I found Alred snoring in a bed, filthy and surrounded by bottles of wine. Some bottles were empty, and others were half-full. I could see a couple had been flung at a wall and shattered. The one st...
2021-11-18 20:16:31 +0000 UTC View PostI didn’t know what to expect when I stepped through the gateway behind Alred’s three apprentices, but we entered into a long hall inside a building made entirely of quartz. Around the walls, I ...
2021-11-17 19:39:31 +0000 UTC View PostI watched Nemon leave the laboratory with a smile, one that turned bitter when he left. Grena and Pyl were both continued on in their discussion of the mirror, questions that the wizard had brought...
2021-11-11 20:14:08 +0000 UTC View PostInside Pyl’s laboratory, I was surprised to see that both Loralie and the other witch, Grena, were already present. He had redesigned nearly the entire room after our last meeting here, and I was...
2021-11-09 22:22:11 +0000 UTC View PostFor four days I searched the doorways of Lightning magic from the comfort of a couch and with a glass of wine in hand. I knew how I appeared to the others, a wizard sipping wine and gazing blankly ...
2021-11-05 18:19:06 +0000 UTC View PostI awoke mid-morning feeling more well-rested than I had in weeks. My decision to rest before pursuing the next Authority was a good one. The fact that I hadn’t taken off my pants upon arrival and...
2021-11-03 16:31:00 +0000 UTC View PostMy tower was a welcome sight as I flew towards it. I hadn’t come directly home, but instead had flown in several circles and changed my wardrobe midair. It wasn’t my finest moment to do so, eve...
2021-11-01 20:28:57 +0000 UTC View PostThe sun shining off the tall gates of Sena City was a welcoming sight, despite my grievance in returning. Home would always be home, and the Castle Sena had long been that, but I didn’t look forw...
2021-10-27 16:31:00 +0000 UTC View PostAs you read in the last chapter, Nemon's feeling the pressure. He'll need to select his next magical authority soon. Options are below!
A comment option with enough likes might break i...
2021-10-26 16:45:00 +0000 UTC View PostOf course, he bounced right off my defensive wards. If I fell to every physical attack that came my way, then I would have long ago perished. It would take a creature the size of the hydra broodmot...
2021-10-26 16:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostIt wasn’t difficult to defeat the animated weapons and shields so that I could land at the opening of the cave. A few strikes of low-level lightning bolts shattered the copper into smoldering pie...
2021-10-22 16:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe fools didn’t wait until I was done. I was only mildly disappointed. I had hoped for more wisdom. Instead, they attacked as soon as it seemed I was in the midst of crafting the spell. Likely, ...
2021-10-19 19:57:48 +0000 UTC View PostI raced through the air back the way I came with such speed that the land blurred beneath me as I traveled. Only the change in greenery that marked the Tervan capital brought me back from the state...
2021-10-18 20:06:32 +0000 UTC View PostIn my excitement, I had flown northeast for more than an hour before I stopped. Belatedly, I remembered my intention to head south into Tervan and lift some of the jungle people’s towns or villag...
2021-10-17 16:34:01 +0000 UTC View PostThough his last words had granted him my undivided attention, I forced my face into as neutral expression as I could manage. Of course, I suspected another trap or perhaps an assassin, I was certai...
2021-10-14 16:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostNight had fallen by the time I departed. The two gargoyles that had accompanied me so far, stopped in their circling of the tower to fly by either side. I rose into the sky and headed immedia...
2021-10-14 03:03:24 +0000 UTC View PostAs I departed my tower, I didn’t see the Prince and his entourage still on the cliffs. It was a mild relief to know that among the young man’s people was someone intelligent enough to see them ...
2021-10-11 16:31:00 +0000 UTC View PostI sat at the edge of her bed, listening to her shuddering breaths, but I had a hard time looking at my love. Instead, I found myself staring at my hands. Once strong and full of life, now they were...
2021-10-01 16:14:43 +0000 UTC View PostThree days passed by in a blur of excited experimenting. I berated myself for being annoyed at the interruption in my plans, as the inspiration I felt from seeing such a powerful monster was more t...
2021-09-29 19:28:50 +0000 UTC View PostI had just seen the young woman out and was six steps down the stairwell when I heard her scream. I stopped mid-step, and my foot hovered in the air as I considered my next course of action. Of cou...
2021-09-29 16:31:00 +0000 UTC View PostI didn’t know whether I should have felt guilty for petrifying Orwell. My smile was enough for him to realize that he should take his place along the wall for petrification, but the only th...
2021-09-27 19:38:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe several days of my trip back to my tower were ones of quiet contemplation. I stopped to raise more than fourteen different towns and villages along the way, but none took anywhere close t...
2021-09-27 16:31:00 +0000 UTC View PostI nodded in response to his statement. The man wouldn’t have sought me out here above the city, if he didn’t believe it was needed.
That didn’t stop my current tasking, thou...
2021-09-24 16:31:00 +0000 UTC View Post
For those of you who don't know, I have another story called An Old Man's Journey that I've been working on getting published. It's been a long time coming, but it's finally close to ready. 2021-09-23 14:55:38 +0000 UTC View Post
I scowled as I put on my robe, a white, silken thing with elaborate metallic frills that chimed when I moved. It was a gift from a lady I had courted once, a memento of easier times when I had fewe...
2021-09-22 16:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostBefore the mage made three steps towards the door, the Duchess’s commanding voice rang out, “If you leave this room, I’ll have your head on a pike.”
The bloodmage stopped in his track...
2021-09-17 16:07:47 +0000 UTC View PostThe tables were laden with all sorts of delectable treats that I hadn’t seen since I moved from Sena City. I directed the servant stationed there to load my platter with such joys as boiled...
2021-09-14 16:30:59 +0000 UTC View PostI stood at the entrance to the dungeon doing my best to contain the urge to stare in amazement.
I had seen a lot of things in my long life, but this was a reminder that I had not seen i...
2021-09-13 16:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post“You came to my tower for entertainment? You were not tasked with delivering a message? No one sent you to me?” I asked in disbelief. I ran my hand through my beard and the metal hanging ...
2021-09-10 21:56:04 +0000 UTC View PostI will only be doing three interludes this arc, but you all get to choose!
2021-09-08 22:19:21 +0000 UTC View Post