I looked down at the child in her crib. She was small, less than a year old if I had to guess, with lovely blonde hair that fell over her eyes. She cried, cried for a mother who'd never...
2023-05-30 15:49:53 +0000 UTC View PostMonths after the cold had begun it slowly began to lessen. It ended much as it started, with one day a warm wind blowing through the village. Sure, there was still snow, and it was stil...
2023-05-30 14:40:36 +0000 UTC View PostI wasn't as fast as the knights who led the way, and they certainly didn't want me to come with them, but I wasn't going to be denied. My tracker was strapped down to my side and deactivated, and I...
2023-05-26 18:16:38 +0000 UTC View PostNinden and I stood over our empty trap. There were enough in the area that we were splitting into smaller groups, everyone was nearby, but for the moment, we were alone.
Winter w...
2023-05-26 16:26:51 +0000 UTC View PostThe thing about crying was, eventually you had to stop. It wasn't like you wanted to, or were really done, but at a certain time, you just ran out. I wasn't sure when exactly this happened, or how ...
2023-05-24 15:24:48 +0000 UTC View PostIsha had pulled me to the side, us getting a rare moment of privacy so we could talk.
"I kept practicing last night," she said, bouncing on the balls of her feet.
2023-05-23 14:06:00 +0000 UTC View Post
I was numb, cold, there was nothing. All around me there were screams and panic, but I felt like I'd been frozen in ice. Some people were still fleeing the room, or trying to fix the wa...
2023-05-19 09:52:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe day had been long and I was tired, but there were things that deserved my attention.
I stood back and watched as mother wove the last of her magic, vines flowing and grasping...
2023-05-19 08:24:26 +0000 UTC View PostIt was done, and I had done it. The emperor was dead, his rival was dead, all around me it looked like the battle was closing. I wonder who won in the end? Did it really matter?&n...
2023-05-17 17:52:04 +0000 UTC View PostI had dreams of shining cities of steel and glass, beautiful in form and in function, sadly I was very limited by my materials. Currently I was looking at a mostly destroyed village barely in...
2023-05-16 14:09:03 +0000 UTC View PostIt had taken me moments to find them through the absolute chaos that was this attack, but find them I did. I'd teleported myself to the roof they were on and was weaving spell after spell into plac...
2023-05-12 23:14:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe rest of the village was still moments away as the monster slammed its jaws down on the hunter. If it was smart it might have well understood the danger this man who could find it posed to...
2023-05-11 22:22:54 +0000 UTC View PostLorrae
Once again I pulled back my mana, readying a new spell. Years I'd trained, using ancient documents, and now this upstart was matching me blow for blow. Honestly I didn't k...
2023-05-09 20:24:18 +0000 UTC View PostThe men had left us some hours ago, heading out in their group to try and destroy the last of the monsters hunting our tribe. I stood near the back of the cave, watching, keeping an eye on everyone...
2023-05-08 23:52:38 +0000 UTC View PostIt took only a few seconds for the first of the staff to charge into the ballroom declaring that the castle was under attack. She was shortly followed by guards from several directions, both to che...
2023-05-07 00:56:16 +0000 UTC View PostI awoke to find myself laid down on the cold stone. While it took me several moments to realize where I was after the initial shock of waking up somewhere new my brain caught up. I'd suggested this...
2023-05-05 03:18:09 +0000 UTC View PostNever before had I been to the official parts of the old royal palace. Sure, I'd been in the back rooms when I'd helped to save Lief, but we were going to the proper entrance now, and I felt specia...
2023-05-04 02:02:04 +0000 UTC View PostDays off were a resource that I seldom got anymore. Not because of my actual job, no, they had plenty of time for me to go and do as I please regularly, but because I had my own projects.&nbs...
2023-04-30 02:32:11 +0000 UTC View PostDistracted mother may have been by the incoming crisis, but forgotten I was not. While her sister, the traitor, quickly wrapped my creations in a small leather pouch I was led back to where the gro...
2023-04-29 01:53:27 +0000 UTC View PostI sat opposite of Mystien, both of us flipping through papers. While Dras had gone into production of gates, I'd managed to push myself into research and development, looking particularly into how ...
2023-04-26 02:41:02 +0000 UTC View PostAn alarm rang, nothing more than a simple timer, but one made not with wheels and cogs, rather with magic. It wasn't much, but it was something that most people of this would would never own, never...
2023-04-22 02:40:19 +0000 UTC View PostThe next few years were much of the same. I slowly tried to figure out what to add to our tribe, while also trying not to draw too much attention. Magic slowly, but surely grew in skill and strengt...
2023-04-21 00:25:54 +0000 UTC View PostIt took days for me to be back up and running properly. The priests that they'd brought in to heal me had assured me that I'd recover in time, but also encouraged me to hold off on casting an...
2023-04-18 19:38:37 +0000 UTC View PostUlanion
Our group fled back to the city at speed, the... whatever that was, was gone, and now we could return home. The fortress would be where we went just as soon as we c...
2023-04-14 17:12:06 +0000 UTC View PostWeeks after what was now being referred to as the 'ice cave incident' a number of the men gathered us boys up. At this point most of the anger had fallen away and punishments ended. I was sometimes...
2023-04-13 10:54:10 +0000 UTC View PostI spent the rest of the day more than a bit dejected. We were of course given all the supplies we needed, more than enough to plug up the hole in the lake. It felt like ash in my mouth as we headed...
2023-04-12 03:07:33 +0000 UTC View PostSince Elevation is now going onto RR there are going to be a few changes to tiers and the like.
1. First of all, those of you only interested in Melody and what you're already getting w...
2023-04-11 02:06:54 +0000 UTC View PostAdia
As soon as we were home the boys ran off, and all I could do was sigh. They were all hard working on their trapping though, so we could let them skimp on the evening chores....
2023-04-11 01:29:11 +0000 UTC View Post
The cover art for Elevation just came in, thought I'd share it with all of you.
Special thanks to kylearts, link to him below.
The bells sounded harsh and clear through the morning light as our party sped towards the gate. Something was wrong, something was so, so very wrong, and I had an idea what. The only thing holding ...
2023-04-08 02:25:46 +0000 UTC View Post