The mood offstage was tense; there were thousands of Lords and hundreds of thousands of hangers-on already in the seats, and many hovering over the stage to get a better look at the upcoming duel.&...
2025-08-18 15:00:30 +0000 UTC View PostWar Cry was, as her name implied, a vessel designed for war. She had her comforts, to be sure, but ultimately, the ark had been built to cement the domination of the Great Black Drag...
2025-08-15 15:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostThe deck of the ark was made of beautiful, aromatic wood, with a dark grain that formed subtle arcane lines. Whatever tree the planks had been cut from was specifically grown in this way, sho...
2025-08-13 15:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostStunned, Leon couldn’t form any words to respond to Theron. He stared at the man, utterly flabbergasted that vassalization came so easily to him.
‘Then again, he said it’s bee...
2025-08-11 15:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post“WHERE IS HE?!” she shouted. “WHERE IS VROTHGAR?!”
In the face of Ingrid’s wrath, the dozens of men and women in the hangar went completely silent, a palpable aura of fear set...
2025-08-08 15:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post“Always remember: I love you two dearly.”
Those final words, spoken by Serana’s projection from the memory slate, rang in Leon’s ears. He’d listened to the slate’s message m...
2025-08-06 15:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostWow. I asked for all of you to like, comment, and rate, and you did. The most likes this story has ever gotten on a chapter in two days, and the most comments! Not to mention the ratings and rev...
2025-08-04 15:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThank you to all of you for reading and supporting this story! It's honestly staggering to see how many of you are here, especially commenting and liking chapters over the past couple of years. It'...
2025-08-01 15:00:21 +0000 UTC View PostThe time to leave Khosrow’s Fane quickly loomed, but not quickly enough for Leon’s tastes. He found the entire place quite distasteful, and while he felt some regret at not seeing the War...
2025-07-30 15:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post“Given what you know about Khosrow—if anything at all—if he were here right now, able to look out into the universe and see how the world he built fares now, what would he think? What w...
2025-07-28 15:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostThe time soon came to meet Sasan at the fane’s central temple, and Leon assembled a small escort to join him. Given the fane’s apparent widespread attitude toward those with Inherited Blo...
2025-07-25 15:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostThe atmosphere in the courtyard was tense and silent. No one said a word, and even the sounds of the people outside the courtyard seemed to die down.
‘Or they fucked off,’ ...
2025-07-23 15:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post“We’ll need cover,” Leon said as he kept an eye on the surrounding streets with his magic senses. “Invisibility? We made it here easily enough…”
“We might make it fa...
2025-07-21 15:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post“This is a magnificent ark, Despot Raime,” Perenelle purred as the group reached an appropriate sitting room to relax in.
“The pinnacle of the Thunderbird Clan’s arksmithing… circa ...
2025-07-18 15:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostBeauty, beauty as far as the eye could see; Miuna’s arrival at Khosrow’s Fane put on display the power of the Ocean King as she filled the streets with all the beauty she could bring to bear. 2025-07-16 15:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
The group hightailed it away from the marketplace as quickly as propriety allowed. Gwarim and Archelaus, after exchanging a look and what felt to Leon like a brief mental exchange, steered th...
2025-07-14 15:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostDisappointments kept coming as they made their way through Khosrow’s Fane. Beneath the luster, the shining stone, a change was happening that Leon, who had never been to the fane before, co...
2025-07-11 15:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostArks seemingly made of slivers of radiant light escorted Leon’s convoy to a huge arkyard on one of the mountain-sized ‘moons’ suspended over Khosrow’s Fane by enormous bands of golden Lumen...
2025-07-09 15:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostMagic stormed around them, pulsing and whirling, and in a flash of black and blue light, Storm Herald, alongside her escorts, were spat back out into the Void. The engines thrummed, ...
2025-07-07 15:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostAfter meeting with Ramin, Leon’s party stayed in Voidshore for only two more days. Ramin himself was eager to move on, though Leon found himself enjoying the city well enough with more time...
2025-07-04 15:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostI want to make a heartfelt thank you to all of you for your support! This story wouldn't have gotten this far without all of you!
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2025-07-02 15:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostBy the time Jericho’s gala wound down, Leon was dead tired. His mind had been taxed to its utmost limit by the sheer number of introductions he’d endured, the strain of matching hundreds ...
2025-06-30 15:00:19 +0000 UTC View PostMagic engines pulsed, braking hard as the space around the transport ark was suddenly filled with the magic senses of a hundred post-Apotheosis mages and their powerful attendants. Such conce...
2025-06-27 15:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostDeep breaths broke through the barrier of Leon’s lips as his muscles relaxed, the catharsis of his exertions turning his body to jelly. Beside him on the right lay Elise, trapped against hi...
2025-06-25 15:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostFor an eternity that lasted the slightest of instants, he didn’t exist. He drowned in a black, abyssal sea, aware yet unaware, deaf and able to hear everything in the universe, blind yet ab...
2025-06-23 15:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostTerror. Sheer terror unlike almost anything she’d ever experienced had Elise’s heart beating louder than her husband’s thunder. She disliked physical conflict, training only at th...
2025-06-20 15:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostThe crowd chattered as Leon and Gwarim calmly walked toward Triyr, Morui, and Britta. The weight of nearly a thousand post-Apotheosis mages was crushing, but Leon weathered it well, as did th...
2025-06-18 15:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostUpon Leon’s return to Storm Herald, wrath, cold and dark, had settled into his stomach. He made no grand declarations nor promises. Instead, he led his family to their quarte...
2025-06-16 15:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostAs Archelaus made his introductions, Damini’s dark, midnight eyes never left Leon, nor did her sultry smile fade. Leon could feel Elise and Cassandra’s irritation at being ignored after D...
2025-06-13 15:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThroughout the day, Storm Herald continued to attract attention. Occasionally, someone vaguely important came to inspect the ark as well as her escorts, but none disturbed the arks e...
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