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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 8, Chapter 3

“Why are you still following me? I’m not going to run away.”

“We’re not following you,” Saraca replied. “We just happen to be going the same way.”

Most felid Beastmen we...

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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 8, Chapter 2

“I don’t see what’s wrong with going to the fighting pits,” Saraca said. “We’d have gotten around to it eventually anyway. Plus, you like fighting, don’t you?”

Even when Mitra...

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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 8, Chapter 1


18th Day, Middle Water Month, 0CE



Saraca wasn’t sure if he would meet Rana Saj again, but they ha...

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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 7, Chapter 10

26th Day, Upper Water Month, 0 CE



Dozens of warbands trickled in over the next day, gratefully taking shelter within the embankments and dry shelters raised by ...

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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 7, Chapter 9

21st Day, Upper Water Month, 0 CE



“Get out of here?” Rana Saj’s incredulous voice filled the silence following Mitra’s statement, “But we just got her...

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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 7, Chapter 8

17th Day, Upper Water Month, 0 CE



“Not fair.”

“Complain to your wife.”

“Kasturi will just laugh in my face,” Girika grumbled. “Our Gla...

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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 7, Chapter 7

As always, a higher-resolution map can be opened in a new window/tab.


14th Day, Upper Water Month, 0 CE


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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 7, Chapter 6

“So,” Saraca asked, “what did you find out?”

Rana Saj and Rana Pwilere looked from Saraca to Mitra with confused expressions.

“Thirty thousand Yeti tribespeople,” Mitra rubb...

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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 7, Chapter 5

7th Day, Upper Water Month, 0 CE



“So, how do we split things up?”

“I’m staying behind the lines,” Devi said. “You won’t catch me romping aro...

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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 7, Chapter 4


6th Day, Upper Water Month, 0 CE



It took a week of paddling up the Rol’en’gorek to reach the Cl...

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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 7, Chapter 3


28th Day, Lower Earth Month, 0 CE




Following Devi’s discovery, Saraca shifted the focus...

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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 7, Chapter 2



26th Day, Lower Earth Month, 0 CE



“Go west, young hunter, go west!”

The ardent...

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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 7, Chapter 1

14th Day, Lower Earth Month, 0 CE



“I’m beginning to wonder if all of the west is just a giant desert. No, I’m past wondering – it is just a gia...

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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 6, Chapter 11

Ilyshn’ish continued following Nemel around on her tour of Warden’s Vale and its nearby villages. As evening fell, they returned to the minion base and Nemel went out to subjugate three more Go...

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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 6, Chapter 10

Ilyshn’ish crawled on her hands and knees, upside down on the ceiling of her lair. She fished out a platinum coin and fixed it to the ice. It was the five hundredth coin attached to the ceiling, ...

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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 6, Chapter 9

27th Day, Upper Wind Month, 1 CE


Another misty morning came and Nemel set off to conduct a more thorough investigation of Warden’s Vale. Fendros, Elise and Ida came with...

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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 6, Chapter 8

“We’re back…”

Nemel shuffled back into her base camp. Its occupants looked up from their work. Fendros, Elise and Ida rose from their seats at the campfire.

“Are you alright?...

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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 6, Chapter 7

26th Day, Upper Wind Month, 1 CE


The following morning, Nemel left her tent – fully dressed this time – stretching away the night’s laziness while she examined the d...

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Map Preview

We're getting close, so here's a map preview for the second part of The Tiger and the Dragon.

I'm not sure if the image will work properly since it's so huge, so it may take a few tries... View Post

The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 6, Chapter 6

25th Day, Upper Wind Month, 1 CE


In the darkness of the night, Nemel lay alone, staring at the ceiling of her manor. It was a small manor – a tent, really – and the ce...

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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 6, Chapter 5

23rd Day, Upper Wind Month, 1 CE


Rivulets of frigid water ran down the scales of Ilyshn’ish’s neck as her head surfaced from the waters of her lair. A low growl filled...

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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 6, Chapter 4

24th Day, Upper Wind Month, 1 CE


Studying was hard when one was cold, wet, and miserable. Additionally, it was not so much studying as it was trying to figure out what Fen...

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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 6, Chapter 3

23rd Day, Upper Wind Month, 1 CE


Their ship came out of a narrow canyon with towering walls and intermittent falls into a long highland vale. Though they weren’t as tall...

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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 6, Chapter 2

Arwintar had monumental architecture aplenty, but there weren’t ten-metre-tall statues of any Emperors in the city. E-Rantel had two statues of its reigning sovereign standing on either ...

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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 6, Chapter 1

22nd Day, Upper Wind Month, 1 CE



“So, let me get this straight,” Ida said. “We were teleported here from the opposite side of the Empire, then we were tel...

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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 5, Chapter 12

A hulking form filled the alley, its fur matted by the cold drops pattering off of the walls and slick clay. Liam crouched on a windowsill above, dagger clutched in his right hand.

He held hi...

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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 5, Chapter 11

19th Day, Upper Wind Month, 1 CE, 0300 Hours


In the stillness of the night, a thick mist crept over the shore and spilt over the piers of Helama. From the bow of Ruin...

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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 5, Chapter 10

18th Day, Upper Wind Month, 1 CE, 2000 Hours


“Yeah! Shake it, boss!”

Tira danced on the main deck of Ruin’s Wake. The grandmaster of Ijaniya was adorn...

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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 5, Chapter 9

18th Day, Upper Wind Month, 1 CE, 1300 Hours


“Hmm, what can I say…”

A wisp of frigid air raised the hairs on Liam’s arms. The source of that frigid air – a...

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The Tiger and the Dragon: Act 5, Chapter 8

“You should start a romance subplot between Julian and Ludwig.”

Florine nearly tripped over her own feet.

“Julian…and Ludwig?”

“Yeah.”

“But you’re...

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