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Cataclysm Conquest | Chapter 15: Atomic Physician (First Draft)
Cataclysm Conquest | Chapter 14: Shadows of War (First Draft)
Cataclysm Conquest | Chapter 13: A Troubling Report (First Draft)
Please give me your thoughts on this, and be generous. I need to know if this feels off in any way, especially the later part and the inherent escalation.
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Monday, November 2...
2026-02-05 07:59:50 +0000 UTC View PostCataclysm Conquest | Chapter 12: An Unexpected Reception (First Draft)
Monday, November 28, 4 S.E.
The Ulysses pulled in toward the greatly expanded coastline of what had once been Michigan. The Lake they now sailed, nominally known as Lake Mic...
2026-02-05 05:08:50 +0000 UTC View PostCataclysm Conquest | Chapter 11: Dinner and Decisions (First Draft)
Sunday, November 27, 4 S.E.
Leonidas waited for Xarina with his arms folded on Sunday night, leaning against the doorframe of his immense balcony. The King’s gaze was focused on th...
2026-02-04 23:21:06 +0000 UTC View PostCataclysm Conquest | Chapter 10: A Day in the Life (First Draft)
Sunday, November 27, 4 S.E.
Leonidas awoke at the crack of dawn, peering over to where Aylar was snuggled up against him and smiling at his sleeping wife. He shifted a moment later, ...
2026-02-04 19:43:30 +0000 UTC View PostCataclysm Conquest | Chapter 09: Cleaners (First Draft)
Saturday, November 26, 4 S.E.
Xarina stood alongside Kairi and Bardulf as they looked up at the warehouse building in the far East of the Prosperity Quarter, hands resting on the pom...
2026-02-04 06:58:48 +0000 UTC View PostCataclysm Conquest | Chapter 08: Threat Assessment (First Draft)
Saturday, November 26, 4 S.E.
Countess Diana Margaret Montgomery entered the guest quarters provided for her by the young King and Queen with a sense of begrudging admiration, eyeing...
2026-02-04 04:02:11 +0000 UTC View PostCataclysm Conquest | Chapter 07: Countess Diana Montgomery (First Draft)
Saturday, November 26, 4 S.E.
Twenty minutes later, Leonidas sat on his throne with Aylar beside him on hers, having sent word to his wife of the Emissary’s arrival. As expected, h...
2026-02-04 01:34:08 +0000 UTC View PostCataclysm Conquest | Chapter 06: Briefings and Arrivals (First Draft)
Saturday, November 26, 4 S.E.
Leonidas stepped into the palace Press Room three hours later, wishing the day would end.
After he’d finished his speech in the Senatorum Royali...
2026-02-03 19:28:03 +0000 UTC View PostCataclysm Conquest | Chapter 05: The Lion Princess (First Draft)
Saturday, November 26, 4 S.E.
James scowled out at the St. Lawrence waterway from the prow of the Ulysses, staring at the passing shores with his arms folded over his chest....
2026-02-03 02:42:54 +0000 UTC View PostCataclysm Conquest | Chapter 04: Heavy is the Crown (First Draft)
Saturday, November 26, 4 S.E.
“Ready?” Leonidas asked his companions, glancing from Aylar, to Synthra, to Kairi, and then to his parents, as they stood before the immense still-c...
2026-02-02 21:24:53 +0000 UTC View PostCataclysm Conquest | Chapter 03: Cracks in Paradise (First Draft)
Friday, November 25, 4 S.E.
Xarina, hooded and cloaked, watched in silence from where she leaned against the wall of a restaurant in the Prosperity Quarter, sheltering from the after...
2026-02-02 05:34:59 +0000 UTC View PostCataclysm Conquest | Chapter 02: Blessings and Banality (First Draft)
Friday, November 25, 4 S.E.
Leonidas entered his chambers with Ceruviel behind him, finding Aylar and Synthra the moment he did. The Queen was aglow with the vitality of her pregnanc...
2026-02-02 01:41:58 +0000 UTC View PostCataclysm Conquest | Chapter 01: New Challenges (First Draft)
Friday, November 25, 4 S.E.
Leonidas grunted under his breath, breathing in as his [Cataclysm Core] shuddered in his Dantian. His Strength, Endurance, Agility, and Dexterity had impr...
