Thick clouds covered the night sky of Saniya, as they did on most days of the year. Even in the most lively city of the south, darkness ruled once the sun sank into the sea. It was a time when the ...
2020-02-05 11:04:39 +0000 UTC View PostAs the ox trotted through the wide roads of Arguna at a leisurely pace, the crowds parted before it like the waters before a ship's bow. Within the crowd, a man with a green headband stared a...
2020-02-05 11:03:27 +0000 UTC View PostOn top of a small hill in central Medala's countryside, two delegations of nobles met in a meeting that would determine the fate of their countries. In the distance flowed the silver waters o...
2020-02-05 11:02:22 +0000 UTC View PostUnlike Balit, nothing much had changed about the city of Eniila in the two years of Atau's absence. Just as it had been before, the view from within the Aureus merchant guild's top floor, dow...
2020-01-31 17:00:46 +0000 UTC View PostA bang broke through the mess within the meeting room. Shocked faces from the officials stared through a cloud of smoke at the head of the table, where one of Brym's assistants had fired a pi...
2020-01-31 16:51:34 +0000 UTC View Post Just one more batch left to go.
In the end, Brym had gotten through his meeting with the bankers of Saniya in a smooth fashion. Although Sawo and his complaints got him of...
2020-01-31 16:50:03 +0000 UTC View PostAre they trying to compete with us? Sawo thought, as he stared at Official Brym in the front of the meeting room. All around, the murmurs had started up again. The other merchants only sou...
2020-01-31 16:48:58 +0000 UTC View PostAlthough the meeting hadn't even started yet, tensions within the large room were already running high as the tide. A constant hum from the merchants around him told Sawo that they were feeli...
2020-01-31 16:46:54 +0000 UTC View PostAlthough he seemed to be a bit suspicious of Sawo's plans, the old man stood up and motioned his followers to remain behind as he followed the former city lord. Unconcerned with their caution...
2020-01-31 16:41:35 +0000 UTC View PostAutumn had always been the best time for merchants. In autumn, the farmers had their biggest harvest season. As a result, the villagers would stream into the cities and flood the markets with...
2020-01-31 16:39:57 +0000 UTC View Post “Have a seat, please.”
Swept up in the foreigner's pace, Sawo and Tawo sat down while their host took the copper sheets back to his own spot at the table.
After they had left the manufactory with their newest burden, the two cousins walked along the roads of Sillu Island, towards the castle in the distance.
“Are they heavy, brother...
2020-01-31 16:33:15 +0000 UTC View PostJust like Sawo had said, they sold all of their cloth the same day they returned to Saniya. However, in the process they didn't have much more luck with currency than in Kapra. Once again, they fai...
2020-01-31 16:29:08 +0000 UTC View Post With a bang, Sawo threw the large bag of metal back onto the table before him. The now released copper coins escaped their confinement and danced around on the polished wood.
“Th...
2020-01-31 16:27:04 +0000 UTC View PostAs soon as Brym stepped out of Corco's study, he was confronted by one of the old Fastgrade accountants he had been acquainted with back in Arcavia.
Alyn, he matched name to fac...
2020-01-31 16:24:54 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone, hermit here.
Honestly, I'm not quite sure what to write here... since I'm pretty certain everything I write will sound like excuses, what with my spotty record on updates over...
2020-01-31 10:58:45 +0000 UTC View PostInside the foundry, the air was always heavy from heat. Corco felt as if everything inside these halls was being compressed, melted down into its proper shape by the atmosphere. As expected o...
2020-01-31 10:46:39 +0000 UTC View Post“I really should have seen this one coming,” Corco muttered to himself. All the while, he watched Egidius and Ella, the clock maker's new bride, step down the pier and into the decorated ...
2020-01-31 10:45:27 +0000 UTC View PostWith restless steps, Atau marched past homes made of wood, built in the blocky, huddled style of Arcavia's south. He walked down the pier along the coastline until he could see the place wher...
2020-01-31 10:43:46 +0000 UTC View Post“Looks like they've just about got things under control,” Dedrick mumbled to himself as he sat back down on the new favorite spot he had created for himself. A bit off from the battle and...
2019-12-24 21:09:34 +0000 UTC View PostThis was already his fourth true battle, but Alcer still wasn't used to it. He wondered if he ever would be. Despite his reservations, the decorated soldier had learned a thing or two about c...
2019-12-24 17:21:50 +0000 UTC View PostDeep within the Immortal Palace, through unused halls and behind unopened doors, was hidden a special room. Only a select few knew of its location, even among the high-ranking officials of th...
2019-12-24 16:29:50 +0000 UTC View PostAlthough Dedrick hadn't expected much at first, the sight before him was incredible. Several thousand cultivators from various sects, clans and factions had come together to face their nomina...
2019-12-17 21:44:34 +0000 UTC View Post “I really don't like these types of tricks, you know?”
Dedrick's eyes flew past the nasty bog all around them. Although most of the land around Huetalan was arid, this small ar...
2019-12-17 20:42:43 +0000 UTC View Post Three steps to the left, turn, three steps back, then a bow.
Although Chatra Huemac was just a small official from the rural and uncultured east, his etiquette...
2019-12-17 19:31:53 +0000 UTC View PostNormally, I'm not one to be hyperbolic. But today, I feel like the multiple exlamation marks are appropriate. I mean, you don't publish your first novel every day.
That's right! After many re...
2019-12-17 16:27:40 +0000 UTC View PostAfter Wacoca and his father had decided their future directions, they had spent the afternoon on schemes. After much deliberation, Rasacopa would continue its cooperation with the southern ki...
2019-12-14 10:21:26 +0000 UTC View PostNostalgia-filled, Wacoca's nostrils breathed in the humid air of his home. Finally, he had returned to Rasacopa, the greatest of the Verdant Isles. While he walked through the halls of his fa...
2019-12-14 09:54:11 +0000 UTC View PostLike grains of sand in an hourglass, Corco's students piled up in a chaotic mess around his classroom door as they trickled out one by one. After another long day of classes, everyone was exh...
2019-12-14 08:02:08 +0000 UTC View PostFor several exhausting weeks, Corco tried to catch up with all the work in Saniya. All day, he would teach his students and all night, he would try to keep up with his actual responsibilities...
2019-12-05 01:28:08 +0000 UTC View Post