so that's why there wasn't an update then.
So, first on the list of updates. My keyboard is dying. Yay! While my switches are rated for someth...
2023-04-27 17:36:26 +0000 UTC
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Theo wasn’t surprised with the [Refined Dexterity Essence] he’d brewed. It was made from cultivated and aligned ingredients that had been distilled. It was almost the peak of his abili...
2023-04-21 11:02:01 +0000 UTC
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Theo woke the next morning to find Tresk cradling the egg in her arms. She had a rare look on her face, one of soft sympathy. While his companion cooed at the rocky egg, the alchemist considered wh...
2023-04-21 11:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Alise didn’t take the discovery of the egg well. Theo found an old satchel in Azrug’s crates, although he supposed those were Salire’s crates now, and nestled the egg inside. He created an op...
2023-04-21 11:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Short update for this week.
3rd tier patrons got more advanced chapters, 6 releasing today. I'll have to update the tiers to reflect this, but I anticipate this happening again in the future....
2023-04-14 13:48:16 +0000 UTC
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Tresk remained in the harbor for as long as she could. When the sun crawled closer to the early afternoon, she was off. Theo watched her bound off, climbing the hills to the north. He couldn’t se...
2023-04-14 11:05:01 +0000 UTC
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Theo spent little of his time in the Dreamwalk working. He sat with Tresk, going over the events of the day. She retold the story of what happened in the town hall, presenting herself as the fearle...
2023-04-14 11:04:01 +0000 UTC
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Zarali was the only one dressed up for the dinner. Khahar remained in his tattered loincloth. Alise had brought Nira as her guest, both of them wearing their simple clothes, and Tresk was still cov...
2023-04-14 11:03:00 +0000 UTC
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“Was that so hard?” Tresk asked.
“Hmmm? What?” Khahar asked.
Zan’kir was glued to the battlements of the wall. He shuddered as though he wanted to speak, but nothing came out....
2023-04-14 11:02:01 +0000 UTC
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Xol’sa’s tower was strewn with what could only be described as junk. Since he arrived in Broken Tusk, bringing all his belongings, he’d only accumulated more. Every available shelf was full o...
2023-04-14 11:01:01 +0000 UTC
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The garden golems were doing a fantastic job of harvesting random reagents and keeping the weeds at bay. They understood how to recharge themselves using the [Dimensional Storage Crate], and seemed...
2023-04-14 11:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Theo often wondered how he ran the town without support. He stood with Alise as the sun set over Broken Tusk, looking from the eastern wall. The bridge was done, a surprise to everyone, and they we...
2023-04-07 11:02:01 +0000 UTC
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Theo was done with his greenhouses for the day. He made a list of things he could do for the rest of the day, finding himself falling into a familiar trap. He put too much on his own plate too ofte...
2023-04-07 11:01:02 +0000 UTC
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Alran’s sudden appearance in Broken Tusk sent shockwaves through the town. News traveled fast, even as the town grew larger. As Theo and Alran exited the town hall, the concept of an alliance was...
2023-04-07 11:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Phew, alright... Busy week. Really busy week. I think I'm still ahead of where I need to be, but you know. The hardest part about writing a book is ending it. Even if I know the ending to Book 3.
2023-04-06 17:35:42 +0000 UTC
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Theo did his best to avoid the wine served at the feast. Xam had imported a watered berry wine from Rivers and Daub. While it was likely not strong enough to affect a Half-Ogre, even by the barrel ...
2023-03-31 11:02:59 +0000 UTC
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A thin thread of willpower stretched between Theo and the [Lesser Mud Golem]. It was a strange mix between a foreign will and his own, not battling for dominance, but working together to make the t...
2023-03-31 11:02:00 +0000 UTC
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Xam served a feast on the night of the 58th day of the Season of Blooms. The Dying of the Blooms festival was the signal that the season was over, but there were still a few weeks left in the seaso...
2023-03-31 11:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Woohoo. Friday.
So, I went through my schedule and realized I'm gonna die. Not literally, but figuratively if I try to release 2 stories at a time. I know I can post a story and put it on hia...
2023-03-30 13:52:26 +0000 UTC
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Broken Tusk was bustling by the time Theo made it to the center of town. It had been long enough since Theo made his way to the general housing area, and he was eager to see what kind of town plann...
2023-03-24 11:02:01 +0000 UTC
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Theo enjoyed his soak in the pool for as long as he could. He wasn’t as eager to get into the Dreamwalk as he was in the past, owing to his ever-growing cores. [Drogramath Herbalism Core] was at ...
2023-03-24 11:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Tresk’s efforts to help with gardening and alchemy should have been dangerous. Theo’s instincts, and the many warnings on skills related to essences, held that to be true. But she worked with t...
2023-03-24 11:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Coming back to write the Newt and Demon after being away from it for a month has been fun. I found it effortless to pick it back up again. The vibe is very steady, so I'm not really worrying about ...
2023-03-23 17:00:34 +0000 UTC
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Theo wasn’t surprised where Tresk wanted to spend her time in the Dreamwalk. While she soaked in the bathhouse, not content with the few hours they had in the waking world, the alchemist worked o...
2023-03-17 11:02:01 +0000 UTC
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Theo returned to his lab, dodging the crowd that formed to marvel at the new town hall. He had a sense that his stills were done cooking, and his reserve tanks were full of [Refined Healing Essence...
2023-03-17 11:01:02 +0000 UTC
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