2026-02-02 00:01:10 +0000 UTC View PostLeonidas Bonuses + Character Sheet | End of Book 2
Some of these will be inconsistent with what is posted and will be fixed in Book 2 Second Drafting.
Bonuses (Book 1):
-50% Aetherium Store Costs (Cataclysm) 2026-02-01 22:33:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Cataclysm Conquest | Prologue: Tides of Terror (First Draft)
Monday, November 25, 4 S.E.
The Aetheric Destroyer Ulysses crested another storm-tossed wave as it powered through the North Atlantic toward the Gulf of St. Lawrence, its [A...
2026-02-01 17:42:51 +0000 UTC View PostCataclysm War | Chapter 102: What Lies Beyond (First Draft)
Tuesday, August 16, 4 S.E.
Leonidas stood on his balcony with his arms folded, observing the setting sun while laughter spilled from his rooms. His sister’s cackles of glee reached...
2026-02-01 02:29:44 +0000 UTC View PostCataclysm War | Chapter 101: To the Future (First Draft)
Sunday, August 14, 4 S.E.
Leonidas walked into the meeting room with Aylar on his arm, crowns atop their heads, and formal attire donned. He wore his usual suit for the occasion, whi...
2026-02-01 01:06:07 +0000 UTC View PostCataclysm War | Chapter 100: His Mentor's Truth (First Draft)
Sunday, August 14, 4 S.E.
Count Teryn Varius Cartellis hummed to the crackle of the fire in his office silently, setting his rapier calmly on his desk and brushing his hands down his...
2026-01-31 22:15:15 +0000 UTC View PostCataclysm War | Chapter 99: A Happy Possibility (First Draft)
Friday, August 12, 4 S.E.
Three hours later, Leonidas lounged with one leg over the sofa of his chambers as he perused his System alerts, a celebratory hotdog in his stomach staving ...
2026-01-31 18:33:01 +0000 UTC View PostCataclysm War | Chapter 98: A Complicated Future (First Draft)
Friday, August 12, 4 S.E.
Yarilla panted as she stepped back from the battle, falling into the ranks of the Truthguard and Heartwardens as they locked their shields around her, and t...
2026-01-31 16:59:34 +0000 UTC View PostCataclysm War | Chapter 97: The King's Decree (First Draft)
Friday, August 12, 4 S.E.
Xarina followed Leonidas and his companions as the Archon-King made his way back toward the City, accompanied by the cheers of his people. The roar of it wa...
2026-01-31 07:58:42 +0000 UTC View PostCataclysm War | Chapter 96: The Price of Hubris (First Draft)
Friday, August 12, 4 S.E.
Artur stared at the ruins of his army in numb disbelief.
Everything was falling apart. His Legions were being routed by deluded collaborators aided by...
2026-01-31 06:35:00 +0000 UTC View PostCataclysm War | Chapter 95: Know True Fear (First Draft)
Friday, August 12, 4 S.E.
Leonidas regarded Xarina in silence after she spoke and then glanced at his sister, whose sword was still at the Svartfar’s neck. He’d erected a small [...
2026-01-31 04:51:54 +0000 UTC View PostCataclysm War | Chapter 94: Devastation of Expectation (First Draft)
Friday, August 12, 4 S.E.
Aylar paced quietly in her warplate, eyes fixed on the table as the Legion-Masters and their staff conferred, shifting representative figurines within the D...
2026-01-31 01:34:47 +0000 UTC View PostCataclysm War | Chapter 93: Psychological Warfare (First Draft)
Friday, August 12, 4 S.E.
Xarina slowed to a halt as she stared at the scene before her.
The Prosperity Gate was open, and almost half of the Shield-Host had charged out of the...
2026-01-30 22:47:50 +0000 UTC View PostCataclysm War | Chapter 92: Charge of the Black Knight (First Draft)
Friday, August 12, 4 S.E.
Nothing was going the way he had envisioned it.
Artur Mordred Paendrag gnashed his teeth in frustration atop Bucephalus, his eyes fixed on the forbidd...
2026-01-30 21:17:44 +0000 UTC View PostCataclysm War | Chapter 91: An Impossible Choice (First Draft)
Friday, August 12, 4 S.E.
Leonidas handed off the empty [Greater Mana Potion] to one of the Royal Guards and sighed. The chaos he’d left in his wake after using the Sunder the Heav...
2026-01-29 23:35:11 +0000 UTC View Post