Once upon a time, Uncle Dorthna had told a lovingly beautiful tale of a simple world. At least he had called the world simple. According to his story, it was a world filled with one people. They we...
2025-02-12 05:06:31 +0000 UTC View PostDamis went by a great many names. To the vertit tribes of the north known by a great many few—oxymoronic as it was—he was called Nanuman which was known as man-eater. In direct translation, it ...
2025-02-10 00:21:50 +0000 UTC View PostThe subliminal taste of too many potions downed at once trailed a path of discomfort down Aiden’s throat. If you’d ever tasted a proper mana potion you would always think of them with a frown a...
2025-02-08 23:34:57 +0000 UTC View PostSilence had always been the purview of the intelligent. In Bandiv, there was a saying; it was better to remain silent and allow people sow the seed of doubt towards your intelligence than it was to...
2025-02-07 15:36:53 +0000 UTC View PostNegotiations were on the way. Inevitability tossed and turned words, doing his best to ensure the continued life of his longtime friend, Shield.
Obedient as ever, or simply inspired by the de...
2025-02-06 17:09:09 +0000 UTC View PostIt had been a few minutes since Uncle Dorthna had left the room for one reason or the other. Actually, according to the man himself, he had left the room to go get himself a cup of hot water.
Fighting Madness was a tricky thing. It was like having a stablemaster catch fish with his bare hand. It wasn’t just slippery, it was annoying, difficult to navigate. And then there were the rule...
2025-02-03 15:06:42 +0000 UTC View PostWaiting could be fun depending on how imaginative your mind could be.
Ark used to love waiting. He would dream up the most interesting worlds. With stories from Uncle Dorthna that sent him to...
2025-02-02 23:49:02 +0000 UTC View PostCallum hated his Oath.
In truth, ‘hate’ was probably too strong a word. For the sake of more precision, Callum didn’t like his Oath. Left with the choice of another Oath, he would take ...
2025-02-02 11:03:15 +0000 UTC View PostThe other Oaths trooped into the room slowly. Each Oath took their time. They did not come in side by side or in some kind of chaotic line. They came in one after the other with almost a thirty-min...
2025-02-01 20:37:24 +0000 UTC View PostDemons were, as everyone already knew, the monsters that heralded the arrival of the [Demon King]. Or more precisely, the war that would come with the [Demon King]. In the holy books of Nastild the...
2025-02-01 04:52:38 +0000 UTC View PostA blast of black spikes rained down from the air above, erupting from the ceiling. Aiden ducked to the side. [Enchantment of Lesser Speed] made him quick as a whip in a vengeful punisher’s hand. ...
2025-01-30 20:14:17 +0000 UTC View PostThe hollow thud of his feet against the wooden steps were a reminder of reality as Aiden ascended.
Those he had just killed had been nothing but normal people. They were killers, but that was...
2025-01-28 21:24:12 +0000 UTC View PostA thrown fist. A straight punch, right from the boxing handbook. A right hook, designed to take a person’s head off, or at least crack a jaw. A spinning backhanded blow. A flying knee straight fr...
2025-01-27 23:18:01 +0000 UTC View Post“This thing that you’ve done.” The Oath of Life shook his head in dismay. “It was a wrong thing. A terrible thing. You do not stand between a parent and their child. Ever.”
Chetam, ...
2025-01-27 02:04:05 +0000 UTC View Post“You’ve got to give me something to work with.” Detective Alfa’s tired face was serious as she paced in front of the cell’s bars.
Naymond sat at the end of his cell, back against th...
2025-01-26 09:01:18 +0000 UTC View PostYesterday had been a busy day. Not busy in the way people say busy when they went out or had chores that took up their entire time. Busy in the way you have one specific repetitive thing to do.
... 2025-01-25 17:33:38 +0000 UTC View PostThis conversation was going nowhere. Annoyingly enough, Chetam could not say that he was surprised. These meetings happened very rarely. When they happened, this was always the case. Half the time ...
2025-01-25 07:45:15 +0000 UTC View PostDesolation is a strange concept by the very standard of its existence. Some people attributed it to the simple concept of violence, wanton destruction with no sense. Chaos that was always unbecomin...
2025-01-24 19:53:21 +0000 UTC View PostThe door to the office swung open without preamble. Not a knock or a call of any kind preceding it. The bastard of an uneducated swine just opened it.
Norlam had half a mind to pin the man to...
2025-01-23 16:22:57 +0000 UTC View PostThe night air was a very sharp contrast to the dusty murk that was the air inside the building. Stepping out into it, Aiden inhaled deeply, like a man just leaving prison.
“That’s good ai...
2025-01-22 21:55:55 +0000 UTC View PostThe roads of the town of cannibals were nothing but dirt. There were no tarred roads or interlocking tiles. No bricks or cobblestones. Just dirt. Years of having people and jepats and passing carav...
2025-01-22 08:30:28 +0000 UTC View PostFjord had half a mind to curse the young lord Lacheart. Sadly, the man was his only legal source of income at the moment, and Fjord found that he liked having a legal source of income. Even if it w...
2025-01-21 13:26:04 +0000 UTC View PostValdan stared at Aiden as if he was mad.
“What is going on?” he asked. The confusion that colored his face seemed unsure, as if it doubted itself as the correct emotion.
“You’re...
2025-01-20 14:33:07 +0000 UTC View PostDrax was looking through a parchment when the door opened and Letto backed into the room.
“Have you seen Anita today.” Letto bumped into the table just next to the door and frowned down a...
2025-01-19 20:48:27 +0000 UTC View PostWyverns were the worst things to happen on Nastild. They were the gods’ personal abomination. A failed attempt at dragons. At least there were people who thought that way.
Torat hated them ...
2025-01-18 22:01:34 +0000 UTC View PostThe sound of the jepat’s feet against the ground was soothing to Aiden’s ears as he nudged the animal along. He sat equestrian upon the saddle, eyes scanning the castle grounds as he moved. He ...
2025-01-16 19:11:35 +0000 UTC View PostThe sound of his beating heart was terribly loud in Aiden’s ear, and he blamed it on his enhanced perception. Arms folded over his chest, he flexed his red fingers, closing and opening his fist.<...
2025-01-15 20:56:14 +0000 UTC View PostDid it get darker?
The light of the room seemed to glisten off the blackness of Aiden’s arm. He watched, turning it one way then the other.
It is darker.
Aiden...
2025-01-14 05:58:35 +0000 UTC View PostAiden ran with the urgency that he felt was necessary. The [Sage] had gotten in his way, stopped him from going to Valdan as quickly as he’d wanted. While it annoyed him, he knew very well that t...
2025-01-12 18:06:33 +0000 UTC View Post