When he achieved Apotheosis, Leon had largely been insensate to what was happening outside of his body. He knew that quite a bit had to have happened given how trashed his meditation room had...
2024-04-17 15:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post“Clear Day,” Leon said in greeting as he joined the tau on the terrace.
“King Leon,” Clear politely responded. After a moment, he rose from his seat and gave Leon a deep, respec...
2024-04-15 15:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post“Leon! My friend! It’s been too long! Too long!” Ambrose sprang from his chair the moment Leon entered the room where he’d been waiting and rushed over, pulling a su...
2024-04-12 15:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post“… and this one is from the ambassador from Beloran,” Gaius said, indicating a long, thin box on the table in front of Leon. “It came with a special note for whoever was presenting it...
2024-04-10 15:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostApotheosis. The process of becoming divine. Now that he’d achieved it, Leon could understand why it was named as it was.
Power filled him like it never had before. An ocea...
2024-04-08 15:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostInto the air above his Mind Palace Leon rose, his heart hammering in his chest. Apotheosis. Something he’d been working to achieve for half a century at this point, more than half his...
2024-04-05 15:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostThe ore shivered as magic entered it. It shook and shook, and dust fell from it as it might from an old rug being beaten and cleaned. This dust was all of the impurities that lay in the...
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2024-04-01 15:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostBlood dripped from Anshu’s sword to pool at his feet. The Indradian was facing away from Leon, but Leon could see his shoulders heave with every breath and hear his every labored inhalation...
2024-03-29 15:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostAbove the Rajah’s palace in Kaia, Leon’s power warped the air and pressed down upon the palace’s wards. Even though he couldn’t see into the palace and examine the wards himself, just...
2024-03-27 15:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostAs the wind whipped through his feathers, Leon couldn’t help diving and gliding through the fluffy white clouds in his way, each plunge leaving him soaked but joyous. He required nothing mo...
2024-03-25 15:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe cold bit into his skin. Hunger gnawed in his belly despite his relative lack of need for food. His body was covered in barely-healed lacerations, signs of the many varied tortures h...
2024-03-22 15:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostLeon’s departure from Sentinel lands came quickly. It was all too obvious that Keeper wanted him gone, and he was only too willing to oblige. Besides, while he wasn’t walking away from the pala...
2024-03-20 15:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostFrom the central dome, the lead golem escorted Leon’s party to the comms building just on the other side of the gardens that encircle the dome. While they were outside, Leon noted that the sandst...
2024-03-18 15:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostIron Pride appeared in Leon’s hand, silver-blue lightning blazing across the blade. Beside him, the rest of the party readied themselves for battle, too, and the dome of sand frozen in place lit ...
2024-03-15 15:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostWith almost bated breath Leon stared out into the dust storms of the Sundered Lands. The wall of sand whipped up by the palace’s defenses was thick, obscuring all view of what lay within. Even th...
2024-03-13 15:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostIn case you missed it, I posted the new prologue a couple days ago! Check it out here and let me k...
2024-03-11 15:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostWell, here it is. Let me know what you think down in the comments below, I'm eager to see how people take it.
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‘What makes a good King?’ 2024-03-10 05:36:58 +0000 UTC View Post
The apartments that Leon and Cassandra were to stay in were the same that she grew up in and were just as lavish as her rank had demanded then. They had more than a dozen rooms all to themselves, w...
2024-03-08 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostFor most of the first day flying northward, Leon, Cassandra, and Andromache spent their time handling their own business. Cassandra was stuck to a comm lotus with her mother, grandmother, and a num...
2024-03-06 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostI finished a first draft for a new prologue over the weekend. I'm going to let it sit for a few days, then give it a reread. I'll undoubtedly have to edit some of it, but once that's do...
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2024-03-01 16:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostIt wasn’t hard for Leon to find who he was looking for; all he had to do was follow the sound of roaring. Even in his palace, with all its defensive wards and privacy enchantments, two large wyve...
2024-02-28 16:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe private training room in the palace felt rather empty to Leon as he walked in. Most of his retainers were off doing other important things, leaving only a mere handful of people left to fill th...
2024-02-26 16:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostWith the capabilities given by Tikos’ comm lotuses, getting in contact with the Director was quite easy. The only real obstacle was whether or not the Director was immediately available. Fortunat...
2024-02-23 16:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe latter half of Leon’s first day back fulfilling his role as King had him meeting with the foreign dignitaries that had arrived in his absence. Fortunately, they only numbered four not includi...
2024-02-21 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post“Your Majesty,” Iron-Striker formally stated as he gave Leon a straight-backed bow.
“Your Majesty,” Ipatameni repeated as he, too, bowed to Leon.
“Your Majesty,” the Jaguar ...
2024-02-19 16:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostWith a long, contented sigh, Leon slid beneath the surface of the pool-sized bath. The water was almost scaldingly hot, with steam rising from the water’s surface. But to Leon, its heat was delig...
2024-02-16 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostLeon led Mari out of the Elder Hall and onto the spacious porch. He’d hardly been back for more than a few minutes, but he could already feel the city starting to light up with excitement and mov...
2024-02-14 16:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostTrue to his word, Ambrose returned to the stone villa after only a day. Leon had long since finished his chat with Nara by then, and after having left the man to continue resting, had taken to expl...
2024-02-12 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post