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Nero Walker, Book 4 Ch.87 (318)

Seated across from each other near the front table, Battle Leader Averett was once again arguing with Lady Verina. This time, it was over how much fiscal reserve should be reserved for the Wacko’...

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“Every gain or positive in your life will come at a cost.  One which will be paid by either you or someone else. It is an indisputable fact of life.  What one takes, another loses. ...

May '25 Situation Report

Hey all,

It's been a bit since I've done one of these, and I've been putting this one off for too long. Now, don't freak out too bad, because I'm not dropping Nero or anything. However, I ...

Nero Walker, Book 4 Ch.86 (317)

Fidgeting with the robes she was being forced by circumstance to wear over her well used armor, Natalie Keening lamented the fact that her ever growing position in House Walker required such altera...

Nero Walker, Book 4 Ch.85 (316)

“Wait, say that again,” City Lord Cosgrave demanded, her tone laced with an undercurrent of venom.

Shuffling her feet awkwardly, the third heir of House Thornton, Lady Dacey Thornton, rep...

Nero Walker, Book 4 Ch.84 (315)

The conversation between Archmage Jennings and Nero carried on for quite some time. They chatted away long enough for Ms. Davis, Nero’s subconsciously fate-reading super-maid, to make multiple de...

Nero Walker, Book 4 Ch.83 (314)

Unwilling to wait for the blood to fully dissolve itself into the ether, Noxie Crusher wiped down his axe head with the rag he always kept looped through his belt. His current mood was about as fou...

Nero Walker, Book 4 Ch.82 (313)

While he could have confronted her, addressing his suspicions logically and maturely, Nero instead opted to sit in silence and enjoy his coffee. Although some might disagree, he preferred to see hi...

Nero Walker, Book 4 Ch.81 (312)

For Vera, participating in a conversation with this many people through a singular ping wasn’t something all that new or unfamiliar to her. As the head of Precision Shipping, she’d often found ...

Nero Walker, Book 4 Ch.80 (311)

Quincy sat confidently, radiating authority like a true leader in front of his comrades, doing his best to exude a sense of strength and competence. While they weren’t exactly panicking yet, it w...

Nero Walker, Book 4 Ch.79 (310)

While Nero stood slackjawed, his entire mind was busy working in unison to understand what Angelton was telling him.

“... So, between the guard and the army, they should likely be able to k...

Nero Walker, Book 4 Ch.78 (309)

“No, No, No! You… I mean WE can’t form a religion for him. Did you not even READ the material you got from the archives?!?” Nicholas practically shouted across the table.

Vera, to his...

Nero Walker, Book 4 Ch.77 (308)

Standing at the table, Cathleen pointed to the memory being shown. “At this point, I’d estimate around 30% of our forces were out of the battle. Between the shield mages being overstressed, and...

Nero Walker, Book 4 Ch.76 (307)

Although still physically present in the room, Jennings’ mind was so busy it was as if he weren’t actually there. Nero’s words were currently rattling around in his head like hooligans, destr...

Nero Walker, Book 4 Ch.75 (306)

Not having access to the Thought Hub, all she could do was steam in her somewhat violent thoughts. Over and over again she replayed recent events on a loop in her mind. And having been waiting for ...

Nero Walker, Book 4 Ch.74 (305)

On the 34th floor of the Tower of Magic in Hennings, the capital of Oglivarch, Calvin Sanderson rushed through the halls as quickly as he could… while trying and failing to maintain the requisite...

Nero Walker, Book 4 Ch.73 (304)

Lately City Lord Cosgrave had been wondering whether or not the initial headache Lord Walker had caused her months ago had ever truly gone away. While not trying to be too melodramatic, she felt as...

Nero Walker, Book 4 Ch.72 (303)

Natalie Keening was beginning to realize that she wasn’t as in control of the situation as she thought she was.

After the ambush by the kobalds, when the fighting began to die down, she’d...

Nero Walker, Book 4 Ch.71 (302)

Looking back on how the conversation with Nero and the others had gone, Jennings couldn’t help but chastise himself over how little effort he’d put in to his side of the conversation. With the ...

Nero Walker, Book 4 Ch.70 (301)

Archmage Jennings slowly wove his hands through the air, using them as an attenuating focus point for his mental evaluation of the surrounding ether. Letting himself float like a kite in the middle...

Nero Walker, Book 4 Ch.69 (300)

With the end of the battle nearing, and the fighting tapering off, Mike had come over to see what had caught everyone’s attention.  Not wanting to interrupt, he’d taken a seat among the cr...

Nero Walker, Book 4 Ch.68 (299)

Merrick stepped back, carefully maintaining his footing. His left shoulder was burning from holding up his shield, and his panting was making his side hurt. But luckily, he could tell that the batt...

Nero Walker, Book 4 Ch.67 (298)

Merrick muttered a curse under his breath while stumbling backward.  After regaining his balance, he glanced down at the kobald corpse currently ruining his footing before reaffirming his stan...

Nero Walker, Book 4 Ch.66 (297)

Out of options and desperate, the kobalds had given up on direct confrontations and instead had begun hiding behind piles of rocks and poorly constructed spell-stone barriers. Unfortunately for the...

Nero Walker, Book 4 Ch.65 (296)

Even though the room he’d chosen for the meeting wasn’t all that impressive, it would serve his purpose well enough.

With his fingers steepled in front of his chin, Former Evaluator Quinc...

Nero Walker, Book 4 Ch.64 (295)

In the bowels of the keep, the command center hummed along like a well-tuned machine. The walls were filled with monitoring stations, each being manned with dedication and skill. Everyone present w...

Nero Walker, Book 4 Ch.63 (294)

“Harrison! Take teams 11 and…” she paused for a moment before continuing, “9 and reinforce Billings. We need to keep that group cut off and contained. And tell him to stop chasing down the ...

Nero Walker, Book 4 Ch.62 (293)

Merrick reached out to carve his spell form, carefully manipulating the resulting spell construct to join with the shield being maintained over the tunnel’s opening. He could feel the mental pres...

Nero Walker, Book 4 Ch.61 (292)

In Knight Angelton’s decades of experience, ambushes of this scale were rare. Between scouts with observation pillars and their corresponding perception abilities, along with mages capable of scr...

Nero Walker, Book 4 Ch.60 (291)

Seated among the leading members of the Adventure Society in Hennings, Mage-adept Hana Sovros was somewhat distracted by the new and improved secret council hall in which they were currently meetin...