Jace followed Goldpaw through the city streets. The whole place was abuzz with the sounds of chatter, people sharing stories about seeing or hearing enormous explosions in the richest district of t...
2024-12-22 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostTristan was mid-breakfast when his amulet began vibrating. Pulling it out from under his armor, he poured some mana into it as he gently spun his core. “I’m here,” he said, swallowing down a ...
2024-12-22 05:27:27 +0000 UTC View PostTristan smiled at Felicity, “How have you been.”
She pouted and frowned, “It has been h-o-r-r-i-b-l-e! I was investigating more about the assassins, and I saw a ton 2024-12-22 03:05:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Tristan finished cleaning up and went back up to the top boughs to repair his armor. To his surprise and delight, two fairy dragons were just finishing polishing the armor. Thankfully, it had not s...
2024-12-21 23:41:13 +0000 UTC View PostTristan turned to where he had set the vial that Felicity had gathered when they left Bhant’s Hold – stealing the blood from his father’s kill. Tristan popped the cork off and slurped down th...
2024-12-21 19:11:49 +0000 UTC View PostDeckard had retreated to his chambers, surrounded by Nebula Alliance Ascendants who were all Tier 6 and 7. A servant ran in, bowed, and gave a report. “Mr. Stonewall, all of your mercenaries were...
2024-12-21 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostJace felt his energy slowly draining away. Judging on prior uses of Dark Matter Cloak (Rank 3), and his currently level of physical activity, he maybe had another twenty minutes. Plenty of time...
2024-12-20 14:02:01 +0000 UTC View PostThere are going to be several ‘system message’ sections. Priam gets the full treatment like Jace did, the other two have a bit of that process hand waived. We’ll be getting back to the ac...
2024-12-20 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostGood day, evening, or when this finds you,
I know I had told people that I would be writing Book 3 for Ruinous Return and even conducted a 'Story Direction' poll to hear th...
2024-12-20 00:25:45 +0000 UTC View PostGreg walked forward through the crypt. He heard a loud click and flattened himself against the wall as an enormous, scything blade swung downward and chopped through where he was stan...
2024-12-19 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostIn front of his palm, the icy spike grew. He fueled mana into it. All of the mana he had churning through him. The very power of the Realm, funneled through his mana core and into the spell. The ic...
2024-12-19 04:15:59 +0000 UTC View PostTristan looked at The Matriarch with concern writ across his visage, “I know that other Realms can open rifts into the Mortal Realm…but Realms can cross-intrude?”
The Matriarch shifted ...
2024-12-19 03:22:44 +0000 UTC View PostDee had encountered undead once before, when she and her sister were traveling through Khrox and visiting a shopping mall. A finely-dressed gentleman, wearing a robe and a top-hat, and holding a je...
2024-12-18 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostTristan’s routine played out the following day. In the morning, he went with The Matriarch to the training field and rotated between fighting with his knife, the maul, and his sword. After some p...
2024-12-18 05:32:07 +0000 UTC View PostEvening passed and Tristan woke up to the bright sound of a small horn being played softly, but slowly ramping in volume. He sat up, and saw a small group of fairy dragons who were walking on their...
2024-12-18 02:37:16 +0000 UTC View PostPriam walked just a few steps behind Greg. His dark vision allowed him to make out the plain yet blocky designs on the walls and ceiling. An ancient story written in his home world’s tongue. He w...
2024-12-17 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostJace had been sitting in the bar for an hour before he spotted the woman walk in. He had taken up a booth seat and was sampling the odd smoke-emitting device. After a single puff, he determined he ...
2024-12-16 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostTristan got back to the Queen’s Wood on foot, being handed cups of clearcool and clay plates of starberries by fairy dragons as he ate and drank his fill. He also spun his mana core in reverse, s...
2024-12-16 01:31:19 +0000 UTC View PostThe Matriarch’s assault was fast and relentless. Tristan was immediately pushed on the defensive as he had to intercept the intense flurry of strikes with the shaft and pommel of the maul. It was...
2024-12-16 00:04:36 +0000 UTC View PostThe clearing that The Matriarch set down on was easily two-hundred feet across in all directions – a massive circle of soft, green grass that twitched slightly as tiny insects hopped around. She ...
2024-12-15 20:38:08 +0000 UTC View PostTristan sat down and grabbed the primer on ice elementalism. It was written in the Standard Tongue, and was an easy read. He flipped past the author’s introduction and went right to the basic inf...
2024-12-15 18:29:52 +0000 UTC View PostA few hours of drinking politely with the rest of the patrons, Jace excused himself to their restroom. Thankfully, they had indoor plumbing that Ollie explained ran on a gravity system that then fu...
2024-12-15 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostGreg was unenthusiastic to say the least. It was incredibly hot out, to the point that he had already drained his full canteen when they reached the sand shark ranch. The sight was odd, to say the ...
2024-12-14 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostI changed the formatting of Identify Artifice readouts to remove the tags that come before the different portions. It still makes sense, but won't say "Item Name: X" or the spell breakdown. 2024-12-14 02:29:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Tristan left the capital without sparing a single glance backward towards the capital that had tolerated him. I’m still an Anorox, Tristan thought. Grandfather won’t ever diso...
2024-12-14 01:22:48 +0000 UTC View PostPriam led the group consisting of him, Greg, and Dee through the portal to his home world. He was still filled with anxiety at not having Jace around; his ‘safety net’ as he thought of the man....
2024-12-13 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostFelicity flapped over and put her paw-claw on his back, “It’ll be okay.”
Tristan shook his head, “They died because of me. They didn’t have to die.” He looked around at t...
2024-12-13 03:24:18 +0000 UTC View PostFelicity insisted on flying around and causing mischief in the higher-up noble townhouses closer to the Blackspire. “There are so many valuables I could get my hands on! And painting frames I can...
2024-12-13 00:16:12 +0000 UTC View PostJace rolled out of bed after giving Shhiv a squeeze, and then threw on his clothes and meandered to the elevator. Punching the floor for the Recreation level, he was pleased to see it was empty.
Tristan grabbed a cloak as he left the house, throwing it around his shoulders and pulling the hood up. Felicity wriggled her way inside and draped herself around his neck. To any Elf-blooded passe...
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