Miguel could barely feel his legs. Sweat poured from his head, slicking his hair and burning his eyes. He’d long since given up on wiping it free. It just came back a few second...
2025-03-20 15:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe city was astounding.
Crystalline structures stretched as far as Zeke could see, reaching high into the pristine sky and piercing the clouds. Of course, beneath that was a much more ...
2025-03-20 13:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostElijah lanced in, digging his beak into the leviathan’s blubbery side. Fat and blood spewed from the point of impact, and ethera rippled down its body like a rolling shockwave. Before...
2025-03-19 15:10:01 +0000 UTC View PostA trail of bubbles followed Elijah as he swam through the frigid ocean waters. Up above was an enormous ice floe that covered as far as he could see in every direction. If he drew close...
2025-03-19 15:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostCarmen hung from the ceiling, the chains cutting into her wrists as her assistants slammed their hammers into her flesh. She felt the blows – of course she did – but she couldn’t let th...
2025-03-19 15:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post“You want to do what, now?” asked the dwarf. He wore a pair of sturdy trousers that ended mid-calf and nothing else as he coiled a rope from elbow to palm. Elijah couldn’t miss th...
2025-03-18 15:10:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Sorry. We don’t have any leads on anything like that,” said, Garret, the acting leader of the Hunter’s Guild. He was a human – which surprised Elijah – but he clearly had a...
2025-03-18 15:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostEverything was wrong.
That fact was abundantly clear as the squad of demons drew closer. Of course, they didn’t look like demons. Instead, they resembled fairy tale knights, com...
2025-03-18 13:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostElijah sat at the tallest point on his island, his eyes closed and his hands on his knees. It wasn’t quite the lotus position, but it wasn’t far off, either. His entire body remaine...
2025-03-17 15:10:00 +0000 UTC View PostBreeze hated his new home.
The whole planet was wild, with only a bare few bastions of civilization. Even the settlement he’d helped raise to some degree of prominence was little more...
2025-03-17 15:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostZeke awoke with his face buried in soft grass.
At first, he reveled in the feeling because, for the first time in what felt like an eternity, he wasn’t in pain. The entire time he’d...
2025-03-17 13:00:19 +0000 UTC View Post“You don’t ever just want to explore?” Elijah asked, sitting close to the hearth. He’d stopped wearing his Cloak of the Iron Bear, so he didn’t have the benefit of Temperate to keep...
2025-03-16 15:10:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe metal glistened, glowing bright red inside the forge. It was ready. Carmen knew it. And yet, she couldn’t bring herself to pull it free, largely because she still wasn’t c...
2025-03-16 15:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostFlying was a distinctly visceral experience.
The way the wind passed over his scales, the knowledge that he was thousands of feet above the ground, and the sheer sense of freedom that came fr...
2025-03-15 15:10:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Draggin’ me out here like I don’t have nothin’ else to do,” grumbled Kurik, his short legs having no problem keeping up with Elijah’s pace. The dwarf had clearly gained a good de...
2025-03-15 15:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostGwenivere stared at the abandoned settlement, unsure what to think. She’d lived there, once, and not even that long ago. She had hunted those tunnels, killing flesh spiders and all ma...
2025-03-14 15:10:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe smell of sizzling bacon reached Elijah’s nose well before he arrived at his destination. He still wasn’t particularly happy about his discovery concerning the other Primal Realm, but ...
2025-03-14 15:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostClass.
Zeke hadn’t really considered that word for quite some time. However, now that Oberon had mentioned it, he couldn’t deny that he was more than a little curious about what mig...
2025-03-14 13:00:22 +0000 UTC View PostDark clouds loomed on the horizon, a herald of the coming storm. Somewhere in the distance were twenty forts not unlike the one whose ramparts Sadie stood upon. Ten for ogres. Ten...
2025-03-13 15:10:01 +0000 UTC View PostA gentle breeze rustled Elijah’s hair as he watched the last of the refugees being escorted down the dock and to their new lives. The evacuation had gone much like the first, though for ent...
2025-03-13 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostGouts of lava exploded from the moat of lava surrounding the chamber. Something swam among the molten rock, but from the pressure it exerted on the environment, Zeke knew he didn’t want to ...
2025-03-13 13:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostIvin’s sword came in low, whistling through the air with such speed that Miguel questioned whether or not the shackles even affected the elf. His responding moves were slow. Sluggish....
2025-03-12 15:10:01 +0000 UTC View PostElijah sat on the edge of the island, his legs dangling over the cliff as he looked out at the surf. Not too far away, he could see the top of the statue that marked the very first tower he...
2025-03-12 15:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostCassius Flint gripped the railing bordering the quarterdeck, his eyes narrowing as he studied his prey. The seas were calm – he never would have acted otherwise – though the rate of their...
2025-03-11 15:10:01 +0000 UTC View PostElijah sat crosslegged upon the surface of the desolate island, his eyes closed and entirely focused on the ground before him. The seed was down there, but he’d yet to prompt its growth.&nb...
2025-03-11 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostZeke ripped the wretch in half, showering himself with gore before tossing the ends aside. Wheeling around, he searched for other threats, but he saw nothing but a carpet of bodies. He ...
2025-03-11 13:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostMiguel felt like a prisoner.
He knew he wasn’t one. He and the others from Ironshore had been guaranteed safe passage, and according to Ektara, the rules governing diplomacy amo...
2025-03-10 15:10:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe next morning, Elijah awoke with a start, leaping out of the bed and already casting Storm’s Fury. Only a second later, when his mind caught up to his senses and he realized that he was ...
2025-03-10 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostZeke shuffled to his left, and he ground his teeth together in frustration as he watched the figure move in the opposite direction. When he lifted his arm, its movements reflected his. ...
2025-03-10 13:00:22 +0000 UTC View PostSomething had changed about Argos.
Elijah felt it the second he stepped through the gates. Part of it was the way people looked at him. The residents of the formerly Greek city ha...
2025-03-09 15:10:01 +0000 UTC View Post