Reminder: For the next two weeks while I'm out traveling, we'll have one chapter a week. The next chapter will release on June 6th, followed by another on June 13th, after which we...
2024-05-30 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostTarquin’s soldiers attacked the instant we entered the courtyard. A storm of arrow fire sailed through the air, and at this short range, they couldn’t miss.
“Aerion!” I...
2024-05-29 18:02:08 +0000 UTC View PostThree days. After three full days of scouting, Maiya had nothing. She had to hand it to Riyan. He was good. Very good, in fact, though that was hardly a surprise.
The ...
2024-05-28 17:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post“Damn them all.”
Tarquin paced around his luxurious study, whose mahogany table and many bookshelves were currently lit by a half dozen candles.
The room may as...
2024-05-24 18:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostAs Maiya had told Yamal and Bheem, organizing a meeting with Riyan Savar wasn’t as simple as sending a runner and arranging a meeting point. She supposed they ought to have been thankful...
2024-05-23 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post“What? What is it?” I asked, tugging at Aerion’s sleeve.
“It’s… I’ll read it aloud,” Aerion said, visibly shaken.
And when she did, I had the same reaction.
... 2024-05-22 18:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone,
Wanted to put up a reminder of some vacations & holidays that are coming up for me. This is all from my 2024-05-22 18:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
For Vir, the second day of the tournament promised quite the spectacle. Yesterday, he was a fighter, but today, he enjoyed the spectacle like any other fan. Cheering his favorite fighters ...
2024-05-21 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe huge man disappeared around the house, and I followed, entering into its spacious open garden. The size of the manor meant I had plenty of places to hide and watch him, and it also hid...
2024-05-20 18:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post“Did you see the look on his face?” Cirayus roared. “Devastated! Utterly devastated, I tell you!”
Aida, Vir, and Cirayus were currently back at home, having fou...
2024-05-18 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostI’d always wondered why important talks took place over dinner. I never had much cause to attend such functions back on Earth, but when I did, I could never remember how the food tasted, after. T...
2024-05-17 18:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostVir paced around the waiting area, feeling like an eternity had passed. He wore his newly polished armor, and his katar and Chakram both glistened in his hands, ready for the fight.
...
2024-05-16 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe neighborhoods of Basecrest’s outermost ring were not a place anyone would venture into willingly—let alone multiple times. Yet as Aerion stole down familiar roads and alleys, pushi...
2024-05-15 18:11:55 +0000 UTC View PostThe cheering seemed to go on forever, and Vir wondered if it’d ever end when Thaman finally raised his arms and motioned for quiet.
It took a while, but the crowd finally acquiesce...
2024-05-14 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostTo say the city was in a fervor would be an understatement. The streets were packed. Every tavern and alehouse we went to was packed. And all anyone could talk about was the Guildmaster’...
2024-05-13 18:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostTrumpets blared. Banners billowed in the breeze, and the cheers… The cheers were deafening.
The Ravager’s Den was barely recognizable in its current form—so drastic was its transformati...
2024-05-11 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostI didn’t know what I’d been expecting from the Champion of Dominion. Someone strong. Tall. Fierce.
I got all of those. The Champion—Eskil, as he was called, might’ve been a b...
2024-05-10 17:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostMaiya leaned down and ruffled Neel’s neck, which the bandy thoroughly enjoyed. It was an unconscious habit. She truly was dreading this conversation, but she’d put it off for far too l...
2024-05-09 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe cheering crowds. The looks of fervor and adulation. As it ought to be. As it ought to have been.
Eskil, Favored Blade of Dagfinnr, gazed out at the crowds that filled Valhalla, greeting t...
2024-05-08 18:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostMaiya sat with her legs crossed in a lotus position, as Cirayus had recommended. Centering herself, she focused on the concept of stability.
With each passing day, the feeling came b...
2024-05-07 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostWhen I arrived at Rogar’s, the sun was high in the sky and I was drenched in sweat under my armor in the sweltering humidity. I didn’t know if I would ever get used to the sensation.
The ...
2024-05-06 18:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostWith the way my tiers are set up, I actually don't know how many are here for Ashborn, Soulweaver, or both. So if you could let me know, that would help me out a lot!
2024-05-03 18:55:31 +0000 UTC View PostI awoke the next morning to the sound of chirping birds and a slowly brightening sky. For once, I was happy to have slept at a normal hour. Which meant that, for once, Aerion was still aro...
2024-05-03 18:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostVir sent his Chakram flying, and it began to reave through the Hunter-Gatherers with brutal efficiency. Limbs went flying as the beasts were bisected one after another. Four, eight—a doz...
2024-05-02 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post“You’re a failure, Grug. Always have been. Always will be.”
“Oh yeah?” I said, bristling at the disheveled, gaunt man who had no right to be giving advice to anyone. “Ric...
2024-05-01 18:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe sneers and jeers all vanished when they spotted Vir’s Chakram.
“Who’d you steal from to get your hands on that?” one of them said.
“I don’t get it,” Tara cut ...
2024-04-30 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostRogar just stood there, glowering at me like I’d just killed his mother. I took a reflexive step back, newly-forged sword still in hand.
My mind immediately went into overdri...
2024-04-29 18:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe way out of the forest was both far faster and less fraught with peril. The first checkpoint had occupied or incapacitated a great number of demons, and Vir suspected that between those...
2024-04-27 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostMy mind lingered on our recent excursion as I headed over to Rogar’s place for another night shift. This time, I’d at least managed a nap so I wouldn’t be so dead by the time morning...
2024-04-26 18:14:49 +0000 UTC View Post