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Announcement: PtM 18 Audiobook

Hey Everyone,

I'm happy to announce that Painting the Mists 18 - Planesfall, is now out on Audible.

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Pandora Unchained - B1C88: Fury

Two chapters today, but no chapter tomorrow. Enjoy ^^.

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The Governor's Manor was not too far from the building they'd been hiding in. The only signs of life they saw was the occasiona...

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Pandora Unchained - B1C87: The Role of a Physician


Sorin had always been a composed person, especially around critical patients, so he found it odd to suddenly reminisce about his childhood as Haley's situation worsened, and Stephan grew...

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Pandora Unchained - B1C86: Hidden Cards


By the time Gareth noticed the elementals, it was too late. Their team could only try to make ground as the shelter collapsed under the weight of the many fists smashing down on it.

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Pandora Unchained - B1C85: Deforestation


Sorin and his companions raced across what used to be the well-maintained cobblestone roads of the Bloodwood Outpost. Vines and tangled roots were spreading rampantly across entire city ...

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Pandora Unchained - B1C84: Breach


Sorin and his team soon discovered that it wasn't just two but four bone-forging cultivators who died in battle that day. The heavy casualties provoked a shuffling in the assi...

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Pandora Unchained - B1C83: A Somber Interlude


No one mentioned Orpheus's condition upon returning to the guild. To any outside observer, it was clear that the greedy cultivator had gone out to take advantage of Team We Don't Need ...

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Pandora Unchained B1C82: Hit and Run


Stephan and the shadow-pawed were both in rough shape. A mixture of red block and black gore covered their bodies, and Stephan's Armor, newly repaired and upgraded since their last rou...

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Pandora Unchained - B1C81: Skirmish Outside the Wall


The curly-horned demonic bull was the fastest of the three demons. The tiger-pawed musk deer, in all its vampiric glory, was just behind it. As for the shadow-pawed demonic badger, Sorin...

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Pandora Unchained - B1C80: The Tide Comes In


The bell tolled a total of six times before letting out, sending a loud and clear message that this was not a drill, and that the demon tide was heading into its final stages. S...

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Pandora Unchained - B1C79: Clan Politics


Mr. Primrose's coffee awoke Sorin to a whole new world of possibilities. "I just – I just can't stop thinking about it," Sorin confessed in an all-too-quick voice. "Poisons. Lots of po...

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Pandora Unchained - B1C78: A Different Kind of Hero


Having a workable escape plan, Sorin focused on the steel door connecting the cellar to the rest of the basement. The door was conspicuous now that they'd rolled the barrels away, so the...

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Pandora Unchained - B1C77: Espionage


"Absolutely not," said Lawrence, throwing himself down on a comfy chair and picking up a cup of hot chocolate. "You listen to me, Sorin Kepler. Drink some hot cocoa and have a few cookie...

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Pandora Unchained - B1C76: Overhaul


"Blink?" said Daphne when Haley confessed her heroic ability. "You mean, like the spell?"

"Like the spell, but without magic," said Haley, looking quite pleased with herself.

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Pandora Unchained - B1Chapter 75: Hero


When Sorin awoke, he found himself inside the Adventurers Guild on a bed reserved for recovering patients. The room was a semi-private one, with two other occupied beds.

"Urgh…" ...

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Pandora Unchained B1C74: Toxic Metabolism

Note: I edited this chapter after posting because the initial chapter didn't quite mesh with my portrayal of Sorin. For one, while Sorin looks out for the common people, he's not completel...

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Pandora Unchained B1C73: Blood Corruption Poison


Mr. Primrose was experienced in assessing environmental contamination. In the time that Sorin was able to brainstorm ten ideas as to what might be the cause of the corruption, the man ...

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Pandora Unchained - B1C72: Toxicology Assessment


The next day was an off-shift day for Team We Don't Need a Life Mage. After verifying that his companions were fine and that they'd all unlocked a few additional silver meridians as he h...

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Pandora Unchained - B1C71: Casualties


Having experienced a harrowing battle, Sorin and Barbara's teams were taken off rotation one day early. "I just got here, and now we're already getting time off?" said Sorin, wincing as ...

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Pandora Unchained - B1C70: Bear VS Stag


The first thing Sorin did after finding Stephan was coldly analyze the situation to see where he could best jump in. Our battle with the minotaur tainted my expectations of what a tw...

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Pandora Unchained - B1C69: Rescue


Time slowed to a crawl as Sorin weaved through ten stunned boars, cutting three in passing to inject a lethal dose of poison. Due to the constraints of the Veridian Smoke Bomb spell, t...

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Pandora Unchained - B1C68: Corpse Patrol


Shortly after seeing Lawrence, Sorin paid Gareth a visit to the east end of town. He arrived late at night, but fortunately, the archer was not yet asleep. Upon hearing of Sorin’s succ...

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Pandora Unchained - B1C67: Lab Rat


On the sixth day since the start of the demon tide, Sorin received a letter from Stephan informing him that he should prepare to return to the team. The demons were becoming increasingly...

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Pandora Unchained - B1C66: Third Encounter


Sorin spent the next few days that followed amassing gold by concocting the more lucrative poisons on the apothecary request board. He managed to earn 3,500 gold before realizing that th...

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Pandora Unchained - B1C65: Stent and Spear


Lady Duchene had a total of three obstructed meridians. For a mortal, that wasn't a big deal. Still, for a bone-forging cultivator, this was not only a massive impediment to their cult...

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Pandora Unchained - B1C64: Probing

The long weekend is coming up, so I'm uploading three chapters at once. Happy New Year!
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Sorin spent the next three days concocting all manner of poisons. He cleared the simpler poisons ...

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Pandora Unchained B1C63: Thankless But Lucrative


Mr. Primrose took his time in evaluating Sorin's answer. The white snowflake-like powder was now dehydrated. He peeled off a sheet of filter paper from the filter flask's funnel, then ca...

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Pandora Unchained B1C62: The Apothecary

Hey Everyone! I'm back from a wonderful holiday feeling refreshed. There are 7 chapters this week, then we're back down to 5 per week.

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The following day, Sorin head...

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Pandora Unchained - B1C61: Investigation


The week following the banquet was uneventful, and Sorin spent most of it learning from the spell books he'd rented from the Mages Guild. Threading the Spear was easy enough at lower l...

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Pandora Unchained B1C60: Hero Emblem


Sorin didn't like wine. It was much too sweet, and he'd never been able to enjoy the complexities wine aficionados liked to educate people on. Instead, he liked more potent drinks like w...

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