232: Reunited (Part Two)
“No way!” Vir seethed. “Princess Ira made you go through that awful ritual? When I saw you in the Ink of Clarity—”
“You saw that!?” Maiya shrieked...
2023-10-19 17:41:57 +0000 UTC View Post
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231: Reunited (Part One)
Vir stared at the shadow where Ekanai had disappeared, his mind a jumbled tangle of shock and disbelief.
What is happening here? Is this real? Ekanai? He’s alive!?
... 2023-10-18 17:37:50 +0000 UTC View Post230: Karmic Reprise
Vir’s eyes struggled to open, as if he was waking from a thousand years of sleep.
Staring up, he found an unfamiliar ceiling. The ash-darkened skies Vir had grown accustomed to...
2023-10-17 17:29:11 +0000 UTC View Post229: Orientation Camp Part Two (Maiya)
NOTE: I'll be without internet connectivity the next several days, so here are Monday's and Tuesday's chapters. Next chapter will be Wednesday.
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“Maiya? What in all the realms…...
2023-10-16 17:41:59 +0000 UTC View Post228: Orientation Camp, Part One (Maiya)
NOTE: I'll be without internet connectivity the next several days, so here are Monday's and Tuesday's chapters. Next chapter will be Wednesday.
Maiya was once again surprised by ...
2023-10-12 16:44:44 +0000 UTC View Post227: Soliloquy of the Ash Damned
Holiday schedule announcement:
Next Thursday is Thanksgiving in the US, and as such I will be taking Wednesday and Thursday off. So there'll be ...
2023-10-11 16:58:40 +0000 UTC View Post226: The Demons Within
Hours had passed since Vir, Cirayus, and Shan left Saunak’s tower. They’d each found the least uncomfortable positions atop the Automaton’s right shoulder. Cirayus stood, while S...
2023-10-10 16:40:58 +0000 UTC View PostIndigenous Peoples' Day
Hi everyone, there will not be a chapter on Monday of next week in observance of Indigenous Peoples' Day(formely Columbus Day), a national holiday in the US.
Have a safe, relaxing weekend, an...
2023-10-05 15:52:56 +0000 UTC View Post225: Among Them (Maiya)
“Don’t think we don’t know what you’re up to,” the man said, his rotten breath nearly making Maiya gag as he leaned in close, his hand on the wall next to her head. “What...
2023-10-05 15:50:51 +0000 UTC View Post224: On the Shoulders of Giants
“No, no!” Saunak scolded, waving his hands. “That’ll never work!”
The mad thaumaturge wore a helm that truly made him live up to his name. The metal contraption entirel...
2023-10-04 14:07:45 +0000 UTC View Post223: Grand Theft Automaton
“Steal it,” Cirayus echoed, dumbfounded. He ignored the pursuing spider Automatons and stare Vir in the eyes. Determined, confident black eyes stared back.
“I beli...
2023-10-03 14:03:28 +0000 UTC View Post222: Saunak’s Tower of Terrors
“We don’t need to beat them,” Vir shouted. “We just need to escape!”
The spiders proved challenging opponents, not because of their strength, but due to their sheer num...
2023-10-02 13:24:31 +0000 UTC View Post221: Entrapment
“Where is he?” Vir roared, but his voice was cut off by the door that materialized between Saunak and Cirayus, who’d been following behind. He was now cut off.
Vir clucked ...
2023-09-28 13:54:15 +0000 UTC View Post220: Underground Negotiations
Vir fell silent, a torrent of thoughts running amok within his mind. He’d just managed to push aside Saunak’s revelation when the thaumaturge sprang this dilemma upon him....
2023-09-27 14:34:19 +0000 UTC View Post219: The Weight of Revelation
NOTE: Last chapter for the week. See you on Monday!
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Instead of diving fully into the shadows, Vir sank only halfway, though he ensured Saunak’s body was fully submerged...
218: Lair of Madness
He knows! He knows I’m the Akh Nara. Cold chills crept down Vir’s back. His grip on his katar tightened.
Saunak had known all along. And yet, the mad thaumaturge had...
2023-09-25 14:32:36 +0000 UTC View PostArtwork for Saunak the Deranged
Can't remember if I already shared this, but here are a couple of shots of our buddy Saunak.
2023-09-21 15:22:49 +0000 UTC View Post217: A Century of Magic
Holiday schedule announcement:
Next Thursday is Thanksgiving in the US, and as such I will be taking Wednesday and Thursday off. So there'll be ...
2023-09-21 14:38:59 +0000 UTC View Post216: Arch Thaumaturge
Important edit note!
I've updated the ordering and meaning of some of the later chakras. The summary of the new version is below. I feel this makes the system a bit more cohesive...
2023-09-20 13:43:24 +0000 UTC View PostVaak Spelling Poll
Hey all! Wanted to get your opinions on how I ought to spell Vaak. This is the name Vir will take on in the demon realm, so we'll be seeing it a lot.
My intent is to have it sound like 'alk' ...
2023-09-19 14:46:23 +0000 UTC View Post215: The High Place
Saunak’s next words would determine his fate. It’d mean the difference between obtaining his help with the Artifact consensually, or by force. If the thaumaturge knew who he was, h...
2023-09-19 14:42:23 +0000 UTC View PostArtwork for Saunak's tower - Pragya Sarana
As for why I have so many images of this place? I honestly don't know. I had a lot of fun making them, that's all XD
2023-09-18 15:13:10 +0000 UTC View Post214: Pragya Sarana
Saunak’s home was nothing as simple as a tent or a hut. Nor even was it a cavern dug into the mountainside.
No, it was the glowing disk. The one that pulled all the lightning f...
2023-09-18 15:08:19 +0000 UTC View Post213: Saunak The Deranged
NOTE: Couple of edit notes:
1. I've added a mention in the early chapters of this arc explaining how Vir made it across the Ash as a baby. Cirayus had an artifact with him that p...
2023-09-14 14:49:56 +0000 UTC View Post212: Strange Company
“You mean to say that the gods had no concept of chakra?” Cirayus asked, unconvinced.
“Rather, the Chakras may not even have existed before the fall of the gods. Cirayus, w...
2023-09-13 14:44:37 +0000 UTC View Post211: Law of Ash
Vir jumped off the same cliff for the second time that day. This time, he fled in fear. Whatever was pursuing them was lethal; few organisms shone so brightly to Prana Vis...
2023-09-12 16:25:30 +0000 UTC View Post210: Brothers In Arms
Barren plains gave way to ash-filled swamp marshes, then blackened forests that ran for hundreds of miles. From arduous mountain passes to jagged cliffs, the trio made short work of it...
2023-09-11 14:13:39 +0000 UTC View Post209: The Trial Of Faith (Part Two) (Maiya)
This is suicide, Maiya thought, prostrating as giant lizard-like creatures ran past her. She prayed they’d pass the group by paying no one any mind… But these...
2023-09-07 14:09:54 +0000 UTC View Post208: The Trial of Faith (Part One) (Maiya)
Maiya shivered at the chill of dawn in Jatan Forest. While not nearly as ancient as the Godshollow—the trees were shorter and less girthy—it had its own mystique. Moss covered the ...
2023-09-06 13:41:30 +0000 UTC View Post207: Of Shan & Vaak
“Sarvaak,” Vir said, testing the sound. “It’s… different.”
“The One Who Makes Whole,” Cirayus said, appraising Vir. “So you’ve accept your new name.”
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2023-09-05 16:02:23 +0000 UTC View Post