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FG, Ch 86

“I…I don’t know what to say…”

For the first time since he’d been summoned to the world of Thea, Marcus Graham was looking at something he actually wanted.

“That makes a c...

CC: Chapter 82

The roar of the crowd could be heard even through the thickness of the Eternal Dragon Quarters.

XJ-V and Feng-Lung sat staring at the ground, their heads almost knocking together as each man ...

FG: Book 1 Epilogue

Silas stared through the cracked windows of his Summoning Chamber, watching the meagre force of ratguard bustle about as they tried to spruce up the place in preparation for the King’s arrival.&n...

FG: Chapter 85

“We’re gonna make it, son!” Marvin screamed above the death-rattle of the rocket that was currently on course to turn them both into mincemeat.

No, Marcus thought again as he looked int...

FG: Chapter 84

The First-Talon watched the eyes of the Talon-Commander of Clan Red-Eye in the split second he had before the latter lunged with his machete, killing instincts well and truly taking over now.

CC: Chapter 81

“Sit down, Disciple Jung,” Longhua said.

The Disciple standing dutifully before both Masters of Ramor-Tai did as he was instructed. He moved as one unperturbed by notions of rebuke, perha...

FG: Chapter 83

The unlit staircase of the Grindlefecht West Tower seemed to stretch on forever as he stumbled up their dank, dust-strewn steps.

“How much farther?” he asked his companion.

“To th...

FG: Chapter 82

Silas licked his lips in the face of Marcus’s pain and the urgency of his question.

His answer was no less urgent: “In exchange for your transportation, I will require some small payment....

CC: Chapter 80

“VICTOR: XJ-V OF THE ETERNAL DRAGON!”

He really was getting tired of hearing that man’s voice…

But you’ll be traveling with him if you win, will you not?Arha was fond of remin...

CC: Chapter 79

The atmosphere of the arena had grown so quiet that you could practically feel the renewed tension in the air.

“Mark you, XJ-V,” Fai-Deng whispered as he nodded at the arena....

FG: Chapter 81

“Quite a thing, isn’t it? To live in terror.”

Marcus looked into the dark beyond his cell, trying to make out the creature that spoke in clearer tones than anyone he’d ev...

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CC: Chapter 78

“ARE YOU READY, RAMOR-TAI!?”

The Planeswalker was doing his best, but the atmosphere in the colosseum was decidedly less electric than XJ-V remembered. It had only been a few hours since ...

FG: Chapter 80

“‘Honor’?” Marcus spat back at Skeever. “You have a funny way of showing it, Skeever Steelclaw."

The Talon-Commander shook his proud snout. Whatever his aspirations were, he clearly...

CC: Chapter 77

'Full Disclosure'

Master Longhua sat in quiet meditation high above the colosseum pit, having covered the viewing window with a thin screen of moving shadow.

It was a break sorel...

FG: Chapter 79

A single torch sconce burned bright against the darkness of Grindlefecht’s fourth dungeon.

Most of its underground chambers had survived the initial assault and the subsequent collapse. The...

FG: Chapter 78

Marcus stared through his groggy eyes at his servant, watching the high priest work his magic, weaving threads of restorative energy through his gnarled fingertips. Energy that he sorely needed him...

CC: Chapter 76

“Arha knew you would win! She just knew it!”

“Well…that makes one of us.”

XJ-V sat on the concrete bed of the tournament entrants’ quarters, thinking for the first time that...

FG: Chapter 77

“How do you do it?”

He asked her the question in what felt like a vacuum, the stars above serving as the only reminders that he was still on earth.

“Do w...

CC: Chapter 75

XJ-V unleashed a barrage of Dragon’s Teeth to keep Fai occupied while he charged his next technique. His Tiger Brother ducked through two of his firebolts before crashing through the last one, hi...

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Thanks for being here to support my writing. Coming up on Fantasy General we have the conclusion of book 1 (The end of the Siege of Grindlef...

FG: Chapter 76

As he let Ix’s limp arm fall from his hand, Marcus felt only a dull numbness take over him.

He ignored Deekius’ words meant to console his fading spirit, and instead stumbled away...

CC: Chapter 74

The tiger wasn’t holding back.

The Lightning Claws he sent arcing round the circumference were stronger, faster, and far brighter than ever before.

“Witness the staple of the Tiger...

CC: Chapter 73

“Brother Mah-Jung has emerged victorious! Commiserations to good Brother Mal’Thorl of the Eternal Dragon!”

XJ-V sat in the seclusion of the Dragon Quarters of Spearclaw. He had been try...

FG: Chapter 75

“-ire! Sire!”

The world was a blur of sound and fury.

Marcus’s eyes opened to reveal the bloody form of Deekius above him, his hood long since singed and discarded, revealing a fa...

FG: Chapter 74

The once sprinting Kobolds of Grindlefecht had dropped their weapons before Talon-Commander Ix. They threw themselves to the ground, faces twisted, doubled-over with fear. As soon as the ashen cove...

CC: Chapter 72

From the shuddering earth beneath Ramor-Tai monastery, something was rising.

The Disciples staggered back as the ground shook, cracks appearing in the ancient stonework of the Ramor-Tai cour...

FG: Chapter 73

“FIRE!”

The cannons roars ripped through the dank, dust-filled air, tearing into the Kobold’s uncoordinated mass with the ease of an eagle in a dovecot. The cannonballs struck true, spl...

CC: Chapter 71

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Not there…not…yet…

The fog was obscured. His path was uneven.

Closer…find the owl…

He was searching for the f...

CC: Chapter 70

Mah-Jung found himself in a kind of trance these last few days.

He often wandered the walls and courtyards of the Eternal Dragon commune on the occasions when he was not Dao-Walking or traini...