The small pack Alpha whose name I still didn’t know led us forward towards a small clearing. The entire time, I evaluated the fifteen keelish, and with each step, I was less impressed. They were ...
2024-10-01 05:02:35 +0000 UTC View PostOther peoples can’t understand our absolute obedience to the Zaaktif. They’ve never felt that same sense of his power, of servility, of belonging. They are fools. Once you have felt...
2024-09-28 04:24:59 +0000 UTC View Post“She just… told you to gimme this rock?”
“Yeah, and said that, eventually, you’d know what to do with it.”
Ytte shrugged. “Ain’t now. All I know now is that it’s heavi...
2024-09-27 04:31:13 +0000 UTC View PostLong chapter today!
Ana carried herself differently than ever before when she presented herself to guide me to the Allmother. In all things she did, Ana was proud or even arrogant. When she ...
2024-09-26 05:01:20 +0000 UTC View PostA slightly shorter chapter than I have been doing. Might come back and add some stuff. Who knows!
The foreign incursions of the so-called divine aren’t something to be heralded ...
2024-09-25 05:32:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe furry face of the apparently titled “Noonbright” screwed up in loosely controlled anger. His jaws clenched and he began to spit his words.
“Explain why you’ve brought some of the ...
2024-09-24 05:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post“How should we act in Dunbach? We have never seen a city, but I wouldn’t imagine that keelish are considered the most welcome of guests.” My already present anxiety spiked as I laid eyes on t...
2024-09-21 06:15:54 +0000 UTC View PostFor nearly two centuries, we have abandoned all proselytism due to previous failures. Instead, the Holy State has allowed itself to focus all possibilities of foreign conversion on warf...
2024-09-20 05:27:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey all! This is going out to free and paid subscribers. I haven't done anything for the free folks in a while, so here's a little poll to go out to you guys who support me! Before the poll, though...
2024-09-19 16:29:49 +0000 UTC View PostAs the suns set fully beyond the treeline, I listened to the swarm begin to complain themselves to wakefulness around me. As the darkness became more and more complete, a part of me wanted to switc...
2024-09-19 05:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostI've got a message just for you guys at the bottom. Hope you read it!
I was about to go through all the notifications when I saw something that caught my eye. It took me a surprisingly long t...
2024-09-18 06:23:56 +0000 UTC View PostI wished I had been in a position to graciously receive the good news, but instead, Bloodpriestess Ana’s impromptu announcement found me splayed on the ground, attempting to recover from the heav...
2024-09-17 04:00:55 +0000 UTC View PostAn even longer chapter, just for you! Have a good weekend!
As long as 175 years ago, the Untameable Wilds have stood before the Holy State of the Veratocracy. Whe...
2024-09-14 04:01:09 +0000 UTC View PostEarly, long chapter today. Hope you enjoy!
“I begin to understand. I believe that, if you can prove that you contain the power of the desperate, you will be able to prove yourself...
2024-09-12 21:36:39 +0000 UTC View PostI suppose it is fortunate that I was too young to go to war in those days. If I’d been even a little older, a little more reckless, then I am sure that I would have marched as willing...
2024-09-12 05:10:55 +0000 UTC View Post“Ok, so what do I need to do to prove myself fahvalo?” The word was uncomfortable and breathy coming out of my mouth.
“In what way do you believe yourself able to serve as a whetstone f...
2024-09-11 04:43:43 +0000 UTC View PostWhere we gather and where we learn,
We must blacken, and we must burn, else
The Tower’s witnesses bring
The Tower’s illnesses
To those within.
[Tariel POV]
The blood witch’s words continued to echo around Tariel’s mind as their little group of four clambered back onto Dantlar’s back. The steady Earthspeaker didn’t say anythi...
2024-09-07 07:24:20 +0000 UTC View PostMy expectations soared. I didn’t know what a blood-debt was, but that it was serious enough to give pause to this group of elite High Speakers was enough to set my mind to racing. As the humans s...
2024-09-06 05:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostThis chapter is a little shorter than usual. BTW: final chapter of Book two should be 210. There won't be a hiatus here, but once the free chapters reach 210, I'll take one week off. 2024-09-05 04:19:04 +0000 UTC View Post
I forced myself not to look back as the hiss of water turned to steam was washed out by keelish screams of agony. Histy had never said anything about how she could use magic, and I realize...
2024-09-03 22:11:34 +0000 UTC View Post[Rulac POV]
“OLDER MEMBERS OF THE SWARM, WITH ME! WE’LL GUT THESE HUMANS LIKE THE SCALELESS WEAKLINGS THEY ARE! I’M NOT GONNA LET THESE WHELPS STILL WET FROM THE EGG DIE BEFORE ME, ARE ...
2024-09-03 05:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostI didn’t care to try to understand what outraged words the High Speakers were screaming, instead shouting commands of my own.
“It’s time to move, you fangless worms! If you hesitate, yo...
2024-09-01 06:31:08 +0000 UTC View PostI wanted to slow down, to plan, to think, to do anything other than to charge blindly in, but if the people in front of us were anywhere near as powerful as those chasing us, there would be no poss...
2024-08-31 06:29:15 +0000 UTC View PostSorry for the delay. Was just figuring out end of book stuff! Just as an fyi, if you want to be apprised of if I'm going to miss a day, I always announce it in the discord, so if you're wanting tha...
2024-08-30 19:33:55 +0000 UTC View PostMuch the same, just the last paragraph or three with edits. New stuff begins at the paragraph with the bolded Shemira.
With renewed vigor and focus, three hundred and thirty ...
2024-08-30 02:56:30 +0000 UTC View PostThe ending of this chapter is no longer canon. The revised version is the true ending.
With renewed vigor and focus, three hundred and thirty two keelish sprinted onward into...
2024-08-28 05:39:24 +0000 UTC View PostIt was a sobering, difficult meal, and not just for me. Twenty three keelish sacrificed themselves to the swarm, their spent strength adding to those still able to fight, to flee, to survive. The d...
2024-08-27 04:43:40 +0000 UTC View Post“Vefir, push to the left and back two more steps! Rulac, you go another three steps after Vefir approaches! Sybil, Foire, and Took, spread yourselves out more, but make sure not to stray! We’re...
2024-08-24 06:12:37 +0000 UTC View PostIt wasn’t too long another pack tried to prove their bravery and were summarily killed to the last. That immediately put an end to the foolhardy “defenders of keelish pride”. In fact, there w...
2024-08-23 05:23:28 +0000 UTC View Post