What separates a good ending from a perfect one?
Both depend on a limited perspective. A man’s perfect ending often comes at someone else’s sorrow. A good ending may bring ha...
2022-04-23 09:32:07 +0000 UTC View PostHermann’s art gallery was in his life’s image: odd, modern, and transgressive.
Although Valdemar visited his friend’s workshop many times, he had only seen a glimpse of his collection. ...
2022-04-21 08:42:35 +0000 UTC View PostHe thought, therefore he was.
Even with his body blown to smithereens, even after the smallest of his cells had been vaporized, even after the cosmic Light blasted his essence, Valdemar kept ...
2022-04-19 08:31:09 +0000 UTC View PostNot even the gods could dodge lightning, so Valdemar didn’t bother.
Instead, he quickly reshaped his body before Lord Och could cast his spell. His skin had turned into an armored substance...
2022-04-16 06:59:40 +0000 UTC View PostThe Dark Lord’s palm stood between master and student like an unfinished bridge.
Valdemar looked at the skeletal hand as if it were poisoned. He half-expected a soulstone or trap hidden bet...
2022-04-14 08:51:11 +0000 UTC View PostWarriors, the right moment has come.
Kairos' first volume is now available for purchase on 2022-04-12 12:52:16 +0000 UTC View Post
When Marianne’s body hit the ground, she was already dead.
Valdemar experienced her murder as if he had perished himself. Their souls had been intertwined through their shared dreams. They ...
2022-04-12 08:36:36 +0000 UTC View PostNo festival was more sacred to the Lycean Republic than the Triumph.
Only the Senex could authorize the civil ceremony in partnership with the priesthood. The ceremony sanctified a general re...
2022-04-09 09:07:59 +0000 UTC View PostThe air froze as the shadows lengthened.
A chill spread in Valdemar’s blood, in his flesh, and in his bones; a cold that made it painful to even breathe. It was the cruel grasp of ice, the ...
2022-04-07 08:12:37 +0000 UTC View PostHis mother’s fang struck at evil’s heart.
A divine light blinded his vision with a rain of golden stars sailing a sea of darkness. A veil of blue droplets and cosmic dust blew before his ...
2022-04-05 09:07:46 +0000 UTC View PostCassandra fought drenched in rainwater.
Both infantry forces had first engaged in the customary clash of organized formations, but the weather had quickly disrupted it. The rain had turned in...
2022-04-02 09:10:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe disease was in him.
Valdemar felt it crawling under his skin. A horde of bacteria sailed his bloodstream in an attempt to infect the island of his heart. The blackened fluids that had tra...
2022-03-31 08:29:16 +0000 UTC View PostThe rain followed the sun.
As dawn rose on the grassy plain standing between Cassandra’s army and Pergamon’s stone walls in the south, so did black clouds. They thundered and darkened the...
2022-03-29 09:00:46 +0000 UTC View PostDear dragons,
For a thousand years, Vainqueur has slept in the depths of his dungeon; dreaming of wealth, of princesses, of adventures old and new. His minions ceaselessly toiled in the darkn...
2022-03-28 18:18:09 +0000 UTC View PostHi, just a warning that we're switching from Daylight Saving times in my timezone so chapters may appear at a slightly different hour from your point of view.
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Plants and flesh had overrun the courtyard.
When she arrived at the Institute, Lord Och had blessed Marianne with quarters giving her an impeccable view of its hedge maze. Drinking tea while ...
2022-03-24 09:52:27 +0000 UTC View PostKairos made his triumphant entrance into Talos’ Cradle at midday.
The Foresight had docked on the fortress’ roof as if it were a port and offloaded troops to help maintain order....
2022-03-22 10:00:42 +0000 UTC View PostTeuta would die like Icarus, her wings burning down after she flew too close to the sun.
No armor or magical defense could stop Kairos’ flames from consuming whatever they touched. His spea...
2022-03-19 10:04:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi guys,
The Vainqueur webtoon will be out on Tapas.io on march 28th; after negotiations, I've been allowed to share with you an exclusive sneak peek of the first episode before the official ...
2022-03-17 10:08:29 +0000 UTC View PostFew things could make the bickering Dark Lords work together.
The last time they showed a unified front was all the way back to the last Derro War, where they inflicted a severe defeat upon O...
2022-03-17 10:08:23 +0000 UTC View PostHi guys,
First of all, for those among you who pre-ordered it, I'm happy to announce that the Perfect Run's third and final audiobook is now available on 2022-03-15 19:28:09 +0000 UTC View Post
The heavens raged across the sea.
Talos’ hammer summoned divine thunder to lit up the night sky. Standing at the prow with her scepter raised, Andromache called upon her magic with a chant....
2022-03-15 09:58:49 +0000 UTC View PostThe night was dark, but the fleet could already see Talos’ Cradle on the horizon.
Its forges produced so much fire and light that they could be seen from many nautical miles away. From his ...
2022-03-12 09:58:25 +0000 UTC View PostThe bickering Dark Lords had fallen silent, their eyes all focusing on Valdemar.
The sorcerer himself ignored the tense atmosphere as he held his master’s gaze. The lich delighted in his ap...
2022-03-10 09:42:54 +0000 UTC View PostHi guys,
An amateur youtuber called Novaxil has begun recording a series of interviews with some of Royal Road authors to discuss writing, Royal Road, etc... he approached me to ...
2022-03-08 09:54:08 +0000 UTC View PostFifty-three times.
As Kairos observed his brother-in-law’s corpse, the number echoed in his mind like an ominous warning. Sertorius’ wife had stabbed her husband fifty-three times with a ...
2022-03-05 09:24:24 +0000 UTC View PostMost of his life, Valdemar had expected to face a trial for violating the empire’s rules on magic one day. But he had never expected the trial to come after the prison time.
It had been onl...
2022-03-03 09:34:00 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Sertorius visited his brother-in-law, he found him awake in time for the bad news.
The Judge’s wife wasn’t present under the Travian tent this time for a reason that escaped Sertoriu...
2022-03-01 09:33:20 +0000 UTC View PostThe dream was peaceful.
Valdemar and Marianne watched a sunless ocean while sitting along the balcony’s edge of their dreamscape, their feet dangling above the water. Ktulu swam underneath ...
2022-02-26 10:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostRomulus attempted to run down Cassandra on horseback, and the fires of revenge swallowed him whole. The [Demigod]’s steed let out a warcry as the Fork of Nemesis bathed it in a sea of flames. Yet...
2022-02-26 10:04:53 +0000 UTC View Post